You work hard on your Jiu-Jitsu. You show up, you drill, you roll, and you give your best to the people you train with.
Where technique gets refined.
Where the details you have been missing finally click.
Where families and academies connect over the same standard.
This is not a weekend of rolls. It is three days of focused instruction, real connection and a promotion earned in front of the whole room, for adults and kids training the Machado Method.
Train Smart. Stay Humble.
Proof of mat
The Summit in motion
No highlight reels and no production crew. Real training, real people, filmed at past Machado Method Summits.
On the MatsThe CommunityThe Method in Action
What you will experience
Three days built to make you better
Every session is designed with purpose, structure and progression.
01
World-class Gi and No-Gi instruction
Train under Master Carlos Machado across five sessions and both disciplines, alongside ten more named instructors.
02
Drills you can use on Monday
Structured repetition and live application, built so the work transfers straight back into your own training.
03
Instructor and coaching development
Mat sessions on how to teach, correct and lead a class with clarity, not just how to do the technique.
04
Youth training, ages 7 and up
Dedicated youth sessions taught on Machado Method fundamentals, structured and supervised so adults can train with full focus.
05
Rank evaluation across the weekend
Five evaluation windows on Thursday and Friday, closing at the Ranking and Award Ceremony on Saturday night.
06
A room that shares your standard
Academies from across the country, an owners’ breakfast, and an ice breaker where Master Carlos invites everyone to network.
The weekend
Session by session, start to finish
Doors open Thursday 2:00 PM. Saturday is the heaviest day of the weekend and it closes with the Ranking and Award Ceremony.
Thursday
October 8
2:00 PMDoors open
2:00–3:30 PMRank evaluations
3:30–5:00 PM · GiMaster Carlos Machado, Fix Your Game
5:10–6:30 PM · GiProf. Larry Keith, Judo for Jiu-Jitsu
6:30–8:00 PMRank evaluations
Friday
October 9
7:30–9:30 AMBreakfast for academy owners, compliments of Master Machado
8:00–9:30 AMRank evaluations
9:30–10:25 AM · No-GiMaster Carlos Machado, Shoulder Trap Options
10:30–11:25 AM · No-GiProf. Evan Thompson, Feet to Floor Efficient Domination
Time to be confirmed · No-GiProf. Eddie Avelar, Half Guard: Winning the Knee Line
12:00–12:55 PM · No-GiProf. Virgil Allen, K Guard Domination Strategies
1:00–2:30 PMLunch, open mat and a rank evaluation window
Saturday is the heaviest day of the weekend. All three guests teach on the 10th, and the day closes with the Ranking and Award Ceremony.
Saturday, October 10
Master Royce Gracie
MMA Self Defense
Gi · Two-hour session
Saturday, October 10
Prof. Jeff Glover
Deep Half Guard Concepts
Gi
Saturday, October 10
Prof. Brandon McCaghren
Triangle Concepts
No-Gi
Five sessions across the weekend
Master Carlos Machado
8th Degree Coral Belt
Thursday · Gi
Fix Your Game. You Ask, Master Carlos Answers
Friday · No-Gi
Shoulder Trap Options
Friday · Gi
Boss Grip Attack Options
Saturday · Gi
Defense to Offense Strategies
Saturday · No-Gi
Review & Hack Closing Session
This Summit is for you
Students, instructors & academy owners
01
Adults & youth, ages 7+
Students
Train under the direct guidance of Master Carlos Machado and the Machado Method team, in a room that honours proper progression at every age.
02
All belt levels
Instructors
See the details the way they are meant to be taught. The progressions, the timing and the small corrections that make a technique land in your own classes.
03
Machado Method affiliates
Academy owners
Roll with owners and black belts from academies across the country, and take the Method back to your school firsthand. Breakfast on Friday and Saturday is on Master Machado.
Youth development · ages 7+
Raised in the Method. Proven on the mats.
What happens when a child grows up training inside the Machado Method.
This is not about early medals. It is long-term development. It builds people who carry the art through every stage of their life.
Discipline under pressure
Confidence without ego
Respect for coaches, teammates and opponents
Youth registration is open to ages 7 and up. We do not accept registrations for children under 7. Youth sessions are structured, supervised and taught on Machado Method fundamentals, so kids train safely while adults train with full focus.
Rank evaluation
Leave with the belt you earned
Five evaluation windows run across Thursday and Friday. They all close on one moment: the Ranking and Award Ceremony, Saturday 7:00–8:00 PM.
Thursday 2:00–3:30 PM
Thursday 6:30–8:00 PM
Friday 8:00–9:30 AM
Friday 1:00–2:30 PM
Friday 6:30–9:00 PM
Ranking & Award Ceremony, Saturday 7:00–8:00 PM
Professor Evaluation
$100
Black Belt & Degree
$100
All Other Belts
$75
The Ranking & Award Ceremony requires a white CMJJ patched uniform. Worth sorting now rather than the week before.
Evaluation is booked on its own page and carries its own fee, separately from your Summit ticket.
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