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The full Summit seated in a circle around the Carlos Machado Jiu-Jitsu mat logo, adults and children together, the world-map banner behind them

Machado Method Jiu-Jitsu (MMJJ) Association

Machado Method Summit
Fall 2026

Three days of Gi and No-Gi instruction with Master Carlos Machado and the Machado Method team. Adults and youth, every belt level, on one mat.

October 8–10, 2026 · Carrollton, Texas

Secure Your SpotSee the schedule

Early bird pricing holds until August 31

3-day immersion
October 8 · 9 · 10
Eleven instructors
Five Master Carlos sessions
Adults & youth
All belt levels welcome

The Summit experience

Where everything sharpens

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.

Two practitioners in gis drilling beside the Carlos Machado Jiu-Jitsu world-map banner

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 Mats
The Community
The 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

  1. 2:00 PMDoors open
  2. 2:00–3:30 PMRank evaluations
  3. 3:30–5:00 PM · GiMaster Carlos Machado, Fix Your Game
  4. 5:10–6:30 PM · GiProf. Larry Keith, Judo for Jiu-Jitsu
  5. 6:30–8:00 PMRank evaluations

Friday

October 9

  1. 7:30–9:30 AMBreakfast for academy owners, compliments of Master Machado
  2. 8:00–9:30 AMRank evaluations
  3. 9:30–10:25 AM · No-GiMaster Carlos Machado, Shoulder Trap Options
  4. 10:30–11:25 AM · No-GiProf. Evan Thompson, Feet to Floor Efficient Domination
  5. Time to be confirmed · No-GiProf. Eddie Avelar, Half Guard: Winning the Knee Line
  6. 12:00–12:55 PM · No-GiProf. Virgil Allen, K Guard Domination Strategies
  7. 1:00–2:30 PMLunch, open mat and a rank evaluation window
  8. 2:30–3:25 PM · GiMaster Marcio Santos, Guard Retention Blueprint
  9. 3:30–4:25 PM · GiMaster Klay Pittman, Outside Guard Passing Strategies
  10. 4:30–5:00 PM · GiDrill and review, open mat
  11. 5:00–6:30 PM · GiMaster Carlos Machado, Boss Grip Attack Options
  12. 6:30–9:00 PMLast rank evaluation window, then dinner
  13. 9:00 PMIce Breaker. Master Carlos invites everyone to network in the lobby

Saturday

October 10

  1. 7:30–9:30 AMBreakfast for academy owners, compliments of Master Machado
  2. 9:30–10:25 AM · GiMaster Carlos Machado, Defense to Offense Strategies
  3. Time to be confirmed · GiProf. Jeff Glover, Deep Half Guard Concepts
  4. 12:30–2:30 PM · GiMaster Royce Gracie, MMA Self Defense
  5. 2:30–3:30 PMLunch, open mat and drilling
  6. 3:30–4:25 PM · No-GiProf. Brandon McCaghren, Triangle Concepts
  7. 4:30–5:25 PM · No-GiProf. Johnny Hernandez, Leg Lock Trilemma Game
  8. 5:30–5:50 PM · No-GiDrill and review, open mat
  9. 5:55–6:30 PM · No-GiMaster Carlos Machado, Review and Hack Closing Session
  10. 7:00–8:00 PMRanking & Award Ceremony. White CMJJ patched uniform required

The Machado Invitation Tournament and Dallas Mustangs PGF Qualifiers follow on Sunday, October 11.

Secure Your SpotDownload the full scheduleEvery session, Thursday to Sunday · PDF, 4.6 MB

Special guests

Three guest sessions, all on Saturday

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

A young student in an olive gi working a technique on a partner on the mat
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.

A senior instructor in a red Machado gi standing at the edge of the mat
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.

Three black belts in Machado gis standing together on the mat
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

Black belt

$100

All other belts

$75

The Ranking & Award Ceremony requires a white CMJJ patched uniform. Worth sorting now rather than the week before.

Ask us how to add rank evaluation to your registration. We will confirm the process with you directly.

Secure Your SpotRank testing details
Two practitioners embracing on the mat immediately after a belt promotion, the Machado banner filling the frame behind them

Registration

Early bird holds until August 31

An adult bringing two kids pays $200 more by waiting. Adult registration rises $100 on September 1, and each youth place rises $50.

Early bird ends in 

Early bird closed on August 31. Standard registration is open below.

Machado Method Summit Fall 2026 registration prices, early bird and standard
TicketThrough August 31From September 1
Adult, full weekend$199.99$299.99
Youth, full weekend$149.99$199.99
Day pass, one dayNot sold during early bird$199.99

Through August 31, $199.99 buys an adult all three days. From September 1 the same figure buys one day pass.

Rank evaluation add-on

  • Black belt $100
  • All other belts $75

Included with every place

Every registration includes the 2026 Summit rashguard. That design is never reprinted.

Youth places are capped at 50 for the weekend.

Secure Your Spot

Included with every place

The 2026 Summit rashguard

Every attendee receives the official 2026 Machado Method Summit rashguard, a limited release produced for this event, never sold separately and never reprinted.

Collector edition · included free with registration

On the mat

Eleven named instructors

Wide view of the ballroom mat with dozens of pairs drilling across the floor

The venue

Everything happens on site

Every training session, the rank evaluations, the owners' breakfasts, the ice breaker and the ceremony all take place in one building.

Courtyard by Marriott Carrollton

1201 Raiford Road
Carrollton, TX 75007
(972) 446-0001

Group rate

The Carlos Machado Fall 2026 block holds rooms from $141 a night for Thursday October 8 to Sunday October 11. Rate excludes taxes and fees.

The block closes September 15, 2026.

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October 8–10, 2026 · Carrollton, TX

Secure your spot at the Summit

Complete the form below to reserve your place. Youth places are capped at 50 for the weekend.

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