The Rio Grappling Club is a martial arts team that has clubs in Europe, North America,
South Africa and Brasil.
Our club started in 2003 inside SOAS University of London, founded by the BJJ black belt
Roberto Atalla. Soon BJJ black belt Mauro Chueng, living in Portugal, joined the team and
the RGC started to develop as a network. 5 years later, our group has expanded and
improved, with schools in 3 continents.
Our mission is to provide friendly places where one can train and learn Grappling, Brazilian
Jiu-Jitsu and Judo, and help our students improve beyond the scope of martial arts, developing
skills that can be used 
on their lives.
Our goals are to focus on the technical and competitive aspects of the sports we teach,
grow our network without compromising our pursuit for excellence, and become one of the
best teams in the world of grappling martial arts.
In the United States of America, the Head Quaters of RIO GRAPPLING CLUB is located in
Southern California in the beautiful city of San Pedro, at BJJ and Judo black belt Professor
Pedro Soriano's school. We are open to any RGC members from any part of the world.
If you happen to be coming to California, whether it is on vacation or to compete in the
major BJJ Championships, feel free to contact us or stop by.
You will be very welcome here at RGC - SOCAL - USA.
