Oru Professional Training Center Mascot Biography

Oru is the official mascot of the Professional Training Center.  Oru represents the best in human nature, defending just causes simply because his heart is pure.  He is friendly, honest, and most importantly shows his master respect and loyalty. 

Oru is dedicated to the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu lifestyle: staying healthy in mind, body and spirit.  He is a strong athlete who loves eating the Brazilian Amazon fruit, Açai, because it gives him the necessary energy for training and competitions.  He pushes his body training, lifting weights, and swimming from Monday through Saturday to maintain a high level of Jiu-Jitsu endurance.

Oru’s sense of discipline and determination in training Jiu-Jitsu stems from the serious responsibility of maintaining his position as a champion.  He makes a conscious effort to train hard leading him to great victories on and off the mats.  However, Oru also trains hard to combat the greed, sadness, and corruption that exist in the world.  His main fight is against selfishness because it prevents individuals from being compassionate with one another.

Oru’s compassion for people is derived from his spiritual beliefs.  He respects Mother Nature and is able to connect and learn from enlightened spirits.  When he finds himself in natural settings: near the ocean, the forest, or the mountains, he is able to transcend into a state of solitary reflectiveness.  In this state, he is able to draw energy from the Earth and understand his mission in life.  

The intense spirituality is a gift that he shares with many individuals because this ability allows him to help people make positive changes in their lives.  By striving to bring happiness to everyone around him, Oru makes an influential impact on societal injustices. Oru helps maintain balance in the world by aligning himself with good energy found in the world. 

Oru travels to third world countries to assist the youths in academic subjects such as Biology and English while also teaching them self-defense techniques in Jiu-Jitsu.  Oru fights for injustices because his spirit cannot rest as long as social and racial problems continue to exist in the world.  The energy and peace he feels through nature and training is what he wants to teach people around the world.

Oru’s philosophy about life does not include the use of drugs; he is a positive and energetic person who believes in the power of good health. He listens to music to raise his spirit and clear his mind.  Although he is busy, he always finds time to talk to the people around him. He is always up for a good conversation because he truly wants to effect change around the world.

Oru’s soul is committed to the hard training that leads to victory.  He is the force that unites his team, using his exemplary skills on the mat to skillfully defeat his opponents.  The training he endures on the sacred mats symbolizes all his preparation to achieve greatness in life.  His energy, faith, courage and loyalty make him the spirit of Team P.T.C.

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Overview and Style

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a martial art and combat sport that focuses on grappling and especially ground fighting. It is a derivative of early 20th century Kodokan Judo, which was itself then a recently-developed system (founded in 1882), based on multiple schools of Japanese jujutsu. Like judo, it promotes the principle that smaller, weaker person can successfully defend themselves against a bigger, stronger assailant using leverage and proper technique; applying joint-locks and chokeholds to defeat them. BJJ can be trained for self defense, sport grappling tournaments (gi and no-gi) and mixed martial arts (MMA) competition.  Sparring (commonly referred to as 'rolling') and live drilling play a major role in training, and a premium is placed on performance, especially in competition.

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu emphasizes ground fighting techniques and submission holds involving joint-locks and chokeholds also found in numerous other arts with or without ground fighting emphasis. The premise is that most of the advantage of a larger, stronger opponent comes from superior reach and more powerful strikes, both of which are somewhat negated when grappling on the ground.

BJJ permits a wide variety of techniques to take the fight to the ground after taking a grip. Once the opponent is on the ground, a number of maneuvers (and counter-maneuvers) are available to manipulate the opponent into a suitable position for the application of a submission technique. Achieving a dominant position on the ground is one of the hallmarks of the BJJ style, and includes effective use of the guard position to defend oneself from bottom, and passing the guard to dominate from top position with side control, mount, and back mount positions. This system of maneuvering and manipulation can be likened to a form of kinetic chess when utilized by two experienced practitioners. A submission hold is the equivalent of checkmate in the sport. However, it is possible for a combat situation to continue even after a proper submission is performed.