Head Professor
Lucas Rubbo
Lucas Rubbo leads instruction at Gracie Barra Ocotillo and oversees the curriculum for every program, from Tiny Champions to the adult competition class.
Coaches and professors
Head Professor Lucas Rubbo leads the coaching staff at Gracie Barra Ocotillo. Every coach teaches the same Gracie Barra curriculum, so classes build on each other no matter who is on the mat that day.
The coaching staff
Professors and coaches share the teaching across kids, women’s, fundamentals and advanced classes.
Professors and program director
- Lucas RubboHead Professor
- Paula GalterProgram Director
- Tom DwigginsProfessor
- Zac CruzProfessor
- Scott BrouseProfessor
- Dan KrpataProfessor
- Alex CentnerProfessor
Coaches
- Charlie EdwardsCoach
- Omid RahimiCoach
- Alejandro PinoCoach
- Ryan SchearCoach
- Ryan WilliamsCoach
- Matteo NicolosiCoach
- Natasha DramicaninCoach
- Claudia GullaCoach
How Gracie Barra ranks work
Adults progress from white belt through blue, purple and brown to black, with stripes marking progress within each belt. Kids have their own belt sequence and move to the adult system as teenagers.
Classes here are taught by professors and coaches of different ranks, working from the same curriculum under the head professor’s direction.
White
Blue
Purple
Brown
Black
Meet the coaches on the mat.
Your first class is free, and we provide the gi.