Guardian Project
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Guardian Project is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization providing free youth Jiu Jitsu scholarships for underprivileged youth across the globe. Through our partnership model with existing reputable academies, we are able to streamline donations past overhead costs of running an academy and directly support our youth. It’s crucial for low-income kids & teens to have equal access to after-school pro
06/12/2026
Extra ab training session with the youth before dinner is served at
We’re midway through building out the new academy, our Uganda HQ. Since starting, we have rebuilt the entire academy from the ground up and added a kitchen, showers, toilets, sinks with running water, sleeping quarters for coaches, and soon, a learning center.
It’s exciting to see this community continue to grow and blossom and what may come as more and more kids step on the mats for their first time.
We’ll also be sharing a major update this week: the next Guardian academy we’ll be building from the ground up in Africa.
The gift of training, mentorship, and burritos is what is offering youth across the city at
06/05/2026
visits student Irwin at his home and shares advice about second place.
Since his visit with Craig has built a new state of the art academy for Guardian Peru supporting kids across Mancora to train free and be part of a team.
shares how being offered a training scholarship as a teen changed the course of his life.
Today, we have kids around the world being given that same opportunity. Most will never become professional fighters, but many will go on to become coaches, mentors, leaders, and successful adults in their own journeys.
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3007 Sacramento Street
Oakland, CA
94702
