Preservation · Preservación
Before anything else, the historical record was rescued: certificates, exam sheets, attendance records, insurance documents, meeting notes — institutional memory kept as evidence, not decoration.
About
A Puerto Rican jujutsu system, built to last
Puerto Rico Ju-Jitsu Elite unites tradition, self-defense, discipline, control, and technical evolution under an organized, level-based structure.
Un camino · Una disciplina · Una élite
Built, not inherited
PRJJE's 2023 founding was a structural rebuild, not a rebrand. The received lineage carried real knowledge — and scattered records. What followed was deliberate:
Reorganization · Reorganización
Where no documentation existed, we built it: twelve system books covering doctrine, technique, curriculum, methodology, examinations, ceremony, safety, administration, identity, expansion, and profiles. They all say the same thing.
Modernization · Modernización
Safety is not a chapter — it is central doctrine. Every high-risk area carries a gate: progressive speed, stop at the first tap, falling before throwing, control before force.
Our philosophy
Respect · Respeto
Recognizing the dignity of partners, instructors, family, school, and community.
Discipline · Disciplina
Doing what is right even when it is not comfortable.
Control · Control
Using force, technique, and emotion with measure.
Safety · Seguridad
Protecting the student and the partner before demonstrating ego.
Continuity · Continuidad
Honoring history without staying trapped in old mistakes.
Excellence · Excelencia
Constant improvement with humility and method.
“Tradition without revision falls behind; modernization without root loses identity.”
Our roots
PRJJE is not a random mix of arts — it is a documented system with an identifiable ancestry. The base arts are historical references within the formation our lineage received, not marketing.
Karate
Funakoshi
Strikes, kicks, blocks, stances, and kata — discipline of form.
Judo
Kano
Safe falling, throwing, balance-breaking — the mechanics of projection.
Aikido
Ueshiba
Body-shifting, wrist control, joint technique — angles and control over force.
Deeper in the lineage: Miyama Ryu, Sanuce Ryu, Shorin Ryu, with influences from Vee Jitsu Te and Small Circle Ju Jitsu — the formation of our art-line founder, Prof. Jedan O. Figueroa.
Our symbols
The Owl · Búho
Wisdom, vigilance, vision, focus, patience, leadership — firm and direct, never a mascot.
The Ensō · Círculo rojo
Unity, continuity, path, discipline, and the cycle of improvement.
柔術 · Ju-Jitsu
The Japanese root of the art — used with respect, as a secondary mark.
The record
Where the archive documents an event, we say so. History you can check is the point.
- ~1983Prof. Jedan O. Figueroa founds the American Ju-Jitsu Academy (Jedan-Ryu)
- 2003Organizational meeting — documented in the archive
- 2004Héctor Nevárez certified black belt, Puerto Rico Ju-Jitsu Academy
- 2008Examination records and academy profiles — documented
- 2023PRJJE formally established: the lineage, reorganized and modernized
Meet the people who carry it — the instructors.