Meet Us - Our Mission
Our mission is to teach in a way that will make the most organized and systematic Brazilian Jiu Jitsu system in the world easy to understand and implement on the street and in competition.
Give your best at anytime, anywhere, and what you will reap can only be positive and abundant! Affluence is the art of giving more before earning it!
- Master Carlos Machado, 8th Degree Coral Belt
Train every day with the best people you can; we all want to train hard and get better without hurting each other. Remember: if you break your toys you don’t have anything to play with. That’s something Carlos Machado taught me. I’ve never been stuck in a submission; I’ve always gotten out – the easiest way to get out of it is to tap. Let’s train hard and look out for each other, don’t take it personal and have fun. If you approach Jiu Jitsu that way you’ll make great friends, get in shape, grow your confidence and be able to do this for many years. I want to be doing this well into my sixties and teach my children someday; I hope you’ll join me in this journey.
- Jerry Boroff, 3rd Degree Black Belt Machado Jiu Jitsu
Master Carlos Machado
Master Machado and his brothers have developed the Machado Method, which is arguably the best and most structured BJJ curriculum in the world.
Master Carlos Machado is one of the foremost Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Masters in the world. He learned Jiu Jitsu from his uncle Helio Gracie, who is widely considered the Godfather of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Master Machado is a multiple time World Champion and has taught over 25,000 students and counting. He is the professor of many MMA fighters and has trained the who’s who of MMA. Most notably he was the BJJ instructor for Chuck Norris and the reason why he lives in Texas now.
Our students at Central Texas Brazilian Jiu Jitsu are very fortunate to be able to learn his system from the very source of BJJ and work toward a Black Belt that will be recognized and well respected in every corner of the globe.
Professor Jerry Boroff
Professor Jerry Boroff is an elite 3rd Degree Black Belt in the art of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and has been training and teaching since 2002. He is 14 – 1 in Jiu-Jitsu
tournaments and has never been submitted in competition. He has trained with the who’s who of Jiu-Jitsu, such as Joe Rogan, Rampage Jackson, George St. Pierre, Travis Lutter, etc., along with many other World Champions.
Professor Boroff was awarded his Black Belt by Master Carlos Machado and Professor Clay Pittman in 2009.
Professor Boroff has a Master’s Degree from Texas A&M and is a regional plant manager. He also earned a Brown Belt in Tae Kwon Do.
Professor Darren Turner
Professor Darren Turner has been studying Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu since 2009 under Professor Jerry Boroff and Master Carlos Machado and achieved his Black Belt on October 12, 2019. Mr. Turner has also done 5 years of American Karate and 2 years of kickboxing under Hank Morgan. He has taught and coached several sports for many years including soccer and basketball.
Professor Turner is also an Eagle Scout and spent four years in the U.S. Army Reserves.
His education includes three associates degrees from Texas State Technical College; Biomedical Engineering, Telecommunications, and Basic Electronics.
Professor Turner taught Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu for years in West, TX at The Bug Lab and is excited to bring his extensive experience and teaching ability to the Central Texas Brazilian Jiu Jitsu!
Scott Bainton
Scott Bainton has been studying Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu since 2009 with the Relson Gracie Academy in Waco. He earned his Blue Belt in BJJ in 2013 from Relson and earned his Purple Belt from Master Carlos Machado in March 2020. He has also trained with Chris Gonzales in the Ralph Gracie system and started training with Professor Jerry Boroff in 2013.
He began studying martial arts in 1984 and has studied several other disciplines including Tae Kwon Do, Hap Ki Do, Japanese Jiu Jitsu, and Kung Jung Mu Sul before attaining his 7th degree Black Belt in the Art of Ba Ki Do.
Scott Bainton served in the United States Air Force from 1999-2004 during that time he was Valedictorian of his class at Hawaii Pacific University in 2004, graduating Summa Cum Laude with a B.S.B.A. in International Business.
He opened Central Texas Family Karate in 2007 teaching the same system as his father, Dr. Michael J. Bainton, (Founder of the Art of Ba Ki Do) before creating the art known as Bainton Bujutsu.
He was recently inducted into the Martial Arts Hall of Fame in 2018.