Mikolaj Mazur

My name is Mikolaj, and I've been training martial arts for 15 years. I started in MMA, but it was the ground fighting that kept me. I trained jiu-jitsu for five years at Unity Krakow before moving to Oslo, where I began competing internationally.

In 2018 I made my first trip to New York to train at Unity Jiu-Jitsu under Murilo Santana. I returned regularly, sometimes for months at a time, and joined Unity's training camps before the World Championships.

Those years shaped how I think about jiu-jitsu, and about what a good training room should be. I received my black belt from Unity Jiu-Jitsu and have competed extensively in Europe and internationally, including at the IBJJF European, Worlds and Pan American Championships.

I started Jiu-Jitsu Collective to build the kind of place I was lucky to train in: serious about the training, easy to become part of, and built around good coaching. I plan and teach every class, and I want JJC to be a place where people can train consistently, improve, and enjoy being on the mats.