Reyna Preciado is KGUN 9's Southside and City of South Tucson reporter. Send your story ideas to Reyna at [email protected].
TUCSON, Ariz. — The jiu-jitsu community is strong in Tucson, with a few gyms available in any given part of town.
“When I first started jiu-jitsu, there were maybe three schools in town. They were either in Midtown, or Eastside, or on the Northside, so my goal was when I'm established, I'd have to open up a gym on the south side to give back,” said Aguilar. “He is wonderful with the kids, he has inspired a lot of kids, especially on this side of town who didn’t know what jiu-jitsu was. Muay Thai, boxing, anything of the sort, so he’s built a great community here, it’s fun, it’s a home away from home and I never want to leave it,” said gym member Rachel Hoffman.“We pass three other gyms and we love it here and we’ve been here almost three years now,” said Marla Frost-Alperstein, a mom to two gym members.
“If you're doing good in school, he wants to know about it. he wants to congratulate you, he wants to make sure you know that this kid is a really great student and is doing good in school, but also in jiu-jitsu,” she said.
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