Project Clarito · New this season
Beyond the mat, we're raising support for families in our community facing rent, utility, and holiday-season hardship. 100% of your gift goes directly to their relief — no platform fees.
White belt — where everyone starts
Most people who walk onto our mats have never trained anything in their life. That's the point. Project Clarito exists for the person who needs a reason to move, breathe, and show up again next week — not for the person who already has it figured out.
Blue belt — building the habit
Every session opens with breathwork — the same regulation skills that keep you calm when you're being crushed by 200 pounds also keep you calm in a hard conversation, a bad week, a health scare. We teach the nervous system first, the technique second.
Purple belt — the shift
People tell us the same thing: they came in for their back, or their anxiety, or because a friend dragged them along — and stayed because for the first time in years, they felt like they were getting stronger instead of just getting older.
Brown belt — carrying it forward
Every year we run seminars far from home — community centers across the U.S. so far, with international seminars next on the list — because the people who need this most rarely have $200 a month for a gym membership. We ask for nothing at the door.
Black belt — what your gift builds
We're not a gym chasing membership revenue — we're a nonprofit chasing outcomes: fewer sedentary lives, fewer people who never learned to regulate stress, more coaches trained to carry this into their own cities.
501(c)(3)
Registered U.S. nonprofit — every gift is tax-deductible.
U.S.
Seminars taught coast to coast — international reach is next.
$0
Cost to attend a Clarito class or seminar, ever.
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Home mat: the Rizal Center, Chicago.
New this season
Our mission has always been bigger than training. This season we're expanding it — helping ease the financial burden on families in our community who are struggling, with direct support for rent, utility bills, and holiday gifts.
Housing
Direct help for families at risk of falling behind during a hard stretch.
Utilities
Keeping the lights and heat on for families choosing between bills.
Holidays
Making sure kids in our community have something to open this season.
Donating through Zeffy? Add "Family Support" to your donation note to earmark the gift for this campaign.
What we teach
BJJ gives people a reason to move their bodies again. Breathwork gives them a tool that works long after they've left the mat.
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Free, drop-in-friendly classes built for people who have never set foot on a mat — taught by coaches, not gatekeepers.
Learn about our classes →
Breathwork
Every class opens with breathwork drawn from combat-sport recovery practice — a skill people take home and actually use.
Learn about breathwork →Global reach
We teach free seminars wherever coaches and communities will have us — so far, that's meant venues across the U.S., with international seminars next on the list.
Community seminars taught coast to coast — details on upcoming stops live on our Global Impact page.
We've taught across the U.S. so far — now we're looking to take Clarito international. If you know a community abroad that could use this, reach out.
Two students who've trained with us from day one — pictured here medals in hand after competing. In their own words to their coach: without BJJ, they aren't sure where they'd be today. It's what got them to lose weight and build a healthier life that's actually stuck.— Two Project Clarito students, training since day one
Give
Project Clarito runs on donations, not tuition. Every dollar goes toward mat space, travel for free seminars, and gear for students who can't afford their own.