In the world of Jiu Jitsu — and life — you can spot two types of people pretty quickly:

✅ The Five-Star Students
❌ The One-Star Complainers


The Five-Star Students:

  • Show up on time.
  • Put in the hard work.
  • Respect their teammates and coaches.
  • Handle losses with maturity and wins with humility.
  • Build up the people around them.
  • Trust the process, even when it’s tough.

They understand that growth doesn’t happen overnight — it’s earned, day after day, one hard round at a time.
They leave positive impacts behind them — both on the mats and in the community.


The One-Star Complainers:

  • Disappear when things get challenging.
  • Make excuses instead of improvements.
  • Create drama when they don’t get their way.
  • Hide behind anonymous reviews when real conversations don’t go their way.
  • Tear down what they couldn’t be part of.
  • Confuse quitting with being “wronged.”

They want recognition without work, rewards without effort, and respect without earning it.


At Greenwood Jiu Jitsu, we know exactly who we’re building this school for.
We’re here for the Five-Star Students — the ones willing to grind, to learn, and to leave their ego at the door.
We’re here for people who understand that real growth is uncomfortable, disciplined, and sometimes painfully slow — but always worth it.

As for the One-Star Complainers?
They don’t last long here — and that’s by design.

We protect our culture so our real students can thrive.


To all of our real students, teammates, and supporters:
Thank you for being the Five-Star force behind everything we’re building.
You are the reason Greenwood Jiu Jitsu will continue to grow, no matter what noise tries to surround us.

We’ll stay on the mats.
We’ll stay on mission.
And we’ll keep winning — the right way.

See you on the mats.

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GREENWOOD JIU-JITSU is a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu and Nogi Submission Grappling School located in Leaside (N/E corner of Bayview & Moore) in the city or Toronto. We offer Jiu-Jitsu classes for Kids, Parents, Families and Adults and if you’re into competing, we have one of the most successful competition teams in the city. GREENWOOD Jiu-Jitsu represents and is fully affiliated with Checkmat BJJ Team led by the Viera brothers with Prof. Chris Greenwood (black belt) leading all classes.

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