Alliance Jiu Jitsu North Shore is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu school at 211B Archers Road in Wairau Valley, on Auckland's North Shore. It is part of the Alliance network, which the website says has more than 300 affiliates worldwide and was founded in 1993 by Romero "Jacaré" Cavalcanti, Fabio Gurgel and Alexandre Paiva. The school teaches BJJ for men, women and kids, and says the training doubles as self-defence and fitness. Classes are grouped by level, from a Foundation programme for new students to an Advancement programme for intermediate students from white belt two stripes up. There is a Flying Eagles course for children aged 10 to 15. The school says its teachers are certified by Alliance, and that the facility is clean and safe. To start, people fill in the enquiry form on the website.
The website describes BJJ as a sport that lets a smaller person handle a larger opponent by taking the fight to the ground. The school is set up for people of any size, age or fitness level to start from the beginning, with a curriculum that aims to build self-conduct and a positive lifestyle beyond the mat.