Nino Schembri began training in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu at the age of 5 under his teachers Marcelo and Silvio Behring in Nova Ipanema, Rio de Janiero Brazil. He began to take the art seriously when he was thirteen years old under Jorge Pereira who helped develop the early stages of his game. As a blue belt at the age of eighteen years old he moved to the Gracie Barra Academy to study under Master Carlos Gracie Jr. and Renzo Gracie. After just two years under the tutelage of the Gracie Barra Academy he was promoted to the acclaimed rank of black belt and began his quest to conquer almost every Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu title. Some of these titles include the Brazilian, Pan American, and World Championship. He was also voted the most technical competitor in ADCC 2001. In the year 2000 Nino Schembri decided to take his Brazilian Jiu Jitsu arsenal to the world of Mixed Martial Arts and competed on the biggest stage in Japan, The Pride Fighting Championships. Nino has fought some of the best fighters Japan had to offer and even holds a knockout victory over world famous Kazushi Sakuraba a.k.a. " the Gracie Hunter". In 2004 Nino Schembri began teaching Brazilian Jiu Jitsu at the Chute Boxe Acadmy in Curitiba Brazil. In his time at the Chute Boxe Academy he trained world renowned fighters like Wanderlei Silva, Mauricio "Shogun" Rua, and Maurillo "Ninja" Rua. Today he is looking to share his knowledge and life's work with the new generation of martial artists of all ages and backgrounds at his academy in Manhattan Beach, CA.