Gazzy Parman is a black belt Jiu-Jitsu World Champion and Submission Grappler. Amongst her achievements are: winning the World No-Gi Jiu-Jitsu Championship in the women’s lightweight division; becoming the first American female black belt member of the legendary Nova União competition team; and becoming one of the first eight women in the world ever invited to compete at Sheik Tahnoon Bin Zayed Al Nahyan’s ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship – the world’s most prestigious submission grappling tournament.

Born in the turbulent capital of Iran during the Ayatollah Khomeini’s rise to power, Gazzy and her family relocated to London shortly after her birth, then to the United States. At the age of twelve, Gazzy and her older brother became fascinated with Bruce Lee and the world of martial arts. Gazzy began studying Kung Fu, followed by Kempo Karate at the age of fourteen, which she studied for five and a half years. However, it wasn’t until her years in college, at the age of twenty, that she would discover the martial art that would define her life forever, Jiu-Jitsu.

Gazzy soon found herself traveling alone around the world in her quest to seek out the best jiu-jitsu training with some of the most elite mixed martial artists, jiu-jitsu players, and submission grapplers. She would eventually go to Brazil by herself, the birthplace and mecca of Jiu-Jitsu, and immerse herself in the Jiu-Jitsu culture, training daily with legends of the sport.

Gazzy went on to become one of the most accomplished American female Jiu-Jitsu players and submission grapplers in the world, acquiring a considerable following of devoted fans in the process. She also began teaching, leading her first kid’s jiu-jitsu team to win 1^st place overall champions at numerous grappling tournaments in the country for three years in a row. In 2009 she opened her own Jiu-Jitsu and Mixed Martial Arts school, LVL5, in San Diego, California.

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