Owner and head instructor of Gracie Humaita St. Louis, Professor JW Wright has been training with Helio's son, Master Royler Gracie and Master David Adiv since 1999. He earned his black belt in 2008 and has been teaching the art of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu in the St. Louis area since 2002. His passion for teaching good people great jiu-jitsu is demonstrated across the nation in his seminars and lessons on self defense, training of law enforcement, and the many Pan American and World Champions who have trained with him through the years.

“At our academy you are welcomed as family and as part of a team mentality, that supports and furthers the development of skills in one another. No one person is greater than the other on the mat. With this ideology, we together, as a group, are unstoppable."