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ABOUT US

HAJIME grappling co. is based in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, founded by a team of passionate and experienced jiu-jitsu competitors, with a strong extensive background in judo and wrestling. The word ha-ji-mé (はじめ) means "begin" in Japanese, symbolizing the beginning of every match and the constant pursuit of mastery.

“If you know the way broadly you will see it in everything”

Miyamoto Musashi

Gasan Rakhimov

Gasan started wrestling in 2004, at the age of 9, in Uzbekistan. In the following years of competitive freestyle wrestling, Gasan was on the regional wrestling team for 4 years.

He won 4 regional titles, along with winning 2nd at the All Uzbekistan Championships at 145 lbs and 3rd at 164 lbs. In 2017, after a national level career in wrestling, he began to broaden his grappling horizons through jiu-jitsu.

He has trained jiu jitsu in 5 countries. In Uzbekistan his jiu-jitsu journey began with 2nd in his weight class and 3rd in open at the All Uzbekistan Jiu-Jitsu Championships. Since then he has competed in Europe during his undergraduate studies and afterwards in the United States, earning his purple belt in Saint Louis, Missouri under Kyle Watson (3rd degree jiu-jitsu black belt) in 2023 and winning FUJI BJJ Missouri State championship, Submission Challenge, and the AGF. In 2023 he placed 3rd at St. Louis IBJJF Open in the purple belt division. In the beginning of 2024 he started his coaching career as a freestyle wrestling coach at TeamMo.

Gasan is the founder of HAJIME grappling co. Having an extensive background in wrestling, he was able to craft a unique and influential style of grappling, integrating key principles and techniques from both wrestling and jiu-jitsu. He developed the conceptual core of HAJIME together with Philipp Vojta as they sought to merge their understanding of wrestling and judo in service of jiu-jitsu. More and more, this collaboration revealed the universality of grappling concepts across sports.

“talent is everywhere, winning attitude is not”

Dan Gable

Philipp Vojta

Philipp started judo in 2013, competing seriously through his teenage years, finishing his youth career as number 12 in the nation in his age and weight category. He began his adult career by winning the nationals in the brown belt division, medaling at the brown belt nationals the successive 2 years. At the same time he won 3 state titles in Missouri. He earned his black belt from Derrick Wellman (4th dan) and Randy Pierce (7th dan) in 2019. Philipp is currently a two time FUJI BJJ Missouri State champion (2023,2024) in the blue belts division. Ultimately, they strive to become versatile grapplers, capable of applying their learned techniques seamlessly and effectively into any grappling arena of their choosing.

“absorb what is useful, discard what is not, add what is uniquely your own”

Bruce Lee

FAQs

If you are not satisfied with your purchase, you can return your unused item to our warehouse for a full refund within 7 days from the date of purchase. All returns and refunds are ultimately pending approval upon receipt and inspection of the returned items.

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    • The Goods were purchased in the last 7 days

    • The Goods are in the original packaging

    • The Goods were not used or damaged

    If you need to return an item, simply email us at: info@hajimegrappling.com with following details:

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    Our staff will contact you within 24 hours with further instructions. All returns and refunds are ultimately pending approval upon receipt and inspection of the returned items.

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    If the confirmation email was not received or lost please reach out to customer service at info@hajimegrappling.com