Rick Koenig

Professor Rick Koening is the Founder of RKBJJ and 2nd Degree Black Belt under TJ Tomlin/Renato Tavares of the Carlson Gracie Lineage. Rick has over 20 years of teaching experience in BJJ, MMA, Boxing and Judo.

Professor Koenig expertly blends the full complement of MMA training and skills into real world self-defense applications. From a long career as a fighter and personal security for very high-profile celebrities, to teaching Law enforcement applicable control techniques, Rick’s real-world experience stretches back decades across multiple industries.

Rick blends his exceptional martial arts experience with his unbreakable faith in Jesus Christ to form ‘Training Day’, a comprehensive approach to addressing addiction, mental health and fresh start initiatives. He successfully blends his Ministry and Training Day to help provide folks who are struggling a second chance at life.