Serving Cocoa Beach
Brazilian Jiu Jitsunear Cocoa Beach, Florida
Pure Life Martial Arts teaches Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in Indialantic, Florida under Professor Felipe “Balboa” Portela, a third degree black belt and veteran of the UFC's The Ultimate Fighter and Strikeforce.
Gi and no-gi classes cover the full curriculum: guard, passing, escapes, submissions and positional sparring, taught in a structured progression rather than a different technique every night.
Beginners train alongside experienced students from their first week. You do not need to be fit, flexible or experienced to start — those are results of training, not prerequisites for it.
Getting here from Cocoa Beach
Pure Life is in Indialantic, well down A1A from Cocoa Beach. The drive is south the whole way, past Patrick Space Force Base and through Satellite Beach and Indian Harbour Beach. That's about 30 minutes.
There's no causeway to cross: Cocoa Beach and Indialantic are on the same barrier island. The academy is on North Miramar Avenue (A1A) in the Indialantic Shopping Center.
A1A runs through several towns and their traffic lights on the way down, so give the leave-by times further down some slack, especially the first time.
- Distance
- About 16 miles in a straight line
- Drive
- Roughly 30 minutes, south on A1A, past Patrick Space Force Base
- Side
- Beachside, on the same barrier island as the academy
- after work
- 6:30 PM on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday — leave Cocoa Beach by about 5:50 PM
- early morning
- 6 AM on Wednesday — leave Cocoa Beach by about 5:20 AM
- Next door
- Merritt Island and Rockledge
Leave-by times allow for the drive and about ten minutes to park and change. Traffic varies, so give yourself longer for a first visit.
When Brazilian Jiu Jitsu trains
- Monday
- 6:30 AM–7:30 AM · Brazilian Jiu Jitsu6:30 PM–7:30 PM · Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
- Tuesday
- 10:30 AM–11:30 AM · Brazilian Jiu Jitsu6:30 PM–7:30 PM · Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
- Wednesday
- 6 AM–7 AM · BJJ No-Gi6:30 PM–7:30 PM · BJJ No-Gi
- Thursday
- 10:30 AM–11:30 AM · BJJ No-Gi6:30 PM–7:30 PM · Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
Questions from Cocoa Beach
- Is Pure Life in Cocoa Beach?
- No. The academy is at 800 N Miramar Ave in Indialantic, roughly 30 minutes south of Cocoa Beach on A1A.
- Do I have to go over to the mainland from Cocoa Beach?
- No. It's A1A south the whole way, past Patrick Space Force Base and through Satellite Beach and Indian Harbour Beach.
- Is it worth the drive from Cocoa Beach?
- Try it once. The first class is free, so you can make the drive, take the class and decide whether it fits your week.