Rob is Ricardo Almeida's 1st black belt, which was presented to him by Renzo Gracie in November 2004. He has been teaching and training with Renzo since 1994 and has also traveled to Brazil and Japan to train and aid in fight preparation. He has been a longtime training partner and second for current UFC fighter Kurt Pellegrino. His lineage is as follows:

Mitsuo "Count Koma" Maeda --> Carlos Gracie Sr. --> Carlos "Carlinhos" Gracie Jr. -->
Renzo Gracie --> Ricardo "Cachorrao" Almeida --> Rob Scheier

RENZO GRACIE - WEBSITE NEWS, December 2004
"ROB SCHEIER was awarded his BLACK BELT. He is the first black belt formed by my alliance with my black belt, and Jiu jitsu STAR, Ricardo Almeida. I still remember when Rob was begining to train Jiu jitsu, right across the street from the Liberty Bell, in the old Philadelphia school, I always knew he would go all the way. Congratulation my friend !!!!! NO ENGLISH !!!!! hahahhahaha."

Head Boxing Instructor:
Henry Racich

Photo and bio coming soon!

Assistant BJJ Instructors: Mark Barr - Brown Belt Dennis Lueck - Purple Belt John Derent - Purple Belt Joe Bucci - Purple Belt Matt Diana - Blue Belt