Our Story
The Practice Behind the Practice
Somatic Jiujitsu was born from a simple question: what if sensitivity — not strength, not speed — was the real foundation of grappling?
Founder & Head Instructor
Marcus Webb
Marcus Webb has been training Brazilian Jiujitsu for over two decades, earning his black belt under Marcelo Garcia in 2014. But it was a single afternoon that changed the direction of everything.
A blind training partner. A blindfold. And the sudden, startling realization that without sight, the body knows more than the mind ever gave it credit for.
"I put a blindfold on to feel what he was feeling," Marcus recalls. "And for the first time, I stopped thinking about jiujitsu and started listening to it."
That experience became an obsession. Over the following years, Marcus developed a systematic approach to teaching this sensitivity — a curriculum of drills and partner practices that train the nervous system rather than just the body. He began calling it Somatic Jiujitsu.
Today, Marcus teaches out of Denver, Colorado, and travels internationally to share the method with practitioners at every level.
- Black belt under Marcelo Garcia (2014)
- 20+ years of BJJ training and competition
- Former competitive grappler, IBJJF Pan American medalist
- Certified in somatic movement education
- Instructor at seminars across North America and Europe
Philosophy
Why Sensitivity?
Most martial arts instruction focuses on what to do — which technique to apply, which position to seek, which submission to chase. Somatic Jiujitsu asks a different question: how do you feel what is happening?
Sensitivity is the capacity to receive information through touch — to feel the subtle shifts in weight, the micro-tensions in a grip, the direction of force before it fully arrives. It is not a technique. It is the ground from which all technique grows.
When you train sensitivity, you stop fighting the mat and start listening to it. You stop reacting and start responding. The difference is everything.
Slowness as a teacher
Speed hides information. Slowing down reveals what is actually happening between two bodies.
The body as instrument
The nervous system is trainable. Sensitivity is not a gift — it is a practice.
Contact as conversation
Every grip, every pressure, every shift of weight is a sentence in a language the body already speaks.
Ego-free learning
Sensitivity cannot be forced. The mat rewards those who come to listen, not to dominate.
Begin the Conversation
Whether you are a white belt or a black belt, the sensitivity drills will meet you where you are. The practice is the same — only the depth changes.