Obsidian

No man trains alone

Helping men build identity, purpose and relationships

through Jiu Jitsu community and practical support.

A father carrying his child among men in Roger Gracie Academy training gis

A place to start

Many men are never shown how.

How to be a father, a partner, a son or a friend. Most work it out alone.

01

Identity

Who you are and what you stand for. It comes first, because everything else is built on it.

02

Purpose

Direction that follows from knowing who you are: what you're working towards, and for whom.

03

Relationships

Being the father, partner, son and friend the people around you can count on.

Men practising Jiu Jitsu together at an Obsidian session

Jiu Jitsu is the door

On the mat, every man starts equal.

Titles and money stay at the door. Trust is earned through practice, everyone is still learning, and no one trains alone.

You learn to stay calm under pressure, and when you need to, to tap, own it and go again. That's what we carry into the rest of life.

  • Everyone equal
  • Trust through practice
  • Tap and start again

Why this matters

Challenges are part of life. Facing them alone is the problem.

Loss, failure, pressure at work, a relationship in trouble. Every man meets them. Men struggle most when they meet them without a clear sense of who they are, the tools to cope, or people around them.

6,162

UK

Suicides registered in England and Wales in 2025

Each dot represents about 100 lives.

3x

UK

The male rate was three times the female rate

Men17.5 per 100,000
Women5.5 per 100,000

4 in 5

US

suicides in the US are men

38,977 of 48,824 suicides in 2024.

106

US

men lost to suicide every day in the US

One man every 13 to 14 minutes, 2024.

Sources: Office for National Statistics, Suicides in England and Wales: 2025 registrations (age-standardised rates). American Association of Suicidology, US 2024 Suicide Final Data (from CDC/NCHS).

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