The Lighthouse Academy

Excellent facility, incredibly humble and genuine owner/professor. Jessica takes a ton of pride in her facility, as well as standards for instruction. Mike kucharski is an amazing instructor, and all around nice guy. Ace performance has a very family friendly atmosphere, glad I found them.

I spend the month of April 2023 visiting Big Bear California. I trained at Ace Performance 5 days a week.

#1- This is one of the cleanest and most well organized Jiu Jitsu schools I have ever been to.

#2- The training is well organized and has a systematic schedule that stays with one central technique and objective for the entire week. Students learn a specific technique in execution and the defense and transitions to and from.

#3 The instructors are skilled Jiu Jitsu practitioners and truly invested in the development and success of their students.

#4 There is a broad range of skill sets among the students.

No place better to train on the mountain.

Coolest facility in Southern California located in beautiful Big Bear! The jiu jitsu is amazing here, Jessica has really put together a world-class place to train. I plan on attending here for many years to come and hope to bring friends whenever possible so I can share this amazing monument of martial arts!

This is my second home, and we strangle each other and crank joints with all the love and care of a family. Jessica got me back on the mats, and now we are building the best jiu jitsu academy and facility in Big Bear. Come train at 7,000 ft in elevation and feel your lungs go from praying for death to handling sea level like a pro!

I have trained with jessica back in 2016 in the Pasadena facility before the pandemic has occurred. At that time I was struggling with muscle imbalances, as we all know not everyone deals with the same muscle imbalances. Jessica not only took the time to assessed my body and tailored a program towards my special needs, but she also make sure to accumulate the exercise towards my own level of training experiences and needs. I highly recommend you to give her a shot, she’s amazing at what she does!