Eliot Kelly is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Competitor and world champion with competition experience in EBI, ADCC, and IBJJF. He is co-owner/head trainer of El Dorado Hills Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

     In the fall of 2015 Eliot finished his Master’s degree in Japanese with a focus on pedagogy from San Francisco State University. For his graduate thesis project, he built a unique Japanese language learning website featuring Rakugo, the traditional art of Japanese sit-down comedy. The link to the website is rakugogaku.com

     Eliot enjoys actively competing in Jiu-Jitsu, working in the vegetable garden, and spending time with family. His interests include; wrestling, coaching, Japanese language and culture, and language acquisition and pedagogy.