Martial arts centre planned at former marina restaurant site
Art Suave, a Brazilian jiu jitsu company, wants to take over and convert the former Italian Brasserie restaurant at the Marina.
The company said – in its application to Brighton and Hove City Council for planning permission for change of use – that it wanted to make the site its European headquarters for “Gracie Jiu-Jitsu”.
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Hide AdThe space would have room for 20 people practising the martial art and space for parents to watch, with a small café providing drinks.
The company said that the space had been empty for two years.
It said that change of use from a restaurant to leisure facilities would bring more people to an area of the Marina which was not a prominent location.
The application said: “The proposal will result in the loss of a restaurant unit.
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Hide Ad“However, the provision of leisure facilities, which do not already exist, would attract people to the Marina.”
Brazilian jiu-jitsu developed from judo taught in Brazil by Japanese teachers.
It teaches a smaller person to defend themselves against a bigger person.
Art Suave Ltd said that it was a fundamental self-defence technique to empower women as well as offering children bully-proof programmes.
The application can be viewed by searching for BH2020/00404 on the council’s website at planningapps.brighton-hove.gov.uk.