Helping Hannibal and the Tri-State area by sharing Jiu-Jitsu through the vision of Gracie Barra and Master Carlos Jr. Providing a large variety of options for training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and creating a healthy lifestyle, GB Hannibal focuses on changing its community by being in it.
In addition to the regular Jiu-Jitsu and Barra Fit classes, GB Hannibal provides training for Law Enforcement, No Bullying for public schools, Self-Defense for Women, Special Classes for Youth Groups, Team Building training sessions, and any opportunity to spread the valuable lessons Jiu-Jitsu can offer.
We are excited and thankful for the opportunity to serve our students and our community and through Jiu-Jitsu we believe that we make change for the better!
Our Weekly Schedule
Our Instructors
Beau Viehmann
ICP4, ICP5, ICP6, ICP6_Revisited, CPR
2nd DEGREE BLACK BELT – OWNER & HEAD INSTRUCTOR: Beau brought the vision of Gracie Barra to the Hannibal area in 2013 with the goal of positively impacting people and the community through Jiu-Jitsu. As the Head Instructor and Owner of Gracie Barra Hannibal, he enjoys the opportunity to share with students daily the lessons …
Adilson de Souza
CPR
BLACK BELT – BRAZILIAN GUEST ATHLETE: Adilson is originally from Cascavel, Parana (Brazil) He has always enjoyed fighting and trained in the art of capoeira when he was 14. A friend influenced him to try jiu-jitsu in 2012 and he received his black belt from Professor Felipe Alencastro in Brasilia on April 17, 2022. …
Michael Parker
ICP5, ICP6, ICP6_Revisited, CPR
BLACK BELT – OPERATIONS MANAGER & INSTRUCTOR: Born and raised here in Hannibal. Professor Michael grew up enjoying the outdoors-shooting, hunting, fishing, and riding ATV’s. He joined the Army at the age of 19 where he was first introduced to Jiu-Jitsu. When the time came to get his daughter into a martial art, he knew …
Ric Hubbard
BLACK BELT – INSTRUCTOR: Ric’s love of martial arts started in 2000 when he joined his local wrestling team. Since then he has studied multiple disciplines, but his greatest love is Jiu-Jitsu. Ric uses his Jiu-Jitsu training to help maintain a healthy lifestyle and manage his type 2 diabetes, with his A1C being the lowest …
Elizabeth Hubbard
PURPLE BELT – INSTRUCTOR: Elizabeth started training at Gracie Barra in 2016 at the prompting of her husband, Professor Ric, in order to pursue a healthy lifestyle and learn self-defense. But as it often does, jiu-jitsu became so much more and she fell in love with the sport, atmosphere, and brotherhood that is GB. She …
