My name is Reese Idica. I was born and raised on Oahu Hawaii.
Started my career in the Martial Arts at 13 years old. Practiced in the Arts of Kenpo, Muay Thai, Kali, Jun Fan JKD, wrestling, Boxing, and shootfighting.

In 1997 I was influenced by the early days UFC and a friend of mines to try out Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. I also Began competing in in-house MMA gym competitions (since mma at the time was not well received in the communities and the public)

In 2001 I moved to Las Vegas. I became a student of the First Brazilian Jiu Jitsu/MMA school of Las Vegas called “Jsect” owned by former UFC fighter John Lewis (also known as a pioneer of MMA and the owner of the MMA show called World Fighting Alliance). John was instrumental in the merging of the Fertittas buying the UFC. He was also their first Jiu Jitsu Teacher.

I’ve trained with world class MMA Fighters and Grapplers such as John Lewis, Marc Laimon, Sim Go, Sonny Nohara, Kimo Leopoldo, Marvin Eastman, Rafael Lovato, Carlos Newton, Gilbert Yvel, Jeff Glover, Frank Trigg, Razor Rob McCullough, Vitor Shaolin Ribeiro, Renato Charuto Verissimo, Marc Bocek, Kendall Grove, AJ Scales, Bernardo Pitel, Cesar Pedrini, Andre Marola, Gustavo Dantas, KJ Kama, and more…

I am also Certified as a Black Belt and Affiliated under the powerhouse team in Brazilian Jiu jitsu and the UFC called “Nova Uniao” aka New Union. I assisted teaching at Fight Capital Gym (formerly JSect) June of 2013 and began my Journey as a Black Belt on January of 2015.
Since then I have opened up under my own BJJ academy called Nova Uniao Las Vegas/ Rivals BJJ.

I have also been a Law Enforcement Official for 1 9 years. I instruct my own Defensive Tactics Lesson Plan For Multiple Law Enforcement Agencies and have the only jiu jitsu based P.O.ST. Approved Certification in Nevada.