A foundational figure in modern Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and the beginning of the direct line Force represents.
Where our Jiu-Jitsu comes from
OUR LINEAGE.
OUR STORY.
Force did not appear out of nowhere. It grew from wrestling rooms, MMA training, a trusted black-belt lineage, a handwritten name, and the belief that Douglas deserved an academy capable of changing what people expected from themselves.
THE JIU-JITSU LINE
Renzo Gracie black belt, UFC champion, academy owner, and the coach who awarded Frank Mullis his black belt.
Third-degree black belt, Wyatt’s coach, and the central bridge between that lineage and the way Force understands, teaches, and lives Jiu-Jitsu.
Black belt under Frank Mullis, former collegiate wrestler, and founder and head coach of Force Jiu-Jitsu.
FRANK MULLIS → WYATT MONTGOMERY
MORE THAN A
BLACK-BELT LINE.
Frank began martial arts in 1988 and later trained around Renzo Gracie, Ricardo Almeida, John Danaher, and Matt Serra. He helped Matt with seminars, later managed him, and received his black belt from Matt in 2014.
For Wyatt, Frank is not simply the name attached to a promotion. Frank shaped how Wyatt understands Jiu-Jitsu, how he breaks down technique, how he teaches, and the kind of culture an academy should protect. After seven years from white belt to black belt, Wyatt received his black belt from Frank in early 2025.
Lineage matters when the lessons continue through how you train, teach, lead, and treat the people in your room.
THE ROAD TO FORCE
BUILT THROUGH
COMPETITION.
Before Force, Wyatt played football and wrestled throughout middle school and high school—developing into a strong running back and an accomplished wrestler. He continued wrestling at Brewton-Parker College and Montana Tech before spending time in professional wrestling and eventually finding mixed martial arts.
MMA led him to Jimmy Barnett and the TECT Center. That room sharpened the wrestling base, introduced a deeper submission game, and became the place where Wyatt earned his blue belt. From there, he opened his own academy in Douglas and continued climbing—from blue belt to black belt, coach, active competitor, and academy owner.
A former collegiate wrestler who continues to compete at a high level, Wyatt brings tested experience back into the room—not as a trophy case, but as a standard for preparation, composure, and honest coaching.
THE FORCE STORY
FROM A NAME ON PAPER
TO A STANDARD PEOPLE SHARE.
It began with one word.
Wyatt wrote “Force” on a piece of paper. There was no polished facility or proven business behind it yet—only a name, a vision, and the conviction to start.
Force opened in the middle of COVID.
The first version of Force Jiu-Jitsu operated in the back of Anytime Fitness. The mats were interlocking puzzle pieces that broke apart during training. What the academy lacked in equipment and space, the first students and coaches replaced with belief, work, and the willingness to build something from nothing.
The black belt raised the responsibility.
Wyatt’s promotion under Frank Mullis was not an ending. It created a greater responsibility to represent the lineage honestly, keep competing, continue learning, and develop coaches—not only students.
The dream moved into its own home.
After five years of growth, Force moved into its new gym. The room was bigger, but the mission stayed the same: build capable people through clear coaching, difficult work, real relationships, and standards that extend beyond the mat.
Force became bigger than one coach.
More than 100 members, a complete youth pathway, adult beginner and advanced classes, folkstyle wrestling, competition success, the Sam Morris Invitational, and the Sam Morris Scholarship expanded the academy’s impact across Douglas and beyond.
Raising The Standard.
Force today belongs to the coaches, families, kids, adults, and competitors who reinforce the culture every week. The standard is only real when the room lives it together.
