Robert Naumoski
Robert Naumoski developed teaching networks in Sydney and Skopje, with patient beginner coaching and lasting training friendships.
Biography
Sources for this profile
BJJ Eastern Europe, Robert Naumoski interview, October 24, 2012(opens in a new tab)
Robert Naumoski is Australian, with parents who emigrated from Macedonia.
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Naumoski was born in Australia.
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A blue-belt owner of his weights gym invited him to grapple in the basement. Naumoski recalled weighing 110 kilograms and being repeatedly controlled by the older, 75-kilogram instructor, which convinced him to continue.
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He moved to Paulo Guimaraes’s training group in 1999, recalling that a single session made him feel he had found his place in BJJ.
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Naumoski received his BJJ black belt in 2010 from Paulo Guimaraes and Jorge Pereira.
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He described his own game as moving forward from takedowns to better positions and then submissions, favouring low guard passes rather than a single favourite finish.
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In his 2012 interview he reported five New South Wales, three Australian and four Pan Pacific titles.
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Ultimate Jiu Jitsu, Robert Naumoski Q&A, May 29, 2026(opens in a new tab)
As a twelve-year-old cycling through Hurstville, he saw wooden-sword training in a scout hall; his enthusiasm for Conan helped draw him into martial arts.
Where in the source: Finding Inspiration, childhood answer.
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He dates his martial-arts training to 1987 and his BJJ training to 1996.
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Ultimate Jiu Jitsu identifies Naumoski as its founder and head instructor, leading gyms in Australia and overseas.
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He identifies himself as the founder of Ultimate Jiu Jitsu.
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His academy dates its opening to 2003.
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He says friendships with training partners, some extending beyond twenty years, are a continuing reason to train.
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Jiu Jitsu Legacy, Robert Naumoski interview, August 3, 2018 (updated February 28, 2019)(opens in a new tab)
Seeing Royce Gracie succeed in the early UFC made him want to learn BJJ. His first instructor was a local blue belt named Wayne.
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He became an affiliated Roots instructor in 2003; by 2018 he described responsibility for ten academies, including Macedonian schools.
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In 2018 his Sydney teaching covered children, adults, women’s self-defence and MMA athletes across a reported twenty-two weekly classes.
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His school welcomed visitors from other affiliations and encouraged students to visit other academies, treating those exchanges as a way to build lasting connections.
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During his 2010 honeymoon in Macedonia he met Ivica Aleksovski; their well-attended seminar led to a Roots school in Skopje.
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Naumoski described easing beginners into training at reduced intensity and pairing them with experienced partners who could guide their positions during sparring.
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He urged students to progress patiently, keep a regular schedule and preserve the ability to return to training rather than exhausting themselves in isolated sessions.
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Outside martial arts he taught mathematics and ran a tuition centre, and said his students recognised the mathematical references he used to explain adjustments.
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He described spending free time with his wife and children, taking the children outdoors and reading regularly.
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Jiu Jitsu Legacy, Ivica Aleksovski interview, October 31, 2018(opens in a new tab)
Aleksovski dates the seminar that began his Roots affiliation with Naumoski to December 12, 2010.
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Macedonian BJJ Federation, About the federation(opens in a new tab)
The Macedonian federation describes Aleksovski’s team joining Roots under Naumoski in 2010 and names Naumoski as an honorary federation member.
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Macedonian BJJ Federation, completed seminar report, December 9, 2014(opens in a new tab)
A December 2014 federation report records Naumoski teaching separate gi-BJJ and MMA seminar sessions for practitioners from several Macedonian cities and visiting Bulgarians.
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That seminar included leg attacks and self-defence applications, and Naumoski awarded both blue and purple belts to local students.
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Jiu Jitsu Legacy, Marko Papuckovski interview, January 9, 2019(opens in a new tab)
Marko Papuckovski credits Naumoski with his fundamentals and top pressure, saying those basics help him regain top position when a match starts going badly.
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Australasian Martial Arts Hall of Fame, Robert Naumoski member record(opens in a new tab)
The Australasian Martial Arts Hall of Fame lists his 2016 induction as Budoka of the Year for Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2023.
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Ultimate Jiu Jitsu, Robert Naumoski’s Lifetime in Martial Arts, June 28, 2026(opens in a new tab)
Reflecting in 2026 on his hall-of-fame awards, he credited his instructors, training partners and students, and placed passing on knowledge above collecting personal medals.
Where in the source: Opening reflection and The Real Reward of Coaching.
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He describes his central coaching reward as helping children develop confidence and adults gain practical self-defence skills.
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