Career
He is called "Elvis" because of his long, chop-like sideburns. Today Nino Schembri teaches at his own gym located in Lawndale, California. Nino has a unique style at Jiu-Jitsu with focus on submission and a creative attacks.
He has created the Gogoplata choke at 2010 in Abu-Dhabi.
At 1999 Pan-american he had phenomenals wins and became known as "El Nino", in analogy to the natural phenomenon El Niño.