MIAMI BEACH, Fla. -- The owner of a club in South Beach has his security staff trained by jujitsu experts.

Roman Zago, the owner of Mynt Lounge, chose to have his staff trained in order to make his club safer.

"As an owner, I think it should be mandatory to have certified security," Zago said.

The idea is to turn big, bulky bouncers into trained security personnel.

"We're teaching them how to use leverage and technique rather than muscular strength," said jujitsu expert Pedro Valenti.

"We've completed 18 lessons. It lasted over a few months, so practice makes perfect," said Mynt bouncer Mark Henry Custin.

The last lesson takes place inside the nightclub, where the instructors pose as rowdy customers.

Valenti said he can train the bouncers to remain calm when they have a bottle broken over their heads or when they are punched in the face.

"That comes with confidence," Valenti said. "People usually attack because they're afraid, because they are insecure."

Even Mynt hostesses like Sara Remington were taught how to handle customers who get too fresh.

"The moves they teach us are good to release ourselves from the men that are grabbing us," Remington said.

The program is being endorsed by Miami Beach Mayor Matti Herrera Bower, who admitted that a recent incident at Mansion Nightclub brought the wrong kind of attention to South Beach. At that club, bouncers allegedly sent three college students on spring break to a hospital after a dispute over a bar tab, NBC6's Tom Llamas reported.

"We cannot allow that to happen here or anyplace else," Bower said. "People need to feel safe when they come out partying."

"You're here to dance, to jump, to sing, to have fun, to drink. You're not here to fight," Zago said.