the capital jiu-jitsu school
Our Instructors
Capital MMA & Elite Fitness™ offers Northern Virginia's Ultimate Mixed Martial Arts and Fitness experience. Our diverse group of expert instructors draw from hands-on experience and years of martial arts training to bring out the best in their students, whether in competition, self-defense or fitness. Proficient, personable and professional, our instructors are crucial to the Capital MMA & Elite Fitness™ environment and make training at Capital an unparalleled martial arts experience. Capital is a certified CrossFit affiliate and Royce Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Network, Capital MMA & Elite Fitness™ hosts regular visits from the top names in martial arts and fitness, including UFC champion Royce Gracie and ADCC champion Rodrigo Gracie. With a diverse group of in-house and visiting instructors, Capital MMA & Elite Fitness's™ talent pool is always growing. Whether you want to compete in Mixed Martial Arts or Grappling, Get in Shape, Learn Self-Defense or just have some fun, Capital MMA & Elite Fitness™ coaches can help you achieve your goals.
Visiting Capital MMA & Elite Fitness™ in Northern Virginia, Royler Gracie demonstrates a Gracie Jiu-Jitsu technique on Rodrigo Gracie as Ralek Gracie watches.
The training environment at Capital MMA & Elite Fitness™ is unlike any other Mixed Martial Arts Academy. At Capital, you'll have the opportunity to:
- Train with a World Champion UFC fighter
- Learn from an Abu Dhabi Submission Grappling (ADCC) World Champion
- Watch your children have fun while learning from their mentors
- Capital MMA & Elite Fitness™ hosts visits from a variety of guest instructors. Here, Rodrigo Gracie teaches Self-Defense techniques to members of the Kid's MMA program.
- Train alongside professional fighters and top competitors
- Meet the Toughest Woman in Virginia, a Pro Fighter
- Dubbed "the toughest woman in Virginia," Pro MMA fighter and Capital Coach, Iman, poses with Mixed Martial Arts belts she won as an amateur. Iman left her career as a firefighter to join the Capital staff.
- Participate in certified CrossFit training with MANY certified CrossFit coaches - celebrating everyone from those achieving elite fitness to people hitting their first CrossFit workout
- Take Martial Arts Classes from former professionals in an eclectic mix of fields, including an MBA, a Firefighter, a Police Officer, Military Personnel, an Elementary School Teacher and others
- Get Motivated in a Team orientated instructor environment
- With over a decade of martial arts experience and experience as an elementary school teacher, Jeremy supervises students drilling at Capital Loudoun.
- Workout alongside Special Forces
- Practice the same techniques used by Police Officers and Military
- Meet and learn from the legends of MMA, Gracie Jiu-Jitsu and CrossFit
- After being awarded his purple belt, RGJJ Fundamentals instructor Dan, poses with Royce Gracie. As a Royce Gracie Network, CJJ hosts regular visits from Royce.
- Access to the MMA and fitness' top experts help CJJ maintain a high level of instruction. Here, school owner Jeremy learns from the late Grandmaster Helio Gracie.
Visit Capital MMA & Elite Fitness™ today in Alexandria/Arlington or Sterling/Dulles to discover what Northern VA's top Mixed Martial Arts and Fitness School can do for you. With top training, unique life experience and enthusiasm, CJJ instructors can take you to a new level of fitness and martial arts.