Gracie Charlottesville is Central Virginia’s premier Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu self-defense academy. We offer traditional Gracie Jiu-Jitsu instruction with a heavy emphasis on self-defense, grappling, and ground submissions. We also offer high level Muay Thai instruction, as well as Western Boxing, Judo, Sambo, JKD/FMA weapons defense classes, and Yoga. All memberships are all-inclusive of all programs and students may come to as many or as few classes as they wish. Our state-of-the-art academy is friendly and accepting of all people who want to learn in a safe and comfortable environment.
We have 10 Black Belt Jiu-Jitsu instructors (Brent Lillard, Adam Deane, Shaun Kennedy, Kristen DeBruycker, Alex Brown, John McCune, Bill Calvani, Bradley Burkett, Garen Arthur, and Serhiy Vitko) and many great assistant instructors. Together we have hundreds years of martial arts experience and we are eager to share our knowledge with everyone who walks in the door. All styles/affiliations/patches are welcome at any time.
