Gyms Details:

Head Professor: Adam Deane

Details: Gracie Charlottesville is Central Virginia’s premier Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu self-defense academy located on the corner of Rt. 29 and Rio Rd at 1646 Seminole Trail (across from Fashion Sq. Mall). We offer traditional Gracie Jiu-Jitsu instruction with a heavy emphasis on self-defense, grappling, and ground submissions. Our state-of-the-art academy is friendly and accepting of all people who want to learn in a safe and comfortable environment. Our ownership team is comprised of 3 Pedro Sauer Black Belt Jiu-Jitsu instructors (Brent Lillard, Adam Deane, and Shaun Kennedy) and a Division-1 wrestling star from West Virginia University, Christian Chirico. Together we have over 50 years of grappling 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.

Kids Program Url: https://graciecharlottesville.com/programs/

Kids Program Detail: Our kids Gracie Jiu-Jitsu class is designed to impart valuable life skills to our students from self-defense and general safety awareness to confidence and goal-setting. The primary focus of our kids program is to develop fundamental techniques, and create a solid foundation to build upon in older years. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (created by the Gracie family) is a highly effective and comprehensive system of standing and ground defense techniques utilizing rules of leverage. Even a smaller person can learn the principles of leverage that will assist them in defending themselves against or defeating a larger opponent. It is also a tremendous workout for children regardless of athletic ability. Our environment is very welcoming and the kids are required to show respect to one another at all times. We dedicate a portion of each class to making sure that they understand the character requirements of our art. We teach eye contact, hand shaking, how to address a bully, how to avoid fights, etc. It is a fantastic place to bring kids who are shy, restless/ADD, have social anxiety, etc. Athletic ability will be taught and improved upon in this class, so no previous athleticism is required.

Woman Only Program Url: https://graciecharlottesville.com/programs/

Woman Only Program Detail: This program is for women-only, and focuses on 3 major areas: self-defense, fitness and reflexes. Each class opens with a workout-style techniques drilling class and then moves into simulated real-life self-defense scenarios. In this program women will learn how to escape holds, avoid being pulled into bad locations, and will learn to render an attacker harmless through a comprehensive system of submissions designed to work on much larger/stronger opponents. Women can expect to gain awareness and confidence for the streets while conditioning their bodies and minds for worst-case scenarios.

Schedule Url: https://graciecharlottesville.com/schedule/

Email: info@graciecharlottesville.com

Facebook Url: https://www.facebook.com/graciecharlottesville

Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtTufAcE1bAiiDCwlGVO7iw

Video Url: https://youtu.be/qKKA0pxgR7Y

Country: United States