Video highlights from Capital @ CageZilla 54!
Learning Gracie Jiu Jitsu Online: Is the virtual viable?
One of the many contentious points debated among jiu jitsu players — Gracie vs. Brazilian, gi vs. no-gi, competition vs. self-defense — is the emerging role of online learning. Similar to higher-education options offered by reputable universities, it is possible for a student to study for and earn belts blue through brown entirely online. Gracie University, the domain of brothers …
A Weekend With The Capital Family
What a weekend for Capital MMA & Elite Fitness! Capital’s kids won the second place team trophy at the Junior Grappling tournament. Five of our purple belts competed at the BJJ Battle Royal invitational tournament. Chris Piriz won another professional MMA fight at CFFC — with a 3rd round TKO. Professor Carlos David Oliveira put on a great seminar at …
In House BJJ Tournament & Muay Thai/Boxing Exhibition Smoker!
Our In House BJJ Points Tournament and Muay Thai / Boxing Exhibition Smoker is scheduled for April 2, 2016! Maybe it’s time for you to try out an entry level grappling competition. Or maybe you will be coming out to support the Muay Thai and boxing fighters as they put it on the line in the smoker exhibition event! Either …
First Round TKO for Royce Gracie at Bellator 149
Congratulations to our teacher Royce Gracie for the first round TKO over Ken Shamrock at Bellator 149! It’s a great day weekend for the Royce Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Network, and mixed martial arts! You are never too old to pursue your goals!
Royce, you have nothing to prove. Why fight Ken Shamrock?
With less than 24 hours until fight time, this is the question that’s on the minds of so many MMA fans. As a Royce Gracie Network affiliate school, the fast answer for us is that we remain absolutely confident in the effectiveness of Gracie Jiu Jitsu. If the man who proved that to the world in the first UFC wants to …
1/2 OFF She’Safe Women’s Self Defense Course—FREE If You Bring a Friend!
Learn proven self-defense skills and strategies! Join us for another hands-on women’s self-defense course with Virginia’s only instructors to have learned from the original Ultimate Fighting Champion (UFC)—and world’s leading self-defense expert—Royce Gracie! Our course will empower you to be proactive in order to prevent predatory assaults. In the unfortunate and rare event of an assault, our course will also …
To Gi or Not to Gi – That is the Question
When it comes to jiu jitsu, there’s a spectrum of attire, from minimal to traditional, that can cast practitioners into very specific camps. Training with a gi or kimono is the domain of classic Gracie Jiu Jitsu, judo/ne-waza, and Sambo. Submission grapplers, as well as collegiate, Greco and catch wrestlers, favor compression shirts, fight shorts, singlets, etc. This subject of …