Need to Exercise Your Body and/or Your Brain? | Support Your Local Box & Mat Battlefield Episode 3

Need to Exercise Your Body and/or Your Brain? | Support Your Local Box & Mat Battlefield Episode 3

Support Your Local Box The Support Your Local Box Fundraiser is a CrossFit event for the benefit of CrossFit affiliates affected by COVID-19 around the globe. The temporary closures and distances between CrossFitters cannot keep this community apart. Affiliates throughout the world have demonstrated this through their actions over the past few weeks. Now, the entire CrossFit community has an …

The Capital Way | Online Resources E:5 | The Power of Visualization and Our New Schedule

Jiu-Jitsu is defined as the “gentle art”.  Not gentle because it’s calm or soft, but gentle in the sense that leverage is valued over athleticism.  Not so long ago one of my tough purple belts had his doctor tell him that he’s out of shape.  My purple belt didn’t understand how that was possible, considering he’s at practice 3-5 times …

The Capital Way | Online Resources E:4 | Making The News, New Classes, More Videos…

There is no rest for the weary. Capital hasn’t missed a step during this Coronavirus pandemic. Since our last episode in this series of articles featuring online resources, we made The Washington Times, added virtual classes, generated a newsletter (don’t worry if you didn’t get it, the next one is coming soon), and more! First up, here’s The Washington Times …

Emanuel “Manny” Thompson | On A MMA Winning Streak

It’s been a busy 12 months for Capital’s MMA team.  This is especially true for the energetic and entertaining Emanuel “Manny” Thompson, who just won his third mixed martial arts fight at Spartyka 42 in Norfolk, VA. Emanuel Thompson was born in 1992 in Westfield, New Jersey. He began his martial arts journey taking Taekwondo classes and he obtained his …

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) Tournament at the Loudoun, VA Location | January 25th, 2020

Capital’s mission is to provide friendly, fun, and safe training facilities where every member’s training goals – whether for recreation or performance at the highest levels – are regarded equally. In order to support the competitive grapplers we offer frequent In House Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Submission Wrestling tournaments. These competitions are less than a quarter of the cost of other …

Open Training Cleanup Instructional | The Capital Way

Capital has been on the cutting edge of Mixed Martial Arts and Elite Fitness training since 2001. We specialize in programs and facilities for the world’s most effective martial arts and fitness programs. We offer proven Gracie Jiu-Jitsu with the only black belts in the DMV under the original Ultimate Fighting Champion–Royce Gracie, authentic Muay Thai, results driven fitness classes, …

Capital’s Youth Competitors | USA Muay Thai Federation (USMF) Youth Development League (YDL)

Nine Capital MMA & Elite Fitness youth fighters made their way to the USA Muay Thai Federation (USMF) Youth Development League (YDL) tournament in New York on Sunday, October 27th, 2019. The league is open to athletes from 4-17, and fight teams from across the East Coast traveled to this unprecedented event. The USMF YDL has been growing tremendously, and …