BJJ, Muay Thai, and Grappling
Side control, the back, the mount, and knee-on-stomach are incredibly dominant positions in jiu jitsu. If you can maintain the position, you can get the submission.
Check out our newly updated classes on our schedule when you get a chance. All of our regularly scheduled adult BJJ classes (all level 1, 2, and 4) will cover dominant positions as a central theme for the month of November.
New month, new focus: triangles and omoplatas!
Omoplatas and triangles share something in common: both are positions as well as submissions. We’ll take a deep look at the connection between the two positions, how to finish each submission, and how to use the position itself to your advantage. We’ll consider defenses and counters as well.
Check out our newly updated classes on our schedule when you get a chance. All of our regularly scheduled adult BJJ classes (all level 1, 2, and 4) will cover omoplatas and triangles as a central theme for the month of October.
August 2025 was a good month for competition for Revolution BJJ! Here are some quick results from New Breed and Masters Worlds.
New Breed – August 9th – RVA
Adult BJJ – 1st place
Overall BJJ – 1st place
Medal tally:
11 gold
13 silver
9 bronzes
DCF – gold, bronze
Dex Schult – gold, gold
Hannah Bonyak – gold
Noah Eddy – gold
Pete Konrad – gold
Stephen Legge – silver
Alex Scherschel – gold, silver
Kemp Harper – gold, silver
John Martin – silver, silver
Nathan Loop – gold
Colin Brady – silver, bronze
Anthony Carramucci – gold. silver
Ivan Vallejos – bronze, bronze
Robby Hurt – silver, bronze
Jeremy Dacosta, Jr. – gold
IBJJF Master World’s August 30th
Weylin Long – Gold, purple, Master 1, middle
Jesse Wastler – Bronze, blue, Master 3, super heavy
Congratulations to everyone who competed!
September 2025 at Revolution BJJ means putting the gis back on for all regularly scheduled classes, and it means a deep focus on a new monthly theme: armbars.
The armbar (or armlock) in BJJ is among the highest percentage submissions, and for good reason. Learn armbars from the bottom, top, and back positions while discovering the hidden connections between the submission and position aspects.
Come learn everything you need to know about armbars with us this month.
Check out our newly updated classes on our schedule when you get a chance. All of our regularly scheduled adult BJJ classes (all level 1, 2, and 4) will cover armbars as a central theme for the month of September.
August means leaving the gi at home, and showing up to train with a focus on leglocks.
Leglocks are an important part of the modern sport jiu jitsu game, and they open a new set of doors for your imagination. Combinations and counters that were never-before-imagined are invented on a daily basis.
Come learn how to apply straight ankle locks, kneebars, calf slicers, heel hooks, and more in a safe and friendly environment focused on the technical and innovative aspects of the art.
Check out our newly updated classes on our schedule when you get a chance. All of our regularly scheduled adult BJJ classes (all level 1, 2, and 4) will cover leglocks as a central theme for the month of August. And, most importantly: they’ll be no-gi!
Congrats to the IBJJF Virginia Open competitors (July 19 and 20th)! Revolution BJJ brought home some hardware:
Daniel Frank, Master 4 Black – 1 gold at gi weight, 1 silver in gi absolute
Zakk Meroth, Master 1 Purple – 1 gold at gi weight, 1 silver in gi absolute, 1 gold at nogi weight, 1 gold at nogi absolute
Jesse Wastler, Master 3 Blue – 1 gold at gi weight
Nathan Crawford, Master 3 Blue -1 gold at gi weight
Lissa Miller, Master 3 Blue – 1 silver at gi weight, 1 gold at nogi weight
Aaron Bish, Master 1 Blue – 1 silver at gi weight
Hannah Bonyak, Adult White – 1 silver at weight
Liv Vaccari, Adult White – 1 gold at weight
Total – 8 golds, 5 silvers
Congratulations, everyone! Win or lose, we all learned a ton and had a blast.
July 2025 brings us to new monthly theme of the closed guard.
While the study of open guard has exploded in recent years, the closed guard continues to fly under the radar. Being in the closed guard of someone who knows how to use it can be among the most uncomfortable spots in all of jiu jitsu, and this month is all about sharing how to do that to people.
Chokes, joint locks, back takes, and sweeps are all on the menu for this month, and we’ll take a look at how to survive and open the closed guard as well.
Check out our newly updated classes on our schedule when you get a chance. All of our regularly scheduled adult BJJ classes (all level 1, 2, and 4) will cover closed guard in July.
In jiu jitsu, the choke is often perceived as the ultimate goal of any match, fight, or self-defense scenario. This is for good reason! If you break someone’s arm, they might still attack you, but an unconscious person is unlikely to represent a credible threat.
With great power comes great responsibility. Come learn how to apply chokes safely from our team of black belt instructors, who will cover both gi and no-gi strangulation techniques all month.
Check out our newly updated classes on our schedule when you get a chance. All of our regularly scheduled adult BJJ classes (all level 1, 2, and 4) will cover chokes in June.
Open guard is everything that happens from your guard when you can’t close your legs around your partner. That covers a lot of ground! In May, we’ll turn our focus toward tons of different types of open guard, from X-guard to lapel guard and everything in between. Join us!
Check out our newly updated classes on our schedule when you get a chance. All of our regularly scheduled adult BJJ classes (all level 1, 2, and 4) will cover open guard for the month of May.
April 2025 at Revolution BJJ turns our focus toward the Kimura grip. Our instructors love to focus on the dynamic interplay between position and submission! You can finish a Kimura submission, but you can also take the back with the grip. We’ll cover it all this month.
Check out our newly updated classes on our schedule when you get a chance. All of our regularly scheduled adult BJJ classes (all level 1, 2, and 4) will cover escapes for the month of April.
