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. 

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.

March 2025 at Revolution BJJ turns our focus toward escapes. 

All of our regularly scheduled adult BJJ classes (all level 1, 2, and 4) will cover escapes for the month of February.

See you on the mats!

February 2025 brings a new monthly theme. Appropriately, we are inverting last month’s theme (guard maintenance) and flipping the script. Now that everyone is good at maintaining their guards, we turn our attention to passing.

Join us for a monthly focus on passing the guard. 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 guard maintenance for the month of February.

See you on the mats!