Native Jiu Jitsu

“I was traveling for work and found Native BJJ online, as I enjoy practicing at local gyms when I travel. Professor Carlos and his team welcomed me onto their mats and made me feel like part of the family. Professor Carlos is an excellent teacher and I learned some great details about techniques that I will include in my practice! I’m so glad I found Native BJJ and plan on returning the next time I am in Maryland! Thank you Professor and team!”

“An absolute wonderful place for both adults and children to learn confidence, discipline, respect, and over all love. It’s a welcoming environment with wonderful instructors who not only have the necessary and outstanding training to teach but the patience and wisdom to teach different types of learning styles. A well rounded academy when it comes to gentle teaching and tough rolls.”

“Best deal for youth sport class in Montgomery county. You get three days, an hour each, plus an optional 4th day, a week. When preparing for a competition, you get another two optional days for a total of 6 days. 😀 Every other youth sports class in the area gets you one class a week in under an hour each. ☹️ Deal gets even better with an amazing atmosphere,member community, and high quality and respectful instructors that leave a positive impact in the lives of the students.🤩 Come check it out. Thank you Native!💪🏽”

“Our two kids (10 and 7) started practicing BJJ at Native in March 2023 with Coach Carlos and Gabe and they absolutely love it. Native is really all you can wish for your kids when learning a martial art -- solid BJJ techniques, a respectful and kind teaching environment and a friendly community among other families. Our kids look forward to practice every time and have made good friends in their class. The coaches are fantastic with kids, they keep them excited about the sport, make each class fun yet also maintain a healthy level of discipline and respect (e.g. pay attention, no swear words in and out of class, etc). This really shows as all Native kids are very respectful and kind with each other, especially towards newcomers. At the same time, the competitive spirit is also curated, our kids have participated in some BJJ competitions across the East Coast in the past months. The kids won a few medals, thanks to their BJJ skills, but mainly because the coaches go out of their way to coach and support the kids during the fights in competitions. This is important as it's not only a physical challenge but often also a mental and emotional challenge to manage persistence, winning and losing. Having a trustworthy, caring coach is absolutely crucial here, and Carlos, Gabe (and many of the other teen and adult Native students who often help out) are doing a great job. It's not easy to identify all these characteristics in a martial arts dojo, but we're very grateful we found all of it in Native!!”

“Great place ! Clean , friendly owners , high level instructions for children and adults ! They do Gi / NoGi / wrestling and have a great crew of women ; all of whom have just started within the past year. Would not entrust my children to any other Bjj academy in the region .”