HYR Grappling is a kids-only Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu academy about 15 minutes up Route 28 in Chantilly. One program for ages 7–17, two world-class coaches, and no adult classes competing for mat time or attention. Class times are built to fit a Centreville school night, not fight it.
No adult program sharing the schedule, the mats, or the coaches. Every class at HYR is for kids and teens ages 7–17, and that is the whole academy. See the program.
Tuesday and Thursday classes run 5:00–6:00 PM, so you can leave Centreville after school pickup, arrive on time, and be home before dinner. Saturday morning rounds out the week. Full schedule.
Head Coach Cameron Hurd is a 2025 ADCC National Champion, ranked #17 in the world by FloGrappling. Coach Lyndon Yates is a full-time youth specialist. Meet the coaches.
HYR runs a single program: modern no-gi Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu for ages 7–17. No-gi means kids train in shorts and a t-shirt or rash guard rather than a traditional uniform, working leverage, control, and submissions on the ground. It is the real, competition-tested art, taught at a kid-appropriate pace, without the belt-pageant timeline you see at a strip-mall dojo.
The narrow focus is what makes the depth possible. Because HYR only runs three classes a week and only teaches kids, the coaches actually know every student: who is ready for a live round, who needs another week on a movement, who came in shy and is starting to open up. For a Centreville family, a 15-minute drive up Route 28 buys a room where your kid is seen, not processed through a mixed-age group of forty.
Consistency is what turns any of this into skill, and consistency is a scheduling problem as much as a talent one. Three classes a week at times that clear school pickup is the habit that compounds. Curious how BJJ stacks up against striking arts? Read our honest BJJ vs. karate vs. taekwondo comparison.
Take Route 28 North toward Chantilly and exit near the Route 50 interchange. The gym is just off Route 50 at 14740 Flint Lee Road, with parking out front. From Sully Station, Virginia Run, or Centre Ridge, most families make it in 10 to 15 minutes outside of rush hour.
It is close to a straight line, which is what makes the after-school run realistic three times a week rather than a weekend-only trip. Leave after pickup, and the 5:00 PM start is comfortable even with a stop along the way.
Parents are welcome to watch from the side of the room at every class. Plenty of Centreville parents treat it as a built-in hour to answer email while their kid trains.
Coach Cameron Hurd is a brown belt under Sean Stoopman, ranked #17 in the world by FloGrappling, and a 2025 ADCC National Champion. He is an active competitor, so the technique your child drills on a Tuesday is the same technique he is refining for the highest level of the sport.
Coach Lyndon Yates is a full-time youth specialist and a brown belt under the same lineage. Coaching kids is not a side duty he fits in around adult classes, it is the entire job: pacing a room of 7 to 17-year-olds, pairing them safely, and building skill without burning anyone out. His students have competed at ADCC Youth and MMA Youth Worlds.
Two coaches, both on the floor, both focused only on kids. That is a level of attention a mixed-age, adult-first academy structurally cannot match. See both records.
All classes are ages 7–17, beginners welcome at any of them. Full schedule
The first class is free, and there’s no commitment after it. Pick a time below, it takes about 45 seconds.
HYR families also drive in from Fairfax, Oak Hill, and South Riding.