BJJ in Washington

Washington, DC carries seven listings in this directory — a tightly curated set spread across Florida Ave NW, Foggy Bottom, Park View, Shaw, and the 16th & Q corridor. The single most established academy by review density is **BETA Academy** at 1353 Florida Ave NW (4.9 stars, 334+ reviews), led by Professor Nakapan Phungephorn — a local DC combat-sports veteran and renowned BJJ coach whose lineage produced Kelly Quinn, the head black belt at **Vortex Jiu Jitsu** (5.0 stars, 268 reviews). Vortex operates inside the Edlavitch Jewish Community Center on 16th & Q St NW; Quinn is a DMV native, former high-school folkstyle wrestler with a 5-0 MMA record and a black belt under Phungephorn, and has competed at Metamoris, Fight 2 Win, IBJJF, and ADCC Trials. The Yamasaki Academy thread runs through **Estilo Jiu Jitsu** in the Park View neighborhood (opened end of 2021, 5.0 stars, 105 reviews), led by 3rd-degree black belt Luis Pantoja — promoted by Mario and Fernando Yamasaki and Francisco Neto, with multiple IBJJF Pan-Am medals and credit for starting DC's first BJJ program under the Yamasaki umbrella. **Underworld BJJ** (5.0 stars, 19 reviews, $219/mo published) is co-headed by Danielle Gallo — 2025 IBJJF No-Gi World Champion at Adult Purple Belt, 2024 No-Gi Pan American Champion, and currently World-Ranked #1 Purple Female Rooster Weight — alongside co-founder Aidan Oates and three on-staff black belts (Alfredo Atencio, Graham Burkhalter under Roan Jucao Carneiro, and Dave Boafo under Diego Bispo). It is the only DC BJJ gym running kids classes daily. **Highstyle Jiu Jitsu** in Shaw (Blagden Alley, 4.7 stars, 118 reviews) is led by black belt Ben "Jammin'" — IBJJF DC Open Masters Champion at blue belt, Fight2Win Pro veteran (1-0), affiliated with Sucker Free Jiu Jitsu under Weiss Sakhizada — and explicitly maintains the gym as a space free from law enforcement personnel, an unusual policy in a federal-training-heavy market. **N-Flux** (5.0 stars, 83 reviews) is a no-gi, ecological-dynamics specialist running a Foundations / Integration / Advanced track with Active Killer Defense, Women & Femme Self Defense, and N-Flux Saber (lightsaber combat) on the schedule. **Urban Boxing Foggy Bottom** (4.8 stars, 215 reviews) is primarily a boxing/Muay Thai facility but runs a no-gi BJJ class led by Ronald Clary and Mike Easton, with an unlimited-classes-at-all-locations no-contract membership. Across the DC seven, published pricing where listed clusters around $219/mo at Underworld — sitting in the upper half of the broader DMV $150–$240 range while remaining accessible relative to the high end of the metro.