BJJ in Lyons

Lyons is a small village just southwest of Chicago along the Des Plaines River, with one local academy — **Chicago Fight Team**, a **Carlson Gracie** affiliate. The Carlson Gracie network is the dominant lineage across the Chicago metro, and Lyons gives the immediate southwest suburbs direct access to it. Nearby options include Countryside (APEX House of Grappling) and Indian Head Park (Progression Jiu Jitsu) just south, North Riverside (Tutaj BJJ) immediately north, and Westchester (The Fight Farm) a short drive west. Chicago's west-side academies are also a 15-minute drive east via the Stevenson (I-55).