BJJ in Newport News

Newport News carries one listing in this directory: **Breakaway Jiu Jitsu & Self-Defense** (5.0 stars, 91 reviews) — co-owned by Brendon and Sydney Walzak. Brendon is a brown belt with lineage Royce Gracie → Rob Murianka, an Iraq War veteran (Army infantry) and 10-year Newport News Police veteran (academy instructor, SWAT medic, Senior Combatives Instructor for NNPD), now serving with Newport News Fire since 2022; he received his blue belt from Royce Gracie in 2010 and brown belt from Rob Murianka in 2019. Programs include Adult BJJ (self-defense, sport, fitness) and Kids classes. The academy is located in the Industrial Distribution Center; Newport News sits in the Hampton Roads / Tidewater region of Virginia, separate from the DMV metro.