Intro to BJJ: Bring them Close, Keep them Close
Schedule
Sun Feb 08 2026 at 09:00 am to 12:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
266 Sunset Park Drive, Herndon, VA, United States, Virginia 20170 | Herndon, VA
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$35 Registration (Discounts available as discussed, please contact us for more)This class is 18+
Taught by Robb Hunter
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) is a martial art that has been around for a century but has only enjoyed widespread popularity since the early 1990s. With this (relative) popularity we began to see its techniques used in films such as Flash Point, Haywire, John Wick, The Kingsman, The Mandalorian, the MCU and even as far back as Lethal Weapon and it is increasingly common to see at least an RNC* or CCC* popping up in many films and even YouTube fights. This class will look at the basic concepts of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, focusing on key recognizable elements that differentiate it from other martial arts. We will look at a few basic submissions in the context of actual application and modifications for use on stage.
*Come to class to see what these are!
Sunday, Feb 8, 2026
9am to 12noon
at the Reston Players’ Lindsay C. Petersen Rehearsal Hall
266 Sunset Park Drive, Herndon, Va 20170
Robb Hunter is a fight master and theatrical firearms instructor for the Society of American Fight Directors, as well as a long-time member of AEA, SAG/AFTRA and the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. Robb is also honored to serve on the Governing Body as fight director representative. Professionally, he is an award-winning movement and fight director and has choreographed violence/movement for many D.C. theatres including The Shakespeare Theatre, Arena Stage, Center Stage, Washington National Opera, Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Ford’s Theatre, The Studio Theatre, Olney Theatre, The Baltimore Shakespeare Festival, Rep Stage, and Washington Shakespeare Company, among others. Robb holds an MFA in theatre pedagogy from the Virginia Commonwealth University and is currently the combat instructor for the Shakespeare Theatre’s one-year intensive MFA program, the Academy for Classical Acting. He is also an artist in residence at American University where he choreographs, directs and has taught movement, mime, stage combat, acting and various sections of theatre history. In addition, he teaches stage combat for McDaniel College, the MFA program at Catholic University and he is a teaching artist for The Shakespeare Theatre and for the Acting Conservatory at The Studio Theatre. When he is not teaching or directing violence he is “enabling” it through his theatrical weapons rental company, Preferred Arms, Inc., which supplies swords, knives and assault rifles to theatres and universities nationwide (www.preferredarms.com).
If you have any questions or concerns regarding the class, payment, health + safety, or any other topic, please email [email protected]
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