our programs
Capital Kids Programs
Capital Mixed Martial Arts and Elite Fitness offers several programs for children of all ages. In addition to the physical benefits of training at Capial, all Capital Kids Programs offer a fun, safe environment designed to instill the confidence, discipline and character each child needs to solve problems, set goals and succeed.
Capital Kids MMA
Capital MMA and Fitness offers mixed martial arts classes to children ages 5 - 15 years old at both of our Academies in Old Town Alexandria and Loudoun County. We provide kids with essential training in:
- Character
- Self-Defense
- Fitness
- and Fun
The discipline and self-confidence that children acquire in our Kids MMA program helps them grow into well-rounded adults and empowers them to more effectively handle problems, including bullying. We acclimate kids to an active, healthy lifestyle, and build the character, self-esteem and interpersonal skills necessary for peaceful conflict resolution while stressing the importance of safety and cleanliness. Kids with character have powerful coping strategies for dealing with and resolving confrontations with peers, and kids with self-defense have powerful skills to deal with and resolve physical abuse.
Our program uses games to teach the fundamental movements of our
art. Kids learn through playing.
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu differs from Karate, Tae Kwon Do, Judo and other martial arts because of its emphasis on grappling, instead of punches and kicks. Our program teaches children basic striking techniques, but we also ensure that each child learns what to do on the ground by covering takedowns, reversals, sweeps, escapes, submissions and self-defense. Since these techniques rely on leverage and not size or strength (unlike martial arts that focus on punching and kicking) a Jiu-Jitsu practitioner is able to defeat much larger and stronger opponents. This, coupled with the fact that most fights, including confrontations with bullies, end up on the ground, makes Jiu-Jitsu the most effective martial art for children.
Our structured classes instill discipline and work-ethic in
kids.
Capital CrossFit Kids
CrossFit Kids adapts CrossFit's cutting edge elite fitness practices for the specific needs of children. CrossFit Kids teaches children the habits of healthy living while increasing their physical fitness and having fun.
At Capital MMA and Fitness, we believe that building superior fitness in our kids is only one piece of the pie: we also strive to instill a life-long passion for exercise and healthy living in our young students that carries on into adulthood. Many of today's children battle problems associated with obesity and inactivity, and the Capital family works hard not only to ensure that children will avoid such problems in childhood, but also in adulthood. Growing a love for physical fitness leads to strong, well-adjusted, healthy adults.
One of CrossFit's strengths is its universal scalability, meaning that each workout is adaptable to everyone, regardless of athletic ability. In other words, each workout is tailored specifically for the fitness level of each child. Coaches scale load and intensity without changing programs: the needs of high school athletes and elementary school children differ by degree, not kind.
CrossFit Kids
safely learn technical weightlifting to increase strength, speed, power and coordination.
CrossFit focuses on increasing fitness levels and athletic performance. Elite physical fitness comes, not from specializing, but from mastering a broad range of skills: running, jumping, lifting, pulling, pushing and climbing safely and effectively. CrossFit Kids is the only fitness program for kids that can achieve these goals.
CrossFit Kids utilizes a variety
of exercises to help children run, jump, push and pull effectively.
Parents from South Riding, Dulles, Sterling, Alexandria and Arlington, as well as surrounding areas like NOVA, Washington DC, Springfield, Falls Church, Vienna and Fairfax forgo Karate and Tae Kwan Do schools and bring their children to Capital Jiu-Jitsu for instruction in the world's most effective martial art, Royce Gracie Jiu-Jitsu. Our two full-time locations -- inside Jungle's Gym in Old Town Alexandria/Arlington and in Loudoun County/Dulles-606 -- parents can choose the most convenient professional school for their kids to learn the valuable and potentially life-saving marital arts skills of Royce Gracie Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Muay Thai.