Head Jiu-Jitsu Instructor

We are hiring a head jiu-jitsu instructor to lead our BJJ program.

This is the person our students will learn from, look up to, and stay with for years. The role belongs to someone who can teach a beginner their first armbar with the same care they bring to coaching a competitor through black belt prep — and who understands that the second one only happens because the first one was done well.

Our jiu-jitsu program is the heart of the academy. Members do not stay for the marketing or the facility — they stay for the people who teach them and the community that forms on the mats. The head instructor sets the tone for both.

This is not a role where you show up, run drills, and leave. You are shaping a program. You are mentoring assistant instructors. You are building a competition team. You are the reason a kid sticks with BJJ for ten years instead of quitting after six months.

We invest in our instructors. The right person here builds something they are proud of and stays for the long term. Several of our most senior instructors started here years ago and have grown with the academy.

• Teach the bulk of our adult and kids BJJ classes across the weekly schedule
• Develop and refine our curriculum from white belt through advanced
• Lead our competition team — coaching at tournaments, structuring training camps, mentoring competitors at every level
• Mentor our assistant instructors and help them grow into lead roles
• Run promotion ceremonies, stripe tests, and rank evaluations
• Be a visible, present part of the academy community

Black belt under a recognized lineage. Verifiable rank from a reputable instructor or academy. Competition experience strongly preferred but not required if your teaching record is strong.

Real teaching experience. You have run classes, not just attended them. You know the difference between teaching a technique and teaching someone how to learn techniques.

Patience with beginners. The hardest students to teach are the ones on day one. The instructor who can make a nervous beginner feel capable is worth more than one who can only coach competitors.

Reliability and presence. Students plan their week around your classes. Showing up on time, every time, prepared, is non-negotiable.

Commitment to the long term. This is a role for someone who wants to build something, not someone passing through on the way to opening their own school.

A real salary. This is a full-time role with competitive compensation based on your experience and lineage. We pay instructors what the role is worth, not what we can get away with.

A serious training environment. Our facility, our schedule, and our culture are built for people who take the art seriously. You will be teaching motivated students, not coaxing reluctant ones.

Support, not interference. You run the program. We handle the business side — marketing, sales, retention, operations — so you can focus on the mats.

Resources to grow the program. Equipment, seminar budget, competition travel support for the team, and the autonomy to shape the curriculum as you see fit.

A community worth being part of. Our members are the kind of people you would actually want to train with.

1. Apply via the form. Tell us about your background, your lineage, and why this role.
2. Phone conversation. 30 minutes to talk through your experience and ours.
3. In-person visit. Come to the academy. Train with us. Meet the team.
4. Teach a class. You run a real class for our members. We watch how you teach, how you handle questions, how you connect with students.
5. Reference and lineage verification.
6. Offer.

Total elapsed time: typically 3-4 weeks from application to start date.