Champions Teach Here. Families Stay Here.
The record behind the academy — champion instructors, a perfect community rating, and promotions earned on the mats at our family-owned school in Takoma Park.
Professor Deivid Dias
Deivid Dias is a GFTeam black belt and a member of the GFTeam Hall of Fame. His record was built on IBJJF, Fight 2 Win, NAGA, and AJP mats — and it is the standard your family trains under at WDC BJJ.
Pan American Champion
Gold at the IBJJF Pan American Championship.
American National Champion
Gold at the IBJJF American National Championship.
Master World Championship Medalist
A podium finish at the IBJJF Master World Championship.
8× IBJJF Open Champion
Eight IBJJF Open titles across his career.
2× Fight 2 Win Champion
Two titles on the Fight 2 Win professional superfight stage.
Double Gold — 2025
Two gold medals at NAGA in 2025.
Grand Slam Miami Champion
Gold at the AJP Grand Slam in Miami.
Hall of Fame
Inducted into the GFTeam Hall of Fame.
His lineage is the direct Fadda line of Brazilian jiu-jitsu: Maeda → Luiz França → Oswaldo Fadda → Monir Salomão → Júlio César Pereira → Ataíde Rafael → Deivid Dias.
Professor Charlene Dixon
Charlene Dixon heads the women's program at WDC BJJ — a champion coaching women at every level, from a first class to the competition team.
Pan Champion
IBJJF Pan American champion.
Master Worlds Silver Medalist
Silver medalist at the IBJJF Master World Championship.
Team Competition Highlights
Highlights from the team's competition record include:
Corey Creason
IBJJF silver medalist, Gi and No-Gi.
Kestas Dennis
IBJJF No-Gi Worlds silver medalist.
Fight 2 Win Winners
Nilxon Ventura, David Rivas, Carlos Hartiga, and Keith Cowdrey.
Keith Cowdrey
Pan American silver medalist.
Daniel Aloys
Pan American silver medalist.
Shawn Ward
Pan American silver medalist.
Monzeratte Guzman
Pan American Champion.
Alan Barber
Pan American Champion.
Evan Taylor
No-Gi Worlds silver and bronze medalist.
Ataíde Rafael
No-Gi Worlds gold medalist. Professor Deivid Dias's professor.
5.0 stars across 112 Google reviews
Championships are one kind of proof. The other is what the families and students who train here say, in public, in their own words: a perfect 5.0 rating across 112 Google reviews.
Proof you can watch happen
Belts here are earned, not scheduled. Promotions are decided by the coaches on attendance, attitude, and skill — and celebrated on the mats with the whole team watching. For kids and adults alike, an earned stripe is the academy's everyday proof.
Your first class is free.
No experience needed, and no contracts or long-term commitment — just come train. Enrollment includes a free uniform for kids, youth, and adults.
1. Send the free-trial request or call us.
2. We confirm the right class for your age and schedule.
3. Arrive 15 minutes early in athletic clothes.
4. Train in a real group class — then decide with zero pressure.