We are accepting new students. Contact us to make an appointment!

We are accepting new students. Contact us to make an appointment!

We are accepting new students. Contact us to make an appointment!

We are accepting new students. Contact us to make an appointment!

Welcome to Indianapolis Jiu-Jitsu

Welcome to Indianapolis Jiu-Jitsu. We are Indy's first and oldest operating Jiu-Jitsu academy. We have over 33 years experience in Gracie/Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Here you will learn the most effective techniques to defend yourself. Some Jiu-Jitsu schools only prepare their students for sport or tournament competitions, however, we focus on preparing our students for the street or self defense situations. We have highly trained and qualified instructors in which 5 of them are Black Belts. I invite you to schedule an appointment and come check out what we have to offer. I Hope to see you soon.  Professor Greg Eldred.

 

**ATTENTION**

We are accepting new students. The process to get started is to contact us by the message box on our HOME page or on our CONTACT page. You'll find lots of information here on our website and we can answer any of your questions by email. If you are ready to take the next step we'll make an appointment for you to come in to check out the academy to discuss things further and to see a class in action.  We look forward to hearing from you.

       
 


INDY BJJ NEWS

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (posted 3/11/2024)

The goal of SAAM is to raise public awareness about sexual violence and to educate communities and individuals on how to prevent sexual violence.  Nearly 1 in 5 women have been raped at some time in their lives and about every 2 minutes someone in the United States is sexually assaulted.  Get involved by educating yourself about the issue. There are many online resources and state and local groups and organizations that can provide help.  Also, no matter how well you are educated about the topic, nothing can compare to having the self defense training which gives you the skills to escape from an attacker. 


Exercises to help your Jiu Jitsu (posted 12/1/2023)

I often get asked by my students what can they be doing outside of the academy to help improve their conditioning for Jiu-Jitsu? The advice I give depends on the goals of the student, i.e. if they want to compete, or just want to improve upon their everyday training at the academy. For the sake of this article, I’m going to focus on the average student, one who is learning Jiu-Jitsu as a martial art, as a self-defense system, who attends class 2–3 times per week and is not looking to compete for the time being. For the student who is training to compete in the sport of Jiu-Jitsu I would have different recommendations.

The average student may come to class 2–3 times per week. They have a job, or maybe go to school, may be married and have a family, and most have activities and commitments outside of the academy. They certainly don’t have the time or even the desire to train and workout 6 days a week as a Jiu-Jitsu athlete may do. One of the best ways to prepare your body for Jiu-Jitsu is by doing Jiu-Jitsu. But for those who ask what else can they do outside of the academy to help improve their body and performance here’s some recommendations.

1. If you already belong to a health club use the treadmill, elliptical, or stationary bike a couple times a week for at least 30 minutes. If you don’t have access to any of those, then fast-pace walking or jogging or jumping rope at least twice a week would suffice.

2. Anoth... Read More


Stop the Bullying (posted 10/1/2023)

Bullying is becoming a serious problem in today’s society. Whether it’s mental, verbal, physical, or even cyber bullying, it needs to be stopped. Bullying is more common than we realize. Studies show that between 15 – 25% of all kids up through high school age are bullied, while many bullying incidents go unreported. That’s almost 1 out every 4 kids are bullied. It is estimated that each day 160,000 kids will miss school for fear of being bullied.

Many adults don’t even know that their child is being bullied because many are afraid to report it. It’s important to talk to your children and get to know how things are going at school, social events, in the neighborhood, or even sporting activities. Specifically ask your child how are they being treated by other kids. That will help open the dialog, and could expose potential problems your child may be having with others. Even if your child is not encountering bullying problems it’s good to educate them about the topic, and prepare them with the means to deal with it if it happens to them. There are many good resources online for parents and kids to learn about bullying and more importantly to learn about prevention and intervention strategies.

In many cases if our kids simply stand up to the bullying they can stop it. But many don’t stand up for themselves because they don’t know what to do, especially when the bullying gets physical. That’s where, as... Read More


The Old Days Part 3 (posted 7/1/2023)

Many people ask me how I got started “teaching” Gracie/Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, so I thought I’d share that here in part 3.  It was actually Rorion Gracie’s idea.  I was a student at the Gracie Academy for almost 3 years, and was about to relocate to Cincinnati, Ohio for a new job.  In October 1993, I met with Rorion in his office a few weeks before moving, and he presented me with an idea he had about starting training clubs or associations across the United States, as this would be a good way to spread Gracie Jiu-Jitsu.  He said he first needed to get the UFC project off the ground, but would take on that task the following year.  Meanwhile, he got me in touch with several martial arts schools in the Cincinnati area, (schools that were on his mailing list, or that had instructors that attended Gracie seminars), and he suggested I try to hook up with one of them and see if they would be interested to have me start something at their dojo.  When I arrived in Cincinnati, I contacted a Tae Kwon Do school owner named Tom Federle, who he and a couple of his students were familiar with Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, by attending a seminar in the past, and they were very happy to have me train with them at their academy.  Initially it was just a few of us training on Sundays, but over time it grew to about 30 people.  Meanwhile we would also attend Royce Gracie seminars in the region, and as well, had him come to our place.  Ad... Read More