EC Fitness -- Home of East Carolina Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

Fantastic experience: As a female, I enjoy working out in a nice, clean, safe facility with plenty of equipment options. I have also have taken Jiu Jitsu classes with Heath Chapman for years and he creates a positive learning environment for everyone, including women and children. He's also an excellent teacher that has been involved with various martial arts for nearly his whole life, and received his Jiu Jitsu black belt directly from Robson Moura, an 8x world champion.

Positive experience: I'm a BJJ purple belt with 8 years in the sport, I've rolled with everyone in town, and I chose to stick with ecbjj through two moves and an ownership change because I don't believe there's a better grappling gym in town. Besides the only black belt north of newbern and east of Raliegh, there's a full, cheap fitness gym attached, a ton of mat space, and more purple belt and blue belts than any other gym in the area. Robson Moura Nova Uniao is a large jiu-jitsu organization with access to gyms all over the US and carries a decades long competition pedagree. Heath is a happy go lucky, legitimately good person who loves the art more than any person I've ever met and is fully capable of snapping all comers. In more than 6 years of working with him I doubt I have submitted him more than twice. To address a previous comment, he was actually demoted to stripless brown when we entered RMNU, receiving his black belt after several years more and several good showings at tournaments and RMNU gatherings. Kids classes are available divided by age group and theres a large number participating. There is an informal striking class taught by bellator alum Casey Johnson but this is principally a grappling gym. We have helped in the training of mma fighters before, but on an ad hoc basis. Fighters represent the gym, and this is not a place to LARP mma for 3 months and then take a fight. The fitness gym was opened last year with all new equipment and still has a low population, a great change for anyone used to waiting at more popular gyms in town. There's a full compliment of machines and treadmills, including benches and a squat rack. There's no need to fear an alarm for simply pushing your body to be better. It's a 24 hr facility which I appreciate as a shift worker. Pro: MUCH lower cost gym with new equipment, good atmosphere, large number of high level training partners, quality technique instruction. Con: no bags, no formal striking or mma, few gym amenities

Fantastic experience: Really nice clean Place friendly people easy in and out

Fantastic experience: Good gym

Fantastic experience: My son began taking BJJ at ECBJJ in March 2022. He thoroughly enjoys it and since joining he has become a totally different person. He’s building confidence that he lacked previously and enjoys socializing with his peers. Everyone there encourages each other and is always willing to help. The environment is very friendly which he really enjoys. He is beginning to develop a competitiveness which wasn’t there prior to joining ECBJJ. The faculty is super clean and state of the art. The monthly fee, in my opinion, is very inexpensive for what you receive in return. I highly recommend ECBJJ!

Fantastic experience: Great instructors, fellow students, and facilities. My sons and I train here and they do an awesome job with the kids. You can also workout here while your child trains BJJ if you don't want to train. They have an after school program as well for your kids and have just completed a remodel.

Fantastic experience: Positive: Communication , Professionalism , Quality , Value

Fantastic experience: Positive: Communication , Professionalism , Quality , Value

Fantastic experience: Positive: Quality , Value Awesome atmosphere. Great people and great training!

Fantastic experience: Owner is very personable and experienced

Fantastic experience: Phenomenal teaching for both children and adults. Coach Heath Chapman and his staff are AWESOME!!!

Fantastic experience: Really good people! A little bit different than my ATT but great! Ready to sign up!

Fantastic experience: Positive: Communication , Professionalism , Quality , Value

Fantastic experience: This is a fantastic location for training BJJ. The instructor is a very competent and mat-proven black belt and he runs a class-act school. Great family friendly environment for kids and adults. Great team to train with.

Fantastic experience: Great equipment and never too busy. 5 Stars!

Fantastic experience: Amazing instruction and environment. I travel all over and always feel welcome when I am at Ecbjj..

Fantastic experience: Great place and great owners

Fantastic experience: Great atmosphere and caring professor. Helps students achieve great technique and endurance. Learning environment where everyone leaves their cockyness at the door or fellow class mates will help you to leave it there. Gear teaching style for adults and kids.come down and get tore rolling on!

Fantastic experience: What an GREAT facility to train at. They are family oriented, CLEAN and honest. This is our second home...WE LOVE ECBJJ!!!!

Fantastic experience: Great instruction from beginner to advanced

Fantastic experience: Best BJJ in Eastern NC. I've had the privilege and pleasure of training here for the past year and I wouldn't change schools for anything. I drive an hour, one way, just to train with the best. Humble, friendly, and educational environment. Heath Chapman is one of the most humble blackbelts I've ever met in any martial art. Aside from his BJJ blackbelt granted by Robson Moura, he also possesses blackbelts in Judo and Hakko Ryu Jiu-Jitsu. His skill is unmatched and his ability to demonstrate and teach a technique is what makes me stay! I've seen some negative reviews here but after a year I've never been charged anything that wasn't previously agreed to and I'm sure Heath doesn't have a "bought belt".....I'm also sure those that claim to have high ranks that reviewed the academy negatively did not express their feelings in the school. Try it and you'll love it. Unbeatable price and best training in Eastern NC. Oss!

Fantastic experience: ECBJJ has been a great experience for my two boys and myself. The children's class is a good balance of exercise and technical training. I have been amazed at the progress they have made in the year we have attended. For me it was the push I needed to get back into shape. Training in BJJ is unlike anything that I had done. I found the live rolling to be an amazing workout. The more I learn the more I find out that I have barely scratched the surface of the art of BJJ. The head instructor Heath is not only a great practitioner but an even better instructor. Anyone looking for a great place to learn BJJ needs to look no further.

Fantastic experience: ECBJJ is a great facility with excellent instruction by Professor Heather Chapman. Being a military family, we have been to numerous places, but our expectations have been exceeded here. I've been doing to jiu jitsu for almost 10 years, and this is by far the best instruction I have ever received. It is a great family environment with teammates who encourage you to be the best person you can be. Also, the kids program is outstanding. My son started taking classes, and his confidence and social skills has increased tenfold! If you are interested in jiu jitsu, self-defense, or overall personal fitness, I humbly suggest you come here. You will not regret it!

Fantastic experience: I have never had to wait to use a machine at the gym, which is 24/7. Unlike most other martial arts schools, ECBJJ does not have a limit to the number of classes you can take in a week. Pricing is surprisingly low considering the top-notch gym and quality of instruction with a positive environment for people with no previous experience to the advanced practitioner. Why not start today?

Fantastic experience: The instructor, Heath Chapman is very knowledgeable about all aspects of martial arts. The techniques are broken down to a rudimentary level and makes learning easy for all skill levels. The 24 hour gym facility is one of the best gyms in Greenville. It has all the equipment necessary for a great workout.

Fantastic experience: My one criteria for moving to North Carolina from Indiana was that my wife and I find a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu academy with a quality instructor, training partners, and facility. One visit to ECBJJ and I couldn't wait to move down to start training! Heath Chapman is an outstanding person, and has some of the most dynamic Jiu Jitsu of anyone I've trained with in 20+ years of martial arts training! The environment Heath and the staff of ECBJJ has created is my ideal place. No egotistical sadists wanting to beat you down to prove their merit. No militant drill seargent instructor barking out orders. The staff are all friendly, aproachable, and welcoming. Have a question about a technique? Heath is the man to go to. If he doesn't know it, or can't show it, he will call up world champion Robson Moura or one of the many black belts of RMNU to find all the answers to your jiu jitsu questions. Another great thing about the academy is that it's not just for adults! As a former Tae Kwon Do instructor, I can appreciate the way a teacher interacts with his young students. Heath commands groups of 20+ children at special events, and makes it his top priority to give his personal attention to every child and family. His dedication to developing confident young leaders is clear from your first visit to the academy. From students as young as 5 to some retirees, ECBJJ is Eastern North Carolina's premier martial arts and fitness academy! As professor and 5th degree black belt Robson Moura says "Jiu Jitsu is for everybody!"

Fantastic experience: I know it sounds over the top, but ECBJJ changed my life. I joined the gym about 2.5 years ago, and I was terrified when I walked through the doors for the first time. In fact, I doubted that I could do it. But ECBJJ is such an exceptional environment, I've been able to practice and enjoy it ever since. The instructor, Heath Chapman, is an amazing person and an amazing teacher. He's actually a trained teacher, is an incredibly skilled martial artist, and is a genuinely kind person. I've trained enough martial arts in my life to know that finding an instructor who possesses all three of these qualities at once is rare. I am proud to learn from him and to know him. The training environment is incredibly welcoming; everyone is respectful, polite, happy to be training, and eager to help. I've found this to be true from upper belts to lower belts, and Mr. Chapman works hard to maintain and grow just this kind of environment and attitude among the members. There are ample classes to fit every schedule; I have a busy professional life and a family, and yet I am able to train 5-6 days a week because of the gym's schedule. But if you're not able to train as much, it's no problem at all -- there's no judgment of any kind from anyone. The environment is just extremely supportive and helpful. Come as you are, but you won't leave as you were -- you'll be better for it! The gym facilities themselves are excellent. The equipment is in great shape, the gym is clean and quiet, and I can get a workout in 24/7. Sometimes I arrange to meet some partners to train jiujitsu, and they cannot make it. It's no problem -- I can do cardio and lift and use the time well. I could go on, but the truth is that I cannot say enough good things about ECBJJ and the Chief Instructor. It's a warm, fun, family-friendly environment, where you get to learn jiujitsu safely and well, if that's your thing, and/or get in a terrific workout. I'm proud and grateful to be a member.

Fantastic experience: Best gym around!

Fantastic experience: My 6 year old son and I have been training here for about 2 years. My son loves it, he has met a lot of new friends and is learning valuable life lessons about hard work, respect, and being a good sport. As for me, it's like having a second family, great instructor and training partners that are always willing to help each other become the best that each of us can become. I also recently added the gym portion of the membership, it has new weights, and I never have had to wait for machines.