Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu – Charleston, WV
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu – Charleston, WV
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in Charleston, WV
Train With One of the Most Experienced BJJ Instructors in the Region
Try a Free Class — No Experience Needed
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) is one of the most effective martial arts in the world for self-defense, fitness, confidence, and personal development. At Butch Hiles Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, we welcome everyone — beginners, hobbyists, kids, competitors, and families — and we help you grow at your own pace.
Whether you’re looking to get in shape, learn real self-defense, or join a world-class martial arts community, this is the perfect place to start.
✅ Free Trial Classes Available — Come Try BJJ With Us
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(No pressure, no experience required.)
Why Train BJJ With Us?
Experienced Instruction You Can Trust
Professor Butch Hiles is the area’s highest-ranking and one of the most well-respected Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belts. With decades of training, coaching, and martial arts experience, he has helped produce champions in BJJ, kickboxing, MMA, and boxing — and more importantly, he has helped countless beginners build confidence, skill, and lifelong friendships.
A Safe, Welcoming Environment for Everyone
You don’t need to be in shape.
You don’t need experience.
You don’t need to be tough.
Just show up — and we’ll help with the rest.
Our coaches and students take pride in helping new members feel comfortable from day one. You’ll learn at your own pace in a positive, ego-free environment focused on growth and respect.
Structured BJJ Curriculum (Rare in Most Gyms)
While most BJJ schools don’t have a formal curriculum, we do. Our structured program gives you:
A clear roadmap for each belt level
Online study access if you miss class or travel
Step-by-step fundamentals + advanced technique learning
Confidence that you’re on the right track toward promotion
No guessing. No confusion. Just real progress.
What To Expect in Class
Fundamentals Classes (Beginner Friendly)
Our rotating curriculum introduces new students to all essential BJJ positions, techniques, and training concepts — at a safe, controlled pace. This is the best starting point for all beginners.
Gi & No-Gi BJJ
You’ll learn both styles of BJJ.
We recommend beginners start in Gi Fundamentals, which slows the pace and helps new students learn the basics more easily.
As you improve, you can explore our no-gi classes, competition training, and advanced sessions.
Our Lineage & Association
We are part of the Marcello C. Monteiro Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Association, with lineage tracing back to Ricardo De La Riva and Carlson Gracie Sr.
Both Professor Monteiro and Professor Hiles are recognized worldwide for their instruction, attention to detail, and dedication to BJJ technique.
Rank promotions are awarded directly under Butch Hiles and/or Marcello Monteiro, and students receive official, internationally recognized certificates.
About Professor Butch Hiles
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt under Marcello Monteiro
Multiple black belts in other martial arts
Coach of numerous champions in BJJ, kickboxing, boxing, MMA, and more
United States Martial Arts Hall of Fame inductee
Pioneer in legalizing and expanding BJJ & MMA in West Virginia
Host and promoter of WV’s longest running grappling tournament
Over a decade of community involvement, seminars, charity events, and athlete development
But beyond titles and credentials, his passion is simple:
help students become the best version of themselves, on and off the mats.
Ready to Start? It’s Easy.
🥋 Step 1: Sign Up for Your Free Trial Class
Come in, meet the coaches, try a class, and see if it’s the right fit.
🥋 Step 2: Show Up
Wear comfortable athletic clothing — we’ll help with everything else.
🥋 Step 3: Train, Learn, and Have Fun
You’ll get an amazing workout, learn real self-defense, and meet great people.
Click here to start your free BJJ trial.
Still Have Questions?
Text or call: 304-549-9370
Email: [email protected]
We’re happy to help you get started!
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is the fastest growing martial art on the planet and it has been proven to be the most effective martial art in a self-defense situation. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tends to rely upon proper leverage of techniques for success rather than brute strength, it is considered both self-defense and sport, making it ideal for men and women of all ages.
In fact, it’s dominance is what helped make the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) what it is today. Royce Gracie (a former coach of Butch Hiles) showed that with the use of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu a much smaller opponent could defeat a larger opponent with great ease and efficiency. He also showed Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu’s dominance over all other styles of martial arts, including wrestling, boxing, kung fu, ninjitsu, etc. After this public display, people have been searching for real Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu gyms and teachers ever since.
Butch Hilesholds a multiple degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and has trained many of the areas best Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu fighters and Mixed Martial Arts Champions. In fact, their gym has many current BJJ black belts training and teaching daily. Training with these black belts means that you will not only receive the best training you can get, but it also means you can receive rank in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu on the spot.
At Butch Hiles Brazilian Jiu Jitsu & MMA, LLC you will receive quality, top notch, instruction in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, according to the standards of Butch Hiles and Marcello C. Monteiro with his credentials given from the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Federation of Rio De Janeiro/ Brazil, CREF (Conselho regional de Educacao Fisica,Brazil), Secretaria de Esportes e Lazer da cidade do Rio de Janeiro, Associacao Brazileira das Federacacoes Desportivas and Escola de Educacao Fisica do Exercito.
Members will test for rank directly under Butch Hiles and/or Professor Marcello C. Monteiro
Official Rank Certificates endorsed by Marcello C. Monteiro
Access to the various Representative training facilities throughout the world
Training sessions and tournaments supported in all of our academies
Our Brazilian Jiu Jitsu training incorporates
both No-Gi and Gi classes
We are West Virginia’s only Marcello Monteiro Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Association.
About Marcello Monteiro
Marcello Monteiro is well known in Brazil as a teacher and coach for creating fighting strategies, teaching the most important tricks and details that speed up the learning process and facilitate the performance of each movement used by fighters.
“Monteirão”, as he is known among his friends, likes to state that, ” the difference between a champion and other athletes is associated with the details of each position”.
He is the an author of the first Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu book ( Secret Positions ) , edited by Gracie Magazine, which teaches jiu-jitsu positions without gi. That magazine sold the Secret Positions No Gi Book (at the Gracie Shop) in Brazil for approximately five year from 1998-2003. He also took part in a film about De La Riva ‘s life and his created position, the De La Riva’s Hook, demonstrating some positions with De La Riva himself. He also participates in the film, along with Rickson Gracie, Carlson Gracie, Royler Gracie, Renzo Gracie, Zé Mário Sperry, Murilo Bustamante and Rodrigo Nogueira (MINOTAURO), telling about De La Riva’s life. That book is also currently being sold in Japan.
He is a certified and graduated technical teacher, registered at the “Federação de jiu-jitsu do estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil “, and has already prepared, trained and turned regular students into state, National and world champions.
He is truly one of the best Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu coaches to ever grace the mat and many athletes have used his expertise to help the excel in the sport, including UFC champion, Rodrigo Nogueira (MINOTAURO).
About Butch Hiles
Butch Hiles has trained and competed in combat sports most of his life. However, his true calling has been the instruction and advice he has been able to offer his students and members. Although he has various titles in boxing, kickboxing, jiu-jitsu, and many other martial arts, a series of injuries, which included a torn rotator cuff and multiple knee injuries, made sure that his competition window quickly closed. So, he seized the opportunity to help train anyone who was wanting to learn, while still training as often as he could.
Concentrating on training and teaching, Hiles was able to receive multiple black belts in various martial arts, which include Japanese Jujitsu, Reality Fighting, and various other combat martial arts. His training also included extensive boxing and Muay Thai training under Leon Ramsey, who is certified under the legendary Master Toddy and is also widely regarded as the best stand-up trainer in WV history. These additional achievements, have helped him broaden the instruction, advice, and training he can offer his students and members.
Even though Hiles has accomplished the rank of black belt in various martial arts, he is most proud of the belt he currently holds in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Hiles is a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Marcello Monteiro, who is widely regarded as one of the best Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu coaches. This pride comes from the extremely hard work he has put into his training as well as the effort it took to keep training through various injuries and complications. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is also widely regarded as the top martial art in the world for its effectiveness in reality competition, such as mixed martial arts as well as real life confrontations. Before Marcello Monteiro’s instruction, Hiles received his blue and purple belts in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu from the legendary Royce Gracie of Ultimate Fighting Championship fam
Butch Hiles’ Credentials as a Top Level Instructor
As an instructor, his fighters were very successful and that is, in many respects, much more impressive than anything he could have personally done as a competitor, and something he is more proud of than any other compliment or award he could have ever received. He has had winners, and champions, in every major combat sport during his days as a fight trainer.
He trained the first, and only, National IKF Amateur kickboxing champion, as well as many other kickboxing champions. He trained various boxing champions that have won everything from Golden Glove titles to the Rough n’ Rowdy and Toughman. He has trained champions in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu that have won everything from state, or local tournaments, to national tournaments such as NAGA and the Arnold’s. He also trained multiple mixed martial arts, or Ultimate Fighting, champions. Hiles has had MMA title holders in every weight class in several organizations, which included a King of the Cage championship title when the King of the Cage was ranked number two in the United States behind the UFC.
Pictured are Some of the Champions Trained by Butch Hiles
Butch Hiles Hall of Fame Career
Hiles was inducted into the United States Martial Arts Hall of Fame, as an instructor, as well as several other martial arts hall of fame’s for his training, competing, and dedication to martial arts as a whole. It should also be noted that he has turned down several nominations but is currently a part of at least a dozen.
Hiles Fought For the Legalization of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu &
Mixed Martial Arts in WV
Hiles also led the fight to keep Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu legal in the state of West Virginia. Due to ignorance of the state athletic commission, and their lack of knowledge in regards to submissions and martial arts, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu was briefly banned in West Virginia. However, Mr. Hiles was able to win a monumental court case to keep Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu as well as other martial arts such as Japanese jiu-jitsu and randori legal in West Virginia.
Mixed martial arts (MMA) was also banned in WV for nearly 10 years. However, in 2011, with the help of Sam Minardi and Zuffa, LLC they were able to bring MMA back to the state of WV. This was a monumental victory for the sport, the fans , and everyone involved.
Leading the Charge in West Virginia
In order to give back to the community and continue to be a pioneer in the sport of MMA in WV, Butch Hiles continues to bring in top level MMA stars for events, seminars, and appearances. In 2011, Butch Hiles hosted a movie premier and flew in the director, Gregory Bayne, and it’s star, former UFC and WEC champion, Jens Pulver. The event brought in underprivileged organizations and youth from around the area and allowed them to watch the movie for free. It was one of the most successful events in WV history.
Some Pictures of Events Led by Butch Hiles or
Training with Legends
A Promoter, Referee, Judge, and Pioneer in the Industry
Butch Hiles currently hosts the longest running grappling tournament in West Virginia, which also features the official state Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu championship – WVGO Tournaments.
He has promoted MMA events, grappling events, boxing events, and judged and/or refereed in hundreds of competitions in WV and neighboring states.
Seminars
Butch Hiles is now doing seminars in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, MMA, self-defense (corporate and personal), bully-proofing, and much more.
West Virginia is lucky enough to have many talented instructors in all aspect of martial arts. For that, we are all forever grateful. We would like to encourage you to train with any of the great instructors and teams in your area and we hope that if you are in our area you will choose our gym. Everyone is welcome and we would like to wish you luck in your search for a good gym and a great place to train. We sincerely hope that you choose ours.
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