Gracie Fernandina

Gracie Fernandina We specialize in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu for self defense, competition, and MMA. Kids and adults classes. Proud Tom DeBlass affiliate.

Our mission is to contribute to the empowerment and security of our community through the proper application of pressure, technique, and control. As a member of team Tom DeBlass, we pride ourselves on having an atmosphere where everyone regardless of age, athletic ability, or gender can thrive and learn.

🥇🥇 Huge congratulations to Lilly! 🥇🥇This past weekend, Lilly competed at Jiu-Jitsu World League in Atlanta and brought h...
08/25/2026

🥇🥇 Huge congratulations to Lilly! 🥇🥇

This past weekend, Lilly competed at Jiu-Jitsu World League in Atlanta and brought home gold in both gi and no-gi.

Even more impressive?
Every win came by submission finish.

Lilly is one of the smallest kids in the room, but she is also one of the hardest working. She shows up, puts in the rounds, listens, improves, and never lets size be an excuse.

But what makes us even more proud is the way she trains.

Lilly isn’t just focused on getting herself better. She helps her teammates get better too. She’s a tough round, a great partner, and a reminder that leadership on the mat doesn’t always come from being the biggest or loudest.

Gold medals are awesome. Submission finishes are awesome.

But hard work, humility, and helping your training partners grow?
That’s the real win.

We’re incredibly proud of you, Lilly. Keep leading. Keep working. Keep proving that little grapplers can carry big possum energy. 🦝🥋🔥















🌊🥋 Annual Gracie Fernandina Pool Party! 🥋🌊We had our annual gym pool party at the St. Marys Aquatic Center on Saturday, ...
08/24/2026

🌊🥋 Annual Gracie Fernandina Pool Party! 🥋🌊

We had our annual gym pool party at the St. Marys Aquatic Center on Saturday, and it was such a great day with our team and families.

Every year we do this as a small thank you to all of our members and their families for supporting Gracie Fernandina throughout the year. You show up for classes, events, promotions, competitions, crazy dodgeball battles, and all the wonderfully feral things we come up with… so this day is for you.

We’re incredibly grateful for the community we have. The people in this picture are what make GF special.

Thank you for being part of our team, our mats, and our big weird jiu-jitsu family. 🦝🥋💜











08/14/2026

Hi 👋 I’m Ashley, the owner of Gracie Fernandina, and I’m really excited because Lifts & Lattes is happening TOMORROW! 💜

☕️💪 LIFTS & LATTES: MONTHLY STRENGTH CLINIC 💪☕️
📅 Tomorrow, Saturday, August 15 at 11:15 AM

And ladies, this one is for ALL of you.

Jiu-jitsu moms. Lobby moms. Women who already lift. Women who haven’t touched a dumbbell in years. Women whose dumbbells are currently serving as expensive doorstops. And especially anyone who has ever walked into a gym, stared at all the equipment and thought:

“Okay… now what?” 😂

Tomorrow we’re hosting our first Lifts & Lattes, a hands-on, 90-minute strength-training clinic designed to help women feel more comfortable, confident, and capable in the gym.

No experience required. No judgment. No pretending you totally meant to use that machine backward. 😂

Heather will teach you how to lift safely, explain why strength training becomes even more important as we get older, check your form, identify potential weaknesses, and help you leave with an actual plan you can begin using immediately.

You’ll walk away with:

💪 Exercises that actually help change your body
📝 A written and visual workout plan emailed to you
🔍 Feedback on your form and functional weaknesses
❓ Time to ask questions about your body and goals
☕ A few new lifting buddies to grab coffee with afterward

The class is completely FREE. Donations are appreciated and will help support Heather’s competitive bodybuilding journey.

💜 Venmo: -Horrell

Heather is an ACE-certified personal trainer, prenatal and postpartum corrective exercise specialist, certified yoga instructor, competitive bodybuilder, and mom of six jiu-jitsu-obsessed children.

So yes, she understands that finding time to work out sometimes requires the organizational skills of an air-traffic controller and the ability to ignore someone yelling your name from another room. 😂

At 40, Heather entered her first bodybuilding competition and proved that strength isn’t something you age out of. It’s something you build.

Whether you’ve never lifted a weight before, you’re getting back into fitness, or you already train but want to improve your technique and confidence, you are welcome here.

Come lift something heavy, learn a few things, meet some new people, drink some coffee, and stop assembling your fitness plan from random Instagram reels and questionable gym folklore. ☕️💪😂

You do NOT have to be a Gracie Fernandina member, practice jiu-jitsu, or have kids who train with us to attend.

📅 TOMORROW, Saturday, August 15
⏰ 11:15 AM
📍 Gracie Fernandina
463155 SR 200, Suite #10
Yulee, FL 32097

🏋️‍♀️ Bring: Dumbbells & resistance bands
💵 Cost: FREE, with optional donations to support Heather’s bodybuilding journey

I’d love to see a whole bunch of ladies here tomorrow. 💜

Strong moms. Strong women. Stronger together. And definitely some coffee afterward. ☕️💪

Morning class was doing suspiciously heroic things again. 🦇🥋Every Tuesday and Thursday at 10:00 AM, Coach Eric…or may be...
08/05/2026

Morning class was doing suspiciously heroic things again. 🦇🥋

Every Tuesday and Thursday at 10:00 AM, Coach Eric…or may be Batman, we’ve never seen them in the same room.

Today’s lesson was the head and arm choke and all the different places it can sneak into your life:

From side control.
From mount.
From guard.
Probably from the produce aisle if Coach Eric gets the underhook.

The class worked on recognizing the position, tightening the details, and discovering that “I think I’m okay here” is often the final thought before everything gets very quiet.

Looking for a morning Brazilian Jiu-jitsu class with good people, sharp technique, and a coach who may or may not spend his evenings protecting Gotham?

Come train with us.

📍 Adult Morning Class
🗓️ Tuesdays & Thursdays
⏰ 10:00 AM
🦇 Taught by Coach Eric…allegedly

Just a completely normal night at Gracie Fernandina: a room full of people voluntarily trying to fold each other into ca...
07/28/2026

Just a completely normal night at Gracie Fernandina: a room full of people voluntarily trying to fold each other into carry-on luggage, followed by a wholesome team photo. 😂

Packed mats are exciting, but the people on them are what make this place special. Different ages, backgrounds, experience levels, and goals, all showing up to learn, work hard, and help each other improve.

This is what community looks like around here: slightly sweaty, occasionally feral, and increasingly difficult to fit into one picture. 🗑️🐾

Come train with us. We’ll find you a spot on the mat…somewhere.

Our 163st "After Father's Day Father's Day Class" is a wrap! Thank you to all the dads who took time to stop "just resti...
06/28/2026

Our 163st "After Father's Day Father's Day Class" is a wrap! Thank you to all the dads who took time to stop "just resting their eyes" so they could kick off their New Balances, and hop on the mats with their kids.
Video with proof we demolished the kids in dodgeball again coming soon.












The team showed up strong today to support Samantha Commella Robinson and Kylan Durrance at the Fuji competition.So prou...
06/20/2026

The team showed up strong today to support Samantha Commella Robinson and Kylan Durrance at the Fuji competition.
So proud of both of them for battling hard and bringing home silver medals. The work they put in on the mats shows when it counts.
🥈🤍🫶💜👏

05/20/2026

🦝💕🥋 Our annual Sunday After Mother’s Day Mother's Day class was a SUCCESS. 🥋💕🦝

Every year we invite the moms onto the mats to experience a little bit of what their kids do every week… and every year it turns into one of our favorite classes of the year.

Partner warmups.
Technique drills.
Self-defense lessons.
Rolling.
And of course… absolute dodgeball chaos.

The kids came in confident after holding the dodgeball championship for the last few years.

Unfortunately for them… the moms arrived with a level of competitive intensity usually reserved for survival situations. 😄

The moms took the championship back this year in dominant fashion and honestly, the children may never emotionally recover.

Jokes aside, this class is always such a great reminder of what makes Gracie Fernandina special. Families learning together, supporting each other, laughing together, and making memories on the mats.

Huge thank you to all the moms who joined us. You all crushed it. 💕🥋












Thank you to all the moms, sisters, aunties, grandmas, and bonus female parental units for making our 185rd annual Sunda...
05/17/2026

Thank you to all the moms, sisters, aunties, grandmas, and bonus female parental units for making our 185rd annual Sunday After Mother's Day Mother's Day Class a success. We'll have the video coming soon but until then, enjoy this class picture featuring The WINNERS of the annual dodge ball game and their kids.












Address

463155 E State Road 200
Yulee, FL
32097

Opening Hours

Monday 5:15pm - 9pm
Tuesday 10am - 9pm
Wednesday 6pm - 9pm
Thursday 10am - 11am
Friday 5:15pm - 9pm

Telephone

+19047018102

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