De La Costa
Academy

WElcome to de la costa academy

Led by head instructor and co-founder of the De La Costa family of academies Joe Neurauter, our academy’s culture and mission lies 100% in the growth of our students on every level.

With Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Self Defense training for everyone from beginner to professional combat athlete, we welcome you to visit and see first hand what makes us the premier choice for martial arts training in the National Capital Region.

Learn to defend yourself

Our Brazilian Jiu Jitsu based self defense program is designed to control, neutralize, and dominate a real world aggressor. Our program helps you stack in deck in your favour. Simple as that. 

Training Programs

Self Defense

Our Brazilian Jiu Jitsu based self defense program is designed to control, neutralize and dominate a real-world aggressor.

Sport Jiu Jitsu

BJJ is the # 1 choice  for everyone from students to professional athletes looking for the best in real world grappling and self defense training. 

Advanced Class

For advanced BJJ practitioners and competitors. Open to blue belts and above. 

Advanced Class

For advanced BJJ practitioners and competitors. Open to blue belts and above. 

Kids & Youth Classes

Our kids and youth programs take a holistic approach to martial arts instruction, teaching self-defense while giving young men and women a great foundation in the art.

Kids & Youth Classes

Our kids and youth programs take a holistic approach to martial arts instruction, teaching self-defense while giving young men and women a great foundation in the art.

Set The Bar High

Whether you want to get fit, learn to defend yourself, compete, or just have fun with a great group of people, we're here to help you crush your goals.

Planned progress

We don't just teach you a bunch of cool moves, we build you a training game plan to follow as you progress in skill.

Fight ready fitness

There no fitness quite like what you get from training to take on resisting opponents on a day to day basis.

Competition prep

When you're ready for your next challenge, we'll get you ready to compete at your best.

Self Defense

We teach a system that’s actually been proven to work, live and in real-life situations.

Shak Humza
Shak Humza
2024-01-04
Amazing place to train, great coaches and training partners! Highly recommend.
Mackenzie Parent
Mackenzie Parent
2024-01-04
Amazing place to train. Whether you're looking for high level training partners or great instruction, this is the place!
Victor Medeiros
Victor Medeiros
2024-01-04
Amazing instructors and welcoming environment! Great variety of classes for all levels.
J C
J C
2024-01-04
Awesome gym. Joe the owner has built an amazing and unique culture here; even the white belts are really cerebral and committed to actually understanding the mechanics behind what they're doing. People actually like each other outside the gym too. The lack of ego is great, instruction gets rotated through SMEs of their respective aspects of the grappling game (including wrestling class with a proper wrestling coach!!! who understands BJJ!!! Too many BJJ gyms have wrestling classes run by a jiu jitsu dude who has never wrestled before, or a pure wrestler who doesn't think about adjusting for submissions). Great diversity to meet your goals whatever they are. Looking for hard rolls to keep you honest for competition? You got it. Looking to just train for fun with safety as a priority? You got that too. Case in point: Before joining DLC, as a scrawnier woman who's been injured a lot by meathead white belts at other clubs, I started to avoid rolling with white/blue belt men bigger than me and almost quit jiu jitsu because, well, that's most people in most BJJ clubs lol. De La Costa is the only gym in the world I feel 100% safe rolling with white belts who outweigh me by up to 100lb, because they actually use skill and know how to adjust their strength appropriately. The low student turnover rate and the high participation of women here is a true testament to a healthy gym culture. If you're thinking about it, give er a try.
Jacob Charlebois
Jacob Charlebois
2023-10-19
Very friendly bjj gym for people of any skill level and any age. Everyone there is easy to talk to. Joining has been one of the best things I've ever done. Great for the mind, body and confidence.
Travis Szalay
Travis Szalay
2023-10-06
Friend of mine and myself visited from out of Town. Great people, very knowledgeable.
Daily Dose
Daily Dose
2023-09-30
Such a good place I had to go back and leave a review, haven’t been back in months but can’t forget the experience

Ask Us about our best fit guarantee

Free week to try it out. A month to change your mind. Why? Because when all’s said and done, joining a team is a big step – we want you to be as confident in our programs as we are.
Joe Neurauter

Owner/Head Coach

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Damien Sabourin

Instructor

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Evan George

Wrestling Instructor

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Connor Bennett

Kids and Youth instructor

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Dale Spenser

Morning Instructor

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Own your change

Get fitter and more confident while surrounding yourself with a tribe of supportive athletes who will help you get there!
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Get in touch

Reach out so you can start your free trail asap

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take a free, no-pressure, no-commitment week to try it out

Self Defense classes are the starting point for every new student

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put in the time

Join the sport class & start coming to open mat

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Be your best you

Make the decision to become the athlete you’ve always wanted to be.