Head Jiu-Jitsu Instructor: Lead Our Elite Program

Fightcraft; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Performance bonuses

Academy benefits

Job summary

Fightcraft in San Jose, CA seeks a Head Jiu-Jitsu Instructor to lead our Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu program for adults and kids. You will teach across the weekly schedule, develop a structured curriculum, and shape the team’s direction both on and off the mats.

You will lead a competition team, mentor assistants, run promotions, and stay connected to the academy community. A strong lineage, teaching experience, and reliability are essential.

Qualifications

• Black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu with verifiable lineage.
• Demonstrated experience teaching classes regularly, not just occasionally.
• Ability to teach across all levels — beginner through advanced.
• Patience, presence, and the kind of personality students want to learn from.
• Reliability and professionalism; consistent weekly schedule.
• Active or recent competition record (IBJJF, ADCC, regional circuits).
• Experience coaching competitors through tournament prep.
• Experience developing curriculum or running a program structure.
• Background working with kids' classes. CPR/First Aid certification.

Responsibilities

• Teach the bulk of our adult and kids BJJ classes across the weekly schedule.
• Develop and refine our curriculum from white belt through advanced.
• Lead our competition team — coaching at tournaments, structuring training camps, mentoring competitors at every level.
• Mentor our assistant instructors and help them grow into lead roles.
• Run promotion ceremonies, stripe tests, and rank evaluations.
• Be a visible, present part of the academy community.

Skills

Black belt

Teaching experience

All levels teaching

Patience & presence

Reliability & professionalism

Competition coaching (optional)

Curriculum development

Kids coaching

CPR/First Aid (certified)

Job description

Fightcraft in San Jose, CA seeks a Head Jiu-Jitsu Instructor to lead our Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu program for adults and kids. You will teach across the weekly schedule, develop a structured curriculum, and shape the team’s direction both on and off the mats.

You will lead a competition team, mentor assistants, run promotions, and stay connected to the academy community. A strong lineage, teaching experience, and reliability are essential.