General Info

The first steps towards making the Copa series of Jiu Jitsu tournaments a reality were taken in 2016 in the form of in-house tournaments by Professor Dimitri Chrisos in his Academy in Chantilly, VA. The impetus for the tournaments was the need for a periodic, high-quality, local (in the Northern Virginia or DC Metro area), Jiu Jitsu tournament that was properly organized and run on time. Those in-house tournaments started to grow in popularity as different Academies were invited to participate.