Start Training North Round Rock

North Round Rock has developed into one of the most professionally concentrated pockets of Williamson County. The Dell Technologies headquarters draws engineers, project managers, and operations staff who spend their days in structured, problem-solving environments — and increasingly, those same professionals are looking for a physical outlet that demands the same kind of deliberate thinking off the clock. The neighborhoods that grew up around the Dell campus — Forest Creek, Teravista, Vista Oaks, Stone Oak — are filled with working parents whose families need structured afternoon programming and whose schedules do not accommodate a 45-minute drive across town. Gracie Barra Round Rock sits eight minutes south on A.W. Grimes Boulevard to Old Settlers Boulevard, close enough to become a genuine part of a north Round Rock weekly routine rather than an occasional trip. Old Settlers Park is essentially across the street from the academy, a landmark every Dell Diamond attendee and Forest Creek resident already knows.

The training at Gracie Barra Round Rock is built around the official Gracie Barra curriculum — the same system taught at more than 1,000 schools worldwide, covering foundational Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu from the ground up through competition-level technique. Head instructor Professor Andre Sena leads the adult and kids classes daily, and his name appears in review after review from Round Rock families as the reason students stay. For north Round Rock adults, the lunchtime class at noon — available Monday through Thursday and Friday — is the practical entry point: an hour that fits between meetings or before the afternoon school pickup. Evening sessions at 7 PM on Monday through Thursday extend the window for those whose day does not clear until after five. Saturday morning at 10 AM rounds out the adult schedule for the weekend.

What brings north Round Rock families back to Gracie Barra Round Rock consistently is the same thing that makes the Dell campus a productive environment: structure, accountability, and a community of people who show up and do the work. The academy's age-banded kids program is the clearest expression of that structure. Tiny Champs (ages 3-4), Future Champs (5-6), Future Champs II (7-9), and Juniors (10-14) each operate as distinct programs with age-appropriate curriculum, so a seven-year-old in Forest Creek is never on the same mat doing the same exercises as a thirteen-year-old from Teravista. Parents in the viewing area on any given weekday afternoon see a room where children are focused, engaged, and training with peers who are genuinely at the same developmental stage. That is a different experience from a mixed-age martial arts class, and north Round Rock parents notice the difference quickly.

The structured BJJ market in north Round Rock is thin. Most martial arts options in the area are karate-based, with general-purpose mixed-age classes that serve beginners and intermediates without the age-banded structure that makes a kids program developmentally effective. Gracie Barra Round Rock is the closest dedicated BJJ academy to the Dell campus and the Forest Creek and Teravista neighborhoods, running programs under a 4th Degree Black Belt ownership structure — Professor Fabio Villela, who trained under Master Carlos Gracie Jr. — and day-to-day instruction by Professor Andre Sena, a Gracie Barra-certified black belt. The women-only class on Tuesday and Thursday at 6:15 PM is the only dedicated all-women BJJ program in this area of Williamson County, drawing students from across north Round Rock who want practical self-defense training in a room built for it.

Getting from north Round Rock to Gracie Barra Round Rock is an eight-minute drive on a route most Dell campus employees and Forest Creek residents already travel. Head south on A.W. Grimes Boulevard to East Old Settlers Boulevard, turn east, and the academy is at 105 E Old Settlers Blvd, Suite 108 — directly adjacent to Old Settlers Park, with free parking on site. The first class is free for every program, adult and kids alike — no card required, no contract for the trial. Book online through the scheduling link, or call or text (512) 287-9823. Kids classes run Monday through Thursday afternoons and Saturday mornings. Adult classes run 8 AM and 11 AM weekdays, noon and 7 PM on Monday through Thursday and Friday noon, and 10 AM Saturdays.