Richard Joseph Pasinski Jr

Richard Pasinski is co-owner of Enlisted Nine Fight Company HQ in Fredericksburg, Virginia, which he opened in March 2020 with fellow co-owner Colton T. Smith, and he holds a first-degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. A lifelong athlete and martial artist, he served eight years in the United States Marine Corps, half of that with the Presidential Helicopter Squadron HMX-1, where he came up through the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program and reached the rank of black belt instructor. He has since spent nine years working professionally in support of Department of Defense assets in the National Capital Region. He remains an active BJJ competitor locally and internationally, has traveled to Senegal with the Lionheart Initiative to teach BJJ and MMA and donate gear, and holds associate's and bachelor's degrees in Organizational Management. He teaches adults and children and is a father of seven.