JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A network of militant neo-Nazi “active clubs” from across the United States is participating in combat training with other white nationalist groups in Virginia, as part of what their founder described as a “fascist cultural revolution.”

Social media posts and group chats show that members from clubs in Texas, Tennessee, and Pennsylvania have traveled in recent weeks and months to Lynchburg, Virginia, to train together at a secret compound. The site is operated by the “Vinland Wolves,” a neo-Nazi white nationalist hate group.

Members of the white supremacist group “Patriot Front” and the neo-Nazi skinhead group known as the “Hammerskins” were also present, according to an investigation by the British newspaper The Guardian. The network of white supremacist groups was founded by neo-Nazi Robert Rundo, who served a prison sentence in 2024 for conspiracy to organize riots at political rallies in California.

Experts have warned that these groups, which combine far-right extremism with fitness and combat sports to recruit and radicalize members across communities in the U.S. , pose a potential public safety threat.

An investigation by The Guardian found that participants in the Virginia gatherings included a teacher from Georgia, a former police officer from West Virginia who now runs a gym for children, an emergency medical technician from Tennessee, the son of a prominent activist from Maine, and the owner of a dog-walking business in Vermont.

In recent months, security officials in Canada and Germany, where police raided an active club suspected of illegal weapons possession, have warned that similar groups operating there also pose a potential violent threat to public safety. In January, the FBI linked several active clubs in Tennessee to white supremacists attempting to establish an armed military-style unit.

The founder of the far-right “Wolves” organization, Paul Wagner, organized the Virginia gatherings together with Russell Coleman, a member of the neo-Nazi skinhead group “Hammerskins.” Wagner also hinted that he would physically attack journalists covering the “Wolves” if he encountered them in person.

“They know what will happen to them if I ever get the chance to see them face-to-face,” he was quoted as saying in The Guardian. “They’ll probably have a heart attack before I can even get close to them.” He complained that media coverage of his group could cost them their livelihoods and warned that journalists reporting on them should be very careful.

Members of the “Wolves” have continued to deepen their connections. A group fighting under the name “Curious” traveled to South Carolina at the end of March to participate in a combat tournament organized by “Patriot Front,” according to social media posts.

Rundo, one of the movement’s founders, praised the group combat events, writing in a post: “These events are the starting point for a fascist cultural revolution ; this is the first step in building a parallel system.”