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GRACIE Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
At American Black Belt Academy we offer a program for everyone!
If you are interested in a highly effective and comprehensive system of standing and ground defense techniques using the application of leverage to defeat larger, stronger opponents then Jiu-jitsu is the answer.
Gracie Jiu Jitsu is the official hand-to-hand combat system of the United States Military and self-defense system for law enforcement agencies all around the country. It is a proven and powerful fighting system, designed to be used against armed and unarmed attackers.
American Black Belt Academy is an Endorsed Team Tiger Gracie Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu school exclusively dedicated to the teaching of Gracie Brazilian Jiu Jitsu technique and philosophy as developed by its founder the late Grand Master Helio Gracie. We believe that this system of jiu jitsu is an incredible means of developing self-defense, physical fitness, and a multitude of positive life style benefits for you.
With over 20 years experience instructing as a US Army “Green Beret” our chief instructor possesses a unique insight to training, curriculum development, and program organization that provides you with the most effective results possible. Many Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and MMA schools present techniques in complete randomness and use new students to be training tools for veteran competitors, focusing on winning competition and advancing the name of the school. This approach leads to a high new student drop out rate and frequent injuries. These instructors blame the student’s lack of discipline and athletic ability.
At American Black Belt Academy everyone is dedicated to your personal success and development in martial arts and in life. Instructors and veteran students encourage others to excel during workouts, and engage in friendly personal coaching during training. New students feel the positive energy and are at home from the first class.
Techniques are presented in amazing progressive detail with incredible insight to provide you a thorough understanding of the system. Our highly organized and structured curriculum is a complete and formalized training program that provides you with the most effective system available to learn to defend yourself. All techniques are presented in the most logical sequence based on complexity and combat effectiveness. You’ll learn Jiu-jitsu at your own pace without feeling overwhelmed or left behind and with the greatest focus on your personal safety.
While jiu-jitsu is widely recognized for it's highly effective ground defense techniques in tournament and mixed-martial arts competition, at American Black Belt Academy we teach jiu-jitsu as a complete self defense art consisting of standing techniques, ground techniques, and surprise attacks.
While some studies suggest as many as 90% of all fights go to the ground, 97% of all altercations start standing up. So in order to maintain a complete and effective self defense training program we incorporate jiu-jitsu's stand up training skills as a key foundation to our training. Our comprehensive jiu-jitsu system teaches you stand up techniques consisting of striking, kicking, closing distance, and takedowns to the ground.
Our comprehensive jiu-jitsu self defense system also includes a key focus that other sportive programs simply over look; the ability to deal with a surprise attack.
The greatest advantage Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu offers is the ability for a smaller person to learn principles of leverage that will assist them in defending against or defeating a larger opponent on the ground or standing-up
In a real world situation, an attack is over within a few short seconds. These seconds are filled with panic, chaos and confusion, and you won't have time to think at this point. The application of a few simple principles and techniques will allow you to survive.
Many martial arts schools claim to teach self defense, but real attacks happen as a complete surprise and afford no time to raise your hands and get into a fighting stance like you do in a tournament. Our program pays special attention to the real world nature of attacks that occur as a complete surprise and require an appropriate, immediate, conditioned response.
Founded on easy and instinctive movements, this reality-based method is intended to transmit practical self-defense in the shortest doable time. Our courses will teach you the defenses against the most common street attacks. Learn to defend against ordinary chokes, grabs, punches, kicks, bear hugs and head locks, as well as weapons such as guns, knives and sticks. Just as important, we teach people to function during the stress and shock of a sudden violent encounter.
Jiu jitsu is world renown for it's effective ground fighting techniques that negate a bigger, stronger opponent's size and power advantage. Our program uniquely prepares you to defend yourself when a bigger, stronger opponent is on top of you on the ground and punching or choking you in a violent confrontation. Focusing on ground techniques that are effective in realistic violent situations and avoiding sportive techniques that rely on size or strength for effectiveness.
Jiu-Jitsu is the only self-defense system in the world that effectively deals with self-defense on the ground. Learn unbelievably simple but effective ways to completely disable any attacker using arm bars, leg locks, and chokes - You will learn the world famous mata leon choke (the lion killer), this technique is so effective it will allow you to put an attacker completely to sleep, ending an attempted assault within seconds - Discover techniques that will insure that no matter what your size, weight or athletic ability - YOU WILL NEVER BE A VICTIM.