The Academy of Mixed Martial Arts opens all of its classes to its members. What this means to our students is that for the same cost of tuition they are currently paying, this allows them to train in all of our classes offered at no additional cost, just for being a member!
We offer training in:
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
Muay Thai kickboxing
Youth Classes
Women's Self Defense Courses
Supplemental Grappling Courses
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Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a martial art and combat sport that focuses on grappling and especially ground fighting. It is a derivative of early 20th century Kodokan Judo, which was itself then a recently-developed system (founded in 1882), based on multiple schools (or Ryu) of Japanese jujutsu.
It promotes the principle that a smaller, weaker person can successfully defend themselves against a bigger, stronger assailant using leverage and proper technique; most notably, by applying joint-locks and chokeholds to defeat them. BJJ can be trained for self defense, sport grappling tournaments (gi and no-gi) and mixed martial arts (MMA) competition. Sparring (commonly referred to as 'rolling') and live drilling play a major role in training, and a premium is placed on performance, especially in competition.
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Muay Thai (Thai Boxing) is the Thai form of a hard martial art originating in Indochina. It is similar to Mauy Lao from Laos, pradal serey from Cambodia, tomoi from Malaysia and closely related to lethwei from Myanmar. The art has a long history in Thialand and is the country's national sport. Muay Thai as it is practiced today varies significantly from its ancestor muay boran, such as in its use of gloves similar to those worn in Western boxing.
The word muay derives from the Sanskrit mavya and Thai comes from the word Tai. Muay Thai is referred to as the "Art of Eight Limbs" because it makes use of punches, kicks, elbows and knee strikes. A practitioner of Muay Thai (called a nak muay or "child of boxing") thus has the ability to attack using eight "points of contact", as opposed to "two points" (fists) in Western boxing and "four points" (hands and feet) used in sport-oriented martial arts.
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