Freeport Martial Arts Academy offers classes for adults and kids ages eight and older. Students under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian, who will be required to sign their liability waiver. An adult must accompany children under 10 at all times.
Kids Jiu-Jitsu (June 2025)
Kids ages eight to twelve are invited to Kids Jiu-Jitsu, a program designed to help your child develop discipline, confidence, respect, focus, concentration, and more.
Advanced and mature kids may attend adult classes with instructor approval.
Boxing Fundamentals (June 2025)
Learn boxing fundamentals–stance, footwork, punches, defense, combinations, and more–in a safe and fun environment. Classes will involve boxing drills, pad work, and bag work. There will be no sparring in Boxing Fundamentals classes.
Women’s Self-Defense (Fall 2025)
Our new Women’s Self-Defense program is designed to teach you the self-defense fundamentals for common domestic violence and sexual assault scenarios, including:
- Avoid danger and deter predators
- Escaping wrist, waist, and hair grabs
- Defend against punches and other strikes
- Control and injure your attacker
Our next Women’s Self-Defense class will begin in Fall 2025. Join the waitlist to reserve your spot!
Jiu-Jitsu Classes
Freeport Martial Arts offers Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu classes for men and women at all experience levels.
The basic strategy of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, or BJJ, follows a five-step process:
- Close the distance with the opponent
- Take the opponent to the ground
- Control the opponent
- Gain a dominant position
- Use joint locks and chokeholds to force the opponent into submission.
When the opponent submits, they will “tap out,” physically and/or verbally, to let their opponent know they have submitted.
In competition, a points system similar to wrestling is used to determine a winner in the absence of a submission.
Self-Defense Fundamentals
Self-Defense Fundamentals is a 12-week program repeated once per quarter that will help you build a foundational knowledge of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu techniques from a self-defense perspective. The goal of the program is to ensure you develop the skills you need to defend yourself in real-world scenarios.
Jiu-Jitsu Gi / No-Gi
Jiu-Jitsu Gi (with kimono) and No-Gi (without kimono) classes cover many of the same Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu strategies, techniques, drills, etc. Classes highlight the advantages, disadvantages, tradeoffs, and considerations of each scenario: with kimono and without kimono. Training with and without the kimono is important for your development as a student of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, as each discipline helps the other.
Open Mat
Open Mat allows one to practice techniques, execute drills, spar gi or no-gi, and more. There is no formal structure to Open Mat classes, but an instructor must be present to oversee training.
Equipment
At Freeport Martial Arts, we offer both gi (with kimono) and no-gi (without kimono) Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu classes, as both styles are important for your development as a student of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
You will need the following equipment to train effectively: