Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is a Martial Art that is based on using leverage tactics to overcome bigger and stronger opponents, making strength and size an irrelevant factor in having superior self-defense. Although Brazilian Jiu Jitsu has been around for decades, it did not come to the United States until the 1970s. Brazilian Jiu Jitsu was not recognized for it’s superior dominance until the 1990s, when it made it’s appearance dominating the Mixed Martial Arts world in the UFC. Over the past few decades, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu has retained its popularity, and has become a rapidly growing activity for practitioners as young as 4 years old and up!
The Best Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in New Haven County
Here at Ultimate MMA & Jiu-Jitsu Training Center, you will be taught by the highest level of instructors. Owner and head instructor Andrew Calandrelli started BJJ in 1996 and received his black belt in 2007. He is a 3rd Degree Black Belt under Marcelo Garcia with Team Alliance. Andrew teaches his students a well-rounded approach to Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, suitable for all styles and body types. Whether your goal is self-defense, MMA, or sport competition, you will receive the highest level of instruction to tackle your goals.
Fun Exercise & Weight Management
While our youth program has a big focus on the development of your child’s character, there are also many other benefits that your child will gain from training with us here at Ultimate MMA & Jiu Jitsu Training Center. Each class begins with warm-up exercises, which allow the students to gain awareness of their body, build strength, stamina, endurance, and maintain and increase flexibility. Your child will become more aware of the capabilities of their body, as they progressively increase in strength and capability through consistent repetition. If weight management is a goal for your child, you will rest assured that he or she is getting a great full body workout, while having fun! If weight management isn’t a concern of yours, you will still be confident in the fact that your child is enrolled in an activity that will condition their body to function optimally, while enhancing their capabilities and strength, which will also transfer over as superior performance in other varying sports.
Positive Environment & Making Friends
Having your child involved in our Martial Arts academy, will allow your child to make new friends in a positive environment, outside of the everyday kids that they meet at school. Our students are systematically guided to be positive role models for each other, while learning to carry themselves with the utmost respect for their peers and elders. Having constant goals, a positive outlet for their energy, and a different source of friends, will help keep your child on track and out of trouble!
Learning Self-Control & Discipline
If your child is like most children, he or she may be in need of some direction to stay focused on the task at hand. Here at Ultimate MMA & Jiu Jitsu Training Center, our main goal is for every child to carry themselves with self-control and discipline. This behavior is something that is progressively achieved over time, as the children start to realize what is expected of them in our academy, as well as, how the behavior should carry over at home and in everyday life. Of course they are still children, so we let them play their games once the “work” is done! However, we do make sure that they are aware and understand the importance of displaying self-control, and using discipline when they would otherwise be distracted.
Gaining Confidence & Pride
Being involved in Martial Arts allows children to have constant goals to work towards. Accomplishing these goals allows the students to build confidence and earn a sense of pride in their achievements. The students work on different techniques that they are taught, and they are given the opportunity to apply them. The students quickly learn that hard work pays off, and that the more they apply themselves, the more they will gain from their everyday experience, in return gaining confidence in their capabilities. As the students move up in belt ranking, they are shown an even greater level of respect by their fellow classmates. The students earn their level in class ranking by working their way up the ladder of our custom belt system. Children get to leave every class with a sense of pride and accomplishment
