"If you can't defend yourself while standing and on the ground then you DON'T know how to defend yourself...

"95% of all self-defense situations end up on the ground or in the grappling range... Grappling is the most neglected range of self-defense in most martial art systems."

Jiu-Jitsu, the oldest form of Martial Art, originated in India more than 3,000 years ago, spread through China, and eventually settled in Japan. In 1914, Japanese Jiu-Jitsu champions Esai Maeda and Inomata brought the art to Brazil, where they taught it to the son of a Brazilian politician, Carlos Gracie. In 1925, Carlos and his brothers opened the first Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy.

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu was first introduced in the United States about twenty years ago, and today it is the fastest growing Martial Art in the US. It focuses on ground-fighting, or grappling, techniques and uses basic principles of leverage which enable smaller practitioners to control, defeat and escape from bigger opponents. For these reasons, it is the most applicable Martial Art for both men and women seeking effective self-defense training.

Because Master Moses wants his students to be prepared for any situation on the street, the curriculum includes “Street Application” of BJJ techniques. By adapting the sport of BJJ to address the street environment (i.e. multiple opponents, weapons, no-gi, unorthodox attacks), students (among them police officers and elite military personnel), are able to address real life and death situations.

Because BJJ is so new in the United States, it is very unique for an American BJJ Academy to have even one Black Belt instructor – Mike Moses’ EVOLVE Martial Arts Academy has three! Along with Master Moses, Nakapan Phungephorn and Todd Margolis are renowned in the national and international grappling community for their fighting and instructing prowess. We have one of the strongest competition teams around.

So, whether you’re looking for an intense workout, unrivaled self-defense training, world-class competition, you’ll love our program.


 
 
 
 
 
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Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) in Gaithersburg, MD is here!  Do you want to train with the best Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Muay Thai and MMA fighters in Maryland?  Then train with us at Evolve Academy of Mixed Martial Arts and MMA.  Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full contact combat sport that allows a wide variety of fighting techniques and skills, from a mixture of martial arts traditions and non-traditions. The MMA rules allow the use of both striking as well as grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground. Such competitions allow mixed martial artists of different backgrounds to compete. If you want to train MMA in Maryland, there's no better place than Evolve Academy of Mixed Martial arts in Gaithersburg, MD!