Best Martial Arts Schools in Edison

Alex Wilkie’s Martial Arts Academy has been offering clients in Bridgewater and the surrounding areas a full range of Mixed Martial Arts and training in self-defense for more than 10 years. The well-trained professionals at the Academy provide classes in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, grappling, and ground fighting, mixed martial arts, kickboxing, aikido which is a Japanese defensive throwing art, boxing, and Thai boxing. Other sessions include the Filipino stick and knife fighting art called kali escrima, firearms training and tactics, gun disarms, and cardio conditioning. Alex Wilkie's Martial Arts Academy has received several awards including one from the Department of Justice’s Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Cesar-Kai Academy in Cranford says that it helps students master self-defense, boost their physique and fitness, and live a more confident, disciplined, and focused life. The owner, Mario Cesario, is a 3rd Degree Black Belt, and although the school's style is predominantly Shotokan Japanese Karate, they incorporate a full kickboxing and mixed martial arts curriculum into all of their classes. There are programs for kids including Summer Camps, Kids Martial Arts for ages 3-6, Kids Martial Arts ages 7+, Birthday Parties, and Transported After School. Reviews mention great instructors who are very interactive with kids of all ages, and a clean, bright, and open environment.

Del Martial Arts LLC in Scotch Plains provides traditional martial arts programs to students from three years old to adult. Inclusion classes are designed for the higher functioning special needs child so that they too can experience an activity with minimal adaptations to instruction. There are programs for tots ages 3 to 5, children ages 5 and older, youths and adults, and special needs. Additional services include corporate wellness, private instruction, women's self-defense, advanced one-on-one training, and clinics and demonstrations. Reviews call the instruction top notch because the staff truly care, the kids have fun while learning, and the special needs children taking part in classes feel included.

The expert instructors at Fatjo’s Mixed Martial Arts have been placing a strong emphasis on respect and goal setting for their students in Morganville and the surrounding areas for more than 20 years. Fatjo’s children’s program teaches four and five-year-olds to focus on such characteristics as courtesy, confidence, and healthy fitness disciplines. Sessions for six to 12-year-olds offer a blend of several martial arts with the goals of building strong minds and bodies and learning self-discipline, a positive attitude, and improved self-confidence. Fatjo’s Mixed Martial Arts classes for teens and adults combine Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Muay Thai Kickboxing, and submission grappling, the art of ground defense.

Impact Martial Arts was founded in 1993 by 5th Degree Black Belt Master Instructor Frank Paulis and operates out of facilities in Warren and Clinton. Their classes are taught by certified instructors in Taekwondo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and Haidong Gumdo. The Pee Wee and Junior programs provide the opportunity for children to learn martial arts in a fun and safe environment and focus on self-control and goal setting. Adult programs are designed for those who want to develop self-defense abilities and physical conditioning and the school also provides opportunities for students to compete nationally and internationally. Reviews talk of a warm, welcoming place with amazing leadership and staff that brings out the best in everyone.

Clients in Dayton and the adjacent areas interested in martial arts can depend on the guaranteed results and innovative training techniques of the highly-trained instructors at Master Peter’s Academy of Martial Arts. The Academy’s professionals specialize in character development and physical fitness for their customers using top-of-the-line equipment in a state-of-the-art 7000 sq. foot facility. Programs begin with classes for four-to-six-year-olds emphasizing basic martial arts techniques, skills, and character development. Taekwondo Black Belt sessions for ages six to 15 focus on physical conditioning, discipline, confidence, and more. Teens and adults work on self-defense and physical fitness. MPAMA also offers Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and kickboxing.

The Matawan School of Martial Arts is one New Jersey’s oldest karate schools and has been providing programs for customers in Matawan and the surrounding areas for more than 18 years. All the School’s instructors are black belt holders with at least 10 years of experience in karate. The Matawan School of Martial Arts offers Martin’s Karate System Karate which is a form of Taekwondo blended with Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Judo, Boxing, Kick-Boxing and others presented using a modern teaching system. The School furnishes classes for children, teenagers, and adults. Students learn to adapt traditional methods to advance to point competition, full contact, and “No Holds Barred” matches.

The trained professionals at USA Karate Academy Inc. challenge their clients to work toward the ultimate goal of martial arts which is to achieve a more balanced, peaceful life. Martial arts at the most basic level involves kicking and punching and preventing being kicked and punched. Those movements and techniques are the tools for helping individuals have better control of their bodies, minds, and emotions. USA Karate Academy Inc. offers customers in Green Brook and nearby areas classes for children aged four to 12 and adults with a 100% satisfaction guarantee. Physical benefits of the programs include weight loss, relief of stress, and increased physical and spiritual strength.