GRACIE BARRA MCKINNEY PROGRAMS

To excel in any endeavor, individuals need to have a robust set of values and a solid character that gives them the perseverance to achieve their goals. The Gracie Barra Kids Program was created to provide children ages 3-13 with an environment that allows them to experience and understand core values like focus, discipline, persistence, cooperation, and respect.

As a contact sport, Gracie Barra Jiu-Jitsu provides a challenging yet safe and caring environment for a child to mature into a real-life champion. The discipline and excellence demanded by our instructors often carry over to the child’s behavior at home and school. The outcome of continued childhood practice of GB Jiu-Jitsu goes far beyond the accomplishments on the mats.

Our Gracie Barra Kids Program is typically subdivided into four different groups to accommodate students of different ages and skill levels:

• Tiny Champions (3 & 4)

• Little Champions 1 (5 & 6)

• Little Champions 2 (7 – 9)

• NOGI (Kids 7 up )

• Juniors (10 – 13)

Gracie Barra McKinney’s Fitness Class is the perfect addition to your fitness routine because it involves ergonomically safe moves you will need to complete the class. Our fitness classes are a natural addition to Jiu-Jitsu training and will help you build strength and endurance using resistance bands, kickboxing bags, battle ropes, and more! Our instructors help students get their minds and bodies in shape to achieve more than they ever thought possible.

• It is a tremendous cardiovascular workout of both force and speed (boost your endurance)

• Improves your strength, aerobic fitness, flexibility, coordination, and balance

• Burns calories through high-intensity circuit training

• A great workout to help people lose weight or tone their bodies

• An excellent and healthy way to relieve stress and improve mental clarity (release endorphins)

• Is a fun and practical class for first-timers

Adult Nogi Class: With the evolution of Jiu Jitsu, our Nogi classes covers different concepts on how to control your opponent with different grips. Along with covering submissions and touching into wrestling takedowns. Nogi is a great way to improve your grappling skills.

GB1 - The GB¹ Program teaches these basic principles of effective fighting to individuals like you. Its structure condenses an immense diversity of Jiu-Jitsu into fundamental core moves combined intelligently and safely to optimize your learning.

GB2 - GB² Program is to built on high-level techniques and drills that start shaping the student’s game flow through the development of reflexes, speed, reaction time, and transitions between one method and another.

It is the perfect way for women hesitant to learn a full-contact Martial art such as Jiu-Jitsu. Our goal is to empower women in our community to use Jiu-Jitsu in self-defense situations and even at the competition level. In addition to effective self-defense techniques, our women’s program is an excellent solution for anyone who wants to take their fitness routine to the next level. Gracie Barra’s Jiu-Jitsu techniques and versatile class schedules are a great way to keep your fitness routine from plateauing. Enjoy aerobic exercise and strength training to help you achieve your fitness goals faster and more efficiently than classes offered in regular gyms.

This class is designed to focus on the competition aspect for our advanced group of kids that plan to compete. From learning how to score points to finishing submissions our kids competition class has a great pace for those looking to take it to the next level.