Self Defense

We don’t like to admit it but there are some streets in Venice that we would rather not walk down alone at night. Usually, the thing to do is just avoid these places, but sometimes trouble comes to you. When it does, it is best to be prepared. Gracie Jiu Jitsu Sarasota Academy is here to give the people of Venice the tools they need to protect themselves when they need to.

Mixed Martial Arts

Traditional martial arts are often divided into strike based fighting (e.g. taekwondo, boxing) and grappling (jiu-jitsu, judo, and wrestling). This would leave fighters at a disadvantage because they were trained in either midrange or close range techniques. Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) was created to merge these two fighting archetypes into a single art form.

Jiu-Jitsu

Gracie Jiu Jitsu Sarasota Academy has years of experience teaching the people of Venice the techniques, methodology, and philosophy of awareness and inner calm that is the core of jiu-jitsu.

Health center

You have a fitness goal in mind and you have come to Gracie Jiu Jitsu Sarasota Academy to achieve it. You are prepared to work out regularly and focus on improving your overall health and wellbeing, but there is more to being healthy than exercising. You also need to look at your life outside the gym to see what can help you obtain the results you want.

Judo

We invite the people of Venice to come down to Gracie Jiu Jitsu Sarasota Academy and see why Judo is one of the most popular martial art forms. One of the few martial arts to become an Olympic level sport, Judo is a combination of throws and grapples designed to take on opponents bigger than oneself.