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Boxing Meets Jiu Jitsu 6 week class!

Boxing Meets Jiu Jitsu🄊

We are teaming up once again with Copa Jiu Jitsu to offer a 6 week program that is a hybrid of Boxing and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu!

American Boxing is considered to be the best striking style in the world and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is considered to be the best grappling art on the planet.

The course will introduce to you to the basic boxing strikes in drilling format with the submission holds, escapes, throws and self defense of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. This program is designed for beginners and no experience required. 

This program will be taught by Mark ā€œMack the Knifeā€ Daley 4th Degree Black Belt Brazilian Jiu Jitsu under Carlson Gracie.

Mack also trained under several of the top Boxing and Muay Thai instructors in Chicago for many years.

***Minimum age 16. Anyone under the age of 18 must have a parent/ guardian sign a waiver. Waivers will be signed by all participants***

Boxing/Bjj

The Spring Session of the Copa Jiu Jitsu Niles Michigan $79, 8 week Brazilian Jiu Jitsu/Self Defense Beginner Course has been scheduled!! This session begins on Tuesday April 22nd and will run on Tuesdays from 7:30-8:30pm for 8 weeks!

This is our acclaimed BJJ Beginner Course/Self Defense curriculum, available now for registration. In 8 weeks, you will learn the most critical concepts and techniques of the highly-effective art of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu from a Competition/MMA as well as a Self Defense perspective. We will teach the most common Submissions, Escapes, Takedowns and Throws used in Street Self Defense, Submission Fighting and MMA. We have developed and perfected this program over the last 10 years at the Copa Jiu Jitsu Headquarter School in Chicago! This course is designed for those with no grappling experience, so you will all learn from the ground up.
This is a no gi (uniform) course, so no equipment is required.Ā 

Student registration is limited to ensure safety and quality instruction.

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The course will be taught by:

Mark ā€œMack the Knifeā€ Daley –Ā  4th Degree Black Belt Brazilian Jiu Jitsu under Carlson Gracie Jr

5th Degree Black Belt Korean Hapkido

1st Degree Black Belt Judo/Japanese Jiu Jitsu

Mack has taught Self-Defense to Chicago Police, Chicago FBI, Chicago Secret Service and is currently teaches seminars for the South Bend Police Department.

Chris Brady – 1st Degree Black Belt under Carlson Gracie/ Mark Daley in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

Certified Instructor Krav Maga SWAT Team Leader South Bend Police DepartmentĀ 

Copa Jiu Jitsu Academy

2601 N. 5th St

Niles Michigan

312-403-3628

Tuessdays from 7:30-8:30pmĀ 


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