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KIDS

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The Kid's Rank Class at RISE Martial Arts Academy

 

Invites your child to climb the mountain and experience their very own hero's journey. This program helps kids immerse themselves in character development, focus, and confidence alongside a supportive team of peers all working toward the top. Our unique style blends the foundational discipline and striking of karate, kickboxing, and taekwondo with practical self-defense elements from other martial arts. As your child earns their ranks, they will not just learn how to protect themselves—they will develop life skills like respect, resilience, and an unbreakable growth mindset. Give your child the tools to conquer life's challenges and start building their legacy on our mats today.

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Little Dragons Program (Ages 4–6)

The Little Dragons program at RISE Martial Arts Academy introduces our youngest students to the foundational building blocks of martial arts training. While they will learn basic coordination and striking, our primary mission centers on developing good behavior, deep focus, and strong self-discipline. We teach our students exactly how to respect the training floor, their instructors, and their peers. By immersing your child in this structured growth environment, they refine essential life skills that give them a massive head start—virtually a superpower—compared to peers who go without this early development. We transform listening and following directions into an exciting challenge, preparing your child to succeed both on our mats and in their upcoming school years.

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We Compete and We Win

RISE Martial Arts Academy is a proud, active tournament school. While many martial arts schools in our area choose to compete only against other schools within their own internal system, we test our skills against the very best in the open world. Our students regularly step outside our walls to compete at local, state, national, and international levels. Despite being a multi-styled system and not focusing exclusively on one single competition format, our training speaks for itself: we compete, and we win.
 

Our academy's accolades are quite simply too many to count. RISE has brought home a staggering number of international trophies, state championships, national championships, and grand overall championship accolades. Our competitive success extends across multiple disciplines; in addition to traditional striking events, our students have successfully competed and placed in multiple NAGA (North American Grappling Association) grappling competitions.
 

We believe that competition is a powerful tool for personal growth, but we never rush the process. Once a student develops their foundational skills, they decide when the time is right to step into the competitive arena for forms, sparring, or grappling. When you train at RISE, you are training with champions.

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Our Demonstration Team

The RISE Martial Arts Academy Demonstration Team offers dedicated students exciting performance opportunities to exhibit their hard-earned skills outside the classroom. This elite squad brings martial arts to life by performing high-energy routines at community parades, local fairs, and talent shows. To create our dynamic performances, many of our team members cross-train in complementary disciplines like cheer, dance, drama, and gymnastics. Membership is by invitation only; we invite our best, most focused students to join this team. It provides a thrilling platform for advanced practitioners to build stage presence, inspire the community, and showcase the absolute peak of our academy's multi-styled system.

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Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Program

 

At RISE Martial Arts Academy, our Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) program is exclusively structured into beginner-focused workshops. This specialized format ensures that new practitioners can step onto the mats without intimidation, learning the art from the ground up in a highly controlled environment. We pride ourselves on providing top-level, detail-oriented instruction that breaks complex grappling down into simple, digestible concepts.
 

While these workshops are built for optimal learning and accessibility, the techniques we teach are highly effective and elite. Our more experienced students have successfully tested these exact principles on the competitive stage, stepping out to compete and win titles. Whether your goal is to build deep martial arts knowledge, learn practical self-defense, or eventually pursue competition, our beginner workshops provide the perfect, safe entry point. 

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RISE MARTIAL ARTS ACADEMY

Old Lyme 

Old Saybrook

Old Lyme Shopping Center

19 Halls Rd Unit #103
Old Lyme, CT 06371

210 Main St

Old Saybrook, CT 06475

(located behind the fitness center)

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