Charleston Self Defense Academy
Help your Kids Develop Rock Solid Self-Esteem Self-Discipline Patience Self-Respect and Much More!
Children love how much fun our classes are and parents love the difference it makes in their childrens’ lives!
You will find your child more focused and more confident in both their home life and at school. Parents in our school tell us how amazed they are at the dramatic positive improvements their children have made in only a few weeks!
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Our Kids Programs
Tiny Dragons, Ages 4-6
This cross disciplinary class will build a solid foundation for students to be successful in any martial art or sport activity. Age appropriate games and fun functional drills build agility, coordination, and attention through smiles and laughs.
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Ages 7+
BJJ is a low impact, wrestling style sport that emphasizes how to control, pin, sweep, and immobilize an opponent on the ground. Students learn age appropriate skills for chokes and choke escapes, arm locks, and basic takedowns.
Judo Ages 7+
Kids judo teaches a wide range of tumbling and agility skills to prepare students for the dynamic throws and advanced takedowns of Japan’s most successful martial art. Students learn the core skills of judo and go on to be successful in sport competition, self-defense, or general athletics.
Kempo Karate (age 6+)
Kempo is your classic kids karate class with a focus on discipline and self-control learned through kicking, punching, blocking, kata (forms), and sparring
Private Lessons
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Our Martial Arts Lessons for Kids in North Charleston Have Parents Raving About the Results!
In our unique classes, each child learns and progresses at their own pace, learns to set individual (inspiring) goals, and then discovers their personal power while accomplishing those goals!
See for yourself why children and their parents all over the North Charleston area (and West Ashley, Goose Creek, North Charleston, Ladson, Hanahan, Moncks Corner areas too!) find our kids martial arts lessons so inspiring!
Empower Your Child to Avoid Becoming Another Statistic!
Equip them with the tools to succeed in the real world with Charleston Self Defense Academy.
Our students gain the tools to function at a high level, both socially and educationally, in school. The self-confidence, self-discipline, focus skills and leadership skills they develop in our martial arts classes prepare them to be great leaders and last for a lifetime.
Why Choose Charleston Self Defense Academy?
With every challenge reached, our students grow in confidence while gaining respect for themselves and others along their martial arts journey.
The discipline and structure in our classes help children improve their concentration and as a result our students also get better grades in school.
Our self-defense lessons are fun and enable kids to learn teamwork, which allows them to build great friendships with other future leaders.
Charleston Self Defense Academy reviews
KZ Russ
2020-11-11
I absolutely love this gym. It has such a homey and family friendly vibe; it's made me feel a lot less homesick after I moved here. I've done the boxing, judo, jujitsu, and self defense classes and I'm never disappointed. The instructors are all well spoken and very knowledgeable (both within the specific classes and in general questions regarding techniques and muscle development & pain management).
I love the idea that they had to use the day time as a child care/virtual schooling area and another thing that really stood out to me is the care that they take regarding safety in the kids classes. One specific example being how the instructor (Rob) was checking the technique on their falls and while doing the throw, it was both slow enough for the child's size and he also supported their head/neck throughout the movement then provided feedback on how they could improve.
Lisa and Rob have a really good crew and do a great job with the gym!
Covid: They do take temperatures and record them at the door. I've also seen them stream classes for some people that weren't comfortable coming in, though that may be something you have to ask for specifically. I'm not 100% sure.
St Sebastian
2020-09-02
Best game in town for Boxing, Judo, BJJ and Wrestling. Also HIIT and Xtreme Hip Cardio step classes.
Manuel Valderrama
2020-07-04
Great gym, great instructors, so much fun and everyone is nice
Aaron Hawk
2019-09-17
I have known the instructor here for many years and I have a ton of respect for him. He teaches the best krav maga classes in the area. The gym is set up very well with lots of space to move and very safe and clean. I highly recommend them!
Felicity Patrick
2019-05-24
This place is great! Our daughter is doing the judo class and she loves it. The instructor is amazing and is great with the kids! Keep up the great work!
Jazimen Wiggins
2019-04-27
Great space and atmosphere me and my two kids and husband attended this gym we love gives us things to do outside of work plus it’s a great workout for all of us we love this place I would recommend kids and adults to sign up ASAP
Sondra Urton
2019-02-04
These guys are awesome with children. My 4 year can't stop talking about her classes.
Crystal Urton
2019-02-02
My four year goes here! This place is just amazing! They are very good when it comes to the children! I love how great they work and teach the children exspecailly the younger children!! I'm very glad that I allowed my child to go this center! They are amazing people here!!
Moe G
2019-01-17
Great professional place!!!! So glad I found them!!!
Jenna Kpack
2019-01-03
The gym has some great instructors who are very knowledgeable about the programs they offer! The program that I favor is the kids and adult judo class. The instructors are all very well versed in what they teach and are versatile with the variety of age groups they work with (young children up to adults). They also make it feel more like a community than just a fitness/self defense class. It is nice seeing how they come together to teach the art and culture, and how to do things the right way to avoid injury. The only thing I dislike about the gym is that some classes aren’t consistent with the staff members. Even in those cases, they all are on the same page and very skilled. Otherwise it’s a pretty good gym! The owner knows just about every student’s name and makes a fairly welcoming atmosphere.
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