Kids Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

Kids Brazilian Jiujitsu

Brazilian Jiujitsu teaches kids excellent life lessons.  Qualities like resilience, persistence and discipline are built here!  Kids gain self-confidence and learn self-defence skills which are perfect to deal with bullying situations where students can defend themselves and neutralise a threat without harming or injuring the other person. 

We have helped many victims of bullying face their tormentors with several using their jiujitsu skills to prevent themselves being further physically harmed.

We have strict Code of Conduct and students understand that unless they are in physical danger, they are never to use their martial art training outside of the academy.

“Amazing, family orientated, wonderful coaches and very caring. My son has been going there a couple of years now and shines with so much confidence in himself now.  He has made incredible friends outside of school.  Hands down can’t recommend Fusion enough.  If you’re not attending yet you definitely need to sign up!”.

Jessie Povis

4 – 7 year olds – “Little Ninjas”

Brazilian Jiujitsu classes for this age group run for 40 minutes.  Students are required to attend twice a week.  They are explicitly taught technique on one of the training days with the other day being more focused on positional sparring and free grappling.  This creates the opportunity for students to use the techniques they have learnt and apply them, conditioning their muscle memory so that they can actually put what they learn into practise in a live situation.

“Fusion Fight & Fitness, a great gym with knowledgeable and caring instructors. They not only teach different fighting techniques, but I watched coach Garrett also teach respect and values to the very young ones. A good place to send your kids.”

Jill Spackman

8 – 12 year olds – “Junior Warriors”

This class runs for 1 hour and requires twice a week attendance.

Junior warriors learn technique in a step by step fashion which is very easy to understand.  They also get plenty of time to test out the learnt technique within free grappling and positional sparring time in class.

Students are of all levels and abilities and students get “thrown in the deep end” with the other students when they join.  New students are coupled with more experience students and given extra attention from coaches.  In this way new students get a very swift on-boarding and are very soon able to understand the concepts they are learning.

Once students become Junior Warriors their belt aligns with the IBJJF belting system and is recognised anywhere in the world.

“When my son 12 ,joined over a year ago through strong advise from a close family friend that Fusion was the best martial arts school in Cairns , he was hooked after his first lesson. His words to me in the car home were “ Dad….. can I do that every day?” he’s gone onto loving his BJJ and MMA classes so much he’s doing up to 6 classes a week. Along with also entering competitions locally and down south as a Fusion team member, he has made great friendships and improved so much. It’s even inspired his mum to start. Fusion Fight and Fitness is the premium martial art school in Cairns.”

Gianni De Rose

13 – 16 year olds – “Teens BJJ”

This hour long class is aimed at developing our teenagers aged 13 to 16 and requires twice a week attendance.

This period of time in a young persons life can be tricky and Brazilian Jiujitsu creates close friendships, resilience and a positive outlet for the overload of emotions, anxieties and stress around this age.  It develops healthy interactions between males and females with males realizing their strength and how to contain it when versing others who are not as physically capable.

Importantly, the teen years require great mentors; caring adults who can provide a strong and positive role model for young people to look up to and be influenced by when they start to push against boundaries, exploring who they are as individuals.   The Coaches at Fusion provide an excellent example to young people on what hard work, persistence, resilience and dedication looks like and can accomplish.

“BJJ for kids is a must!!!! Our kids have been part of the Fusion ‘family’ for the last three years and they (and us) could not be happier. They look forward to each session and have learned valuable life lessons as well as keeping fit and health. We all love Fusion Fight and Fitness!”

Lindy Harrop

In-class sparring and competition

Sparring is where confidence is built and skills are tested in a real situation where your opponent is trying to “submit” you.  We are all about building confidence and real, effective skills!

Simply learning technique with no real opportunity to test it is unrealistic and does not benefit the child should they actually ever need to use jiujitsu in a real life situation.

We provide plenty of opportunity for students to test themselves and their techniques.  This is done through positional sparring (working from a specific position with set goals of escaping or improving their position) and free grappling (students “roll” until one of them “submits” the other).

Some other mixed martial arts clubs in Cairns mainly teach technique and never sparr or only very occasionally.  They also never compete in sanctioned events keeping everything “in-house”.  This gives a false sense of confidence and capability as those students have never really put their skills into practice.

At Fusion, we place an emphasis on sparring or “rolling” and test what is learnt in Nationally and Internationally recognised competitions under sanctioning bodies such as AFBJJ (Australian Federation of Brazilian Jiujitsu) and IBJJF (International Brazilian Jiujitsu Federation).  In addition to regular sparring during class times, several times a year we run in-house competitions.  These competitions are free to members and act as an excellent source of motivation and are excellent for building self-confidence.

In-house competitions are run identical to any large interstate competition, from the registration process to the actual matches on the day!