The greatest dojo. I've been there for 10years. I love it. The senseis are great. Many different…read moreclasses, senseis teach everyone of them.

Great school, I trained there when I was young,now it's my sons turn. Can't wait to see him…read moreprogress in the years to come.

Probably the greatest gym on the planet. Great people, great schedule, great atmosphere. GET HERE…read moreNOW

I have been going here for years. It is a great and welcoming place for women who want to be able…read moreto train. Everyone is super helpful and kind and it's a really good environment and there is so many different options for classes and class times and the training is really top-tier

I just started this school for my son and he loves it so far! Teachers are friendly and skilled!…read moreThis location moved to west Islip now. It's a great space with monitors in the lobby for parents to watch. Ask for Mike he's the best!

My son fell in love with this place on his first day!! At…read morefirst he didn't even want to get off the car an when his class ended he didn't want to leave!! Lol I'm so happy i found this place my 3 yr old is learning listening skills , discipline while having fun. Very professional and friendly staff.

Home of Hagihara Shihan, pioneer instructor in the US…read more Beautiful dojo, plenty of room to be thrown around. All instructors are highly qualified. Friendly and warm place to train Aikido.

Full disclosure; I started practicing with LIA in 1987. I moved to Maryland in 2011, but whenever I…read moreget back to LI, I practice there. This is THE place to practice on Long Island. Hagihara sensei (a first generation aikidoist) has been teaching since 1964. All the instructors at LIA are his students, and they are all extremely talented, yet each has a different approach. Some are trained in multiple martial arts. All care deeply about teaching. The mat space is big (except when there are huge seminars), and cleaned daily by the students. There are even "lounging areas" to accommodate parties (which occur often), or just the times when people want to chill after class with a drink. The only downside - it doesn't *look* like a dojo from outside. So if you're casually driving by, you might miss it.

Awesome gym! I stopped in here while in the area for a wedding and had time to kill a few days…read morebefore because my fiance was int eh bridal party. I had some gear in the car so I googled bjj gyms in the area and this game up. Bunch of stand up guys (no pun intended). Everyone was super friendly and open to train. Being a visiting student from another gym you usually have the 'it feels like there is a target on my back' feeling. It was the total opposite. Everyone trained controlled and were super fun to get to work with. Both instructors trained with me which was unusual. Most places you don't see the black belts rolling with students and it is rare you will see them roll when a visiting black belt comes for fear they might lose in front of their students. I rolled with Joe and Alex. Both awesome instructors and both super talented. I had a great time and learned a new reversal that I hadn't seen before. Awesome school/awesome experience. I live 300 miles away and I wish they were a lot closer. I would recommend the gym highly for novice through advanced. I didnt get to see the class because it was just ending but they had a large kids program and the coaches really seemed to know how to work and communicate with the kids well for the limited time I saw them together, finding good kids instructors is hard so if you have kids this looks like a great choice to try out.

From the owner: Maxum Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu & MMA specializes in providing our customers with the highest quality…read moremartial arts experience possible. -Classes range from Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, kickboxing, boxing, and mixed martial arts. -Professional Mixed Martial Artists, hobbyists, children, and families all train at Maxum. -Large matted facility including an octagon, a heavy bag area, and a locker room equipped with bathrooms and showers -World class instructors who have medaled at some of the most prestigious tournaments in the world in brazilian Jiu-jitsu -Highly Decorated kickboxing and boxing coaches

I highly recommend trying jiu jitsu - and find a place where you feel safe and you find your jiu…read morejitsu "family" - that place for me is Gracie Sports USA BJJ. I started back in 2006 in the original location with Marcio Stambowsky - the master at Gracie Sports. Marcio is an excellent friend and mentor who immediately makes you feel welcome. Professor Deborah, Marcio's daughter also teaches at the academy and brings many years of knowledge and experience. All the teachers there are amazing and the kids program is phenomenal as well. Whenever we are early for class - we watch the little kids roll and fight with the same techniques as the adults - it's great to see the quality of the education! Marcio is an 8th degree coral belt and one of the "Famous Five" black belts under Rolls Gracie. His knowledge is vast and deeply layered; it takes time to see that - but it's worth putting in the time! You can only get better! There are two locations - Norwalk across from Costco, and Fairfield near the shops downtown. Jiu Jitsu really helped me get out of my stagnant routine and "off the couch". I don't know if I would even be here today - I was 300 pounds and constantly had internal pains and health issues. I dropped 60 pounds since then and compete between 238-255. I'm still going strong at brown belt and it's my favorite thing to do - we all need something that is for "us" and sometimes you can share that with family members. I see a few couples train together and even have the kids enrolled. Jiu jitsu is awesome - and Gracie Sports USA is the awesomest! Give it a try - join today!

I went onto Yelp to put in my 2 cents and cannot believe there aren't 100's of awesome reviews for…read morethis place. These folks are as good as it gets! They are all rock stars in their own right and our family is so incredibly excited to have stumbled into this gem of a BJJ studio. Our son is a 11 y/o hockey player. He has always been looking for his second sport only this time it found him. My husband brought our kid in for a sampler lesson and oh-my-god it was love at first take-down. Instant addiction. This is THE place to be. Every single instructor is so on top of everything. They are awesome possum people who are gentle, informative, interactive, FUN, and everything you could ever want for your kid all rolled into one. I honestly cannot say enough good things about these folks. You can tell they are a family - and they humbly welcome you in. I wish I could give more than 5 stars. And I also wish we had found them sooner!

Very good Matt is very nice and interacts with the adults as well as the kids even tho he is famous…read morehe still helps everyone and this school helped me learn karate and jujitsu very well

Took the initiative to make the call as a first timer with no experience. The second step would…read morehave been walking in, but due to poor customer service over the phone, I do not even feel the slightest bit comfortable doing so. Considering how many businesses are failing on Long Island due to COVID, you would think serving your community would be number one priority. Clearly some of the employees have forgotten that phone sales are a massive relay.. being attentive, not having an attitude, and clearly engaging with other employees by making faces or mouthing comments or rolling eyes to hear other employees laughing in the background.. this is extremely disappointing and a very poor representation on what an MMA family should embody.

This place shut down. I drove there because hours of operation are still ip on website but the…read morebuilding is deserted.

Love this Sensei! He works well with all the children, all the children look up to him, he just has…read morea way. Sensei Benny incorporates confidence in each child through training. He also works with children with special needs. He is a true blessing! Thank you for all your hard work! Unfortunately we moved and in the past couple years cannot find anyone to replace him, my children only want Sensei Benny!