Friday May 22nd American Black Belt Academy Kicked off it's 2009 summer season @ SANDY CREEK PARK. Everyone was invited to join us for a special evening of Martial Arts training outside. We enjoyed Ice Cream, had Children's Classes (Juniors & Lil Dragons), and Adult trained in both Karate' Arts & Jiu jitsu. **The event will began our change to the summer uniform and students showed up in mass to wear their A-B-B-A T-shirts !

The American Black Belt Academy Summer Camp is designed to be fun & educational while building a higher level of self confidence in children through personal achievement. ..................................................................................................................................................... Our camp is for you .... Karate kids or beginners, ages 5 -11 ** Experience not necessary and beginners are welcome!

Annually in AUGUST we hold our Martial Arts Open House! We invite friends, students, families, and individuals to show up to participate and join us to enjoy a variety of fun activities and become familiar with who we are and what we are about. American Black Belt Academy features a wide range of classes including Karate, Jiu jitsu, and self defense for adults & children age 5 and up. Our Main Objective is to provide you with high quality Martial Arts instruction in a positive, safe and encouraging environment. Our innovative teaching methods and unique curriculum are designed to allow you to learn in a step-by-step fashion. Over the course of your training you will be gradually exposed to a variety of extremely effective blocks, strikes and self-defense techniques that will give you confidence and a very high level of overall physical fitness.

Check out our world class training in Japanese and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu; the most effective self defense fighting system in the world !! Gracie Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is the only self-defense system in the world that effectively deals with self-defense on the ground. It doesn’t matter if you’re a man, woman, or child, nor does it matter if you are small, weak, strong, or “over the hill,” Gracie Jiu-Jitsu will give you the tools to defend yourself in a real world attack.

Everyone can benefit from the study of our modern and innovative self defense program! American Black Belt Academy offers adult programs for all levels of skill. We provide a unique blend of traditionl martial arts and modern self-defense. Our Adult Martial Arts Program offers the best of a number of different styles of martial arts training, giving the student the benefit of diversity, variety, and versatility. During these sessions, students are led through a variety of exercises and drills designed to teach authentic traditional martial arts while improving flexibility, stamina, and strength. The primary goal of these classes is to develop the student's skill, discipline, and confidence through consistent demand and encouragement, and to provide strategies that can be applied in the challenges that we all face everyday. By pushing themselves to new levels and expanding beyond their limitations, students are able to create new possibilities and empowering goals. We emphasize the positive attributes of our students, helping them gain self-esteem and attain higher goals. Our black belt martial arts school emphasizes discipline and the value of persisting until goals are reached. We believe in following a high standard to bring out the good in our students and increase thier quality of life. Regular attendance of our special adult programs will result in stress reduction, temper control, improved self discipline, weight control, self defense, better concentration, inner peace, enhanced physical conditioning, increased energy, and improved health. We welcome and encourage the participation of everyone. Come and train with us today !!!

SAFE is a program that will give you the skills to Resist, Escape, & Defend by helping you to increase your awareness, avoid dangerous situations and empower you with simple and effective personal protective skills. Awareness and Evasion Frequently, we do not listen to our instincts and fail to identify potential threats until it is too late. The SAFE program incorparates elements of personal protection that will help a woman evade danger before it develops into physical assault. Escape The techniques are designed to help any woman escape from her attacker, whether she is standing or on the ground. The techniques of SAFE do not rely solely on strikes and kicks like most other women's self-defense courses. Strikes and kicks alone offer very little chance for success against an attacker who probably bigger, stronger and capable of hitting back. Furthermore, they are useless on the ground where the attacker will usually carry out his assault. The escape moves of SAFE are based on body mechanics, leverage, and skills that do not require strength, speed or coordination. Allowing the techniques to be used effectively by women of any age, size, strength or level of physical fitness. Program Goals The victim's feeling of total helplessness is worst part of an attack experience. SAFE empowers a woman not only physically with simple, effective techniques for an escape, but also psychologically and emotionally by enabling her to maintain the presence of mind necessary to recognize or create an opportunity to get away. The SAFE alternative was developed to address a woman's worst nightmare -- Rape.

K.I.C.K. is a program that will increase a child's energy, esteem, and spirit while they become strong and empowered with confidence. It's not just teaching children to punch and kick, it helps build a child's character and strength. We're not just talking about physical strength--but the kind of strength it takes to resist peer pressure and other negative aspects of life. The Martial arts teach children life lessons and help them achieve academic success, develop life goals, avoid peer pressure, stay fit and live a healthy life.

On SATURDAY 28 FEBRUARY 2009 world class Jiu-jitsu instructor Sifu Eddie Camden came to AMERICAN BLACK BELT ACADEMY to conduct a two hour seminar at the Athens Team Tiger location. Including the Black Belt in Gracie Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Professor Pedro Sauer, he holds multiple instructor ranks and six different black belts, under some of the most highly regarded martial arts instructors in the world, including Sifu Francis Fong, Guru Dan Inosanto, and Professor Pedro Sauer. In addition to training with Professor Sauer, Sifu Camden has also trained with numerous Gracie family members including Royce, Royler, Rorion, Rener, Ryron, Ralek and Grandmaster Helio himself. He has also trained with Gracie Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu specialist Pedro Valente and trained and taught beside Romero Calvalcanti. This was unique opportunity to train with a world class Gracie Jiu jitsu Blackbelt, whose background includes extensive training in: Gracie Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Wing Chun, Kali, Muay Thai, and Jeet Kune Do. The seminar was open to students of all skill levels.

The Black Belt Club is a club within the school for students that have made a commitment to earn their Black Belt by showing Black Belt Excellence in everything that they do at the Academy, at home, and in school or work. These students fully understand what it means to be a Black Belt, they are aware they need to set their goals high and stay committed to those goals both mentally and physically. This club is comprised of other students with this same common goal in order to support each other and supply the necessary motivation and instruction so that each student fulfills their dream. Your membership in the Black Belt Club opens up a whole new world for your growth as a martial artist. By fully using the privileges of membership, you will accelerate your learning, strengthen personal development attributes, and most of all, move into the inner circle of your school. Martial arts is an exciting activity that has a powerful impact on the lives of its practitioners. However, that impact is in direct proportion to the level of personal commitment you put forth toward earning your black belt.

Photos of our World Class American Black Belt Academy Staff !