WELCOME TO AMERICAN BLACK BELT ACADEMY PHOTOS

On 25 AUGUST 2007 we held our 1st ever Martial Arts Open House! We had great crowd of over 125 friends, students, families, and individuals 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.

Take a virtual photo tour of our facility and see just one of the reasons we are "Athens' Best Martial Arts School" Selected by the Athens Banner Herald Reader's Choice Awards.

Photos of our World Class American Black Belt Academy Staff !

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.

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.

The United Bujutsu federation Seminar conducted by 9TH Degegree Blackbelt David Okawa Baize on 30 Sep 2006 at the Academy featured techniques for children and adults.

We specialize in the enhancement of Military and Law Enforcement Special Operations combatives training. We help establish or enhance training programs at units and make specialized training available to interested individuals. We instruct our Special Operations Basic Unarmed Combatives Course to provide a basic foundation that allows any operator to build key fighting skills. This course is geared toward Military Special Operations Forces and works well for SWAT/SRT units with Special Combative needs. Our training is not about winning tournaments or single attacker engagements. It's about surviving the brutality of the battlefield and the streets. We provide training that allows Special Operators to be prepared for the full spectrum of their missions.