919 Washington St, Highland, IL 62249, USA
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu located in Highland IL. BJJ practitioners come from Edwardsville, Troy, Breese, Collinsville, and more. Practice Jiu Jitsu with top BJJ...
A beautiful high end facility with passionate teachers that have been in the game for many years. An awesome academy for high level competitors to local families just looking for a positive outlet. I highly recommend this academy if you are interested in learning technical modern Jiu-Jitsu with solid old school Jiu-Jitsu values. Top notch!
Posted 1 year ago
Love this place. It's like a workout, a therapy session, and a meditation all in one. I walk out both exhausted and rejuvenated. I'm both more confident and calmer because of jiu-jitsu. After a two hour session, I've given everything I got, and left it all on the mat... pushing myself to that level makes the rest of life seem easier by comparison . Wish I could go every day!
Posted 9 months ago
My daughter and I stopped in for the Sunday open mat and had a great time! Great rolls, great people, clean facility and tons of hospitality! We will be back!
Posted 11 months ago
Went to open mat this past week and it was a great experience. The facility is very clean and set up well. The owner was more than willing to help me with my skills while working together even though I am not currently a member. Everyone I worked with throughout the day was welcoming and helped make it a good learning environment. This is a great gym where the instructors and students make it easy to learn. I definitely plan on going back.
Posted 1 year ago
My son David got into a physical altercation his first day of 6th grade. Not a good start to his first day at Triad Middle School. Turns out it was a great start. David was sitting in homeroom when he noticed some boys having an argument. David closed his laptop and started focusing on the argument happening in front of him (I stopped him here in his re-telling and congratulated him on exercising Situational Awareness, the single most important factor in protecting yourself and others). David described how one boy stood up and used both his hands to start choking the other boy who remained seated. David stood up, went behind the aggressor, applied a “seat belt” grip, executed a “mat return” takedown, got his “hooks” in and waited until help arrived. I asked him what the boy did to David (David is small for his age). David said the boy was bucking around pretty hard but David was able to control him without anyone taking any damage. I asked David if he was scared. He said “No, it was just like training.” I asked David what the teacher said that came to help, David said no one said anything. I thought that was strange. Nothing said to David the rest of the week until Friday when the principal called David to the office. The principal thanked David and told him how happy he was that David was able to manage that situation in the way he did. The principal said to David, “The teacher said you seemed very calm, have you done that before?” David told him that he has been training at Fathom Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in Highland for a couple years. Coach Charles and Taylor remind the kids that BJJ should stay in the gym and to only use it if you must out in the world. That reminder is important because the fact is that those trained in BJJ have an unfair advantage over those who do not train when it comes to a physical altercation (and many other ways). I got my neighbor boy Drew into BJJ at Fathom. A few months after Drew started training, he had someone picking on him at the high school. The boy went to push Drew. Drew executed an “arm drag” and got to the boys back. Drew then sunk in a “rear naked choke” and used it to control the aggressor. The aggressor asked Drew to stop, and Drew did. No one hurt, and Drew walks tall at school. The fact is that if you utilize BJJ properly, no one will get hurt. The same cannot be said for striking martial arts. I could go on about the family friendly environment at Fathom, the excellent training from Charles and Taylor, the things they have done for me and my family personally when we were going through a difficult situation. I’ll just leave this review with the thought that you should at least give it a go at the free trial. If you have kids, they should absolutely train for at least a year just to make them bully proof if nothing else.
Posted 1 year ago
