Discover Townsville's Best Brazilian Jiu-jitsu Classes

The Physical Benefits

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu has many positive physical benefits, including weight loss, increased flexibility, increased strength, and simply feeling fitter. Over the course of several classes, students will witness changes in physique and experience improvements in overall health as a result of training.

• Teaches you how to use your body as one unit. The majority of people in modern society spend most of their day sitting, driving, or working at a computer, which causes the body to develop strange and unnatural movement patterns.
• Enhances your body awareness. An increase in body awareness rapidly promotes strength and mobility, reversing the negative effects of sitting all day, every day.
• Improvements in mobility show up during techniques and drills that at first were difficult to complete, but become easier and more natural within your body.

UMF Academy has expanded its network for training, competing, and connecting with other practitioners. We also offer seminars with Master Fari Salievski (Black Belt). You can expect a great community and network of people from all over who support one another in mastering Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

The Mental Benefits

Beyond any physical improvements that come as a result of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Combatives, the mental improvements significantly impact all areas of your life. With Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Combatives, the process of learning demands as much mental engagement as it does physical effort. To master the technique, students are encouraged to practice it repeatedly. Practitioners study the technique like with a new subject, and then learn to apply it.

Learning to apply the technique can be the most challenging part. To improve, you must constantly attempt the technique, drill it some more, and try again. This takes mental acuity, persistence, patience, and the ability to strive for excellence and not give up.

When something is easy to achieve, we do not feel the same level of satisfaction as we do when we have learned and mastered the technique over time! This builds confidence and our inherent belief in our ability to achieve, not just a hollow victory but one full of satisfaction that feeds our soul.

Stress Management

Everyone experiences stress in their lives. It’s how we manage that stress that truly matters. Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Combatives offer excellent stress relief. After a long day at work, students can walk into UMF Academy and discover a healthy method of releasing stress.

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Combatives requires focus; it demands being present while projecting your strategy into the future and working to bring it to fruition. Students can harness built-up anger or frustration and release it on the mat. Many of our students find relief from stress after an intense rolling or drilling session.

Through training, practitioners can transition to a positive mindset that moves past the frustrations of the day and builds a lightheartedness that lingers after leaving the training session. This lightheartedness can be felt and channelled into the home and family relationships for more fulfilling connections.

The UMF Academy Way

Students are made up of almost every type of person you can think of – tradies, soldiers, security officers, doctors, lawyers, students, law enforcement, teachers, nurses, business people, and more. Every day our students walk into the academy for the same reasons: to be better, to improve their health and well-being, learning ability and stress levels. Our students are taking the lessons learned on the mat and applying them to their everyday life and making their lives better.