Martial Arts Schools in Somerville

“Excellent teachers Gafa and Gigante! Great respectful students, outstanding cantigos (songs) and instuments. All techniques are in Brazilian Portuguese. Took my first class here and I'm staying. I also noticed they are very respectful of the whole Capoeira community as a whole and as a Brazilian, I really enjoyed everything about them. Reasonable price, they respond if you get in contact, 100/100 experience!“

“This is a fantastic place, and a wonderful community, both for kids and adults. The instructors are excellent teachers, but what I love most is their commitment to each student. For adults, they meet you where you are in terms of fitness and knowledge, from absolute beginners to students who been practicing for years, and they then figure out how you can improve from there. For the kids, I have never seen a team of instructors invest such attention and care to every child in every class and then achieve success through positive encouragement. I've been a student myself for over ten years, as has my child, and I'm still learning and growing. Can't recommend highly enough!“

“I gave my son the choice of another school but my son would only choose this school. He likes the strictness of the Senseis and also the school creed. The Senseis teach self defense and honorable fighting, and don't try to condition the kids to do vicious underhand fighting to deliberately hurt opponents. We were at a tournament when we saw competitors from other schools and we could clearly see a difference in kids and how they were taught from the way they fought other kids. I'm quite proud that many of the kids from this dojo won different medals for form and fighting, reflecting the quality of instruction. Also, the dojo is know for having awesome holiday parties for Halloween and Xmas!!!“