No experience required

Adult Martial Arts in Trussville

Start from zero. Leave better every week.

Mixed martial arts for adults who have never trained a day, and for adults who have. Striking, wrestling, and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in one system, with live rounds you can actually handle from your first weeks.

Ages 13 and up Level Total beginner to advanced Built for People with real schedules
Adult martial arts student throwing a punch at The Dojang Trussville
Adult training at The Dojang Trussville
Punching drills in adult martial arts at The Dojang Trussville
Kicking technique in adult martial arts at The Dojang Trussville
The program

Most gyms teach you one piece. We teach the whole fight.

Striking gyms leave you helpless on the ground. Grappling gyms leave you flat footed on your feet. We train all of it, in one system, so you are never lost no matter where the situation goes.

It is beginner friendly on day one and it stays hard for years. You will drill with people who started exactly where you are, and you will get corrected by coaches who care whether you improve. Nobody is here to watch you fail their standard. They are here to raise you to it.

And we pressure test. Technique you never test is a theory. That is the difference members notice when they come to us from schools where everyone only punches the air.

Three ranges

What you will actually learn.

01

Striking

Boxing and kickboxing fundamentals drilled until footwork, defense, and combinations stop feeling like a checklist and start feeling like instinct.

BoxingKickboxingFootworkDefense
02

Grappling

Wrestling and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Takedowns, control, escapes, and submissions, so you stay calm and in charge when a fight leaves the feet.

WrestlingJiu JitsuTakedownsEscapes
03

Live rounds

Controlled sparring at your level, always optional and always supervised. This is where technique becomes real and confidence stops being a word.

ControlledOptionalYour pace
The rhythm

What an hour on the mat looks like.

No mystery, no hazing. Every class runs on the same honest structure.

FirstWarm upMovement that gets you loose and ready. You set your own pace. Nobody is timing you.
ThenTechniqueA coach teaches the skill of the day and breaks it down until it makes sense.
ThenDrillingReps with a partner who wants you to get it right. This is where it sticks.
FinallyLive roundsOptional, controlled, matched to your level. Sit out any time. Nobody blinks.
What it builds

What you walk out with.

Skill you can trust

Not a belt on a wall. The quiet certainty that you know what to do, because you have already done it under pressure.

Conditioning that sticks

The fitness that comes from training hard at something you want to do. It is the reason people keep showing up when the gym membership lapsed in March.

A room that expects you

Miss two weeks and someone will text you. That is the whole point. You are not a membership number here.

Let us be honest

The reasons you have not started yet.

We have heard all of them. Here are the real answers.

01

"I am not in shape."

Nobody who walks in is. Training is how you get in shape, not the reward for already being there. You set your own pace in your first classes, and the conditioning comes as a side effect of showing up.

02

"I will get hurt, or embarrassed."

Sparring is optional and controlled, and you will not be thrown to the wolves on day one. Everyone in that room was new once and remembers exactly how it felt. Nobody is trying to prove something on a beginner.

03

"I am too old to start."

We have adults in their forties and fifties who started from zero and now hold their own. Martial arts rewards consistency far more than it rewards being twenty two.

04

"I do not have time."

Two classes a week changes you. Our schedule is built around adults with jobs and families, not around people whose only obligation is the gym.

The team

Who is coaching you.

Three black belts, two in Karate and one in Jiu Jitsu, plus a 2-0 amateur fighter and a state champion wrestler. You learn to fight from people who actually do it.

Maxwell Tucker, Owner - 5th Degree Black Belt at The Dojang Trussville
Maxwell TuckerOwner · 5th Degree Black Belt
Kimberly Ramkishun, 2nd Degree Black Belt, Karate at The Dojang Trussville
Kimberly Ramkishun2nd Degree Black Belt, Karate
Todd Chappell, Black Belt, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu at The Dojang Trussville
Todd ChappellBlack Belt, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
Jamar Fields, MMA 2-0 - BJJ Purple Belt at The Dojang Trussville
Jamar FieldsMMA 2-0 · BJJ Purple Belt
Japheth Hampton, State Champion Wrestler at The Dojang Trussville
Japheth HamptonState Champion Wrestler
Questions

Before your first class.

Do I need any experience to start?
None. Most of our adults walked in with zero background. Classes are built so a first timer and an experienced member train in the same room and both leave better.
Will I have to spar on day one?
No. Sparring is optional, controlled, and matched to your level. When you do start, it is light. We build you up, we do not throw you in.
How many classes a week should I train?
Two is enough to make real progress. Many members train more, and plenty mix programs, like MMA plus Jiu Jitsu. Your membership sets the volume, and we will help you pick.
What gear do I need?
For your first class, athletic clothes and a water bottle. Nothing else. We will tell you exactly what to buy once you know you are staying, and we will not sell you gear you do not need.
Is there a discount?
Yes. Civil servants receive 15 percent off, and families training together receive 15 percent off as well.

Your first class is free.

Total beginner or coming back after years off. One hour on the mat tells you everything a website cannot. Then you decide.

Claim your free class