Modern Martial Arts - Upper East Side
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Contact Information
Address
220 East 86th St
Phone
(212) 772-3700Reviews
About the Gym
Modern martial arts is a comprehensive training center offering various martial arts disciplines, including brazilian jiu-jitsu (bjj), kickboxing, and kids karate. founded in 2001 on the upper west side of manhattan, the gym has expanded to four locations across nyc. with a focus on excellence and community, modern martial arts provides a supportive environment for students of all ages and skill levels to learn self-defense techniques, improve physical fitness, and develop discipline and focus.
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What Reddit says about Modern Martial Arts - Upper East Side
2 verbatim community mentions from r/bjj and city subreddits, unedited, positives and negatives alike.
I grew up in New York in the 90’s Anyone who knows the area during that time, it was recovering from being one of the worst places in America and it was still pretty rough My parents moved us to a more suburban area but it was still on the rough side, fighting with Italians who were into boxing all the time and NY had a program where they mixed kids with the projects with kids from the suburbs in school so my school was basically like a prison Like not an exaggeration, I watch those prison life videos on A&E and it reminds me of middle school lol Anyway there was a street kid who was source, 2024 ↗
negative
There have been sandbaggers in every completive hobby I've had. Pool, darts, softball. Some people just HAVE to win. That's fine, train hard get good , you'll win. Some people GOTTA DOMINATE. To do so, they sand bag. It sucks . Especially at a hobby level as most jiu jitsu practices are. He'll, I had a guy in a NAGA. Whitebelt. I was coaching. He won on points. The opposing coach pulled the ref a side , showed the ref the video he took , ref sided with him and overtime ensued. My guy ended up losing. Now , it's actually better for my guy to have lost because now he sees his athleticis source, 2024 ↗
positive
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