Fenton, Michigan
The jiu jitsu Fenton drives for.
Fenton has plenty of martial arts options, but not a full-time jiu-jitsu academy led by competitive black belts. That is the drive up US-23 to Great Lakes BJJ for real instruction for adults and kids. Youth 1 starts with one free session. Eligible jiu jitsu, kickboxing, and conditioning programs start with a free 14-day trial. Fight Prep has no direct trial; evaluation and ongoing coach approval are required. No contracts.
Why Fenton trains here
Fenton families are used to seeking out quality, and with jiu-jitsu, quality means training under people who have actually competed at the highest level, not a franchise curriculum taught by junior belts. Great Lakes BJJ is worth the drive up US-23 for exactly that.
- Championship-level coaching: The head coaches are a competitive black belt couple, one of them a world champion. In Fenton you can find martial arts on most corners; you cannot find that. It is the reason people make the drive.
- No franchise curriculum: We are not a chain running the same lesson plan in ten towns. Instruction here is built around real positions and real problems, taught through the coach's live group lesson rather than a franchise script.
- Worth the drive up US-23: It is a straight run north on US-23, about twenty-five minutes. Fenton members tell us the quality difference makes those minutes disappear once training becomes routine.
Getting here from Fenton
about 25 minutes · about 18 miles · north up US-23 toward Flint.
Great Lakes BJJ, 2014 Zimmerman Street, Flint, MI 48503.
Free trial options
Youth 1 starts with one free session. Eligible jiu jitsu, kickboxing, and conditioning programs start with a free 14-day trial. Fight Prep has no direct trial; evaluation and ongoing coach approval are required.