martial arts academy
Meet Your Sensei
Sensei Ismael Saturno
Sensei Ismael Saturno was born and raised in Venezuela and moved to the USA in 2001. He was a member of Venezuela’s ITF TaekwonDo National Team in the 90s. He was the founder of MATTIX GRACIE JIU JITSU a successful martial arts school that has been operating since 2001 in Davie, FL. He has been involved with martial arts for over 42 years and teaching for the last 32. He has coached many national and world elite martial arts athletes and he was himself a world top ranked number 2 in the lightweight sparring division for the NASKA World Sport Karate Association in years 2001 to 2004.
He holds a 3rd Degree Black Belt in TaekwonDo, 2nd Degree Black Belt in American Kenpo, 3rd Degree in RDCA and a Black Belt in Gracie Jiu Jitsu under Professor Pedro Sauer.
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Class Options
MINI CHAMPS
Here at Elevation MA Academy, we start training kids as early as 3 years old! The Mini Champs Program is great for younger kids to be introduced to what it takes to be part this journey! Through martial arts activities we prepare the Mini Champ students to sharpen their developing abilities such as following rules and instruction, respecting one another while training in a contact sport, overcoming challenges through fun activities, and most importantly building CONFIDENCE! We train our students to follow direction so that they can fully reap the benefits of what martial arts has to offer!
Discipline is required for martial arts, and this program is a great start for the journey ahead!
YOUTH CHAMPS
Our Youth Champs Program is designed to introduce children to the fundamentals of Gracie Jiu Jitsu and Self Defense.
This program involves both Jiu Jitsu and Kick Boxing. Through martial arts, our mission for our Youth Champs Program is to build:
- Respect
- Confidence
- Safety/Awareness
- Camaraderie
- Values
- Discipline
- Perseverance
We teach these values to our students on daily bases to guide them both on and off the mat.
YOUTH CHAMPS
Our Youth Champs Program is designed to introduce children to the fundamentals of Gracie Jiu Jitsu and Self Defense.
This program involves both Jiu Jitsu and Kick Boxing. Through martial arts, our mission for our Youth Champs Program is to build:
- Respect
- Confidence
- Safety/Awareness
- Camaraderie
- Values
- Discipline
- Perseverance
We teach these values to our students on daily bases to guide them both on and off the mat.
ADULTS GRACIE JIU JITSU
Gracie Jiu Jitsu is considered by many to be the most complete, effective self-defense system in the world. It’s so effective, that this amazing art is at the core of the U.S. Army’s official hand-to-hand Combative Program. Law enforcement departments all over the nation are also introducing and many adopting the ground defense principles for their officers.
Our classes cater to anyone, any age who wants to learn jiu-jitsu, get in great shape and have fun doing it.
ELEVATION BOXING
Every class is a complete body workout executing full-power boxing punches, while incorporating resistance bands and weights in between rounds to achieve that sculpted body you’ve always wanted !
Workouts are very intense and there is no full contact sparring in this cardio boxing class, but sometimes you will be working with partners with targets and choreograph drills to learn strategies concepts and learn to control timing and distance.
ELEVATION BOXING
Every class is a complete body workout executing full-power boxing punches, while incorporating resistance bands and weights in between rounds to achieve that sculpted body you’ve always wanted !
Workouts are very intense and there is no full contact sparring in this cardio boxing class, but sometimes you will be working with partners with targets and choreograph drills to learn strategies concepts and learn to control timing and distance.
ELEVATION KICKBOXING
Very similar to our Elevation Boxing Program, this class offers an intense complete body workout executing full-power boxing punches, kicks, knees and elbow strikes while incorporating resistance bands and weights in between rounds to achieve that super cut body you’ve always wanted !
Workouts are very intense and there is no full contact sparring in this cardio Kickboxing class, but sometimes you will be working with partners with targets and choreograph drills to learn strategies concepts and learn to control timing and distance.