At the heart of everything that we do is our passion for teaching correct  Rocian Gracie methods and our commitment to our students. We believe in not just teaching self defense or fighting we believe in culturing all student  and teaching martial arts and family values. We also want our younger student to strive for academic excellence.  Our academy is operated by three generation of family members who are current or retired competition and full contact fighters who are also world certified high level masters / instructors and coaches. All our staff members must pass a full background checks to qualify to coach or teach and we are "Safe Sport Certified" to teach children. Our unique programs and training classes are second to none and we strive to give the best to all our members.  Professor Spillmann has decades of experience teaching Brazilian JiuJitsu methods and many other martial art styles as taught to him by his Grandmasters.

(Read His Bio) 

Our school has been ranked as one of the top Martial Arts School time and time again. Our State of the art training center was built for our students and has over 15,000-sqft of floor space, training mats, specialized equipment, MMA cage, boxing areas, weight room, free weights, TRX, Bungees, changing rooms and a kids play TV area. We also believe in a clean and comfortable training areas and clean waiting areas. GMA teaches several martial arts styles like Brazilian JiuJitsu, Adult, Child & Family TaeKwondo, Adult Hapkido, Adult Wing Chun and Self Defense. We also offer seminar's, summer programs, after school pick-up and kids weekly summer camps.

We are located in the GMA Elite Training Center building located in the heart of Gallatin, and reflects the vibrant energy of the area. Our skilled team members are here to assist students achieve, learn self defense skills and hone fighting skills. If you ready to reach your potential then  call us today 615-675-4795 to learn more about us.

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We offer Adult MMA Classes, Kids MMA Classes, Adult Brazilian JiuJitsu, Kids Brazilian JiuJitsu, Adults TaeKwonDo, Kids TaeKwonDo, Sport TaeKwonDo, Muay Thai Concepts, Wing Chun and other martial arts classes.  GMA is located in Gallatin Tennessee and closes to Hendersonville, Castalian Springs, Hartsville, Lafayette, Nashville, Madison, Lebanon and Bethpage. We are located in the GMA Elite Training Center  Building: 130 N Locust Ave Gallatin TN 37066
 

""WE TEACH CHILDREN AND ADULTS" 

"CLASSES ARE TAUGHT SEPARATELY"

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Welcome to GMA with over 50 Years Experience

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The GMA Team keeps winning top events.. KwanJangNim Spillmann’s ( Professor Spillmann) and his sons know how to create champions. The GMA academy is known for developing top students with great skill and strong defensive and fighting abilities. GMA students have multitudes of wins in Taekwondo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and MMA. GMA’s master-level instructors are internationally certified in multiple martial arts. Professor Spillmann is an eighth-degree black belt in TaeKwonDo, who holds rankings in several martial arts and received his Black Belt from Rocian Gracie Jiu-Jitsu in 2000 who has taught martial arts in the United States and abroad for almost 40 years. The academy is registered with the International Brazilian JiuJitsu Federation / USA Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation, International TaeKwonDo Federation, USA Boxing. USA TaeKwondo and the American Athletic Union. 

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