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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 competitors and full contact fighters who are also world certified high level masters  and instructor. 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. We offer classes in Brazilian JiuJitsu, Self Defense and mixed martial arts. Most our members are focused on learning martial arts as a hobby or to help over come life's obstacles and build confidence, fitness while learning practical self defense. 

"Developing the Champions of Today and The Leaders of Tomorrow"  


 

(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 4500-sqft of floor space, training mats, specialized equipment,  boxing equipment, changing rooms and a kids 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 731- 324-3848 to learn more about us.

We offer Adult MMA Classes, Kids MMA Classes, Adult Brazilian JiuJitsu, Kids Brazilian JiuJitsu, Adults TaeKwonDo, Kids TaeKwonDo, Sport TaeKwonDo, Kickboxing / Muay Thai Concepts, Wing Chun and other martial arts classes.  We are 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: 509 Garnet Ct - Ste 300 Gallatin TN 37066
 

""WE TEACH CHILDREN AND ADULTS" 

"CLASSES ARE TAUGHT SEPARATELY"

Welcome to GMA with over 50 Years Experience
 

The GMA RGBJJ keeps winning top events. Professor Spillmann and his sons know how to create champions. The GMA academy is known for developing top students and leaders with great skills and strong defensive and fighting abilities. Our students have multitudes of wins in Taekwondo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Karate and many MMA wins. GMA’s master-level instructors are internationally certified in multiple martial arts. Professor Spillmann is an 9th-Degree Black Belt in TaeKwonDo, who holds black belt rankings in several martial arts and received his Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt from Rocian Gracie Jiu-Jitsu in 2000.  
 

Professor Spillmann started martial arts training at the age of 4 and in his 60's he has taught martial arts in the United States and abroad for almost 45 years. He has worked with UFC fighters and many pro fighters over the years and his son Kurt has competed in many MMA fights and was undefeated. 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. Our main focus is training students of all ages to learn to defend themselves. Our methods are proven but it requires dedication, trust and perseverance from students to become the best. If you want to be an MMA fighter you must be dedicate otherwise we will not take you into the team program, if you miss training days or you are not coachable you will be dropped from the roster and moved to regular training classes. We welcome you to our family.

"Our 4500-sqft location has plenty of on-site parking"

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KURT SPILLMANN WINS AGAIN - CAGE WARS

June 12th, 2018

GMA Martial Arts Center / Rocian Gracie Jiu-Jitsu TN

 

Grandmaster Spillmann’s youngest son Kurt has competed for years in traditional martial arts tournaments. He is fourth-degree black belt and a gold medalist in both Taekwondo and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and on June 10th, Spillmann won at Cage Wars MMA in California.


Spillmann, a native of Gallatin, dominated the fight with head kicks body strikes. Spillmann was not struck once, ending the match in under a minute by forcing his opponent to tap out with a rear-naked choke.


The GMA academy is known for developing top students with academic excellence 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. Grandmaster Professor Spillmann is an eighth-degree black belt, who holds rankings in several martial arts and has been teaching in the United States and abroad for almost 40 years.

Master Kurt Spillmann trains at GMA Martial Arts in Gallatin, TN with his family and when fighting in California, and trains at  Fight Syndicate a friendship school.

 

Huntter Anderson Wins 

Aires MMA Nashville TN 


September  17th 2022 - Huntter won his MMA fight  via dq.

Current Record  2-1

 

Coached by Master M. Unamann
 

Dycin Denzick Wins Silver

September 10th 2022 - Dycin Denzick with 2nd Place

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08/12/23
Dycin, Braydon and Ian all win Gold - Grappling Games.

Ian Kimble and Dycin Denzik both did a great job and had a big win at tappet cancer. All three competed and all won.

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KURT SPILLMANN WINS 

 

June 9th, 2019

GMA Martial Arts Center Master Instructor Kurt Spillmann who is a 4th Dan black Belt in ITF,  Kukkiwon TaeKwondo and a Purple Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, (under his father GM Spillmann) competed again this weekend in California Cage Wars and devastated his opponent with a TKO in under 20 seconds.

The fight started as Kurt Spillmann side-kicked his opponent and a boxing bout began. Kurt landed several punches causing his opponent to try to clinch. That is when Kurt Spillmann reversed it, landing his opponent on his back. Master Kurt Spillmann  then landed 9 more punches ending the fight by TKO in under 20 seconds.  His current record is undefeated and all fights have ended in under 40 seconds. This demonstrates the power of BJJ / MMA taught at GMA and the other martial arts taught at GMA Martial Arts in Gallatin TN.

Master Kurt Spillmann trains at GMA Martial Arts in Gallatin, TN with his family and when fighting in California he works out at  Fight Syndicate a friendship school.  Master Instructor Kurt Spillmann started practicing martial arts at the age of three with his father Grandmaster Spillmann, an 8th Dan Black Belt.and Black Belt under Rocian Gracie Jr.

 

Master Kurt Spillmann  has been training and competing for over 24 years. He also trains with his brothers at the Gallatin Academy.

 

Master Instructor Kurt Spillmann is a complete fighter and has won dozens of competitions in TaeKwonDo and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu; he also graduated MTSU with a degree in business and is a complete martial artist. Great martial arts brings a person peace of mind, changes lives, and teaches dedication, goal setting, confidence and perseverance which is evident in the success of this martial arts master. 

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04/02//23

Dycin Denzick Wins Gold
Grappling Games 2023

Dycin continues to dominate at the last 2 events. Great job training hard and getting top academics.

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Three students attended the the Fuji Event at the Corvette Museum 2024.

 

Fuji Results - 02/24

Dycin D - Gold

Braydon S - Silver

Ian K - Silver

10/12/24  Tap Out for Cancer

Two students competed and Ian won Gold and Alex won Silver. 

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