Best Police Self-defence Raleigh Near Me

4worldlovers: My name is Richard Kennedy. My family and I offer simple, effective self-defense techniques coupled with awareness and mindset training for the whole family.


Do you want to learn skills that can help protect yourself and your family?


Our Personal Safety & Self Defense Seminars focus on awareness training to help you avoid dangerous situations, simple but effective self-defense techniques to protect yourself, the mindset needed to survive violent confrontations, and college safety training (just to name a few of the topics covered!).

We also offer a Personal Safety & Self Defense Seminar for women only.

In addition, we offer a Personal Safety & Self Defense Seminar specifically for corporations, to include a block on active shooter situations.

Go to our “Training Calendar” page to learn more and signup! Or call us to schedule a class convenient for you.

Kristin and I are certified and licensed instructors with the radKIDS Personal Empowerment and Safety Education course, the national leader in children’s safety and development. Our goal is to empower children through personal skills development based on self value and self worth to stop someone from hurting them.

This class is for ages 5-12, with separate classes for ages 5-7 and 8-12. Total course is 10 hours of training.

4worldlovers: The Gracie Raleigh Juniors Gracie Jiu-Jitsu program was created to provide children ages 6-12 with an environment that allows them to experience and understand core values like focus, discipline, persistence, cooperation and respect....


The Gracie Muay Thai program teaches the most effective ways to utilize punches, kicks, knees and elbows. Muay Thai and kickboxing training at Gracie will also give you a tremendous amount of self-confidence and mental toughness. Our athletes gain knowledge that not only builds a strong body but a strong mind as well....


Gracie Jiu-Jitsu is for anyone who wants to learn how to defend him or herself in combat. What most people don’t know, is that training allows you to apply those same principles to fighting the daily battles of life, like weight loss, stress, relationship issues, and self-confidence. Gracie Fundamentals are a prerequisite before beginning training....


Sparring class will be dedicated to live training. Upon completion of the Gracie Fundamentals course and/or 3 months of Muay Thai, you're eligible to take this class. Sparring class will give those who want to train "live" the chance to test their ability and apply the techniques learned in Gracie Jiu-Jitsu and Muay Thai while getting an awesome workout. Open Mat allows students enrolled in the Gracie Jiu-Jitsu program and/or the Muay Thai program the opportunity to spar, drill and review technique....

4worldlovers: Become the best version of yourself both mentally and physically in our dynamic environment.

Whether it’s your first time stepping on the mat or you’re bringing your belt with you, IronGrip Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is here to help you succeed. We teach you the techniques and skills to become the most effective martial artist on the mat.

At IronGrip, we meet you where you’re at by providing hands-on coaching for all levels and skill sets. You’ll learn from some of the best Jiu-Jitsu instructors in a welcoming, supportive environment where you can excel with your personal goals.

Whether you want to challenge yourself physically or become a world champion, IronGrip can get you there.

Located in Raleigh, we harbor an infectious passion for Martial Arts and will instruct you to become well-trained in one of the world's fastest-growing sports

We firmly believe that this form of martial arts can change your life for the better and help you show up as your most authentic self—without fear.

We collectively support you on this journey to develop courage, strength, and mental fortitude while you discover new limits for yourself—and then go further.

IronGrip Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is about you accomplishing what you set out to do when you commit to yourself. It’s about surrounding yourself with a supportive community where you can pursue fitness, train hard, and dream big.

Committed to helping children of all backgrounds and abilities learn how to defend themselves against bullies and intimidation, and face life with confidence in everything they do.

We offer authentic Jiu Jitsu Gi and No-Gi classes that focus on technique, real-world self-defense, a great workout, and building a strong community.

“If you want to learn Brazilian Jiujitsu from a master, you need to train at Iron Grip. Glayton is enthusiastic, dedicated, and extremely knowledgeable. He ensures that your training partners are polite, helpful, and stay on task.

When we say community first, we mean it. Our community here is like no other with students supporting each other in and out of the gym. It's a community of camaraderie, of people having your back and yet pushing you further both physically and mentally.

We’re founded on authentic Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Our founder is a black belt with incredible attention to detail who still gets on the mat with our students every day. He’s determined to make every new student feel welcomed and has advanced skills to take you to the next level.

Jiu-Jitsu is one of the best forms of self-defense for men, women, and children to learn to feel confident in daily life. Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is one of the most reliable and effective systems of self-defense by knowing how to overcome and takedown an opponent who may be bigger, stronger, or faster than you.

Jiu Jitsu is therapeutic for many. The sport increases concentration, self-discipline, and patience in and outside the gym. It also helps you foster a positive mindset and allows you to heal yourself which is the key to helping others grow.

With face-paced moves on the mat, you’ll feel stronger than ever. Jiu Jitsu has incredible benefits to your overall health as it’s a full-body workout that increases your flexibility, strength, reflexes, situational awareness, and helps you lose weight.

Confidence is one of the key takeaways from our members. Jiu Jitsu empowers you with the self-esteem and self-assurance you need to walk through life with. It’s not about being cocky, it’s about embracing the positive skills and qualities you’ve learned in the gym no matter what life throws at you.

4worldlovers: Greetings friends, would you like to learn the most effective and well rounded martial art available to bipedal apes (people in other words)? Sure we all would! Well, come visit us sometime over at Triangle Town Center for an introduction to the fine and inspiring art of Brazilian Jiu-jitsu. In Brazilian Jiu-jitsu we fight for the position (“roll for control”) and wear our opponents down with Newtonian physics.


Everything you need for effective self-defense is available to you here in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu. We have the take-downs, the exercises for escape and the finishing holds you need to survive any encounter from the street to the tournament.

Make your martial art trainable as a sport and the rest is cake. You’ll be a martial monster to those who don’t train in a matter of weeks (a bold boast? Perhaps, but training makes a difference that is DIRECTLY MEASURABLE).

Plus you’ll be mixing with us, the most welcoming and patient as well as tasteful and erudite crew of martial arts practitioners this side of Polybius (who? Look him up!).