What should my child wear and bring to their first martial arts class?
Brazilian Martial Arts Center (BMAC), at 700 Mystic Avenue in Somerville, asks kids to come to their first class in comfortable clothes, tracksuit bottoms or shorts and an old or sports t-shirt, with a water bottle. BMAC has 4.8 stars from 128 Google reviews, and the first class is free.
Kids can come to their first class in everyday comfortable clothes.
What to wear:
- Tracksuit bottoms or shorts, long or short, whichever your child finds comfortable
- An old t-shirt or a sports t-shirt
What to bring:
- A water bottle
Kids class times:
- Brazilian jiu-jitsu, ages 3 to 5: Monday and Wednesday at 5pm, Saturday at 10:15am
- Brazilian jiu-jitsu, ages 6 to 17: Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 6pm; Tuesday and Thursday at 4pm
- Karate, ages 6 to 17: Tuesday and Thursday at 6pm, Saturday at 11am
- Muay Thai, ages 6 to 12: Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 5pm
See the full class schedule.
Parents are welcome to watch the first class and every class after it.
BMAC is at 700 Mystic Avenue in Somerville, right off I-93 at Exit 21, with free parking. Outside rush hour it's about 5 minutes by car from Union Square, 6 from Davis Square, Charlestown and Medford Square, 8 from Everett, 10 from downtown Boston, 12 from Harvard Square and Arlington Center, and 15 from Belmont Center. There's no T station nearby. MBTA bus 95, which connects to the Orange Line at Sullivan Square, stops at Mystic Ave @ Moreland St, a short walk from the door.
Your first class is free. Book it with the form on the Kids page or call Marcelo at (617) 628-3800.
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