Who teaches kids martial arts classes at BMAC in Somerville?
Brazilian Martial Arts Center (BMAC), at 700 Mystic Avenue in Somerville, has great instructors who are trained to work with kids. BMAC has 4.8 stars from 128 Google reviews, and head instructor Marcelo Siqueira is a 5th-degree black belt and 1994 world champion.
BMAC has great instructors who are trained to work with kids. Kids classes run in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, karate and Muay Thai, and the first class is free.
Meet the whole team on the instructors page. A few facts about them:
- BMAC has ten instructors, and nine of them hold a black belt or a black Muay Thai prajioud
- Five of the instructors are Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belts
- Head instructor and owner Marcelo Siqueira is a 5th-degree jiu-jitsu black belt, a 4th dan in Wado Ryu karate and a 1994 world champion
- Marcelo was featured in The New York Times in 2008 as guest instructor of a high school mixed martial arts club
- BMAC has 4.8 stars from 128 Google reviews, an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau, and has been family-owned in Somerville since 2001
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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