Nope, part of joining a new gym is starting your new journey towards health and fitness. At Invictus, we are no exception to that. Our goal is to help you get into great shape and accomplish your goals, all while learning very valuable self-defense and martial arts skills. We’ve had many clients come in with no experience or athletic conditioning and be extremely successful with weight loss and body sculpting.

No previous experience or athletic ability is required at all. Our coaches are very experienced in different teaching methods and can alter or modify techniques to fit any physical limitations or abilities.

We do tend to keep our Monday classes more basic-oriented.

We are also different in the way our academy works, regarding the teaching of different skill levels. We have found that rather than having specific basics classes it was far more efficient and beneficial for students to be encouraged to teach one another as well as the coaches. This allows higher-level students to grow a better understanding of the techniques (through teaching) as well as allowing newer students to learn from many different teaching and practitioner styles, all while being overseen by the head coaches. This has allowed us to continue top-level teaching without holding any member back and also creating a more practical and efficient environment.

(The better you can make your partner, the better your partner will make you. “Iron sharpens iron”)

To be honest, we aren’t a ‘fight gym’; While we do train active fighters and competitors our focus is on being a martial arts academy that teaches practical fighting and self-defense techniques.

While we do train fighters we are primarily a martial arts academy of and for career individuals (doctors, engineers, scientists, nurses, teachers, etc.) who all come together in a controlled environment to work out and learn practical techniques as well as accomplish fitness goals.

The main difference is the attitude and types of students in our academy. Our focus has always been to facilitate a culture where competitors and hobbyists can come together to better one another so all can achieve their goals.

Our goal is to make sure anyone at any experience level can train and learn without the fear of getting injured. We all realize we have work to be at and families to provide for and because of that we make it a priority to have control in the gym

You can go as hard or easy as you choose.

unlike some competitive fight gyms you may find, we are a practical martial arts academy for career individuals. This means we have doctors, scientists, engineers, nurses, teachers, and other career individuals who can’t afford to be injured in our classes.

While we do spar and train competitive fighters, We encourage control and proper technique as well as discourage ego in our Academy. Please note: Our fighters and competitors will return the same intensity that they are met with.

Sparring is always optional

Yes, we are directly affiliated under fifth-degree Black Belt Kevin Bankens who has his rank through the Confederation of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in Brazil as well as 1 of the only 100 Royce Gracie Combative Black Belts.

That is a very tough question; both arts have very practical lessons that can be used to protect you from danger. To be honest, both arts complement one another to fill in holes and create a very well-rounded self-defense program. We encourage our students to do both programs together or switch between them if their intention is true self-defense.

We teach both Gi jiu-Jitsu and NoGi Jiu-Jitsu during the week, as well as open training on Saturdays. A Gi will help you to be more technical and will open up far more options than NoGi. When you sign up with Invictus we can happily order you your first gi or you can use one of our many loaners until you get your own.

You have the freedom to buy any jiu-jitsu Gi that fits your style, we do not require you to buy ours or have color restrictions.

We do require l students to hav their own gear and Gi within 2-weeks of starting.

The short answer is no,

The longer answer is that some more recent Muay Thai affiliations have started to use belts to promote a sense of accomplishment for students. However, traditionally the only two things that matter in Muay Thai are how you perform and your fight record. While Invictus used to be affiliated under the TBA (Thai Boxing Association) and held ranks under the TBA like Kru (Instructor level) we are no longer a part of the association.

We now prefer the old traditional system which is just based on performances and fight records. Our goal is to keep Invictus following the roots of Muay Thai not that of the new trendy Muay Thai systems

In Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu we take belts very seriously, as they are a reflection of our practical nature. Due to this belief, no one under 18 can achieve a black belt. The adult average time-frame to achieve black belt is about 8 – 10 years and goes through 5 belt changes. Each belt rank takes an average of 1-2 years depending on the student’s level of class attendance and participation in rolling (sparring application)