Magness Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Martial Arts Academy

"We moved our kids from another gym ! Definitely the best decision we made! This place is amazing coaches are very friendly and very patient with the kids! We can’t wait for the next tournament to test our new skills!!!"

"Magness Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu has transformed my two children in remarkable ways, instilling confidence and discipline that carry over into their everyday lives not just at the gym, but away from the mat as well. Learning an extremely effective art of self-defense is just one of the perks: the social and physical health benefits are amazing as well. The coaches are top notch, and there are enough of them on the mats to ensure your child is receiving personal oversight and instruction at each session. The whole environment at Magness is one of welcoming and consummate professionalism. It really is like one big family here; we love this place."

"My 8yo daughter regularly attends class at Magness. I can't say enough about the friendly and inviting environment and fantastic coaching. She has attended several academies and Magness is her favorite. They have everything you want in an academy whether your child is a new beginner or a serious competitor. The coaches teach advanced techniques in a way the kids understand. Highly recommend this academy!"

"Love this place! My six year old son has shown so much improvement in confidence and discipline. The social interaction with coaches and fellow students is awesome with the bonus of learning self defense. This is a family environment with caring and patient instructors. So glad I found this place!"

"I'm not going to wax superlatives on Magness BJJ, as with all my reviews I am just going to tell my experience with the place by the numbers and have you decide. Just a full disclosure, I am writing this review as a middle aged, non-competative office worker who is mainly interested in losing that covid weight gain and getting healthy again. I've been a student of the place for 7 months as of April 2022. 1. Location: its tucked in an industrial neighboorhood close to the highway and historic cedir hill. Super easy to get in and out (see picture of location) 2. Times and availability: there is a class every day of the week and then some. 3. Cost: for the type of training, facility and fellowship you get, this place is a bargain, much lower than most BJJ places in DFW. 4. Instruction: the coaches there are easy going, friendly and very passionate about BJJ; they are skilled in the many technical aspects of the art. They are keen in observing you while you roll/spar and point out what you did wrong/right. 5. Training regiment: each adult class is an hour and a half. No, unlike other BJJ places this is not a pseudo crossfit class, in my time there I've not done a single movement drill, I love that! ... So the first 30 minutes of the class is instruction, the next is situational application of what you just learned aka pass/sweep/submit drills, then the last 30 minutes is free rolling/sparring. During free rolling, there are enough instructors there that you would probably get a lot of personal attention during the rolling and improve your fight IQ greatly. 6. Students and Atmosphere: At the start of the week evening classes are packed with at least 25+ students while the morning classes are lighter, then it kinda tapers off later in week. Hot tip go to the morning classes if you want more instruction, evening classes if you want more rolling. It's hard to get a general consensus of student focus, certain classes have a more competative focus (saturday mornings), evening bring on more standup guys (think wrestlers or MMA) and morning bring the casuals like myself. 7. Misc: Ok, I've only been to the kids class once so I can't really comment on it, but from what I've seen, they seem to enjoy the class a great deal. Conclusion: Is Magness what you call traditional BJJ? big no, the place is easy going but the instruction is high level ... the training is not militant, no yelling or movement drills, you bring your own gi, no contracts, no bs. If you wanna soak your Gi or compression shirts and loses that fat, this is the place. If you wanna be a mat monster, this is the place. Competitor? yeap, this is the place. Just go, you wont regret it."