UPDATED JULY 2015: Give your children self-defense classes and they’ll learn life-long skills. Here’s a list of the best mixed martial arts studios that offer karate, taekwondo, and jiu-jitsu to kids in Brooklyn, NY, including Prospect Park, Dyker Heights, Williamsburg, Fort Greene, Boerum Hill, and Park Slope.
AmeriKick Karate Studios
529 5th Ave. (at 14th Street), Park Slope
718-768-8200
5815 5th Ave. (58th Street), Sunset Park
718-567-7860
An’s Tae Kwon Do
1406 65th St., Brooklyn
718-339-5425
Email dragonkamie@yahoo.com
Combat Sambo Center
1515 Sheepshead Bay Road, Brooklyn
718-615-0005
Midland Ave., Staten Island
917-518-3832
Martial Arts USA
759 Washington Ave (3 blocks away from The Brooklyn Museum), 2nd Floor
718-210-3190
New York City Tae Kwon Do Tigers Program
7918-3rd Ave (718) 492-5425
529 Court St (718) 625-5425
Email NYCTKD@aol.com
Tiger Schulmann’s Mixed Martial Arts
530 86th St, 2nd Floor
718-238-2265
WMA Karate
67 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn
347-312-7181
Email howard@wmakarate.com
World Martial Arts Association
718-833-9039
Email mgnlantern@aol.com