Exalt Jiu-Jitsu
Self-defense and BJJ fundamentals, taught cooperatively — not combatively. A tool for the mat, and for everything off it.
From the coach
“My mission is to empower people, both on and off the mat. Jiu-jitsu can teach the weak to be strong — and the strong to be humble.”
Evan Robinson, coach / owner
The curriculum is fundamentals first: position, leverage, patience, de-escalation. You don’t need a competitive streak. You need to show up. Ages 15 and up. All fitness levels. Check Facebook if a holiday might move the clock.
Class clips and technique live on YouTube. Subscribe if you want to see the room before you walk in.
Subscribe on YouTubeClass times
$150 / month auto-pay · Private lessons $65
Monthly
$150
6-month prepay
$800
12-month prepay
$1,500
On the mats
Tell us. We would rather stop and check than guess. This is the class rule, not a diagnosis.
A concussion can come from a hit or a hard fall, and you do not have to black out. Headache, dizziness, nausea, confusion, or just not feeling right is enough. You are done for the day.
You come back only with written clearance from a licensed physician. No exceptions.
If a headache gets worse, someone is hard to wake, vomits more than once, slurs, seizes, or one pupil looks larger, that is an emergency. Call 911.
Tell the coach before class if a shoulder, knee, neck, or anything else is already hurt. Tap early. Training through it is not toughness here.
If something pops, goes numb, or does not feel like normal soreness, stop and say so. We will not put you back in to see if it passes.
The mats are shared. Do not train with ringworm, staph, impetigo, an open cut, or a rash you cannot name. A bandage does not make a contagious rash safe for the person next to you.
Shower after class. Wash the gi before you wear it again. If something shows up on your skin the next day, tell us before you come back.
Instructors
Owner / Head Coach · 4-stripe brown belt
Lineage
Mitsuo “Count Koma” Maeda → Carlos Gracie Sr. → Carlos “Carlinhos” Gracie Jr. → Renzo Gracie → Rich Latta
Evan started training in 1996 at twenty-one with his best friend Joe Van Brackle. An unfortunate turn took him off the mats after a year. He kept the promise they made, returned in 2015, and now teaches the self-defense jiu-jitsu that carried him through the hardest years of his life. He coaches local law enforcement, founded a scholarship fund for bullied and underprivileged youth, and still competes.
Coach · 2-stripe brown belt
Lineage
Mitsuo “Count Koma” Maeda → Carlos Gracie Sr. → Carlos “Carlinhos” Gracie Jr. → Renzo Gracie → Rich Latta
Chad is a former amateur boxer who trained under Larry Holmes in Easton. He stepped on the mats at forty-one, over 300 pounds, with chronic back pain and the feeling that his best days were behind him. Jiu-jitsu rebuilt his mind, body, and spirit. He coaches so other people can find the same turn. If he can do it, so can you.
Coach · 2-stripe purple belt
Lineage
Mitsuo “Count Koma” Maeda → Carlos Gracie Sr. → Helio Gracie → Royler Gracie → Saulo Ribeiro → John Terry
Kirk’s path started in the Army’s Modern Combatives Program, through Levels 1–4 — the highest the Army offers — and into teaching soldiers. He trains under John Terry at Terry Brothers Fighting Arts, holds a Kodokan Judo green belt, and teaches self-defense because it builds the kind of confidence that shows up off the mat too.
Evan also founded the Robinson & Van Brackle Jiu-Jitsu Scholarship Fund, a 501(c)(3) that puts at-risk youth on the mats.
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