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The 5 Best BJJ Gyms In Singapore In 2020

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) is one of the most popular martial arts in the world, and in Singapore, there are now tons of amazing BJJ gyms.

Thanks to the growing popularity of martial arts, fans all around the world have become familiar with the gentle art. BJJ isn’t only for professional athletes. People from all walks of life now call their BJJ gym their second home.

Here are the 5 best BJJ gyms in Singapore in 2020.

1) Evolve MMA

Evolve MMA is the top BJJ gym in Singapore and has been ranked by many of the world’s top media outlets, including Yahoo Sports, as Asia’s top martial arts academy.

Evolve MMA has the largest collection of world champions on Earth. Alongside their impressive list of instructors, Evolve MMA also has the largest class schedules in Asia, with over 700 classes across their outlets catering to beginners all the way up to professional martial artists. With outlets at Far East Square, Orchard Central, KINEX, and Clarke Quay Central, Evolve MMA is open 7 days a week and on all public holidays.

Over the last few years, Evolve MMA has produced many of Singapore’s top BJJ competitors. At the 2019 SEA Games, Evolve MMA students won the majority of Singapore’s medals in BJJ, bringing home 2 gold and 2 bronze medals. One of Evolve MMA’s BJJ instructors, BJJ World Champion Teco Shinzato, also serves as a coach for Team Singapore. One of Singapore’s brightest BJJ competitors, Constance Lien, who won a silver medal at the 2018 Asian Games, a gold medal at the 2019 SEA Games, and a BJJ World Championship in 2019, is proof that Evolve’s program is elite, having started her BJJ journey at Evolve MMA and risen through the ranks there.

Evolve MMA is also home to Asia’s top children’s martial arts program. Starting for children from the age of 4, Evolve MMA’s Children’s Program helps instill in children the values of martial arts. Evolve MMA also has world champion instructors in martial arts such as Muay Thai, boxing, mixed martial arts, submission grappling, and more. For people wanting to get a taste of what Evolve MMA has to offer, they offer complimentary trial classes.

https://evolve-mma.com/

2) Fight G

A BJJ gym that has been in and around the top of Singapore’s scene for many years, Fight G is known to most martial artists across the Lion City. Fight G teaches martial arts such as BJJ, boxing, Muay Thai, and mixed martial arts.

Their BJJ program is led by homegrown BJJ brown belt Kelvin Yeo, who has a deep understanding of the gentle art and is highly skilled at passing on the technical aspects of BJJ. Centrally located near Boat Quay and Clarke Quay, Fight G is open 6 days a week and offers classes for all experience levels.

Fight G is a great option for people looking to get a start in BJJ or continue their martial arts journey.

https://fightg.com/

3) Fortitude Martial Arts & Fitness

Founded in 2014, Fortitude Martial Arts & Fitness promotes a safe and positive learning environment for everyone at all ages. They have classes that cater to both leisure hobbyist and avid competitors.

Led by two high-level BJJ black belts, Vinc Tan and Shane Suzuki, they have a well-rounded program that caters to both beginners and advanced students. Professor Tan was the first Singaporean to be handed his black belt in Brazil when he was promoted there in June 2015. Having gone from white belt to black belt in 5 years, Professor Tan has been dedicated to BJJ ever since starting the art during his final year of university. As a BJJ coach, he has helped many of his students win medals at local and international competitions.

Fortitude’s other BJJ black belt, Shane Suzuki, is a two-time Abu Dhabi World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Champion. Awarded his black belt in 2014, he has lived in both Singapore and Australia and been training and competing alongside Vinc Tan for many years.

Fortitude is open 6 days a week and is located on Verdun Road and is a welcoming BJJ gym for all.

https://fortitudebjj.com/

4) Equilibrium Mixed Martial Arts

Founded in 2013, Equilibrium Mixed Martial Arts is a BJJ gym that has been around the Singapore martial arts scene for many years. With the two core arts of BJJ and Muay Thai, they are a platform for people that carry the same interest to train together.

Equilibrium’s BJJ program is led by Takeo “Draculino” Tani, a BJJ pioneer in Asia since 1994. He has coached numerous champions in World, European, Pan American, and Asian competitions.

Catering to people from all walks of life, such as students and working professionals, the majority of Equilibrium’s classes take place in the evening. They also have a children’s program. Other programs they have include yoga and movement and strength.

Equilibrium is open 7 days a week with a limited schedule on the weekends.

https://www.equilibrium.asia/

5) Team Highlight Reel Mixed Martial Arts

One of the newer BJJ gyms on the scene, Team Highlight Reel is a gym of highly-skilled coaches and competitors that deliver. They pride themselves on building homegrown competitors organically from the ground up.

The gym offers classes in BJJ, mixed martial arts, Muay Thai, boxing, wrestling, and kettlebell training. Led by BJJ black belt Major Overall and wrestling coach Dom Chen, they are a fast-growing gym focusing on competing, fitness, and fun.

Located in Tanjong Pagar, Team Highlight Reel is open 6 days a week, and classes have a maximum capacity and thus are on a first-come, first-served basis.

So, if you’re a complete beginner or someone with experience looking to continue competing locally and internationally, Team Highlight Reel may be for you.

https://www.teamhighlightreel.com/

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Shinya Aoki Pipe Bomb Article Trashing ONE Championship

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“Little Rock” Ready To Roll In “The Lion City”

Alex “Little Rock” Silva returned to winning form in his match against Stefer Rahardian at ONE: DREAMS OF GOLD on Friday, 16 August.

Fans inside the Impact Arena in Bangkok, Thailand once again witnessed his Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu powers. He stifled Rahardian on the ground and locked in a brilliant armbar to earn a second-round submission victory.

The Thai fans expected a grappling clinic, and Silva delivered a masterful performance reminiscent of when he conquered the undefeated Yoshitaka Naito to become the ONE Strawweight World Champion in Bangkok back in December 2017.

“Thailand is a very special place for me. The first time I competed there, I won the belt and became champion. And now, it feels like God planned for me to get back here and win again,” Silva stated.

Getting back on the winner’s road has been a goal for "Little Rock,” especially since he came agonizingly close to a victory in his last bout in May.

This win has now moved him a step closer to reclaiming his status as one of the division’s leading competitors.

Silva exuded a calm-in-the-storm vibe that helped him tactically unlock Rahardian’s Carlson Gracie jiu-jitsu defense to score the armbar that ultimately led to victory.

Despite being a black belt – one of the sport’s highest honors –  and a Copa do Mundo BJJ World Champion, Silva came into the contest prepared for a tough match.

“I know Rahardian is a good fighter, and he would have trained hard for this,” Silva said. “He is also great at grappling, so I expected it to be tough to get the finish. He defended well when I attempted the choke, so I tried for the armbar and it worked.”

At 36 years old, the Brazilian veteran still views each match as a chance to learn, take risks, and challenge himself.

Unable to lock in the rear-naked choke in the first round, Silva attempted a submission in the second, even though he knew he could lose the leverage he had enjoyed all match.

“Towards the end when I had his back again in the second round, my corner told me there were 30 seconds left on the clock,” Silva recalled. “That was when I told myself it’s now or never, and I had to take the risk and try for the armbar, even if meant losing position. I tried it, and it worked!”

Falling back to his BJJ roots seemed to be the strategy that Silva planned for, and to his credit, the Evolve MMA representative executed it perfectly.

Looking to reinsert himself into the divisional rankings, a resurgent Silva knows exactly when and where to start.

“I would like to ask ONE Championship to please give me a chance to compete here in my hometown of Singapore in November,” he said.

“I have fought all the contenders and top guys in the division, so I’m hoping for a new challenge. But whoever ONE Championship gives me next, I will accept, hopefully in November here in Singapore.”

ONE Championship’s next event, ONE: IMMORTAL TRIUMPH, takes place on 6 September in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

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Angela Lee: The world’s youngest MMA champion

Bangkok, Thailand (CNN)When 20-year-old undefeated female professional mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Angela Lee walks into the room it's a slightly strange moment.

With a white frangipani flower behind her ear and her highlighted hair bouncing around her shoulders, the smiling 5 foot 4 inch Lee cuts a friendly figure.

Is this the same woman who appeared on pay-per-view TV around the world last May, punching, kicking and grappling to defeat experienced Japanese fighter Mei Yamaguchi?

The same fierce fighter who, aged 19, secured the inaugural ONE Championship (ONE) women's atomweight title, becoming the world's youngest MMA champion, earning her comparisons with boxing legend Mike Tyson, who achieved his first world title aged 20?

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Born in Canada to a Singaporean father and a South Korean mother, Lee comes from a family of fighters.

Her three younger siblings -- two brothers and a sister -- all practice martial arts, while her parents are both highly decorated martial arts competitors and instructors.

Lee says she's been training since she could walk.

And while it's her dad, Ken, and her 18-year-old brother Christian -- also a professional fighter with ONE Championship -- that fans see in her corner on fight night, Lee credits her mother for teaching her to be a strong and independent woman.

"Growing up with my mom as a martial arts instructor, and also the additional values that I learned from mixed martial arts, really shaped me into the kind of person I am today," she says.

Amazing training tonight with this amazing woman! I'm the luckiest girl in the world to have my Momma as one of my main training partners! #TeamLEE #FamilyOfFighters #UnitedMMAHawaii #EvolveMMA #EvolveFightTeam #Venum #VenumFight #VenumNutrition #NutritionDepotSG #HIFitMeals

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Her dad, meanwhile, gave her a versatile grounding in MMA, a sport that has evolved dramatically over the last 20 years andentails using a combination of moves from different martial arts disciplines to defeat an opponent.

"Growing up with my dad, I was able to learn all those styles and incorporate them into the new style of MMA that is fought today," says Lee.

"(I learned to use) everything from striking, boxing, kickboxing and Muay Thai to things like wrestling and judo on the ground. I think that's the beautiful thing about this sport. It's constantly forcing you to evolve and improve in all areas."

Making a man's world her own

Today Lee divides her time between Hawaii, where the family moved when she was young, and Singapore, where she's a member of the Evolve fight team and competes with the ONE Championship organization -- considered by many to be the Asian equivalent of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), an American organization and the largest MMA promoter in the world.

When Lee emerged victorious from her championship fight last May, her new contract with ONE reportedly made her one of the highest paid females in the history of any MMA organization in the world.

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Though specific details about her contract haven't been released, ONE founder Chatri Sityodtong has publicly said that Lee is now one of the top five best-paid fighters in his organization.

He wrote in a post on his Facebook page: "I believe in meritocracy and that is how all of my companies are run. Everyone should be afforded the equal opportunity to be the master of his/her own destiny through his/her thoughts, words, and actions.

"At my companies, we don't care about paper qualifications, CVs, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, social status, nationality, color."

Indeed, the fact that Lee's upcoming battle against Taiwanese MMA fighter Jenny Huang, on March 11 in Bangkok, is currently the next major event on ONE's calendar highlights a global shift in the level of respect afforded to women in MMA.

Lee recognizes the rare position she's in.

"I think that it's really important because I'm competing in Southeast Asia and in these countries I understand that a lot of women don't have the same opportunities the men do," she says.

Career defining moment

When asked to pick the one fight that has meant the most to her in her short career, Lee points to her first professional fight with promoter ONE Championship -- a moment that still gives her chills.

Lee overtook her opponent Aya Saberin the first round, in just one minute and 43 seconds via arm bar, a submission move that involves hyper-extending an opponent's elbow joint so that they're forced to tap out.

Having just graduated from high school when the fight took place, Lee says it opened her eyes to a whole new world, and a life she'd always dreamed of.

"From there, it just seems like everything was super speed. Everything went perfectly."

Indeed, four more fights and less than a year later Lee was given her shot at the title.

"I was walking out to the cage, I kind of had this blank look on my face and all these thoughts were coming in my head, all these doubts, and I just couldn't shake off," she says of the May 2016 fight against Yamaguchi.

That was the first time Lee had to go a five full rounds.

After an epic battle against a woman considered one of Asia's top fighters, she was declared victorious in a unanimous decision. Some sports media dubbed it ONE's top fight of 2016.

"I owe (the win) to my preparation and my training for the fight but also I was very happy that I was able to overcome all those doubts and insecurities that I had and come out victorious. It was a very emotional moment for me."

Lee commemorated the win with a tattoo -- a pocket watch surrounded by a lotus, featuring the time and the date of her win.

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"I'm a very sentimental person," she says as she shows off her ink.

Fighting back against MMA criticism

Lee acknowledges MMA has its critics, with many dismissing it as a violent and barbaric sport due to the fact fighters are, essentially, aiming to injure their opponent to keep them from continuing.

Though in recent years MMA has introduced a series of rules to protect fighters from risking serious injury, many continue to associate MMA with its original no-holds-barred format.

"There are so many misconceptions about MMA," she says.

"Luckily, it's a sport that's evolving so fast, it's becoming widely accepted around the world and people are starting to realize it's so much more than what it appears to be.

"How you perform is directly related to your training and your preparation," says Lee.

"In the moment what makes all the difference is how quick your reaction time is. That's why I train so hard, so that it comes out extremely naturally during the fight."

For now Lee is focused on defending her title against Huang on March 11, but what's next for the young star?

"It's hard to put an end date on it," she says, "because I really just got started.

"I want to fight for as long as I can."

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Evolve Warrior Fight Night Gives Students A Chance To Shine

Evolve MMA, one of the top mixed martial arts gyms in Asia, held its inaugural Evolve Warrior Fight Night on Saturday, 25 May.

The event is a monthly competition night, which aims to give the Singapore gym’s students an opportunity to test their skills against each other in an actual match setting.

For the first edition, it was an evening devoted to Muay Thai bouts. However, Evolve intends to feature other martial arts contests in future installments.

In the spirit of celebrating martial arts, the competitors showcased not only their talent and heart, but also the values of honor, humility, and respect.

The success of the event is largely owed to the work ethic of the participants, as everyone prepared to the best of their abilities in order to deliver top-notch performances.

Former ONE Flyweight Muay Thai World Champion and Evolve instructor Sam-A Gaiyanghadao can attest to this, as some of his students entered the ring for battle.

“As an instructor, it’s always great to see your students put into practice what you have taught them in class,” he said.

“Most of these competitors started training at Evolve MMA with no prior martial arts experience, and to see how far they have come is impressive.

“I know how much hard work they have had to put into getting ready for the fight night, and seeing their dedication to the art of Muay Thai truly makes me happy and proud.”

Singaporean actor and Evolve student Maxi Lim also competed in the event.

Not only was he grateful for the chance to display his skills, but he showed his appreciation to the gym and credited Evolve for his incredible transformation — both physically and mentally.

“I’ve been with you guys (Evolve MMA) for three to four years now,” he said.

“I bet a lot of you have watched my movies, you know how fat I was. But this is life-changing, I picked up some good habits here and lost some weight.”

While everyone came out as a winner in their own right, a trio of memorable standouts won some incredible prizes.

Aw Boon Leong won the $100 cash prize for the Best Sportsmanship of the Night, Peter Hannah won the $500 cash prize for being the Most Technical Fighter of the Night, and Anthony Bell won the grand prize — a one-year Evolve membership worth $4,000 for the Performance of the Night.

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@evolvemma:“Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most." - Augusta F. Kantra ONE Atomweight World Champion Angela Lee @_angela_lee from the EVOLVE Fight Team always gives everything in her pursuit of greatness. #evolvemma #evolvefightteam #IAmAWarrior #fitspo #fitness #mma #muaythai #onechampionship #boxing

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Singapore's first female Evolve MMA fighter. She's fast and she's really fit. #martialarts #evolvemma #fitness (at Evolve MMA Orchard Central)