Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in Port Jefferson Station, NY
Learn Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in a beginner-friendly environment with both Gi and No-Gi training. Whether you want to learn self-defense, get in better shape, compete, or just find a new challenge, you can start with no previous experience.
What Is Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu?
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, usually called BJJ, is a grappling martial art based on controlling another person using position, leverage, movement, and technique.
Instead of relying only on strength or size, students learn how to escape bad positions, control an opponent, take someone down, maintain dominant positions, and apply submissions safely during training.
BJJ is often described as physical problem solving. You are constantly learning how to move, react, defend, and find better positions against a resisting partner. That is one of the reasons people can continue training and improving for years.
Gi & No-Gi Jiu-Jitsu
Fusion offers both Gi and No-Gi Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
Gi Jiu-Jitsu
Gi Jiu-Jitsu is practiced wearing the traditional Jiu-Jitsu uniform. Students can use the jacket and pants for grips, control, sweeps, escapes, and submissions. The Gi adds another layer of technique and grip fighting to training.
No-Gi Jiu-Jitsu
No-Gi is practiced in athletic clothing such as a rash guard and shorts. Without the Gi to hold, students rely more on body positioning, movement, underhooks, head position, wrestling-style control, and direct grips on the body.
Both styles teach the same core ideas of position, control, escapes, and submissions. Students can train one or both.
What You Learn in Jiu-Jitsu
Takedowns
Learn how to bring an opponent to the ground safely and establish control.
Position
Learn positions such as guard, side control, mount, back control, and other common grappling positions.
Escapes
Learn how to stay calm and work out of difficult positions.
Control
Learn how to hold strong positions while your partner actively tries to escape.
Submissions
Learn safe application and defense of common chokes and joint locks under instructor supervision.
Movement
Develop balance, coordination, timing, pressure, and body awareness.
What Happens in a BJJ Class?
Most classes begin with movement, drilling, or technique work. The coach teaches a position, escape, takedown, sweep, or submission and breaks it into steps.
Students then practice the technique with a partner. As students become comfortable, class may include positional training or live rolling, where both partners use Jiu-Jitsu against resistance.
Beginners are not expected to know what to do immediately. Coaches and training partners help new students learn the basic positions and rules as they go.
Never Trained Jiu-Jitsu Before?
That is normal. Most people who walk into their first BJJ class have never grappled before.
You do not need to know how to wrestle.
You do not need to be flexible.
You do not need to be in great shape.
You do not need to understand the positions.
Start by learning basic movement, safety, positions, and escapes. Your fitness and skill improve as you train.
Do I Have to Compete?
No.
Many Fusion students train Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu because they enjoy learning, staying active, improving their fitness, or spending time on the mats with a good group of people.
Competition is available for students who want to test themselves at tournaments, but competing is never required. Students can train recreationally for years without entering a tournament.
Pan No-Gi Medalist
Fusion competitors testing their grappling skills on major regional and international stages.
Jiu Jitsu World League
Dedicated coaching and preparation for students pursuing tournament competition.
Grappling Industries Match
Active competition opportunities supported by teammate cornering and preparation.
Recreational & Everyday Mats
Most students train simply for fitness, self-defense, community, and personal growth.
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu for Self-Defense
Jiu-Jitsu teaches skills that can help someone control distance, stay balanced, escape from bad positions, get back to their feet, and control another person on the ground.
Training with resisting partners is an important part of BJJ because techniques must work when someone is actively moving and trying to stop you.
A Workout That Keeps Your Mind Busy
BJJ can build cardiovascular fitness, strength, grip endurance, coordination, mobility, and overall conditioning. But unlike a repetitive workout, you are also solving problems while you move.
Every training partner reacts differently. Every round gives you something new to work on.
For many people, that makes Jiu-Jitsu easier to stick with than a traditional gym routine.
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu vs MMA
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu focuses primarily on grappling, position, takedowns, control, escapes, and submissions. MMA combines grappling with striking.
If you mainly want to learn BJJ, you can train Jiu-Jitsu without taking MMA. If you eventually want to learn full Mixed Martial Arts, BJJ gives you an important grappling foundation.
Train With Experienced Jiu-Jitsu Coaches
Your coach matters. Fusion's instructors train and teach the programs they coach.
Joe Funaro
Owner & Head BJJ Coach
Rank: 1st Degree Black Belt
Coach Joe is a 1st degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu dedicated to teaching BJJ to students of all levels in Suffolk County.
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Class Schedule
Gi, No-Gi, and fundamentals classes run throughout the week. Exact times to follow.
| Day | Time | Program |
|---|---|---|
| Sun | 10:00 AM | No Gi All Levels |
| Sun | 11:00 AM | Muay Thai |
| Sun | 8:00 AM | Fusion X-Training |
| Sun | 9:00 AM | Fusion Kickboxing |
| Mon | 11:00 AM | Muay Thai |
| Mon | 4:00 PM | Little Ninjas (Ages 3–4) |
| Mon | 4:45 PM | Kids Gi Jiu-Jitsu (Ages 5–7) |
| Mon | 5:15 PM | Fusion Kickboxing |
| Mon | 5:30 PM | Kids Gi Jiu-Jitsu (Ages 8–12) |
| Mon | 6:00 AM | Fusion Kickboxing |
| Mon | 6:30 PM | Fusion Kickboxing |
| Mon | 6:30 PM | Muay Thai |
| Mon | 7:30 PM | Gi All Levels |
| Mon | 7:45 PM | Fusion Kickboxing |
| Mon | 8:30 AM | Fusion X-Training |
| Mon | 9:30 AM | Fusion Kickboxing |
| Mon | 9:30 AM | No Gi All Levels |
| Tue | 10:30 AM | No Gi All Levels |
| Tue | 4:30 PM | Fusion Kickboxing |
| Tue | 5:00 PM | Kids No Gi Jiu-Jitsu (Ages 8–12) |
| Tue | 6:00 AM | Fusion X-Training |
| Tue | 6:00 PM | Advanced Muay Thai |
| Tue | 6:00 PM | No Gi Fundamentals |
| Tue | 6:30 PM | Fusion X-Training |
| Tue | 7:00 PM | No Gi All Levels |
| Tue | 7:30 PM | Fusion Kickboxing |
| Tue | 8:00 AM | Fusion X-Training |
| Tue | 9:30 AM | Fusion Kickboxing |
| Wed | 4:00 PM | Fit & Strong Kickboxing |
| Wed | 4:00 PM | Little Ninjas (Ages 3–4) |
| Wed | 4:45 PM | Kids Gi Jiu-Jitsu (Ages 5–7) |
| Wed | 5:15 PM | Fusion Kickboxing |
| Wed | 5:30 PM | Kids No Gi Jiu-Jitsu (Ages 8–12) |
| Wed | 6:00 AM | Fusion Kickboxing |
| Wed | 6:30 PM | Muay Thai |
| Wed | 7:30 PM | No Gi All Levels |
| Wed | 8:00 AM | Fusion X-Training |
| Wed | 8:00 PM | Fusion Kickboxing |
| Wed | 9:30 AM | Fusion Kickboxing |
| Thu | 11:00 AM | Muay Thai |
| Thu | 5:00 PM | Kids Gi Jiu-Jitsu (Ages 8–12) |
| Thu | 6:00 AM | Fusion X-Training |
| Thu | 6:00 PM | Fusion Kickboxing |
| Thu | 6:00 PM | Gi Fundamentals |
| Thu | 6:00 PM | Women's Muay Thai |
| Thu | 7:00 PM | Gi All Levels |
| Thu | 7:30 PM | Fusion Kickboxing |
| Thu | 8:00 AM | Fusion X-Training |
| Thu | 9:30 AM | Fusion Kickboxing |
| Fri | 10:30 AM | No Gi All Levels |
| Fri | 4:00 PM | Fit & Strong Kickboxing |
| Fri | 4:30 PM | No Gi Fundamentals |
| Fri | 5:30 PM | Kids No Gi Jiu-Jitsu (Ages 5–7) |
| Fri | 6:00 AM | Fusion Kickboxing |
| Fri | 6:30 PM | Fusion Kickboxing |
| Fri | 7:30 PM | Muay Thai |
| Fri | 8:30 AM | Fusion Kickboxing |
| Fri | 9:30 AM | Fusion X-Training |
| Sat | 10:00 AM | Fusion Yoga |
| Sat | 10:00 AM | Muay Thai |
| Sat | 10:00 AM | No Gi All Levels |
| Sat | 11:15 AM | MMA |
| Sat | 8:00 AM | Fusion Kickboxing |
| Sat | 9:00 AM | Fusion X-Training |
| Sat | 9:00 AM | Kids No Gi Jiu-Jitsu (Ages 5–12) |
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Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in Port Jefferson Station
Fusion MMA & Kickboxing is located at 600 North Bicycle Path, Port Jefferson Station, NY 11776.
Our Jiu-Jitsu students come from Port Jefferson Station and nearby communities including Port Jefferson, Terryville, Mount Sinai, Selden, Coram, Miller Place, Setauket, East Setauket, and Centereach.
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You do not need experience and you do not need to be in shape before you start. Come see what a class is like.
Questions? Call 631-828-8008 · Text 631-438-8066