Chicago Southside MMA

[tim911]

Guys and Girls,

I'm moving to the south side of Chicago in a week. I'm from a very small town with no martial arts gyms around, but I'm a huge mma fan. I'm looking for a good mma gym preferably with muay thai boxing and some bjj. Hopefully one that is reasonably affordable. Can somebody please help me out. I can't seem to find one on the net anywhere........ thanks

[tim911]

not a single good mma gym on the south side? i'm not even trying to be that picky... ...... vale tudo? anything that'll get me some experience.

[GeorgeK]

How far are you from cicero? Check out Combat-do in Cicero. It's pretty good. I train there. It's just west of Chicago.

[tim911]

where at on cicero?

i live on 105th and western.

[jeff5]

Tim. I looked them up on-line, here's their address.

All American Martial Arts
2138 S. 61st Court
Cicero, IL 60804
708-222-8100

[GeorgeK]

Like I said, the place is great. The owner Bob Shermer is a former Marine and a MA Hall of Famer. Shonie Carter comes in often to teach grappling. Some world-class Thai boxers train and teach there as well. The only problem is that MMA and Muay Thai classes overlap. But you can figure it out and still do it.

[tim911]

thanks. i'm definetly going to check it out. how much do u guys pay for unlimited use to the facilities?

[GeorgeK]

The paystructure is on their web site. I pay $82 a month for unlimited by automatic electronic withdrawal for unlimited classes. (2-year contract)

[southsider]

You can take a look at Joe Goytia. He is teaching out of a high school on 111th & Western. Joe is a JKD guy certified by ted lucaylucay who does a lot of MMA stuff. He is also a promotes some fights

Goytia's Martial Arts
3857 W 111th St
Chicago, IL 60655
(773) 450-7775


One of his students runs this place on 63rd & central

High Intensity Fitness & Martial Arts
5613 W 63rd
Chicago, IL 60638
(773) 838-1800

I also believe there is a shidokan dojo on 111th and Talman or so. Shidokan guys are pretty serious but I don't know anything about that school.

[Atrocity]

I can't speak for Muay Thai schools, but here are some good BJJ schools. Of course none of them are on the south side.

http://www.carlsongraciefederation.com/

http://www.powkickboxing.com/

http://chicagojiujitsu.com/Home.html

[southsider]

Mike Rose is in Orland Park. Great school. I went for a little while but it didn't work with my schedule well

http://www.brujojiujitsu.com/