Aiki Academy of Self Defense

Specialties

Transform your body with our Fitness Kickboxing classes, which burn 800+ calories/​hr. The hour will fly by without you even realizing it! Kettlebells burn a whopping 20 calories per minute and are a highly effective tool for combining cardio and strength training.

We offer an exceptional Self Defense program with Krav Maga in North Branford, CT. Our Krav Maga classes teache students how to defend against real life situations and offers a fantastic workout as well. Our mixed martial art programs include BJJ (Brazilian Jiu Jitsu) and Muay Thai.

Our children’s program starts at age 4. Kids classes are broken into two age groups: 4 – 6, 7 – 14. We separate the children by these ages in order to teach them curriculum that is age appropriate depending on where they are in their stage of development. We supplement our youth training program with a powerful character development program called Concept for Kidz.

History

Established in 2000.

Aiki Academy has always focused on mixed martial arts since it’s inception in 2000. Programs offered are BJJ (Brazilian Jiu Jitsu) and Muay Thai. Self Defense is offered under Combat Hapkido.

Aiki Academy also offers fitness kickboxing under iLove​Kick​box​ing​.com, kettlebells with KB Meltdown and Yoga. Aiki also offers Hapkido under the children’s program which provides instruction in three age groups: 4 – 6, 7 – 9 and 10 – 14.

Aiki Academy has expanded in space since first opening it’s doors and now has over 4,000 square feet of space with two training mats.

Meet the Business Owner

Dennis H.

Business Owner

Dennis Hill began his martial arts training with Tae Kwon Do at the age of seven. In his early years, time was spent studying Tae Kwon Do and cross training in other karate styles: Tang Soo Do and Kempo Karate. As he got older, he discovered the Aiki arts along with Hapkido and Judo and began studying those arts with a passion. Always with the goal of improving his martial art skills, training in Hapkido and Judo led him to Russian Combat Sambo and Russian Kettlebell training. As MMA became more and more popular, his training expanded and intensified with the study of Muay Thai and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.

Dennis Hill is a 4^th Degree Black Belt and Senior Instructor in Combat Hapkido, a Black Belt in Judo, a Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. He is a Muay Thai Coach and a Krav Maga Instructor.

Dennis Hill and/​or his academy are members of the International Combat Hapkido Federation (ICHF), Alpha Krav Maga International and Kore BJJ.