Krav Maga in Gilbert, AZ for teens and adults who want practical self-defense, earned confidence, and a workout with a purpose.
Whether you are here because you want realistic self-defense, something happened that changed how safe you feel, or you are done with workouts that lead nowhere, we will help you start at the right level and build skills you can actually use.
Most people walk in for one of three reasons. Whichever one is yours, the first step is the same.
Learn practical responses, awareness, striking, movement, and escape skills, trained against progressive resistance.
Start at a pace that gives you more options and control. You do not have to prove anything on your first day.
Build technique, conditioning, levels, and measurable capability instead of just burning calories.
Whatever brought you here, your first step is the same: come train and see how the room feels.
One academy. Different ways to train. Pick the line that sounds like you and we will point you at the right room.
Still not sure? Tell us what you want to change and we will point you to the right first class, call, or lesson.
The beginner on-ramp. Awareness, movement, striking, and common defenses, one step at a time.
Our core ongoing class. Progressive pressure and a clear path to better skill.
Awareness, escapes, and efficient striking, trained in our regular co-ed Krav Maga classes.
Striking, clinch control, and conditioning. A workout with a skill at the end of it.
A structured fast track through the core curriculum for motivated adults.
Advanced application and decision-making for experienced students.
One-on-one coaching built around your goals and your schedule.
Techniques are selected for problems people may actually face, not for looking impressive in a demonstration.
You learn the movement first. Then pressure and resistance increase as your skill improves, not before.
The best outcome is recognizing trouble early and getting out before physical force is ever needed.
The curriculum includes close range, ground survival, weapons problems, and situations with more than one threat.
Coach Joe combines a 4th-degree Krav Maga black belt under GM Itay Gil with decades of security, executive protection, and defensive-tactics experience. You will usually find him on the mat, not behind a desk.
Both my daughter and I are students. I love the self defense training. It gives a sense of security knowing you can protect your family if needed. Everyone at the school is amazing and you really feel a sense of community and family. I highly recommend trying if you are thinking about it.
If you are looking for an amazing place to train, or a place to get your kids involved LOOK NO FURTHER! I have been to several gyms all over the valley and this is by far the best experience I have ever had. Master Edmonson is challenging, intentional, and incredibly fun! I can't say enough positive things about this facility and everyone who works there!
Came for the workout, stayed for the life skills! I was new to the area and looking for a new fitness routine while meeting new people. I tried Next Level and fell in love with the teaching, the camaraderie of my fellow students, and the constant challenge of moving to the next level. I'm learning new skills that may one day save my life while making new friends and getting a killer workout!
I have trained at multiple martial arts studios in the Valley and gotta say, Next Level coaches really does take your skills to the Next level. In 3yrs, I not only improved my techniques but also have a martial arts family that I enjoy training with. One of the best martial arts establishments in the Valley!
Five questions worth asking any school, including this one. Here is how we answer them.
Ask who they trained under and what the level standards are.
Technique that only works on a cooperating partner is not tested.
A curriculum that stops at a single unarmed attacker leaves gaps.
The first class should feel challenging, not confusing.
Read the reviews, then go stand in the room.
The experience behind the training.
I hold a 4th-degree black belt in Krav Maga, earned directly under Grandmaster Itay Gil in 2021. I have spent more than 50 years in martial arts and more than 30 years in security and executive protection, and I teach defensive tactics and firearms and hold a Force Science analyst certification. That background is why our training includes awareness, judgment, and pressure that scales with skill, not just harder drills.
Along the way I have been fortunate to earn a World Championship title and 12 martial arts Hall of Fame inductions, and to train more than 10,000 students. None of that matters if the training does not hold up when it counts. When you walk in, you will usually find me on the mat, training right alongside you.
Training value based on the current month-to-month membership rate.
Two weeks is enough time to experience the coaching, the pace, the culture, and the class schedule without a long-term decision first.
Krav Elite and Krav Accelerated begin with a qualification call instead of the trial. Private Training has its own 50% off first-lesson offer.
You do not need experience, a uniform, perfect fitness, or confidence before your first class. Show up in clothes you can move in. We will help with the rest.
Meet the coach, get paired appropriately, and practice your first useful skill.
Understand class flow, partner work, and the basic training standard.
Decide whether the coaching, culture, schedule, and training style fit your goals.
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a separate discipline with its own program, schedule, and enrollment, taught at the same address by Gracie Humaita Gilbert. Many Krav students cross-train there.
Teen & adult BJJ → · Gracie Kids → · Gracie Ninjas, ages 4-6 →
Fourteen days. Fourteen dollars. Come see whether this is the kind of training you want to keep doing.
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