Our goal at Rise Martial Arts Academy is to impact student lives with the positive benefits of martial arts training. To instill and uphold the martial arts values of respect, integrity, and self-discipline in order to achieve a level of excellence in all areas of their lives!
The owner, Nils Johnson, has twenty years of extensive Martial Arts training and teaching experience in martial artist styles from around the world. Johnson, holds several black belts most notably, a second degree black belt in Mixed Martial Arts under Ernie Reyes' West Coast World Martial Arts. Ernie Reyes' West Coast World Martial Arts is one of the most prolific and influential martial arts schools in the world. They have been featured in every martial arts magazine both nationally and internationally. Their World Action Team was one of the first to use creative musical forms in America and have done demonstrations around the world. In addition, Johnson is currently working on his blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He studies at Crossroads Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in Waterford under BJJ Black Belt Dustin Rhodes.
