Jiu Jitsu Dojos in Lawndale

Lawndale, NC - 28090 | (704) 473-8304

Details: Fight To Win of Shelby is an affiliate school of Steve Hall. Steve Hall Beginning his journey in the martial arts at the age of 11, by 17 years old Steve had earned his first black belt in Tae Kwon Do under the Western Masters System in Salisbury, Maryland. He moved to Florida in 1998 and started training Judo and Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) with Bill Murphy and Marcio Simas and received the blue and purple belts under the Gracie Barra system. Bill stepped down in 2002 and now 3rd Degree Black Belt, Charles dos Anjos, took over as head instructor of the Sarasota school. Under his tutelage, Steve received the brown and black belts from Master Royce Gracie. All of Steve’s belts (including he black belt) have also been endorsed by the Florida Federation of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. For the past 15 years, Steve has focused most of his training on BJJ, Judo and American Wrestling. In October of 2006, was when he was awarded the rank of black belt by Master Royce, the son of the founder of Gracie Jiu Jitsu (GJJ), Grand Master Helio Gracie (1913-2009). In January of 2010 Steve was promoted to the rank of Instructor, and August of 2011 to First Degree Black Belt by Professor Charles dos Anjos. In April of 2013 Professor dos Anjos awarded Steve with the Second Degree on his Black Belt, making him one of the highest ranked American BJJ Black Belts in the country. With the Second Degree also comes the Title of Professor. Steve still keeps in close contact with Professor dos Anjos returning to Florida to train and teach several times a year. BJJ Lineage: Mitsuyo Maeda > Helio Gracie > Royce Gracie / Charles dos Anjos > Steve Hall. At the time Steve was only the 9th Royce Gracie black belt given in the world, as well as his fastest black belt at just eight years of training. Steve is still very competitive in the jiu-jitsu community, and has placed in many regional and international tournaments and competed in invitation-only superfights. He supports the growth of the sport as the Head Referee for the North American Grappling Association. He travels internationally with NAGA and has worked with the company for over 12 years, including teaching seminars to the competitors for many of the tournaments. Steve also regularly teaches seminars to many Royce Gracie network schools, several local and Fight To Win Affiliate schools and Military / Law Enforcement in North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland and Florida. Since moving to North Carolina in 2007 Steve now runs one of the largest and most successful BJJ teams in the Charlotte area and has lead his team to win several MMA fights, and countless World, National, State and regional medals in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. He is known for being one of the most technical instructors in the Carolinas, and Fight To Win was named “The Best School In he South East” by the North American Grappling Association. Fight To Win was recognized Over All Team Champions at NAGA Charlotte in June 2013. With the school just reaching the six year mark in Charlotte, this was a huge accomplishment for everyone on the team.