NEO Martial Arts - Brampton

HOW YOU REPRESENT MATTERS.

Two World Champions.
A European Kids Champion.
Multiple Pan Kids medalists.
Canadian National Champions.
High-Level Athletes.
Future Leaders.
All participating in a crossover class. martial arts

And yesterday, they were beginners again.

Our youth leaders stepped into a different room, under a different coach, and into a true kickboxing class — something none of them regularly specialize in.

And that’s exactly the point.

At NEO, we’re not trying to create athletes who are great inside one narrow ruleset. BJJ, wrestling, judo, Muay Thai and Combat Fundamentals are all pieces of a much bigger education.

We’re developing complete martial artists.

And throughout this video, you can see the proof of work.

The striking they’ve learned.
The wrestling they’ve drilled.
The grappling instincts they’ve developed.
The ability to transition between all of it.

These kids have reached the level they’re at because they’ve learned how to adapt.

But what made us proudest wasn’t the World Championships, European Championship or Pan Kids medals represented in that room.

It was how they represented themselves when none of those accomplishments mattered.

Listen to the coach. Respect the room. Respect your training partners. Be willing to learn. Stay composed. Adapt.

High-level athletes who are still willing to be beginners.

That’s leadership.

That’s growth.

That’s how we’re building the next generation of martial artists at NEO.

Everything You Need to Grow. 🥋

BACK TO SCHOOL. BACK TO GROWTH. 🥋

September means new routines, new challenges and a chance to start something new.

For the entire month of September, new NEO students can get their first 30 days FREE when they sign up and order their gi.

✅ First 30 days FREE
✅ No activation fee
✅ Kids, teens & adults welcome
✅ Beginners welcome

Come experience the coaching, community and training that make NEO different.

Book your trial and see where the journey can take you.

Offer ends September 30.

Everything You Need to Grow.

Pablo has only been with us for a couple months, but one thing stood out almost immediately:

He asks questions.

A lot of them. 😂

He questions techniques. He questions concepts. He wants to understand why something works, not just be told what to do. He asks for feedback, and lately, he’s been asking for opportunities to teach what he’s learning.

Last night, he taught his first No-Gi class at NEO.

What impressed us just as much happened the night before. Pablo asked if he could announce the class himself and invite his teammates to come out and support him.

That’s initiative.

Because teaching is part of learning too. When you’re responsible for explaining something to somebody else, you’re forced to understand it differently.

And Pablo’s path is only beginning.

He’s intense. He’s competitive. He’s aggressive. Those can all be tremendous strengths. Now we’re going to help him develop the other side of them: self-control, technical patience, awareness, responsibility, and understanding what it means to have someone else’s development and safety under his care.

Then class ended.

He sparred. Put the gloves on. Lifted weights. Trained with his teammates.

Because becoming a leader doesn’t mean separating yourself from the room.

It means learning how to contribute more to it.

Practitioner. Competitor. Teammate. Instructor.

Different roles. Different lessons. Same path: growth.

And somewhere along that path, apparently, you also have to learn the 1-2-clap. 😂👏

THE PATH | Learning to Lead

Everything You Need to Grow.

📈 FIVE YEARS OF GROWTH.

When we opened inside Red Dawn Martial Arts in 2021, we were a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu program.

And we were pretty comfortable on our backs. 😂

Over the next five years, we deliberately filled the gaps.

🥋 Judo with Jason Hall
🤼 Wrestling with Bilal Naous
🥊 And now Muay Thai, where Kru Eddie has made an incredible impact and is gradually taking the reins of our striking program.

Alongside Anthony van Troost and our assistant coaches — Paul Bui Ronaq Pawar Earl Misquitta Mark Barber Quentin Teruel 𝓝🦕 Nenad Cvejić — MMA for kids & adults evolved into NEO Combat Fundamentals.

And now we’re seeing the pieces connect.

Striking. Foot sweeps. Takedowns. Wrestling. BJJ.

Traditional martial arts will always have a place in developing discipline, respect and confidence. Our system asks our students to go further: become COMPLETE martial artists.

It’s difficult by design. Show up. Put in the work. Learn to strike, throw, wrestle and grapple. Add mobility, strength and conditioning. Then learn to connect it all.

The growth isn’t just in the size of the program.

It’s in what these kids are becoming capable of doing.

Five years later, we’re still building.

Everything You Need to Grow. 💛🖤

WELCOME TO YOUR IMPROVED FITNESS CENTRE. 💪

One of the things that has become such an important part of our culture at NEO is fitness.

We hear it all the time:

“I need to get in shape before I start jiu-jitsu.”

Nah. Start training. 😏

Then we’ll get stronger together.

Our members grapple. They strike. They compete. They train hard. And increasingly, strength and conditioning has become part of how our community prepares their bodies to handle everything we ask of them on the mats.

So when we saw an opportunity to make our shared fitness space better for everyone, we came up with a plan, brought it to Anthony at Red Dawn Martial Arts got the thumbs up…

…and within a few hours, the crew went to work. 🤝

Everything came apart.

Everything got moved.

Everything got cleaned, dusted and reorganized.

And somehow, once again, NEO got it done. 😂

Huge shoutout to Lily — our undisputed MVP of the day — along with Malcolm, Robyn and Tatum for putting in some serious work and completely transforming the space.

The result is a cleaner, more functional fitness centre that members from both communities can enjoy.

And that’s the part we like most.

Different programs. Different people. One facility. Plenty of opportunities to train together, learn from each other and make the space better for everybody.

We’re already looking forward to jumping into Red Dawn’s kickboxing class this weekend. 🥊

Now the fitness centre is ready too.

Come use it.

Take care of it.

Help each other.

Get stronger.

Everything You Need to Grow.

Week 10 TIPS & TRICKS

🧠 Here are 3 important guard retention details we covered this week that will help you become more proactive and efficient on the mats.

Don’t forget to view all of our curriculum videos on your NEO Gym Management & Membership Software 🔥🔥🔥

NEO System – Week 22 is Live

We’re officially in the home stretch.

With just three weeks remaining before we reset back to Week 1, we’re proud to say we’ve nearly completed an entire cycle of the NEO System curriculum.

This week we’re diving into one of Coach P’s personal favorite guards: the Spider Guard.

We’ll be covering:
• Spider Guard fundamentals
• Spider Lasso entries
• Overhead sweeps
• Submission opportunities from the position
• Basic Spider Guard passing concepts, including the Stack Pass

Whether you’re seeing these positions for the first time or refining details you’ve used for years, the goal remains the same: build understanding through repetition and connection.

A huge congratulations to the students who started at Week 1 and have stayed committed to the process. The curriculum only works if people show up, put in the reps, and trust the system.

Members: the full tutorial is now available in the Gymdesk app under the Content section.

Study it. Drill it. Apply it.

Lock in. Level up.