Urban Jungle Self Defense

Mike “Quick” Swick’s road to the UFC ran through this Heights gym, where owners Tony and Michelle Torres-Aponte have taught since 1997 in a converted lube shop on West 18th Street. Urban Jungle Self Defense centers on Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu with an emphasized lineage, but the schedule also carries MMA, a Gracie Self Defense course addressing knife, stick, and gun threats, and Fighter Fitness conditioning, all inside a 4,000-square-foot space. Students range from federal agents to homemakers to amateur fighters. The women-owned academy rates 4.7 across 79 Google reviews after nearly three decades in business. Train with the crew via (713) 861-7252 or urbanjungleselfdefense.com.

Hours

nMonday: 9:30AM-12PM, 4:30-8:45PM
Tuesday: 9:30AM-12PM, 4:30-8:45PM
Wednesday: 9:30AM-12PM, 4:30-8:45PM
Thursday: 9:30AM-12PM, 4:30-8:45PM
Friday: 9:30AM-12PM, 6:30-8:45PM
Saturday: 11AM-2PM
Sunday: Closednn

Google Reviews

n★★★★½ 4.7 (79 reviews)