Phoenix Jeet Kune Do

At Phoenix JKD Institute, we're dedicated to providing a comprehensive understanding of martial arts, fighting sports, and self-defense. With over 20 years of experience, we offer a safe, comfortable, and friendly environment to learn self-defense and personal growth. Our expert instructors, led by Professor Shahram Moosavi, are committed to providing world-class training in Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do Concepts (JKD), Filipino Martial Arts, Muay Thai, Wrestling, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

Our approach is based on the philosophy of "Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own." - Bruce Lee. By combining these arts and others in their most effective states, we provide practical self-defense, fitness, and mental training for men and women, aiming for long-term life enhancement.

Services Offered

Phoenix JKD Institute offers a variety of services tailored to meet the needs of our students. Our martial arts programs are designed to provide a well-rounded education in personal defense and street survival.

• Brazilian Jiu Jitsu: Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is the most dominant and effective self-defense art for ground fighting. Our expert instructors will guide you through the techniques and strategies necessary to excel in this art.

• Jeet Kune Do: Learn the art of self-defense and street survival through the concepts of Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do. This art emphasizes fluid movement, speed, agility, and economy of motion.

• Filipino Kali: The practice of Filipino Kali teaches us flow and how to transition from weapons fighting to empty hand. This art is highly effective in close quarters combat and self-defense.

• Navy Seal Combatives: Learn the official hand-to-hand combat system of the Navy Seals. This system is designed for real-world self-defense and survival.

• Self Defense for the Street: You will learn practical, reality-based techniques that can save you or someone else's life. Our instructors will provide you with the knowledge and skills necessary to protect yourself and others in any situation.

Instructor Profile

Professor Shahram Moosavi is a highly experienced and rare martial arts expert with over 45 years of experience in the field. He is a certified black belt in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu and a Senior Full Instructor of Jeet Kune Do Concepts and Filipino Martial Arts. He has trained team members from the United States Navy Seals, FBI, CIA, DEA, Army Rangers, police officers, and many ordinary civilians looking to improve their self-defense skills and even their health and longevity.

Professor Moosavi has also had extensive training in Iran in essentially a kickboxing system called the To'A, as well as in Iran's wrestling, and systems such as Kan Zen Ryu, which is a form of Kyokushin as well as Judo. He was also selected as one of the top five young athletes among 800 others to pass the athletic trials to be accepted to compete in sports such as spear-throwing, gymnastics, basketball, football (soccer in Iran), shot putting, and wrestling.

Today, a number of professional athletes from various fields such as football, baseball, MMA, golf, and many other fields have sought to gain an edge by training and consulting with Mr. Moosavi. Professor Moosavi's rare cutting-edge knowledge and innovation have taken the Jeet Kune Do concepts, the Filipino weaponry (FMA), the MMA principles, and martial arts in general to a level that anyone who has taken classes with him and has known him would testify that he offers a whole different category of insights and knowledge that does not exist elsewhere in the martial arts communities around the world.

He has also been heavily influenced by intellectual giants such as Alfred North Whitehead, Bertrand Arthur William Russell, Henri Bergson, Charles Sanders Peirce, and some thirty other key intellectual figures. He also has his degree in the Interdisciplinary Life Sciences from ASU and over 25 years of keen and rigorous studies in logic, philosophy, social theories, evolution, world religious history, and etc, which, along with his multifaceted full-contact martial arts training, all in all, make him an exceptional martial artist, a rare and well-informed mentor, a unique coach, and a visionary thinker.

Testimonials

"It's hard to explain how great it was to see you after all these years. You will certainly feel your influence on the pages of The Terminal List. I can't overstate just how influential our time training together helped shape and mold me into what I became and I'll never be able to fully express my sincere gratitude. Thank you brother." - Jack Carr, Navy Seal and Special Operations Team Leader

"Shahram Moosavi is amazing!" - Burton Richardson, World Renowned JKD and Kali Instructor