adult self-defense classes in Rhode Island
You Should Know How to Protect Yourself and the People You Love
Self-defense classes in Rhode Island for everyday people, no experience needed. See the class
schedule and pricing, and find the right time to get started.
Self-defense classes in Rhode Island for everyday people, no experience needed. See the class schedule and pricing, and find the right time to get started.
adult self-defense classes in Rhode Island
You Should Know How to Protect Yourself and the People You Love
Self-defense classes in Rhode Island for everyday people, no experience needed. See the class
schedule and pricing, and find the right time to get started.
Self-defense classes in Rhode Island for everyday people, no experience needed. See the class schedule and pricing, and find the right time to get started.
Feeling Unprepared Is a Weight You Carry Quietly
You want to feel capable, protect the people you love, and get in shape doing it. Most people never
find the place that delivers all three.
You want to feel capable, protect the people you love, and get in shape doing it. Most people never find the place that delivers all three.
Trained to Protect. Qualified to Teach.
Shihan Jake Burke holds a seventh-degree black belt in Vee Arnis Jitsu, a complete self-defense system taught under Professor Dave James out of its Brooklyn headquarters. Burke's is one of only a handful of academies authorized to teach it. He and his team of certified instructors know how to take someone with zero experience and make them capable, starting with your first class.
This Is for Regular People Who Want to Be Capable
Wherever you're starting from, you belong on this mat.
Protect Yourself and the People You Love
Learn proven skills that actually work when it counts.
Walk Taller Wherever You Go
The confidence that comes from being genuinely capable changes how you move through the world.
Get in the Best Shape of Your Life
You'll build strength, stamina, and conditioning while you learn to defend yourself.
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Get on the Mat
Come train and get coached from your very first minute, no experience needed
Get Capable
Build the skill, confidence, and conditioning you came for, one class at a time.
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Real People. Real Results.
See what training at Burke's has done for students just like you.
★★★★★
We come here for the Vee Arnis Jitsu class and really love it. We're pretty commitment-phobic introverts, but we love this class and community. The class doesn't just make you feel an inflated sense of confidence, it drills in discipline and continuous growth. And it's a lot of fun.
Amber M
★★★★★
Burke's was not only a gym to me, but a second home. The instructors made me see and understand the true potential I had. They work with every student to get better not just at martial arts, but as a person.
Cameron
★★★★★
I was struggling with the normal gym routine. I was instantly hooked after the first class. The trainers have known and called me by my name since the day I walked in. Class by class, my stamina lasts longer and my technique keeps improving.
Katherine H
Everywhere Else vs Burke's
Choreographed moves that fall apart under real pressure.
Proven techniques drilled until they work when it actually counts.
An instructor with a weekend certificate.
Taught by a seventh-degree black belt who has lived it.
You leave with a false sense of confidence.
You leave genuinely capable, because the skill is real.
Grinding through workouts alone.
Getting in the best shape of your life while you learn to defend yourself.
Everywhere Else vs Burke's
Everywhere Else
Choreographed moves that fall apart under real
pressure.
An instructor with a weekend certificate.
You leave with a false sense of confidence.
Grinding through workouts alone.
Burke's
Proven techniques drilled until they work when it
actually counts.
Taught by a seventh-degree black belt who has
lived it
You leave genuinely capable, because the skill is
real
Getting in the best shape of your life while you
learn to defend yourself.
You Already Know You Should Do This
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about us
At Burke’s Martial Arts, we deliver world-class training in authentic Muay Thai and serious real-world self-defense. Whether you’re a beginner building confidence, a student looking for discipline and skill, or a fighter working toward the highest level, our academy helps you train with purpose, grow with structure, and become stronger on and off the mat.
