Jiu jitsu & More Martial Arts for all
SPI BJJ serving -south Padre Island Jiu Jitsu
Port Isabel Jiu Jitsu
Laguna Vista Jiu Jitsu
The name you can trust,
led by people you can trust.
We are the original jiu jitsu school in Laguna Madre and led by the most qualified and trustworthy team around.
We believe adult & youth will develop strong bodies and stronger minds, build positive relationships with others, hone razor sharp focus all while learning self defense in a fun and safe environment.
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Welcome to SPI BJJ & Fitness
SPI BJJ & Fitness has been serving the Laguna Madre community since 2015. We take pride in the success of our members young & old, male & female. We offer fitness kickboxing and an array of martial arts including, jiu jitsu, karate, judo and mixed martial arts.
Our Chief Instructor is Professor Joseph Cantu.
With over 42 years in Martial Arts, 18 years in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and 2nd Degree Black Belt, teaching full time since 1994 and having earned multiple black belts, there is no one more qualified to teach you and start your personal empowerment.
Our mission is to improve self defense skills and personal confidence through martial arts and fitness training. By practicing skills for competition or for health we help develop, as a minimum, solid fighting skills in our members.
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is our main subject. However, by totally immersing ourselves in the arts like Judo, Kickboxing and Karate we believe our program can do more for you than just learning cool moves.
We are a team and encourage and include all our members. Thriving on unity through team work, we choose TEAM success over cliques. Everyone is an equal and all add value. These principles keep us on the course to achieve our daily mission of helping you achieve personal success!
SPI BJJ is the name you can trust. There is no other instructor or gym that has more experience and more credentials than JOSEPH CANTU and SPI BJJ!
Physical and Mental Development
Our members tell us that our school is more of an institution of self-improvement, physically and mentally, rather than just a gym or some “activity.” It feels like a family. We concentrate on building the whole person: Physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and socially.
I pride myself on helping our adult members safely build lean muscle, quickly burn fat, gain flexibility, and relieve stress in a FUN, positive, and injury-free environment!
And for the children, parents all over the South Padre Island area give my martial arts classes credit for increasing their child’s ability to focus in school and at home, building their self-esteem, and igniting a passion for self- improvement they never would have expected.
SPI BJJ & FITNESS Studios is So Much More than “Kicking & Punching”
The martial arts are not “just” about self-defense!
It usually takes 6 months to 1 year for kids go be self defense proficient and confident in their skills as a martial arts athlete.
Get started today and find out why SPI JIU JITSU is the most qualified and exciting program in the Laguna Madre area including Los Fresnos, Laguna Vista, Port Isabel and South Padre Island, Texas!!
SPI BJJ & Fitness Studio REVIEWS
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Thoroughly enjoy the training and instruction received from Cantu in both the adult bjj classes and also the youth karate and bjj my son attends. Cantu has set the proper training environment that all can partake.
Roman Gonzalez
September 21, 2022I have known Professor Cantu for more than a decade and he has been an exceptional instructor, business man, and an all around trustworthy individual since we met. I recently had a chance to share the mats with him at his academy, SPI BJJ & FITNESS, and was blown away by the level of comradary and warmth the entire academy showed for him and his guests. Everyone there worked hard an showed amazing technique and resolve... and this was all in addition to the insight and wealth of knowledge Professor Cantu brought to the table. I give SPI a solid 15 (that's 15 on a scale of 1-10)!
Sucuri Bjj
June 3, 2021 -
My 7 year old daughter has been going to jujitsu classes for the past few years. We are so glad we enrolled her. The staff is very professional and knowledgeable specially professor Cantu. My daughter's confidence in herself has increased and she isn't afraid of confrontation. We would recommend it to any parent to enroll their kids. He makes it fun for them but teaches them so much!
Tania Diaz
May 26, 2021Thank goodness my friend Renee recommended SPI BJJ & Fitness!! My life has greatly improved from training with Joseph. I have much more energy, feeling great and ready to take on more from every direction. Joseph is the best of the best….he’s 100% in tune at each step, maintaining an optimum pace forward. His positive feedback and encouragement over the past months has made a huge difference. I’m actually looking forward to the golden years rather than dreading them as I can now see that I will be feeling great. I highly recommend SPI BJJ for any age or fitness level. Joseph will take you from where you are to where you want to be.
Janell Cedarstrom
February 3, 2023 -
SPI BJJ has been so great for my son! He needed an outlet to grow as an individual and still be part of a team. Everyone has been so patient to teach him. Training has helped his overall health, given him more focus at school, and most importantly it has helped his self-esteem and confidence. Highly recommend for any age group!
April Gaxiola
October 27, 2022I spent a couple of days training with these guys they had a great atmosphere. Everyone was well versed in the fundamentals and more! Professor Joseph Cantu has an amazing outlook in jiu jitsu and is a very experienced overall martial artist. I will definitely be coming by to train on vacations here at SPI again!! A+++
Pedro Becerra
December 18, 2021
- SPI BJJ & Fitness
- 134 S Shore Dr, Port Isabel, TX 78578, United States
- spibjj@gmail.com
- +1 956-203-3690
