Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Milwaukee

Introduced to Gracie Jiu-Jitsu for the first time in 2007 while living in his native city of Cape Town, South Africa, Skye instantly fell in love with everything Gracie Jiu-Jitsu. After a little over a year of intense training, he received his official Blue Belt from the Gracie Academy. In 2010 Skye left Cape Town and immigrated to California, USA, where he continued training Gracie Combatives and Master Cycle based out of the certified training center Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Solana Beach as well as running a successful Gracie Garage. He continued his training along with private lessons and seminar visits to Gracie Jiu-Jitsu world headquarters in Torrance, CA. In December 2018 after owning and operating the Gracie Milwaukee CTC for about 5 years full-time, Skye was promoted to Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt!

Skye is passionate about sharing, teaching and empowering people and is also a Certified Personal Trainer with the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) and a NRA Certified Shooting Instructor.

Living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Skye owns and operates Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Milwaukee where he teaches Gracie Jiu-Jitsu to the exacting standards of the Gracie family. If you had to describe Skye and his Gracie Jiu-Jitsu teaching style in 3 words they would be: Passionate, Humble & Empowering!

Danielle completed the Women Empowered program February 2015, and then continued on to complete the Gracie Combatives program October 2015. After completing the Women Empowered program and Gracie Combatives program as a student, Danielle became a Certified Instructor at Gracie Milwaukee! Danielle continually works on improving her skills both on and off the mat. Similar to Jiu-Jitsu, she utilizes timing and technique to balance her life as a pre-med student, certified instructor, and office manager. Her passions lie in teaching Little Champs and Jr. Grapplers, as well as empowering women to defend themselves in our Women Empowered program. In addition to teaching, training, and studying, Danielle enjoys catching up on reading and playing with her two cats - Sherlock and Simza. Interested in booking a private? She is available to teach private lessons Monday thru Sunday.

With a Bachelors Degree in Psychology from UW Parkside, Danielle is an exceptionally talented Blue belt instructor. Her work ethic is second to none and ability to teach is off the charts. Danielle specializes in teaching kids in our Gracie Bullyproof class, as well as empowering Women to defend themselves in our Women Empowered class. Danielle also teaches private lessons Monday to Saturday.

Kevin joined Gracie Jiu Jitsu Milwaukee in 2014 after a 10 year layoff from jiu-jitsu. After spending 4 years as a dedicated student he was excited to complete the Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Instructor Certification Program in January 2019. He is passionate about helping new students discover the effectiveness of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu and all the other benefits it has to offer, on and off the mat.  

Credentials

Joe completed the Gracie Combatives program in May of 2017, and received his Blue Belt one year later. With the encouragement of Head Instructor Skye Middleton, he then embarked on the journey to become a certified Gracie Jiu-Jitsu instructor. This process was completed with live verification testing at Gracie University in Torrance, CA in January of 2019. In addition to his love of jiu-jitsu, Joe is also a dedicated family man, an accomplished musician, and works as a physical therapist assistant. On his role as an instructor and training partner Joe says, “It's an honor to share this exploration of the Gentle Art with you.”