Be your best.

Alliance jiu jitsu

Improve

Focus

Boost

Self-Confidence

Increase

Physical Strength

Practice

Positive Social Interaction

Be Your Best.

For all ages & abilities

We provide Martial Arts classes and instruction in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Karate, and Self Defense using trained, experienced instructors. These programs are made available using an age-specific curriculum that has been professionally designed for individuals of all ages and abilities. We emphasize and teach the unique character-building tools found exclusively in the Martial Arts within a professional and positive training environment.

We're Your Guide

Our instructors are here to guide, instruct, and motivate our members to be the best they can be and impact you in a positive way. We are here to help parents raise their children to be confident leaders, boost their self-esteem, feel healthy, and get in great physical shape.

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About It.

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) is a martial art that focuses on grappling and ground fighting as a self defense. Jiu-Jitsu has recently become more popular and is noted to be one of the fastest growing MMA sports in the United States. The concept of BJJ is that smaller people who are not as strong can defend themselves against a larger, stronger opponent. Through the use of skillful leveraging techniques and effective groundwork, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu martial artists are able to manipulate, subdue, and control their opponent.

MEMBERSHIPS

$160

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for 12 months

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$190

per month
for 6 months

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$210

per month
for 3 months

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$240

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$140

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$170

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$190

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$100

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$130

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$40 per day

SCHEDULE

Monday

  • 6:00 am Intermediate
  • 9:00 am Beginner
  • 10:00 am Intermediate
  • 11:00 am Advanced
  • 6:00 pm Advanced
  • 7:30 pm Beginner / Intermediate

Tuesday

  • 6:00 am Intermediate (no gi)
  • 6:30 am Beginner
  • 9:00 am Beginner
  • 10:00 am Intermediate
  • 12:00 pm Intermediate (no gi)
  • 6:00 pm Beginner / Intermediate
  • 7:10 pm Intermediate (no gi)

Wednesday

  • 6:00 am Intermediate
  • 9:00 am Beginner
  • 10:00 am Intermediate
  • 11:00 am Advanced
  • 6:00 pm Advanced
  • 7:30 pm Beginner / Intermediate

Thursday

  • 6:00 am Intermediate (no gi)
  • 6:30 am Beginner
  • 9:00 am Beginner
  • 10:00 am Intermediate
  • 12:00 pm Intermediate (no gi)
  • 6:00 pm Beginner / Intermediate
  • 7:10 pm Intermediate (no gi)

Friday

  • 6:00 am Intermediate (no gi)
  • 9:00 am Beginner
  • 10:00 am Intermediate
  • 11:00 am Advanced
  • 6:00 pm Beginner / Intermediate
  • 7:00 pm Judo

Saturday

  • 11:00 am Open Mat

Monday

  • 4:20–5:00 pm Ages 4–6
  • 5:00–6:00 pm Ages 7–14

Tuesday

  • 5:00–6:00 pm Ages 9–14 Competition Class (by invite)

Wednesday

  • 4:20–5:00 pm Ages 4–6
  • 5:00–6:00 pm Ages 7–14

Thursday

  • 5:00–6:00 pm Ages 9–14 Competition Class (by invite)

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Saturday

  • 7:00–8:00 am Ages 9–14 Competition Class (by invite)
  • 10:00–11:00 am Ages 7–14
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BENEFITS

Learning Jiu-Jitsu at Alliance Jiu-Jitsu will benefit you and your child immensely. BJJ helps build mental resilience, teaches the value of hard work, and gives you daily persistence. Many members at Alliance have said that BJJ is also a great stress relief from school or work because it helps take their mind off problems they are facing so they can focus all their strength and thoughts on grappling on the mats.

Experience

Fun & New Friendships

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Anti-Bullying Education

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Weight Loss

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Goals

Many parents also choose to enroll their children in BJJ because it is a great opportunity to make friends. In BJJ you need to have a training partner to practice with, so you spend a lot of time with that person. You can’t learn Jiu-Jitsu by yourself, so you need someone to work with and create a bond of trust and reciprocation. Members at Alliance have become close friends and help each other reach their goals.

We
Won't Quit
On You

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Currently, I go to Fletcher Fitness group classes three days a week and private training/ARX once a week. The variety of workouts is both challenging and rewarding. Beyond the physical results, I have noticed a positive change in my mindset. With the private training, I am pushed to get that last rep and enjoy the fruit of that extra effort immensely. Each set is designed to take you to failure on the last rep where all the gains are made.
Curt DaughtryFletcher Fitness
Curt Daughtry
These days I have neither the time nor the desire to spend hours in the gym. Not to mention “old school” lifting at 58 years of age produces considerable joint pain. With equipment such ARX, MedEx, the gluteator and the Neübie, I can get a safe, intense workout in under 30 minutes twice a week with no joint pain. Billy varies the workouts so you never get bored with the same old thing. Come train in “The Lab” and see what a difference it can make!
Eric FarnsworthFletcher Fitness
Eric Farnsworth
Billy and his approach to training has been the best thing that has happened to me in a long time. I am stronger, and I feel great. My joints do not hurt at all - a miracle. Billy knows how to build up your workout in such a way that after a while you realize, “Hey, I am stronger, and I am working harder than I imagined possible, yet I have no pain. I actually enjoy my time with Billy and hope to be doing this at 75.”
Sam HunterFletcher Fitness
Sam Hunter

Benefit you and your child immensely.

We believe that martial arts training can help every child and adult develop the mental and physical skills they need to succeed in life. Martial Arts isn’t just about self-defense like so many believe. At Alliance Jiu-Jitsu, it’s all about self-confidence, improved focus, physical strength, and positive social interaction. Alliance Jiu-Jitsu teaches our members to set goals, work hard, and follow-through, all the while having fun and making friends.

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117 Haywood Rd Suite B
Greenville, SC 29607
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KEVIN BALLENGER

Quantified Strength Coach

Kevin is a native to upstate South Carolina, born and raised in Travelers Rest. He has a bachelors degree in psychology from the University of Georgia. With a fourth degree black belt in Shotokan karate from Master Kevin Hudson, he owned and operated Hurricane Martial Arts for nearly 15 years. Turning to a more traditional Japanese karate he now owns and operates Dark Corner Budo.

Growing up playing high school football and studying martial arts for nearly 30 years, he realized the importance and influence of what being a coach means. He has a passion for helping people achieve their fitness goals, mind, body and spirit.

Christy Mills

Quantified Strength Coach

Sports and fitness have always been a driving influence for Christy. Whether playing ball in the yard as a child, participating in volleyball, basketball, and softball as a high school athlete, or shooting competitive Olympic-style Air Rifle at Clemson University, Christy has always been involved in a team, one way or the other.  When she found Alliance Champions, she knew she had found another team of which to be a part. The core values at Alliance Champions resonated with Christy and soon found herself moving from client to coach under Billy Fletcher’s supervision.  It has been a decision Christy has embraced on her path to finding her best self.
 
The thing Christy loves most about sports and fitness is the self-confidence, discipline, and sense of belonging that they can instill and how each goes hand in hand with the other. Christy enjoys helping others find these things in themselves. Her passion is guiding beginners, people that need a little extra confidence, and anyone wanting to try something new, to a path that help leads to their best self. High fives and WHOOOOs along the way are to be expected.
 
Christy is a graduate of Clemson University and is a Certified Personal Trainer (CPT) and Precision Nutrition certified.

Devon Page

Quantified Strength Coach

Motivated by a natural competitive spirit and the desire to stay one step ahead of her genetics, Devon has always found a gym in which to work out.  For the majority of her adult life that gym has included Billy Fletcher as a coach, the owner, or both. She started working out with Billy at Clemson Nautilus while a student at Clemson University, and in moving to Greenville she reconnected with him and his personal gym. So now after twenty-plus years of his instruction, participating in the physical and nutritional challenges of the gym, and retiring from the active duties of motherhood, it only seemed like a natural progression to move forward from strictly Fletcher Fitness client to also Fletcher Fitness coach.

She has a light-hearted attitude but believes full-heartedly in the gym’s motto of “Commit, Show Up, Don’t Quit. Become Your Best Self.”  And when asked by others if the workouts ever get easier, Devon honestly replies “If you push yourself the answer is no, but life certainly does.” 

Troy Saighman

Quantified Strength Coach

Becoming a certified personal trainer was always in the cards for Troy Saighman. He found his love for fitness early on while wrestling throughout high school. He went on to do Jiu-Jitsu and later progressed to high-intensity strength training. He became a certified personal trainer through the National Academy of Sports & Medicine in 2021.

As a previous client and now trainer at The Optimization Lab, Troy promotes that consistent effort leads to great results. Troy coaches his clients to push through stress to close the gap between who they are now and the best version of themselves. What Troy enjoys most about being a certified personal trainer is the ability to impact others’ lives in a positive way. His motto is: You don’t know what you are capable of unless you try.

Logan Smith

Alliance Jiu Jitsu

Logan began his Brazilian Jiu Jitsu training in January 2013. He has trained under Rafael Rosendo for his entire BJJ career and received his black belt in October 2021. His passion for BJJ was developed through countless hours of training under Rafael’s tutelage. He is a dedicated and detailed teacher who strives to help his students improve on the mat and show them how BJJ can help in other aspects of their lives. He enjoys testing his skills in competition as well, medaling in IBJJF tournaments across the country.

Rafael Rosendo

Alliance Jiu Jitsu

Rafael began his Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu training in 1997 and attained his black belt from Edmilson Alves in 2002. Head instructor at Alliance Greenville in South Carolina, Rafael is a very technical teacher as well as a fierce successful competitor; he can both teach and do.

As a competitor, Rafael has medaled in countless competitions. His most recent successes include 2008 and 2009 Lutador Open Class winner, 2008 NAGA Gi and No Gi Winner in Georgia, 2009 Copa America Open Class Gi and No Gi Winner, and 2009 International Open in New York 3rd Place Middleweight and Open Class first place.

Rafael continues his personal improvement as part of the Alliance Team with instruction from Romero “Jacare” Cavalcanti and as a part of Alliance Crossfit. He represents and lives all of the best qualities of a true Brazilian Jiu Jitsu warrior.

Braelen Meredith

Speed Shop

Braelen was born and raised in Woodruff, SC where he graduated from Woodruff High School in 2010. While in high school, Braelen was a member of the football, baseball and wrestling teams. After graduation, he attended North Greenville University on a football scholarship. He was a 3-year starter at outside linebacker. Braelen was an NCCAA (National Christian Collegiate Athletic Association) All American and second team preseason All American for NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) Division 2. He also participated in the 2013 National Bowl and 2014 South Carolina Collegiate All Star Game. Braelen graduated in 2014 with a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Sports Management. After graduation, he accepted a position as a Graduate Assistant Strength Coach and went on to receive his Master’s of Business Administration in 2015.

Credentials

  • Bachelor of Science in Sports Management 2014
  • Master’s of Business Administration 2015
  • Parisi Performance Coach Certification 2016
  • Completed Parisi Program Director Mastery Series 2016

Lara Farnsworth

Master Quantified Strength Coach/Program Director

Lara has been involved in the fitness industry since 1989, both as a client and coach. She began training with Billy Fletcher in 2004. Lara’s experience and understanding of the industry helped her appreciate Billy’s training philosophy and coaching style. With his encouragement, she began coaching group classes in 2011, which led her to pursue numerous training opportunities and certifications that she now applies to each of her clients’ fitness goals.

Lara’s background as a Social Worker helps her understand and connect with her clients. Her passion for helping people achieve fitness for life makes her very approachable, and she loves working with individuals of all ages and fitness levels.

Credentials

  • CPD HIT (Continuing Professional Development): High Intensity Resistance Exercise Specialist – 2023

  • REC (Resistance Exercise Conference) Attendee – 2022, 2023, 2025

  • Tacfit Level 1 Certification – 2020

  • Flowfit Seminar – 2019

  • Tacfit Seminar – 2018

  • Parisi Speed School Level 2 Advanced Certification – 2015

  • Training for Warriors Level 2 Certification – 2015

  • Parisi Speed School Training and Testing Week – 2014

  • Training for Warriors Level 1 Certification – 2014

  • Blauer Tactical Systems Personal Defense Readiness Fundamentals Coach Certification – 2013

  • CrossFit Defense Level 1 Trainer Certification – 2013

  • CrossFit Gymnastics Certification – 2012

  • CrossFit Level 1 Certification – 2012