Self-Defense
Effective, hands-on training for everyone from absolute beginners to black belts
Central CT's source of elite BJJ since 2002, offering both Gi and No-Gi training
The only place in Connecticut where you can work up a sweat training the highly athletic French style of Kickboxing
The Ultimate Self-Defense program includes it all: kickboxing, grappling, weapons, multiple assailant training, and MUCH more!
Bruce Lee summed up his approach to the art he created – Jeet Kune Do – in this simple quote:
“Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.”
— Bruce Lee
In Jeet Kune Do, Master Lee created not a specific style or art but a system of training methods that teaches the individual to adapt to a situation as it unfolds. Jeet Kune Do (JKD) training is composed of multiple skill sets and a wide range of drills that provide the student with skill sets in boxing, kickboxing, trapping, clinch, ground fighting, wrestling, weapons, knife fighting and disarming and virtually any other situation you can imagine.
Using full-speed sparring and a wide variety of other dynamic training methods, JKD students learn to adapt to increasingly difficult and unpredictable situations including multiple assailants, muggings and concealed weapons to name just a few.
Anyone who understands martial arts know that the instructor is pivotal in making even a great program effective. Chris Wright-Martell – Owner and Head Instructor at Modern Self-Defense Center has understood this for over 20 years.
Keep reading to learn more about Chris, MSDC and get a FREE 30-Day Trial at Modern Self-Defense Center so you can see for yourself why we say this is the BEST Self-Defense Program in the Northeast!
Because Jeet Kune Do is such an adaptable art, it’s essential to have an instructor who can draw on a broad range of real-world experience. Many instructors CLAIM to have the experience to teach a truly WORLD CLASS Self-Defense program, but Chris has the training and credentials to deliver!
Kenpo Karate - 4th Degree Black Belt, 22 Years experience under Professor Lee Lowery
Modern Arnis - Lakan (Black Belt) under the late Professor Remy Presas, founder of Modern Arnis
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu - Brown Belt & Certified Associate Level Grappling Instructor under Mr. Roy Harris (8 years)
Jeet Kune Do Concepts - Certified Level 1 JKD/FFI Instructor under Mr. Roy Harris (6 years)
Filipino Martial Arts - Certified Level 1 Filipino Martial Arts Instructor under Mr. Roy Harris
Boxe Francaise Savate - Green Glove, North Carolina Savate Association, Moniteur Armando Basulto
Budoshin Ju-jitsu - Ikkyu (1st Brown Belt) under Professor George Kirby, 10th Dan
Krav Maga - Instructor training under Mr. Rhon Mizrachi
Other Arts Studied: Aikido, Fencing, Kendo, Judo, Judo, Tai Chi, Qigong, Kyusho (Pressure Points), Capoeira, American Jujitsu, Small-Circle Jujitsu, Kalis Ilustrisimo, and many more
Rank is one thing and TEACHING EXPERIENCE IS ANOTHER. Here’s WHY the Jeet Kune Do Program at Modern Self-Defense Center is the BEST Self-Defense program in Connecticut!
Speaking of “Modern,” Chris Wright-Martell called his school “Modern Self-Defense Center” because his passion is modern, reality-based and REALISTIC Self-Defense Training.
How did Chris respond to a question about what students at Modern Self-Defense are likely to do in Jeet Kune Do training? He said: “We prepare for anything and everything. For training, WE DO EVERYTHING!”
Here are just SOME of the exceptional results Chris and MSDC have helped produce in students…


Scott, Chris, and Carlos on their second trip to train with kickboxing Legend Richard Sylla.


A female student from MSDC working in the Connecticut Department of Mental Health controlled a violent patient who attacked her after only a few weeks of training with Chris at Modern Self-Defense Center.
Here’s the INCREDIBLE, THREE-PART, NO-RISK offer that NO other school would dare to make:
1) You get 30 Days ABSOLUTELY FREE! That’s right! Come to MSDC and train FREE for 30 Days! You get to experience THE BEST absolutely FREE and at NO RISK to you!
2) 60 Day 100% money back guarantee! MSDC is so sure that you’ll LOVE training with us AFTER your 30-Day FREE trial, we’re willing to make this SECOND offer: Join MSDC after your FREE 30-Day trial and train for ANOTHER 60 days with the GUARANTEE that you’ll STILL love training with us! If you don’t LOVE training at MSDC after 60 days as a paying member, you can leave – no hard feelings – AND get ALL YOUR MONEY BACK!

3) FREE Private Lesson! If the above two offers aren’t enough, we get the ball rolling with a FREE private lesson, 1-on-1 with one of our fantastic instructors. They’ll teach you everything you need to know in order to feel confident and comfortable joining our group classes. We want to start you off ahead of the game, and we’re so confident that you’ll enjoy your training with us that we’re offering it to you ABSOLUTELY FREE!
Here is what some of the current students at MSDC have to say:
I started at MSDC because of the free self defense class. I thought itwas important as a female to learn how to defend myself. From there Istarted lifting weights in conditioning classes, and participating inthe various martial arts. I pushed myself to do things I never thoughtI could do, and I had the help and support of the wonderfulinstructors. As an added bonus, I even lost 14lbs! If you're lookingfor something new and exciting, MSDC has something for everyone.~Robin
MSDC has provided me with detailed, technical instruction in both JKDand BJJ. It provides a great environment for training, with amplepersonal attention, good class sizes and equipment, and excellentinstruction.~Simon
MSDC is a fantastic place to train! The instruction is topnotch, and everyone is friendly and willing to help out. I've met a tonof great people and as a result of the training I am much more physicallyfit. My cardio, flexibility, and strength have all increasedtremendously! And because of my training if something were to ever happenI feel much more confident that I could defend myself.~Eric
Here again is the INCREDIBLE, THREE-PART, NO-RISK offer that NO other school would dare to make:
1) You get 30 Days ABSOLUTELY FREE! That’s right! Come to MSDC and train FREE for 30 Days! You get to experience THE BEST absolutely FREE and at NO RISK to you!
2) 60 Day 100% money back guarantee! MSDC is so sure that you’ll LOVE training with us AFTER your 30-Day FREE trial, we’re willing to make this SECOND offer: Join MSDC after your FREE 30-Day trial and train for ANOTHER 60 days with the GUARANTEE that you’ll STILL love training with us! If you don’t LOVE training at MSDC after 60 days as a paying member, you can leave – no hard feelings – AND get ALL YOUR MONEY BACK!

3) FREE Private Lesson! If the above two offers aren’t enough, we get the ball rolling with a FREE private lesson, 1-on-1 with one of our fantastic instructors. They’ll teach you everything you need to know in order to feel confident and comfortable joining our group classes. We want to start you off ahead of the game, and we’re so confident that you’ll enjoy your training with us that we’re offering it to you ABSOLUTELY FREE!
This is it! Whether you’ve tried other martial arts schools or this is your first time training, you owe it to yourself to take advantage of this free offer and see for yourself what Modern Self-Defense Center has to offer!