About Us
Head Instructor
- Kyle Mills -
- Black Belt -
Kyle honorably separated from the U.S. Air Force in 2008, where he served as an Intelligence Analyst in San Antonio, TX, and deployed to Iraq, embedded with a Joint Special Operations group in 2006-2007. After returning home to the Binghamton area, he began training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Shokido Combat Jiu Jitsu, and Muay Thai kickboxing. He is affiliated with, promoted, and trained, by Kyle honorably separated from the U.S. Air Force in 2008, where he served as an Intelligence Analyst in San Antonio, TX, and deployed to Iraq, embedded with a Joint Special Operations group in 2006-2007. After returning home to the Binghamton area, he began training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Shokido Combat Jiu Jitsu, and Muay Thai kickboxing. He is affiliated with, promoted, and trained, by 2nd-degree black belt, Mike DesRosiers, at the United Fighting Arts Institute (USBJJF and IBJJF registered) in South Burlington, VT. UFAI is currently affiliated with Subconscious Brazilian Jiu Jitsu under Nic Gregiorades (Roger Gracie), Brent Burniston (Jean Jacques Machado), and Kit Dale (Yuri Simões) .
Fundamentals / Orientation, & Female-Only Class Instructor
- Christi Bulman -
- Brown Belt -
Christi spent many years as a coach for various athletic teams at both Vestal Central School District and SUNY Broome Community College. She began training BJJ with 607 Grappling in 2015, and has been training consistently since, and is currently the highest-ranked student and practitioner at the school. Christi is now the instructor for the Female-Only Brazilian Jiu Jitsu classes on the 2nd Saturday of every month from 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. The female classes focus on self-defense and scenario-based instruction, to provide confidence and situational awareness for many issues that women are faced with.
Christi is also the instructor for the Fundamentals & Orientation class every Thursday from 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
The class is designed as an 8-week program to give the student a head-start for the regularly-scheduled classes, so they feel more comfortable with terminology, concepts, positions, etiquette, etc.
Youth Class Instructor
- Ethan Barry -
- Purple Belt, 4 Stripes -
Ethan began his martial arts journey at Tri-City Karate Academy at the age of 8. He trained hard and rose through the ranks of black belt, 2nd Dan by age 17. Ethan is a trusted student and an experienced youth instructor, after teaching Tang Soo Do for several years, and now Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ). He began training BJJ with
607 Grappling in January of 2017 and has been training consistently since. The goal of the youth classes is to offer quality training in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, all while providing a dynamic and interesting environment that will be fun, educational, and hold your child's attention.
We are recognized as an official partner with the "Bulies Over Buddies" program. BoB is a program dedicated to helping youth that are being bullied to find hope, build confidence and self-estem, as well as learning self-defense through Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
Professional & Clean Studio
Located at 311 Exchange Ave., Endicott, NY 13760, we occupy around 3,000 sq.ft. of space in the lower level of the building. There is just over 1,100 sq.ft. of mat space, plenty of seating, weights, kettlebells, cardio equipment, etc.
The mat space is cleaned daily (sometimes twice) with Simple Green D Pro5 disinfectant/antifungal/sanitizer.
Our Philosophy
Our philosophy is that the student is the most important asset at the school. The entire process specifically focuses on a welcoming, friendly, and focused gym culture and an all-around inclusive environment with top-tier instruction.