Ask any adult who has ever considered martial arts training but never started, and a version of the same answer comes up almost every time: “I just don’t have time.”
It is a real concern. Work schedules, family commitments, and commutes do not leave obvious windows for training. And unlike a gym where you can pop in for 20 minutes whenever it works, a martial arts class runs on a fixed schedule. Miss it and you miss it.
At Rising Tide Hi Tech in Hanover, we took that problem seriously when we built the program. Here is how we tried to solve it.
Early Morning, Evening, and Weekend Options
The schedule is designed to give adults multiple entry points throughout the week. Early morning classes are available for people who need to train before the workday starts. Evening classes serve the after-work crowd. Weekend classes cover the people who simply cannot make anything during the week.
The 40+ Club, which runs Sunday mornings at 10am, was specifically designed for adults who have no realistic path to weeknight classes. It is gi training on a Sunday, led by Ben Grimes, a purple belt and tech executive with eight years of experience, and Kyle Hair, a brown belt, retired military officer, and Lean Six Sigma coach who found BJJ in his 40s. If you are a working professional in your 40s or beyond wondering whether this is for you, those two instructors are your answer.
The Gi and No-Gi Schedule Gives You Real Flexibility
One of the quiet advantages of our weekly structure is that it creates scheduling flexibility without requiring you to pick a single night and commit to it forever.
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday are No-Gi classes. Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday are Gi. Sunday is No-Gi adult BJJ, plus the 40+ Club in the Gi at 10am. What this means in practice: if Tuesday evening does not work for you this week, Wednesday evening is a different format but still a full, productive class. If you can only make it on weekends, Saturdays and Sundays both have options. The schedule bends around real life rather than demanding you rearrange yours around it.
The Facility Was Built for People With Real Schedules
This is where a lot of martial arts gyms fall short. The training is solid, but the facility makes it impractical to train on a work day. You either have to go home and change, or train sweaty for the rest of the evening.
We solved that directly. Rising Tide Hi Tech has multiple showers, separate men’s and women’s locker rooms, and a family changing room. If you train at 6am, you can shower and arrive at the office fresh. If you train after a shift, you head home clean. The facility was designed for people who are squeezing training into a full life, not people who have their entire day free.
The Weight Room Is Yours
Members have access to a weight room that you can use before class, after class, or while your kids are in their own training session. A lot of parents drive their kids to class and end up sitting in the lounge. That is a perfectly good option, free coffee is available, and you can watch your child train. But if you want to use that time for your own workout, the equipment is there.
That combination, a martial arts class plus a strength and conditioning session in the same visit, is genuinely hard to find in one place. For families coming from Linthicum, Severn, or Glen Burnie, it means one trip handles everything.
The Hardest Part Is Just Starting
We have been direct about what we offer because we think adults deserve straight information. The facility is well-equipped, the schedule is flexible, the showers are hot, and the instruction is led by black belts who have been doing this for decades.
But none of that matters until you actually walk in. Every person who trains here was once someone who almost did not start. The coaches here will tell you the same thing: getting to that first class is the hardest part. Everything after that gets easier, not in a hollow motivational-poster way, but in the real way that comes from making a decision and following through on it.
Come Try a Free Class
Rising Tide Hi Tech is located at 7030 Hi Tech Drive, Suite 100, Hanover, MD, right near Arundel Mills. Easy to reach from Glen Burnie, Odenton, Severn, and Linthicum. We offer free trial classes for new adult students with no commitment required.
Call us at 410-953-8492 or come by in person. We will show you the facility, walk you through the schedule, and find a class that fits your week. The time question tends to answer itself once you see the options.
