What was originally intended to be a temporary situation grew into something so much more. 

When the Pandemic hit Vermont in the spring of 2020. Many fitness centers, including Martial Arts gyms and studios, closed down. It was a dark time for the Martial Arts world. Many gyms never reopened, and those that kept remote struggled for quite some time. Many groups would train in each other's garages in small social groups so as to contain the spread of any potential outbreak of Covid. 

"I had struggled for some time during this period from training in Martial Arts for so long to all of a sudden just stop. In teaching kid's classes in my previous gym from Morrisville, I wanted to keep offering a class online, even if it was only once a week out of my living room. Five students consistently came online, and those 45 minutes were often times the highlight of my week and got me through the height of the Pandemic."        -Adam

Eventually, once restrictions had eased, Adam would find a space to rent in Hardwick in July of 2021 to offer Kid's Jiu Jitsu while waiting for his old gym to reopen. Sadly, it never did. Over time, classes would begin to grow even more to where it outgrew its first rental space. The then "Jiu Jitsu in Hardwick" would move into GRACE "The Old Firehouse" and would change its name to the current "Martial Arts in Hardwick" when Karate began being offered in the beginning of October 2023.

Adam Beckley has been studying Martial Arts fully since 2006. Living in Rutland County, He got the opportunity to train in Aiki-Jitsu that summer of 2001. After the summer he promised the Sensei as well as himself that he would return when he was able to commute and support the tuition. At 19, he began cross training in Karate, Aiki-Jitsu, Grappling, Kickboxing, and Tai Chi. Once a brown belt in Karate, he would go on to compete in the Twin State Martial Arts and IPPONE Tournament scene and still continues to compete currently. 

By 3rd Degree Brown, he would begin working for the Dojo he trained in, acting as a Membership Coordinator and Instructor and was responsible for over 100 students from as young as 3 to as old as 68. He would achieve his Black Belt in December 2012. Later in 2014, he would Marry his now Wife, move to Lamoille County, and began studying Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu that Fall. He would later with his Wife buy a house and settle in Hardwick, Vermont.

Adam Beckley holds a Black Belt in Karate, a 3rd Degree Brown Belt in Aiki-Jitsu, and a Purple Belt in Jiu-Jitsu.