His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has a vision to develop Abu Dhabi into a health-conscious community that unites to regularly practice sports. We share this vision, and our philosophy is to develop and implement sports and training programs that foster self-confidence and the pursuit of excellence throughout the community. We believe that if the community works together with motivation and determination, success in health and fitness can be achieved. We strive to provide our community’s youth – the leaders of tomorrow – with a solid foundation upon which a future of fitness, health, and well-being can develop. We work hard to ensure that every experience you share with us is a positive and rewarding one. We believe in providing a quality and enjoyable learning environment that positively encourages and develops the body, mind, and spirit.

The “Making of Champions” initiative was inaugurated in 2017 by Palms Sports in aim to support and adopt gifted athletes in Ju-jitsu from schools by providing the means and elements of excellence in this field and providing the necessary technical & material support in order to improve their skills and encourage them to Exert effort, dedication and commitment in the training in addition to building a base of future champions who have the ability to represent the UAE in various international sports forums.

Palms Sports is Home to more than 600 professional Jiu-Jitsu instructors, we are privileged to be part of the greater sporting eco-system created to develop the UAE–and in particular our beloved capital of Abu Dhabi–into a health-conscious community embracing sports in their daily lifestyles.

Our strategy is to develop and implement sports and training programs that foster self-confidence and encourage the pursuit of excellence throughout the community.
We believe that if the community works together with motivation and resoluteness, success in health and fitness can be achieved.
We strive to provide our community’s youth the leaders of tomorrow with a solid substratum upon which a future of fitness, health, and well-being can develop.

The School Jiu-Jitsu program (SJJP) is one of the biggest, most successful of its kind, not only in the UAE but globally. The SJJP started in 2008 in a handful of public schools under the Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge(formerly, Abu Dhabi Education Council).In 2011, Palms Sports took over the responsibility of managing and delivering the program in 47 schools. Today, we are proud to administer the SJJP in 160 schools from ADEK, ACTVET and, recently, the Ministry of Education, in addition to a number of private schools.