Boxing, Muay Thai, Kickboxing, and MMA — taught for adults 18+ who want to learn how to actually fight, get in the best shape they've been in years, and stop wasting time on classes built for choreography, competition, or someone else's body. Coached by a Marine Corps Fight Team alum with 35 years on the mats.

Most martial arts classes weren't built for you. They were built for kids chasing belts. For fighters preparing for the ring. For fitness clients who want to feel like they trained without ever being tested.

If you're a working adult who wants to learn how to actually fight — and you want a workout that earns its keep while you do it — you're in a different category. That's the only kind of student we're built to train.

You'll get superior striking and defensive skills from Boxing, Muay Thai, Kickboxing, and ground tactics from Pankration. The skills work no matter your age, athleticism, gender, or size. The workout is built into the hour. The skill is yours for the rest of your life. 

The best way to know if this is for you is to get on the mat. So take a week on us.

A full week of real training — Boxing, Muay Thai, Kickboxing, MMA — with real coaching and a team that pulls each other forward. No sales pitch, no pressure. Just a week to find out what it feels like to train somewhere that's built for adults who want the real thing.

Click the button, pick a start time and book your first class.

I walked into a house party with a buddy — the assistant black belt instructor at our school. As we made our rounds, we ran into an ex-football linebacker who trained with us occasionally. He had a nasty temper. When we sparred, his anger flared and he'd lose control.

You learned fast to duck, dodge, and time your shots so you didn't get knocked out.

The moment I saw him, I thought, "Oh, great. It's this guy."

My friend leaned in — "I'm grabbing us drinks" — and disappeared around the kitchen corner.

The moment he was out of sight, the linebacker started shoving his finger in my face. "Man, I'm sick of not being able to hit you in class." I kept my voice level. "It's no big deal."

He kept at me. Poking. Crowding.

Then in the blink of an eye, he shoved me. My feet left the floor. I slammed into the hallway wall, the breath jammed up in my throat. I bounced off the wall, and something fired before I could think. I drilled him.

He dropped like a sack of potatoes. Curled up on the floor in absolute agony.

It was over faster than it started. Split-seconds.

Here's why I'm telling you this.

Every memorized technique I'd ever drilled — 10,000 reps, combos, sets, forms — none of it showed up when the moment came. What did show up was three things: space, time, and collision. Owning distance. Stealing the beat. Driving force through structure instead of into bone.

That night cracked the myth I'd believed for years — that the style was the thing. It's not. What works under pressure is a handful of fundamentals trained until they fire faster than your conscious brain.

That's what I built this program around. Not patterns. Not point-scoring. Real skill, simple enough to survive contact, deep enough to hold up for decades.

If you've never trained, you'll learn it from zero. If you have, you'll learn what most schools never teach.

Most martial arts schools teach one of three things: a style (Tae Kwon Do, Karate, BJJ), a sport (competition, point-scoring, the ring), or fitness (cardio classes with martial arts theming). All three are fine. None of them are what we do.

We teach real self-defense for real adults — built on three principles that survive contact when everything else falls apart:

Space — Owning distance and angle so an attacker can't touch you clean, and you can respond when it counts.

Time — Reading the moment. Moving on the half-second before they do. Breaking their rhythm so yours lands first.

Collision — Making their force run into your structure, not your face. Driving your hips and frame through them so their momentum dies.

That's the spine of everything we drill. The reason it works: under pressure, you don't rise to the level of your memorized patterns. You fall to the level of your trained reflexes. So we build the reflexes that matter, on repeat, until they fire without thought.

What you'll actually build in your first months:

Result: noticeable confidence in weeks, not years.

Short answer: yes — and you'll get the same fight-ready training as everyone else.

The first day can feel heavier for women. New room. New people. You're wondering, "Am I going to get hurt? Am I going to be pushed past my line?" 

Here's how we handle it:

Same standards, smart scaling. You learn the same skills as everyone, coached to your pace and body. No pampering. No proving contests.

Controlled partners, coach supervision. No surprise tough-guy rounds. Clear stop signals. Respect is enforced.

Safety first, always. We build base, frames, and exits before any contact work. Pad work is where most of your progression happens.

Real scenarios, zero ego. Parking lots, doorways, tight hallways — what you'll actually face. Voice, boundary setting, and fast exits are baked in.

Plenty of women start here as complete beginners. They weren't bullied. They weren't handled with kid gloves. They were trained — challenged, and coached — to build real defensive skill without getting injured.

You deserve to feel hard to hurt. We'll show you how.

Power and precision with the legs. Speed, power, and movement combined into one system. Almost no other martial art delivers all three to an adult this efficiently.

"Being in the military for a great deal of time and being in the front lines of the Iraq War, I knew what the Special Forces High Operates were learning to eliminate a threat in seconds, and I wanted to learn the exact things they knew to protect myself and my family.

I didn’t want some watered-down martial arts program that was filled with forms or "rules" for competition. I wanted to learn the best "real fighting, no rules" driven self-defense that the special forces military guys were getting taught. Well, I found it in Master Jason’s program. With him being a Marine Corps Sergeant veteran, I knew he had to know something, and after our first lesson, I found what I was looking for and was getting the real self-defense that works in a street situation.

I have found myself in a few situations before learning what I know now, and I wish I had it back then." 

"When I first started, I wanted to learn the actual skills of fighting and self- defense. I wanted to learn things that were more useful and practical. The classes I took before coming here weren’t very clear. They didn’t explain why or how to do certain things like head movement, striking, the foundation of fighting, technical work, or all other things involved in a live fight. It just seemed like it was supposed to be understood already before you came to class; they just said "do this or do that” and left it for us to figure out. It felt like a cardio class where they tell you what to do, but they didn’t know what they were doing either. So, I wanted a more thorough knowledge of what, how, when, and why to do something. When I first read Master Jason’s website, it seemed like I was going to learn actual strategy, tactics, and the true fundamentals of self-defense; therefore, I felt this was the best place that I could get it. I also wanted to get back into it because I liked that single focus of martial arts training and how it gave me a way to help me deal with where to put my energy and have a goal for personal growth. Therefore, I wanted to learn how to use my whole body as a weapon rather than just my hands in boxing. So, I chose Muay Thai Kickboxing because of how it helps you learn how to use your whole body as one unit in a fight. I wanted the true coordination of kicking, punching, elbowing, and the use of my knees to fight with.

What I like best about training in Master Jason’s program is the variability and the ability to work with different people. I am not singled out here at all because I am a girl. I feel like I am treated equally here in a friendly environment because Master Jason stresses in each class that you can learn something from everyone you partner with and practice with. When I did Boxing, it wasn’t like this. I was singled out because I was a girl, and they put me with the younger kids or other girls. Master Jason trains us like a warrior and treats us respectfully, no matter our gender or age. Another factor of the sessions that I really like is that everything is interconnected in training. We work on things in certain sections, but it is always gone over in different ways to keep us interested, learning, and focused on improvement. The variety helps us understand self-defense from many points of view, rather than just one way of limited thinking and movement. I like that we get to work the pads and work our power striking and defensive maneuvering; however, pad work is done in a way that replicates fighting, much like the pros do. I also like that we get to work partner-to-partner drills that then bring self-defense training to a more practical and realistic understanding for defending myself."

"I really wanted to try something new because I needed to build up my self-confidence and find strength deeper inside myself, and bring myself up. I wanted to find out something inside myself that was a little stronger and who could handle tough situations. When I was younger, I was intimidated and had to change to different schools because of my bad experiences. I was the new kid at each of these schools, and it seemed like others would feel I was an easy target. Because of this, I became antisocial, very quiet, very shy, and retreated inwardly to escape the verbal and physical attacks. I didn’t talk a lot, and because of that, I slipped inwardly, which affected my self-confidence. So, one of my main reasons for taking up the challenge of martial arts was that I wanted to build my self- worth and learn how to stand up for myself. I wanted to know what to do when someone crosses the line and how to handle the situation without being filled with fear and doubt. It was important to know how to do that and how to be assertive with anyone in any situation. Now that I have been coming here, it makes me truly happy inside. There is something peaceful about training here and learning the practical skills that Master Jason teaches. It is relaxing, and it makes me feel good. I really wanted to find that peace and balance within myself. I am now building my confidence and believing in who I am because of this training. I am learning much more than just the physical attributes of martial arts. I am learning the deeper and more profoundness in training.

I like everything about the program, and I like how Master Jason explains everything in a practical way. I like how he shows us what we would do in a self-defense situation and where to strike someone should we have to defend ourselves physically. He shows us how we can be strong and how to develop power with our movement and deliver that in a damaging way to stop anyone from physically harming us. I like how he pushes us to do our best in every class. I like how he details what to do in a self-defense situation. He details the technical side of each technique, whether that is offensive or defensive movement, to allow each drill to become a skill. I always like to be pushed and felt that any of my coaches know what is best for me and what I am capable of, so I trust Master Jason to push me to see my own potential. He does that and helps me see much more than I believed initially that I can do."

Master Jason Froehlich has spent 35+ years on the mats, including service in the United States Marine Corps and a spot on the All Marine Corps Fight Team — one of fifteen selected from a tryout pool of seventy.

He's coached more than 10,000 students through the programs he built. He's not a fighter for hire. He's not a franchise. He's a Marine veteran and martial arts master who has spent his entire adult life figuring out what actually changes people — and then teaching it, one student at a time.

He's also the one who'll sit down with you at the end of the two-week trial to talk honestly about whether this is the right next step. He won't sell you. He'll just tell you what he sees.

Class times:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: 9:00am - 10:15am
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: 7:00pm - 8:15pm
Friday: 6:00pm - 7:15pm

Sessions are 75 minutes. Train three to four times a week — that's the rhythm most adults find works around real schedules.

If you want to push harder, the door is open.

The 7-day trial is the simplest way to find out if this will make sense for you.

Get a 1-on-1 with Master Jason at the end to talk honestly about what's next. No long-term commitment.

If you're the adult we've been describing on this page, you'll know within the two weeks.

If there are other questions that aren't answered, please contact us.

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