Real Fight Skills. Real Confidence. Real Results for Kids 6-11.

Boxing, Kickboxing, Muay Thai, and MMA — taught for kids ages 6-11 who need more than choreography. Real skills, real coaching, and real change at home and at school. From a Marine veteran with 35+ years on the mats and over 5,000 kids who've come through the program.

Marine Corps Veteran

35+ Years Coaching

5,000+ Kids Trained

West Jordan, UT

Start with a free 7-day trial.

The best way to know if this is right for your child is to let them experience it. So we made it simple: a full week of training, free.

Your child gets a real week inside the program — real coaching, real classes, and the team environment that makes the whole thing work. No pressure. No commitment. Just a chance to see what happens when your kid walks onto the mat.

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You know your kid better than anyone. So you already know what they need.

Most parents who find us are seeing one or more of these in their child right now.

They're getting pushed around at school. Not always physically — sometimes it's the kid who always gets their way, the friend who always has the last word, the classmates who say things that quietly chip away at your kid's self-worth. You're watching them shrink, and you can't fix it for them.

They're struggling to focus. Homework that should take 20 minutes takes two hours. You've been told they might have ADD or ADHD. Or maybe just that they "can't sit still." Either way, the morning routine, the homework hour, and the evening reset have become battles you fight every day.

They have so much potential — and they don't see it. You see who they could be. They don't. They hesitate to try new things. They give up when something gets hard. They care more about what other kids think than what they think of themselves.

They need to know they're capable of handling hard things. And right now, no one in their world is teaching them that.

This program was built for that kid.

This is what one week of training can do.

Fabien is 9. When his parents brought him to us, he'd been bullied at school for nearly the whole year — verbally and physically. His parents had been telling the school for months.

The school did nothing.

In his first class, he was visibly timid. Wouldn't make eye contact. Wouldn't speak up. Barely tried.

By his third class, something shifted. He started putting in real effort. He listened when I talked about what makes a kid stop being a target — that confidence and capability end most situations before they ever escalate, and that knowing you can handle yourself is usually enough.

One week in, he had to defend himself at school. Once. The bullying ended that day. It has never resumed.

Fabien didn't become a fighter. He became a kid who knew, deep down, that he could handle himself. The bully sensed that change. So did Fabien's parents. So did his teachers. So did every other kid who watched him walk through the hallway after that.

That's what one week of real training did. Not because of what he did. Because of who he had become.

We don't teach forms. We teach what works.

Most kids martial arts schools teach choreography — patterns to memorize, routines to perform, belts to chase, demos to put on for grandparents. There's a place for that, and it works for some kids. But it's not what we do.

We teach four real disciplines: Boxing, Kickboxing, Muay Thai, and Pankration (MMA). The same skills serious adults train. Scaled to a child's body, age, and stage of development. Taught with the safety controls that make sense for kids — no full-contact sparring, no tough-guy culture, no slamming on mats.

But the skills are real. The kicks are real. The footwork is real. The defense is real. And the result, when a child trains them consistently, is a kid who walks differently because their body has actually learned how to handle itself.

That's the difference. Not patterns. Not point-scoring. Real, transferable, lifelong skill — and the quiet, internal confidence that comes from owning something real.

The Building Powerful Kids Method

Four things we coach into every single class.

The Confidence Code

We don't lecture kids about confidence. We build it one win at a time. A new combination mastered. A stripe earned. Standing taller in front of the class. Each small win compounds. By month three, the kid who came in shy has stopped hiding.

The Focus Framework

Focus isn't a personality trait — it's a skill, like a jab or a kick. We coach it the same way. Eyes forward. Listen the first time. One task at a time. Done thousands of times in class, it transfers. Parents tell us it shows up at the homework table within weeks.

The Self-Discipline System

We teach kids what discipline actually means: doing what needs to be done, even when you don't feel like it. They learn it through consistent expectations, real coaching, and the experience of pushing through a hard moment instead of quitting it. School performance follows. So does the rest of their life.

The Fighter Formula

Real skills. Real coaching. Real awareness of when fighting is and isn't the answer. Most kids who learn how to defend themselves never have to. The capability is what ends most situations before they start — exactly like what happened with Fabien.

Boxing. Kickboxing. Muay Thai. MMA.
The full curriculum.

When it comes to learning self-defense (or fighting off a bully…or bullies), getting real skills matters. There isn’t one “style” of martial arts you need to know. You need to know how to fight standing or on the ground. 


Boxing

The foundation of every striking art. Footwork, defense, and the cleanest hand skills your child will ever learn. Most real-world conflicts start standing up — boxing teaches them how to stay there and how to respond.

Kickboxing

Power and precision with the legs. Modern kickboxing footwork combined with kicks that work in real situations. Speed, power, and movement at the same time — almost no other art delivers all three to a child this young.

Muay Thai

The Art of Eight Limbs. Hands, knees, elbows, kicks, and the clinch — all integrated into one system. Taught with safety controls that let a child learn the technique without the risk. Power with grace. 

Pankration(MMA)

The ancient art of every range — standing, on the ground, and back to standing. Takedown defense. Get-up skills. Real positional awareness. The complete picture of what self-defense actually requires.

This is what your child trains. Not patterns. Not point-scoring. The full picture, taught for their age and built one layer at a time.

From the Mat

Parent stories—how training turned effort into real-world results.

Deanna T.

Parent Story

"Our meeting with Master Jason made me realize that he is unlike other instructors, and this is not just like any other school. What I found really appealing about his program is the way he incorporates the mental strength and life skills along with the physical, self-defense aspects of martial arts. I love how he combines the two and doesn't just teach one over the other. My kids are earning something here rather than just being given it." 

Ashley P.

Parent Story

"The thing I like most about Lucas being here is that he knows he is part of something. I love how Master Jason teaches all sides of martial arts. They learn structure, respect, discipline, focus, and how to use their inner strength to conquer different areas of their life. We have seen an increase in his determination. He has goals, and he pushes himself inside and outside of class. The greatest part is that he has gained confidence." 

Shannon H.

Parent Story

"We feel Master Jason reinforces a parenting model we follow. Teaching the kids how their actions impact others, discipline, respect, making and reaching goals, being independent, all while building confidence and learning to manage their body awareness, fitness, and self-defense. I don't think there is one thing I like best; I genuinely feel the program is well-rounded for raising children to be adults." 

The coach you're trusting with this.

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 5,000 kids through the program he built — the Building Powerful Kids Method. He's also raised the next generation of coaches who teach in this gym today, all trained to his standards before they ever stand in front of your child.

He's not a sports coach. 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 kids — and then teaching it, one child at a time.

A few things parents always want to know.

1. Is it safe?

Yes. Safety is our number one priority. No full-contact sparring. No tough-guy attitudes. Every child is supervised, paired carefully, and coached through every drill. We've been doing this for 35 years.

2. Does my child need experience?

No. Most of our kids start with zero martial arts experience. The first week is built for that exact kid.

3. My child is shy, anxious, or struggling. Will they fit in?

Yes. Most of our kids start exactly that way. The whole point of the program is who they become from where they are.

4. Is it good for girls?

Yes. Girls thrive here. Same training, same standards, same warm welcome. Many of our strongest students are girls — and every girl walks in feeling she belongs from day one.

5. What if it's not the right fit?

You're in a two-week trial. If it's clearly not working for your child by the end, you walk away with the gloves, the t-shirt, and no commitment to anything further.

One class. Two age groups. Coached for where your child actually is.

A 6-year-old and an 11-year-old don't need the same coaching. Different attention spans. Different bodies. Different conversations.

So even though we run one kids class right now, your child trains in their own age group inside it — paired with kids their size, given drills sized for their skill, and coached in language built for their stage.

Class Schedule (Ages 6-11):
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday: 5:00pm - 6:00pm

How it works inside the class:
Younger kids (6-8) get shorter drills, more repetition, and structured energy that holds attention at their age. We teach the foundations of all four disciplines in a way that lets them build confidence one small win at a time.

Older kids (9-11) get deeper technique, more partnered work, and the start of real coaching conversations about pressure, peers, and how to handle hard moments. This is the age where the transformation becomes visible to everyone around them.

Same room. Same coach. Different coaching.

Two to three classes a week is the recommended starting cadence — enough to build real momentum without overloading a busy family schedule.

7-Days. Free. Find out if they love it.

The 7-day trial is the simplest, cleanest way to find out if this is the right fit for your child.

Get a 1-on-1 with me at the end to figure out what's next — whether that's continuing in the program or pointing you toward a better fit elsewhere. No long-term commitment required.

If your child is the kid we've been describing on this page, you'll know within the seven days. So will they.

Questions? Call us: 801-842-5393

Where to find us:

1801 W 7000 S West Jordan, UT 84084

Class Days & Times for 6-11 Year Olds

2-3 Days Per Week Training (train up to 5 days)

Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays: 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Call Us:

1787  W 7000 S West Jordan, UT 84084

Area Serviced

West Jordan

South Jordan

Taylorsville

Midvale

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