A working fighter's gym since 2008. Sparring four nights a week. No mirrors, no contracts, no Instagram coaches. Bring a mouthguard the first time and we'll find you a partner.
The three disciplines we have always taught, and the only three we ever will. Cross-train them however you like - one membership opens every door in the building.
i. THE RING · 16ft · canvasThe room we opened with. A 16-foot ring, eight heavy bags, two double-ends, and an honest sparring rotation every Tuesday and Thursday night. Beginner’s class doesn’t touch a partner for six weeks - learn the shape first.
ii. THE BAGS · 6 banana · clinch cornerSix banana bags hanging from a single I-beam, two clinch corners, and Kru Anan - flew over from Bangkok in 2012 and never left. We hold a smoker every quarter. Kru picks the matches.
iii. THE MAT · 1,800 sqft · gi & no-gi1,800 square feet of mat. Gi and no-gi, fundamentals through advanced. Professor Marcelo Vieira is a Carlson Gracie black belt - our blue belts pass at IBJJF on average. Bring a pair of clean toes.
Every coach behind a Round Twelve card has fought one of their own. Seven hold active pro licences. The other five hold the towels and we wouldn't run the place without them. Hover for a record - W–L–D, amateur or pro.
RGORTHODOX
ASSOUTHPAW
MVGUARD
DRORTHODOX
IKSOUTHPAW
SPPASSER
TOORTHODOX
MOCSCSPLUS FOUR APPRENTICES, A CUT-MAN, AND ONE RING DOCTOR.
Roster as of MMXXVI · trial sessions are coached by a head, never an apprentice.From the six a.m. fundamentals slot to the ten p.m. open mat. Filter by discipline to thin the noise. Capacity is live - we cap every class at the number we can coach properly, never one more.
Twice a year we close the gym, set up the ring properly, and put our fighters against the rooms we share a city with. Doors open at seven. Six bouts, three rounds, no music between rounds - you'll hear corners.
Eight thousand square feet on the corner of Atlantic and Bond. Ring, banana bags, mat, plates, cold showers, two beat-up couches, and the dog. We've changed the canvas three times since 2008. Same dog.
No annual contracts, no enrolment fees, no day-pass scams. Pay by the month or save by paying for a year. Founders - thirty of you - locked their rate in 2008 and keep it forever.
Thirty dollars, three classes, any discipline, anytime in the next two weeks. We'll text you the night before, hand you wraps at the door, and put you with a coach we'd hand our own kid to.
We don't post it on the wall because everyone signs it on the way in. Eight lines. Break one and Ray will have a quiet word. Break two and we'll have a louder one.
SHAKE HANDS.
Before and after every round. Every partner, every belt.
CONTROL.
Sparring is practice, not a fight. We pick speed and pressure together.
TAP EARLY.
Pride heals slower than a torn ligament. Tap, learn, go again.
CLEAN GEAR.
Wash your gi, dry your wraps, trim your nails. Both sets.
NO PHONES.
Pictures with a coach's nod. Filming sparring needs everyone's.
BELT THE LINEAGE.
Promotions belong to the school you earned them in. Tell us yours.
LEAVE IT HERE.
What happens on the floor doesn't follow you out the door.
SWEEP UP.
Last one off the mat gets the broom. We've all done it. Ray still does.