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Our coaches are trained and certified instructors and not just fighters

Every one of our coaches has completed our own 12-week Instructor Program and holds a diploma in it — a course in the science of teaching rather than in martial arts technique. It is pass or fail. We don’t just hire good martial artists; we train them to teach.

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The free lesson and the 30 days are for South Florida residents, at our Miami location.

Who teaches here?

Each coach appears once, with the classes they teach. Where the gym lists a competition record, it is shown exactly as stated.

Some of the roster teaches without a competition record listed, and that is the point of the Instructor Program rather than a gap in it: what every coach here has in common is the qualification to teach. The Women Only Fitness Bootcamp is a fitness program and teaches no martial arts, so its coaches are marked as bootcamp.

Where do they teach?

All of them at 1423 SW 107th Ave, Miami, FL 33174, Across the street from FIU, in the Publix Shopping Center, with free parking outside. The facility is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and staffed. We do not publish which class runs when; we will go through the timetable with you when you visit.

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Frequently asked questions

Who will actually be teaching my child?
The children's classes at Freestyle Fighting Academy are taught by Krystal Cabrera, Camila De Las Cuevas and Edgard Plazaola. The teen classes are taught by Emmanuel Lokolo. Every one of them has completed the gym's own 12-week Instructor Program.
How many instructors are there?
Thirteen coaches teach across the kids, teens, adult and bootcamp programs at Freestyle Fighting Academy, and two more visit regularly to teach without being part of the weekly rotation. Every one of them has completed the gym's 12-week Instructor Program and holds a diploma in it.
What is the Instructor Program?
It is Freestyle Fighting Academy's own 12-week course in the science of teaching — how to deliver a lesson, handle problems and run a room — rather than in martial arts technique. It is pass or fail, and every coach on the roster has passed it. Being taught by an excellent martial artist and being taught by someone trained to teach are not the same experience.
Who teaches the beginner adult class?
One of the instructors on the Adult Intro Program is Brian Simril, a retired police officer who started his own training at Freestyle Fighting Academy over a decade ago for self-defense and now teaches the beginner track.

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Meet them in person. The free private lesson is one-to-one with one of these instructors, and it comes with a tour of the gym. Leave your details and we will call you within 24 hours to arrange it.

Here is everything you get, at no charge:

  • Train mixed martial arts for 30 days
  • Get a FREE uniform
  • Get a FREE private lesson
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In your private lesson you learn the basics: the jab, the cross, the hook, the roundhouse kick, the closed guard, the rear naked choke and the armbar.

And if you join, you have our 60-day money-back guarantee: attend all of your classes in the first 60 days, and if you are unsatisfied, get your money back.

Call or text 305-225-4610. The gym is staffed 24 hours a day, so someone picks up. Prefer not to talk on the phone? Text us and we reply within 24 hours.

For South Florida residents, at our Miami location. The offer stays open for one month from the date we send it. Bring a spouse or your children along if you would like them to take part.

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