Great gym for kids and adults. I started training myself but after seeing great results in about 3-4 weeks I ended up enrolling both of my kids. Since then they have gotten in really good shape and enjoy training with their friends from school. They offer morning and evening classes and there's also open gym available as well. I would definitely recommend this gym for adults, and kids if you want to get in good shape. read more

California Boxing and MMA - 5pm kids class - Gyms Near Me - Sacramento, California

I have been dreaming about learning and training in boxing. Although I am not going to fight professionally, I wanted to gain the stamina and strength of boxers. I saw a 10 day set on groupon and swooped it up. Gil is the owner and he is a former boxer himself. This is his gym. It's a down to earth gym but a lot of the times as an adult you get 2:1 or 4:1 time with Gil for the training session. He also works with you if you're feeling weaker. There's a good combination of pushing you and knowing where your limits are. He makes sure I am conditioning my arms with other exercises like the row machine, bench press and more since my arms a little bit weaker. But I rock the jump ropes! Haha. They also have free gloves to wear... of course they are a little bit sweaty from prior use, but then again would you really want to box at a fancy gym? No! You want the grit and you want to realness of this gym. read more

Gilbert is an awesome coach. Whether you've been boxing for awhile or just starting out, this gym is a one stop for all. On wednesdays there is also jiu jitsu class in the afternoon. The gym itself has a warm welcoming enviroment and the members make you feel like you're instantly part of the gym fam. Maybe its losing weight, getting in shape, toning out or fighting professionally... whatever the needs, Gilbert is extremely knowledgeable in knowing how to get results! read more

Website says "offer classes in Boxing, Muay Thai, Jiu-Jitsu, Self-Defense and Kickboxing" but it is not true. Owner only teaches rudimentary boxing with no attempt to improve his students' skills. The man wouldn't know an axe kick if it hit him in the head. The workout is the same every class, night after night. No variety, no imagination. The school is filthy, especially the bathroom, which has years of filth spattered on the walls, floor, and toilet. Look elsewhere if you want a quality workout or to improve your skillset. read more

Absolutely love this place Gil is awesome and super knowledgeable and pushes me I've been going for 3 weeks now and have dropped 11 pounds already he is great with children and adults highly recommend!! Thanks Gil! read more

DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY AT THIS GYM. Lack of people skills and routinely inattentive during the class. Focus seemingly only going back and forth between facebook and flirting with wandering eyes towards students. Puts on a good front to get you to sign up but in the end true colors always reveal themselves. read more

I love love going here. Always a good workout and Gil works with me, on every workout I do even not just boxing also teach me how to proper do the workout. I'm always here Tuesday and Friday. It's a bit far from my house but I never regret going here always going home happy and accomplished. I recommend this gym to all looking to be strong. It's been a month and it's good so far. Gil is a good coach and made it fun to workout. So far so good . Next time I'll update and post a video of it next time. read more

Used a Groupon for 3 months at this gym. It turns out I really like boxing. It's one of the most intense workouts I've ever experienced. But...I was really disappointed by the lack of engagement of the staff members with the students. The guy who runs this place doesn't care about teaching new members to box. He sits behind his desk and plays on his computer and occasionally comes out to tell people to change exercises. After 3 months of going 3-4 times per week, and already being in good shape, I still couldn't throw a left hook correctly. I was told many times I wasn't doing it right, but no one ever bothered to help me learn. It was things like this that made it difficult to even want to go to class, but I felt obligated since I paid for the groupon. The young guy who's in charge of the kickboxing class is really lackadaisical. He didn't know how to help students do things correctly. Paulie is the only instructor who ever spent time with me, working on my stance and hitting the heavy bag. But he mostly taught boot camp and conditioning classes (when I was interested in learning to box). I think if you already know how to box, this place wouldn't be too bad. If you're new to it, I wouldn't recommend it. read more

TL;DR: You won't get taught boxing, Muay Thai, or kickboxing from Gil. You will get very good work outs, but Gil doesn't spend any time on striking technique or footwork. The most advice on improving my technique I ever got was "Hit harder." Often, the gym isn't actually open on the times labeled "Open Gym" on the gym's schedule. It's especially frustrating when you ask if the gym will be open at a certain time only to have Gil leave and kick you out halfway through your workout. Don't waste your time, money, or patience here. (Seriously, it was so frustrating that I just now created my Yelp account to give this place a one star review.) More details: Payment: I wasn't clear what Gil meant by his policy of having customers pay their first and last months at the same time. It seemed to imply that I could only buy two months minimum, so I asked if I could purchase only one month. Gil said "Yeah" and then charged me $120 for two months (apparently, he hadn't been paying much attention to our conversation). But, he was somewhat flexible and allowed my months to be non-consecutive (I would be out of town for several months before returning). Classes: Gil's classes are a really good workout if you push yourself. However, he doesn't show you how to improve your technique. His website advertises Muay Thai and boxing, but Gil's classes just don't help you work on those skills. The classes were good exercise, but you can get that at a lot of other places. The MMA/jujitsu classes were pretty cool and I was doing pretty well in them. But as soon as the coach found out that I wasn't interested in competing in MMA, I started getting sent to work with students at a lower skill level than me. We got less attention from the coach and moved at a much slower pace than I had previously been working. Absence: The schedule lists open gym hours where a trainer is available, but Gil often left, forcing me to leave as well, when I was in the middle of working out. I once asked if he would be open for the next hour and a half and the answer was yes. 45 minutes later, Gil said he had to leave and, thus, I had to leave during Open Gym. On another occasion, I called in advance to see if he would be open in the afternoon and again got a yes in reply. However, the place was closed when I got there (funny thing was, Gil left his blinking 'OPEN' sign on). There was also an instance where Gil started a class late and then cut it short so he could leave the gym early to go install his new TV. Saying the schedule was inconsistent would be an understatement. Again, don't waste your time, money, or patience here. It's not as clean or nice as it looks in the pictures and you can get far better services elsewhere. Also, I once got a cut on my foot and Gil didn't know where the first aid kit was. Not a great sign. read more

I recently went here for an amateur boxing night. It was interesting, but not really the best boxing format. They had about 15 fights on the card and tried to push them all through as 3 round fights. Although this format works well for MMA, I wouldn't recommend it for boxing. When a match is compressed that much, all of the technique and skill of the match is lost. Overall, I'm glad to see a venue like this in the Carmichael area, but they definitely need to work on the logistics for the future. read more

I've taken 7 classes here so far, all for boxing. The classes are very challenging, but fun and I have been losing weight and getting in better shape. The instructor, Gilbert, is a nice guy and does a good job motivating everyone. The students have been very helpful as well when doing mitt work. Also when I get in I see the kids classes wrapping up. They seem to be having a lot of fun and I see quite a few 6-8 year old's getting in the ring to spar which is really cool. It's not a fancy gym, but has a good amount of equipment. There is a boxing ring, weights, mats, extra gloves, mitts, headgear, jump ropes, multiple styles of heavy and speed bags, etc. With the Groupon deal they have going on it's definitely worth checking out, and with the extra equipment available you don't need to purchase gloves, mitts, or wraps before seeing if you like the class. read more

Hands down best gym around for kids or any body. Coach is great with kids and everybody. Great prices and very good vibe here very positive coach. read more

Please don't waste your money. If you don't know the fundamentals of Boxing and you STILL don't want to learn the fundamentals of Boxing then come to this gym. His guy will talk bash his own fighters who pay good money to train at his gym behind their backs. Literally all of them. Forget the 60 bucks a months. Pay the extra 40 and go to literally any other gym in Sacramento and get some real training in. Dude doesn't monitor sparring, he's not consistent with workout times, the workout regimens don't even come close to what it's actually like in the ring, the headgear and gloves aren't regulated for sparring, the lights don't work, the ring is a hot mess, there's NO WATER fountain just dirty used water bottles. This place is on its last leg. AND IT SHOWS. Don't go cheap people. Go find a decent gym. read more

So I got a Groupon for this place for 3 months of unlimited classes. It has now been a week and I have been here everyday taking the Boxing Class with Gilbert. He is awesome! My friend and I were lucky on Monday, our first day, we had him to ourselves and we got some one on one time with him so that was really nice considering this is all new to us. He showed us how to properly wrap our hands and after putting us through the wringer with jogging, pushups, lunges and crunches, he worked with us on our stance and some basic beginning boxing combinations. Let me tell you the next day I was really feeling it, in places I never knew existed! But by the end of the week it didn't hurt as bad and I could tell I was stronger. My friend has been to the Boot Camp class with Paulie and I will be trying that out as soon as I know it wont kill me! LOL Really looking forward to the kickboxing classes too, but for now my goal is to be here every morning for boxing class and let Gilbert get me in shape. This place is NOT intimidating and everyone is welcome at all fitness levels. I was coming off the couch basically and after only one week I can really tell a difference, and the best part is you are learning a new skill at the same time. They make it fun and useful and at the same time they are kicking your butt and getting you in shape. Gilbert teaches several kids classes as well, if you have youngins they will be in good hands.....maybe thats why he has such patience with this old gal :) You really should come check these guys out. read more

Canceled my membership in Aug 2015 via email as requested by owner. Just noticed that my credit card has been being charged $60 a month every month since I cancelled. Called owner he acknowledged receiving my email cancellation but was unable to find it under the name I provided. He email me once saying he was unable to locate the membership and what name was it in. I responded with names it might be under assuming it was my sons name since he was the one taking classes. I never heard back so I assumed it was located and cancelled. WRONG! Instead of letting me know it was not in my sons name or my maiden name he just continued to bill me $60 a month till I noticed! Filed a dispute with credit card company. read more

My kids love this place!!!! I can't wait for some bully to pick on one of them and get knocked out (just kidding). Really though, they have learned a lot and it's a great workout. Gil doesn't play around! Plus, very affordable-only $60 a month to go as often you want. Well worth it! read more

This place is amazing! If you want to learn how to box and get in shape come here! The trainers there are friendly and will help you be really good at boxing! read more

Came into the gym to see about possible classes for my son to train based off a Groupon that I saw. The owner is a very rude unprofessional person. After me explaining to him that nowhere on there web site does it tell u that for kids classes the kid has to be 8 as he was stating to me. Again I tried to explain to him that they should advertise this on there website an let Groupon know that there is a training age limit. He then proceeds to tell me that kids under the age of 8 have a attention span problem An can't concentrate which of course made me upset. As I told him to me he's trying to tell me that all kids under 8 can't sit or follow directions which isn't true. I can truly say this has been one of the worse experiences in my history of dealing with businesses, if I could post the video as well as the recording of how this man was acting nobody would come to this place of business at all! He then proceeded to write this cheap note after I told him he should try an advertise there is a age limit!!! Worse place I'd give it 0 stars if I could thank god I didn't purchase a Groupon for this place as again the owner is horrible!!! read more

I wanted to give kickboxing a try. I'm already in fit condition and have already taken a few self defense classes. I found this place through Groupon. First, this place wasn't easy to find because the real address was not what was online. It wasn't even correct on Google. By the way, it's not 6422, it's 6432. 6432 is written on the top of the door. Groupon calls this place Carmichael Kickboxing CA or Fitness Kickboxing America. But it's really California Boxing MMA. Second, I don't know if this guy is part of a franchise. When I bought the Groupon, it told me I had to register the Groupon number online first after I choose the location. It tells me to do this twice. I got a confirmation email too. So I chose 10 lessons 7am on Tuesdays. He tries to put the Groupon code in and it doesn't go through. So I explain that the Groupon told me to register the code online first. He says that's not how it works. That's not how he gets paid. I tell him that he needs to call Groupon about this because this is probably what's going on with other Grouponers. He looked at me like he didn't understand and didn't care to help any further. He told me that 150+ people bought his Groupon and 90 redeemed it. I'm standing there thinking that people probably can't find the place and the dude is careless. I'm just going to get my money back and not even bother with this place. Lastly, if this man cared about his business, he'd try a little harder. read more

Great place all around. It's the only workout that I've found that takes me away from the day to day functions in life. Gil, Paulie and Ray provide an incredible workout with a lot of added fun. Warning.... you walk out totally sweaty - nothing like the regular gym workouts for sure. And it's never the same repetitive routine - always different. All skills are worked with. All ages are welcome. It's an incredible no frills place. If you are looking for a place that won't judge you, a place to have fun, and a place to get fit.... try it out. read more

I happened to see the sign for the gym earlier this year and visit back in August. Tried two classes to see what it was about. I went from 190-195lbs to now 181-184lbs. I am honestly in the best shape of my life. I am motivated to train hard and push myself hard. And you are talking to a man who had back surgery almost a year ago on New Year's Eve 2011. Everyone at the gym is great and helps to push you to be better. There are no egos here, just the drive to get better. I enjoy the positive atmosphere, and I do usually get to enter the wet t-shirt contest by the end of class. I've learned how to move and punch better, I have a little better defense, but need more work. I owe that to the trainers here at the gym. I would recommend it for anyone who wants to get in better shape and feel better about themselves. I focus on the boxing, but there are classes for learning grappling as well. Oh, and you cannot beat the price. It's $60.00 a month, which is a steal!!! I will continue to train here and push myself further. This has just been my experience though!!!! read more