My kids have been going to UTC for approximately a year. Both my girls are in MMA. I just read a…read morenegative review and felt compelled to write something here. It is a family business which means there are kids, and an adorable dog. I love that about UTC. A family business knows how to treat another family. The lessons are wonderful. My kids have learned to defend themselves against bullies and are always smiling throughout the exercises. My youngest seems to really have blossomed as a fighter, which you would never guess to look at her. She is cute as a button, and a tiny thing with a lot of power. It can be a year contract for the cheapest overall plan and I understand that can be a deterrent but it holds you accountable. My kids are getting plenty of exercise despite the winter weather. There are month to month plans and I've never showed up to locked doors. I've been coming twice a week for a year, so I don't think this reviewer is credible. The owners exercise extraordinary kindness and guidance toward me and my girls. This place is a gem. Highly recommend.

Can't say enough about what this gym and the training here has to offer you and your inner self…read more You come here it will benefit your life in all aspects! Business, health, wealth, friends, family.

Sarah is spectacular. Her wisdom and knowledge is deep and I have gained so much in the short time…read moreI have known her. I cannot recommend her enough.

Sarah Hartman is the best trainer, coach, "counselor" you will ever find…read more I am a 62 year old female who just needed some workout help when I met Sarah. She was fabulous and with each session she was prepared and knew exactly what I needed to develop muscles and maintain a healthy body. She taught me "gym" skills I will never forget and confidence to work with weights and understand my body, showing me how to improve it. Little did I know that I was in need of a complete hip replacement at the time. While I waited for my surgery, she worked with me to keep my body strong and muscles toned so that my recovery would be the best possible. Six weeks after my surgery I returned back to Sarah (weaker, and unsure if I would ever be the same). Her training techniques and exercises were designed just for me and I became stronger and more confident. She understood how to correctly help me and not only manage my physical needs but also my mental fear of having a new hip. I am now able to walk better and use my left side (new hip) just as I do my right side. She is the best. I could go on and on about her expertise, fabulous people skills, outstanding knowledge of every exercise, weight, and technique to help her clients. I highly recommend Sarah to anyone, at any age, in any physical condition as a trainer and coach. You will not be disappointed!

Enough can't be said about BJJ Olympia. The culture of this place is incredible. It embraces a…read moretrue family environment from four year olds to elderly adults and everyone there in-between. I love how my five year old is pushed in his discipline and understanding while very clearly having fun along the way. Every single coach is incredible. From professor Robert, Joel, Chris, and many others - there is a humility among the top that leaks down into the rest of the gym. All of the upper belts are extremely helpful and no one holds an intimidating machismo attitude. Everyone should try jiujitsu and this is the place to do it!

great place to sharpen your skills! From being a hobbiest or a competitor you'll catch the best…read morerolls here!!

This place is awesome!! Great workout and great coaches. Very welcoming to all levels and ages. All…read moretechniques learned have practical application to sparring which makes it even more fun!!

Trained here for over a year and loved it. Awesome coaches and there is a great group of people…read morethat train there.

These guys are awesome and family friendly. If you want to go harder and train w higher level…read morefighters they're here too.

You can't get any more real here!…read more Master Saohin has held the PABA Champion in 2 different weight classes. Muay Thai Champion in Bangla, Thailand as well as S1 Championship in Phuket Thailand. Master Saohin holds a combined Boxing and Muay Thai record of 88 fights with 70 wins, 47 knockouts, and 18 losses. Master Souhin has also fought for the WBA World Championship two times, WBO World Championship one time, and challenged many title holders of WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, WBF IBO, OPBF and fought Lumopine and Rajadomnern Champions in Thailand. Not all fighters make great coaches, but Master Saohin excels at both. He's taught in Thailand at Tiger Muay Thai, but also he taught Muay Thai and Muay Boran. His Muay Thai style is strongly influenced by his boxing, which I love. He's also a Muay Boran instructor. He just traveled back to Luktupfah Muay Thai and Muay Boran academy in Bangkok to renew his certifications. Anytime I train with him, I learn new things. He brings a different perspective to the sport and movement that is priceless. Besides being a really great instructor/teacher, he's also one of the kindest people I know. His heart does nothing but grow for Muay Thai. In his teaching and everything else, his love for the sport shines through in all of his actions.

1) Yellowbot.com "Buyer Beware"…read more I was a member of this gym for almost 2 years. I took all of the different types of classes that were offered here- muay thai kickboxing, karate, and juijitsu. I even enrolled my two young children into their children's martial arts classes. For a long time I was very happy with this place, and can concur with the quality of the classes offered...however, the reason I definitely do not recommend this place to anyone, at least not to any women, is because of one of the owner's- Brian Johnson, who runs this business with his wife, Dani Johnson. Almost from the beginning of my membership here, I experienced what I felt was excessive and inappropriate attention from Brian Johnson. He made some advances towards me that made me uncomfortable and that were not reciprocated. He attempted to interfere with any interactions I had with other male members and/or instructors. He very loudly made false accusations towards me in an apparent effort to alienate me from other members. He openly spoke about other members private lives. When I did not reciprocate his apparent extramarital interest in me, he made up a false accusation against me and prematurely terminated my membership. When I attempted to speak with him about things, he threatened me with what he called a "dossier" that he had been apparently compiling against me. Brian Johnson is a former part-time, Tumwater, WA. police officer. Personally, I think it behooves anyone who encounters (former) law enforcement people to tread very carefully with them. Throughout my membership here, I almost always felt as though I were being avidly watched. While I truly learned a great deal of different martial arts, altogether, it was ultimately a very negative experience for me because of Brian Johnson's inappropriate behavior towards me. I strongly suggest whomever goes here to never leave any of their personal electronic devices unattended and to always lock up their belongings, which few if any members actually do, that I observed. Posted on February 25, 2025 & Last Modified March 06, 2025 Brian Johnson's Academy of Karate & Kickboxing Reviews 1) Yellowbot.com "Buyer Beware" Academy of Brian Johnson Karate & Fitness "Too bad I can't give you ZERO stars. Your customer service is crap. Your 6-month contract is a bullshit 7 month contract. You have inadequate facilities for women. You let people not in classes interrupt ongoing classes. You have no respect for the people who PAY you to go there. Your ignorance is unsurpassed. The fact that your unclean equipment gives people skin rashes is disgusting. It's..." -Ed McCormack 7/17/15. Yellowbot. "This is a very bad business. They are very unprofessional and not good with kids. They even have temper tantrums. You will be stuck paying on the contract for a year no matter how unhappy you are." -Yellowbot "Warning, do not sign the contract, they tell you false lies to get you to sign. This is a dirty business." -rateitall 5/30/2008 "Poor customer service, poor quality instruction, this business is in it for the money, it won't last long. It is a very negative environment. I would never recommend anyone signing your kids up here. What a waste of money. Prices are low, but you get even less of what you pay for." -rateitall. "Buyer Beware. This is a bad place for kids. There are a lot of scary people in there. It is a money hungry business." -Yellowpages. 4/7/2008 "Negative professionalism" -Natalie Martinez "This guy is completely unprofessional and likes to threaten people after assuming that they hang up on him." -James Dillman "My girlfriend attended the Academy of Brian Johnson and after the free week we decided to enroll her. It wasn't long before the older gray-haired instructors started staring at her and it made her extremely uncomfortable. Like licking their lis and putting out their tongues sort of thing. I've heard negative things about instructors there abusing their power to get with the people who go there so we decided to have her quit. On top of that the floors were very dirty with body hair on the ground and it smelled like stale socks. If you are a man maybe it's for you, they seemed to have a lot of people sparring and stuff, buit I'm not sure if the coaches are even qualified instructors in any shape or form. For a 7 time karate black belt master the owner didn't have any trophies, medals or belts of his own to speak of. Or any schooling or paperwork behind his credited instructors. Very suspect and a school that has a very sexual innuendo type thing going on. Very suspect. " -VerView, AntiPopThought, 1/16/2018

I've been training Muay Thai/ kickboxing here for a little while now and I love every minute of it…read more Knowledgeable coaching staff and friendly people.

I've trained Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu with everyone in the area and am happy this place opened up. It's…read morethe only place I go to now. I go Mon. Wed. Fri. At 10am because that fits my schedule. This dojo has BJJ, wrestling, and no-gi classes that are great to be a well rounded grappler. If your into boxing, kickboxing/Muy Thai, I can tell you that they know what they are doing here! And thats saying a lot! I see men, women and children training here. Some people want to be pro cage fighters and some people just want to get a quality work out. Anyway you look at it you can't go wrong with this place!

From the owner: Group Classes and Private Instruction In- - Karate…read more- Muay Thai - Kickboxing - Cardio and Fitness

Professor Pete and Coach Stelly are both incredibly talented coaches as well as very welcoming…read more Their coaching style is easy to understand and I've been able to see consistent improvement following their training. I cannot recommend this place enough for training.

Great gym with awesome people. They keep the gym very clean, everyone is very respectful and they…read morehave some really good fighters. Would highly recommend and they have great kids classes too.

Absolutely love the place and the people running it. Amazing with kids as well! Good mix of boys…read moreand girls, men and women!!! 100% love

We did a birthday party for my daughters here and it was awesome. Zach was great and made sure all…read morethe kids had a blast. In fact, they had such a good time that some of them cried when it was time to go. From our side, it couldn't have gone better. Paramount took care of everything but the cake so we didn't have to worry about setup or clean up. Zach also cut the cake with a katana which was pretty cool.

This is our story. We joined Paramount in mid Feb. The…read morelocation was perfect, it was literally 1 minute from our home and we were already on a tight schedule so the 4:30 class was manageable. When we signed up with Lee she was awesome! My little was comfortable with her from the start! So I was sold. We, like most families are on a tight budget but my little needed something like Karate to grow, learn, and socialize with other littles. So I put it on my CC and set up payments. Now for the down slide... Not long after we joined we found out that the lease was up and that they would be moving. So we hung in there worried and awaiting to see where the new location would be. My husband and I had to request to leave work early from our employers to attend class (and were still late). He commutes from Lakewood to Lacey (in JBLM traffic) to preschool which was 2 minutes from where Paramount was, and I commute from Tumwater to Lacey to preschool. My point is with the new location at Black hills Gymnastics does not work for our family. Although it is not far our commute went from 1 minute to 15-25 one way. We specifically picked Paramount because of its location and 4:30 class. We don't have the luxury of changing our work schedules to accommodate this new location. We have never been able to make the 6 o'clock class due to our tight schedule. So, I read the contract and saw that it was with ASF and that I should contact them. So I did. They advised me that if I got a letter from Paramount stating that they moved and not us that we could get out of the contract. It was new belt week and I literally had knots in my stomach. I was terrified to talk to Lee. So my husband said he would talk to her. During their conversation Elizabeth was listening in and interrupted my husband. He said that she was pretty rude and disrespectful and stated absolutely not. We will not give you a letter or let you out of the contract. This baffles me... he came to our celebratory dinner for my little getting a new belt very upset. Needless to say the celebration wasn't all that it should have been. We signed up for the other location... we were not made aware that they would be moving and somehow now we have to pay for classes that we cannot attend?? I'm literally in tears. So my little will not get to attend Karate anywhere because we can't afford to pay two places and were barely able to pay one. I just want to make all the families aware that when you sign with them it's seems to be all about the $$$$ and not my little or family. I will be telling our story on Yelp with ASF and Paramount and any other site that will allow us to inform others of what feels like a scam.