Highly recommend this place, we have seen our son grow so much since he started! Anthony is truly…read moreone of the best coach we've ever experienced!

I took a private with Anthony while going through Oregon on vacation. The first thing that stood…read moreout to me was the cleanliness of the gym. Large mat space with no sharp edges anywhere. Location was great with ample parking. It was my first time rolling with him, yet he was able to grasp the gaps in my game and helped me expand on my half guard and kimuras. Anthony is a wealth of knowledge and highly recommended for all levels. His instruction was concise and easy to understand. A true professional in all aspects. Oss!

Josh and James are great coaches and teachers! I highly recommend Gracie Technics…read more It's a really good place to train and learn.

This place is very welcoming and neighborly to everybody coming in. All of the instructors are…read moreknowledgeable and open to answer any questions in an authentic manner. I brought my daughter in here for off-season training and she loves it. We are definitely coming back here when she is here for cross-training. Everyone welcomed my daughter every time she arrives for training.

nothing but positive things to say. we have a little one but it seems like they have something…read morethere for everyone. Their instructors have unmatched patience with my very high energy little!

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At age 52, I am two months into my jiu-jitsu journey. Especially since I was starting relatively…read morelate in life, I was intimidated to walk into any jiu-jitsu school. But at Renzo Gracie I have been thrilled to find not only amazing coaching but a welcoming community of training partners. I roll with much more experienced bjj players every week, and they are welcoming, accommodating, and happy to share their wisdom. And for praise I'll single out Ruben, who teaches most of the no-gi fundamentals classes: the guy is just a profoundly gifted coach. Lots of people can demonstrate techniques, but he has a terrific understanding of the basic principles that each of those techniques are based on -- you get to understand not just how to do things, but why, and how they tie into the broader goals of jiu-jitsu. I love jiu-jitsu now, and I'm sure that this place and these people are a big reason why.

Really high class instruction and overall level here. No gi and gi classes were packed with…read moretechnique but still easy enough to digest. I dropped in for two days as I was passing through on my roadtrip up north. The sport of jiu jitsu is safe and sound here in Portland!

Dylan is one of the most articulate and organized coaches I've ever worked with. He has a system, a…read moreplan, and a sense of the big picture. I've sought him out for private instruction over the past few years and I always feel like I get a good value and walk out better than I walked in.

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Excellent gym. The instructors are excellent and attentive and it is a nice, large facility. Lots…read moreof room to workout on your own or as a group. There is also a number of punching bags off to the side and weights too.

Awesome BJJ gym that also has excellent fitness center with a variety of fitness classes, boot…read morecamp, kickboxing for kids, cardio kickboxing, yoga and more. Open early mornings, afternoon and evening. Has kids, adult fundamentals and all level Brazilian Jiu Jitsu classes.They definitely have something for everyone.

Love this facility and the owners for giving my son the chance to do Judo when times are tough for…read moreour family! They are extremely understanding and work with us with classes! They care about each and every student and take the time to teach them well!

I've been training here since December 2021 and the academy is top-notch! Extremely welcoming,…read moreperfect for beginners, and just awesome world-class instruction from Professor James. If you ever considered trying Brazilian Jiu Jitsu or just martial arts in general, look no further than SKBJJ. I believe they offer a few trial and there are classes 6 days a week.

Brand new academy in the area... still haven't gotten the sign-up quite yet so you'll be looking…read morefor a tae kwon do sign as it is a split building where the left will be taekwondo and on the other side of the wall, it will be Jiujitsu. Head coach Ighor is an absolute gem to the sport. He is owner and operator and has many years under his belt and know him through my academy up in Portland. I've never heard bad things about him or his JiuJitsu. He has mounds of experience and more time and years on the mat than most people in this area. The kids program is absolutely already kicking off and is the place to be if you want to enrich your kids value in the sport . Now there's also plenty of room for hobbies and people looking to just have fun and if that turns into something more, this is a place you'll wanna be. Unfortunately, I am about 45 minutes from it so I'm only able to visit on occasion to come to an open Mat and roll around with some new people. Everyone was super nice and welcoming. Everything is absolutely clean and meticulously taken care of. If you know anything about Jiujitsu or wrestling, you'll know that cleanliness is almost tied with expertise and knowledge in criteria when looking for a spot. It might be a new name, but it's not a new person and if you look into him, you'll see that his associations are with many well-known associations and branching out into something new to bring new blood and new life to a very traditional sport. I wish I had more photos to post but sometimes when you're getting choked out or dropping someone into a sick back take, you don't have time for photos. Check out their online handles and see what they're up to stop in and try a class, men women children everyone's welcome here. And as a man is late 30s that recently started the sport. I will tell you once you dig in it's absolutely worth the time.

in town to train for a few days. everyone was more than welcoming and the training was top notch…read more if we lived in the area this is where my son would train.

I really didn't know what I was missing until I started coming to Portland Thai Boxing. I have been…read moreon and off studying different martial arts styles for most of my life. I have taken Kempo Karate, Kung-Fu at a couple of different places and Chinese San Shou kickboxing. I started at PTB thinking I knew a thing or two but quickly found out that despite a black-belt in karate and about 8 combined years of training, I have no idea how to fight. Other schools, even the kickboxing school I went to previously, are so nervous about students engaging each other one-on-one that they very rarely allow it. As a consequence you never learn to defend and counter when face-to-face with a real person. At Portland Thai Boxing I have only spent time learning skills that are applicable in a real fight situation. How to punch and kick in combination, how to adjust distance and timing and most valuable of all, how to see, read and react to an opponent. It sounds basic, like the kind of thing you'd expect to learn at any martial arts school, but in my experience it is not. I want to stress, that even though you will do one-on-one work with another student, that this is a very safe and fun environment to do so. Everyone I have worked with has adjusted to take into account that I am a beginner at this. The most experienced fighters go slow, make their strikes obvious so I can see how to block or evade and give advice on how to do it better. Kru Wijers makes sure that everyone stays under control and stresses that we are there to help each other learn, not to prove we are better. If someone is going too hard he will remove them from the class. There are men and women of all ages in my class and classes solely for women as well. This is a beginner's perspective on the Thai boxing classes. There are people at this gym who train for MMA fights and serious, full-contact, knock-out Muay Thai. I have no intention to do that myself and that is perfectly fine here, but having that level of training going on, and working side-by-side with dedicated athletes raises the bar for everybody. I can't recommend this place enough.

i feel sad to leave a poor review of a place i've never been, but therein lies the problem. i want…read moreto learn Muay Thai, and i've been checking out places all around town, looking for what "feels like home" to me. i'm also not experienced in any fighting arts, so it felt important to me to try several places. sadly, it seems classes at Portland Thai Boxing are so full or overflowing they can't manage to get back to me, or they don't care/don't want my business for some other reason. i've tried emailing them twice (one week apart) from different email addresses. i've also tried DM'ing them on Instagram. they seem to have the time to make IG posts and stories but haven't bothered responding to my DM. i would have jumped at the chance to sign up for their unique 6-week fundamentals program. this place was recommended to me by a friend who is a local fighter and very passionate about it, but i guess i'll never know.