My small human joined about a month ago and has been LOVING it!…read more The community is great, location is convenient for inside the loop, and everyone has been super friendly and helpful. I can't personally attest to the workouts, but there are several classes offered throughout the week and they definitely wear out a teenager who has extra energy to spare! Definitely recommend checking it out for anyone curious about MMA gyms.

The first thing that drew me to MMA was my desire to learn self defense. The first thing that drew…read moreme to actually considering pursuing a class was the convenient location of Midtown MMA. The first thing that drew me to actually contacting Midtown MMA was the 30 day free trial. The first thing that drew me to actually showing up was getting a call from Chris about an hour after I submitted my form online. The first thing that drew me to sign up full time was after the first class when I realized that Midtown MMA was more than I could have hoped for! After a few short months, Midtown MMA has helped boost my confidence in my physical and mental ability to defend myself. You build on the physical side during the first part of the class where Chris leads you through a "warm-up" which is more like a mini boot-camp that leaves you with a good burn. The mental and physical side is continually built through the second portion of class as you work on muscle memory routines, perfecting techniques, following drills, and self guided practice. The great thing about Midtown MMA is that your motivation doesn't come from someone yelling at you, it comes from the everyone else giving it there all and encouraging you to test your limits. Everyone is there to learn the proper techniques and advanced students are more than will to give and take constructive criticism when working in teams. There are a good mix of males and females of all different physical capabilities which lead to good match-ups during the drills. No one is there to judge you, I have never had that feeling even when I thought I must look pretty goofy. Chris is an awesome instructor who keeps the class relaxed but professional and directed. He's good about gauging what each student needs to focus on during the drills - technique or power - and making corrections for individual students during the drills. He is interested in the needs of the class and will reserve certain sessions to address student questions. It is easy to have a lot of respect for Chris. This helps make you accountable and give you that extra boost to show up for training on the (rare!) occasion that you may be less motivated to do so. If you decide to sign up and pay, I believe you pick a 6 month or one year program. I think it averages to about $12 a class. I'm doing this with my husband and we were able to work our a 2 for less than 2 kinda deal.

I've been training at Revolution Houston for over two years, so this review is long overdue. Having…read moremoved from Iowa City, I was looking for a new school to train in Houston.I was one of the first members of my previous club (Hawkeye BJJ) and had trained there for over 10 years. I was really hoping to find a similar friendly training atmosphere. I found it at Revolution Houston. Everyone who trains here is nice, friendly, has really good technique, and respect for sport of Jiu Jitsu. The instructors are first class and have a ton of experience. Head instructor Jeff Messina, is a former pro MMA fighter, and National Guardsman. He is a BJJ black belt and Judo Black belt. Jaime, who teaches the beginner class BJJ class is a BJJ brown belt and Judo Black belt. Mike and Dinko are the other instructors who are brown belts. Jeff is well connected and has been in the sport for years, so there are always other black belts, and professional fighters (UFC included) dropping in. There are at least 2 classes (if not 3) scheduled each day, making it convenient to fit any schedule. I personally make it a point to attend 3 classes a week, and can easily do that with my crazy schedule. There are two locations, one in downtown Houston where I mostly train. The facility is big enough to fit a class of 30-40. The other is a much bigger location in Katy. You can train at either facility. The coaches are really interested in you becoming a better, fitter, practitioner and person. Being new to Houston, I have made a lot of good friends at Revolution. There is also Muay Thai offered, I don't do it, but some of the guys train BJJ as well, and I know their Muay Thai is phenomenal, if you want to train both. Both adult and kid's classes are offered. This is a very safe and clean environment to train in. Don't think twice about it, this is one of the best locations to train at in Houston (if not Texas).

New facility, good location (stone throw from Minute Maid Park), same integrity. Great guys rolling…read moreon today's "Open Mat." Had the chance to "let" my 12 year old Monster-in-the-making secure submissions on his old man (me) at a 3 to 1 ratio (in his favor lol). It is pretty well known that BJJ just plain works. P.S.: I said "let" only because I agreed to get on the mat with him... I didn't "allow" him to get a submission until we had been at it (rolling) for about 20 min... and that was after five min of stretching and ten minutes of informal drills. He finally wore me out toward the end and got his last one (of 3, after I basically gave up, gassed out (yes I need to take better care of myself), but he got the first two righteously. BTW I weigh 218 he weighs 138. Great sport/martial art, great place to learn it. Thanks team!

Awesome school ....small classes and the instructor focuses on detail. It's one of the most quality…read moreschools in Houston. Perfect for learning self defense or fine tuning your skills.

Great place and great instructors! I went to Third Ward before my bjj tournament to ensure my…read moretechniques were par. The instructors were able to give me great advice and showed me proper etiquette while rolling. I was even able to use the teachings instantly during the tournament and ended up taking home 2nd place out of 18 people in my first bjj tournament! Bjj has changed my life and has made me more confident now more than ever.

Honestly it was supposed to be my first visit today.... And to be honest was excited to add to my…read morecurrent routine. The reception lady was super nice and gave good info but the gym itself just sucks to be honest. I scheduled my first class today at 5:30 am. In my head, class should start at 5:30 am. Issue number one was when I booked it I was told I would get a confirmation text about my visit. Nothing! I checked my email. Nothing! So I still show up. She said be there 5-10 mins early I get that at 5:22 am. The whole gym is closed and no one there. I wait a bit because I used to work at a gym and I know sometimes people can be late. Guess what?! A white car pulls up. I'm like cool another student. Nope! Some white man who looked like he just got out of bed and gets out of his car. Does he greet me? Does he say he give me a moment let me get the gym set up? Nope! Just looks pissed off he's up super early and looks miserable and looks like he just rolled out of bed. Honestly I waited another 4-5 mins seeing if he would kind of get out of hiding. Nope just never saw him again. Saw the gym lights on. Didn't even see him unlock the door. Went missing for quite sometime. So I just left. This was supposed to be my first class visit and it completely was not what I was expecting. I'm pretty active already. Today I was going to rest more after slowly getting over something I caught from Labor Day weekend and was excited to try something to as a workout. But this place really is a disappointment.

One of the black belts was not very nice and injured me and my friend on our first visitread more

This Krav Maga Houston location has excellent instructors who know how to teach good fundamentals…read more If you are looking for a place to start, this school will really help you understand and dedicate time to working on the basics of boxing. I'm giving it two stars because if you are a POC, LGBTQIA+, or not a theist, this is probably not a safe place for you. Additionally, women are not treated with the same regard as men. If those things are less important to you, you'll be quite happy here. I'm writing this review as someone who has trained with and was part of the organization. I wanted to let others reading reviews know that many of these positive reviews are from people who are dedicated to the organization, much like I once was. I trained here for almost 6 years. I feel regret and sadness when I remember how I participated in and recruited for this community. They give free trial classes and are very welcoming to new comers. They also have an online intro class: https://www.kravmagahouston.com/online-intro-class-video/?vgo_ee=tOM8fxgf7AtIAuv09spDKr75exZJPGwvOcPrNxzPEu%2BZwtg%3D%3AKDX4JfdF9M%2BWjVcA2hqSBT%2FFsGTClW5U As always, see for yourself and decide.

BEWARE!!! High-pressure contract sales (think time-share or…read moresleazy used car sales reps), and they DO NOT care about you or your situation. You are $$$ to these guys, that's it, they don't care about getting you into shape, your health, or anything about your life; getting you to sign a contract and collecting their monthly fee is their MO. I don't care if you lose an arm, break your back, or are forced to move to Alaska, they will continue to charge you the monthly fee or will turn you over to collections to ruin your credit with no remorse. There are plenty of other gyms in the Houston area that are run by reputable coaches that actually care about their students. Which is likely why they don't have to resort to high-pressure sales tactics and hire ex-time share/used car sales reps... YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

Been a student for 5+ years. Great place to study Traditional Okinawa Goju-Ryu. This is…read moreKarate-jutsu, not Karate-Do like the other guys. We teach self-defense, not how to win trophies. Okinawa Karate center is authentic Okinawa Goju-Ryu. Kyoshi Mcmains pushes you to the limit EVERY practice and he also teaches practical techniques. He also teaches Hokama Family Kobudo and is authorized to teach Yamanni Chinen Ryu Kobujutsu. Great school, again don't get fooled by those McDojos out there...come to an authentic Okinawa Dojo, Kyoshi Mcmains has over 45 years of experience.

From the owner: All classes are taught by Shihan Rusty McMains. Shihan McMains, 8th Degree Black Belt, Kyoshi, is…read morethe highest ranked Black Belt in the North America KenShiKai Okinawa Gojuryu Karatejutsu Kubukutsu Association, 2nd only to Shihan Luis Morales, 10th Degree Black Belt and Chief Instructor/Director NA KenShiKai.