Boxing
The sweet science of striking. Footwork, head movement, and the disciplined jab. Boxing classes build hand speed, defense, and conditioning. No MMA training experience required.
MMA gym & Martial Arts School in East San Gabriel Valley
A private MMA gym and martial arts school offering MMA classes, Boxing, Muay Thai, Kickboxing, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ), Wrestling, Self-Defense, and Taekwondo. Training built for beginners, competitors, and everyone in between.
Private MMA training serving Monrovia, El Monte, Temple City, Rosemead, San Gabriel, Alhambra, San Marino, Pasadena & Sierra Madre within a 5-mile radius.
MMA Training · Boxing · Muay Thai · BJJ
Wrestling · Kickboxing · Self-Defense · Taekwondo · Karate
Wrestling · Kickboxing · Self-Defense · Taekwondo · Karate
No experience needed —
Beginner-friendly MMA classes
Beginner-friendly MMA classes
Private MMA gym, East San
Gabriel Valley
Gabriel Valley
MMA Training · Boxing · Muay Thai · BJJ
Wrestling · Kickboxing · Self-Defense · Taekwondo · Karate
No experience needed — beginner-friendly MMA classes
Private MMA gym, East San Gabriel Valley
What is MMA
Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)
MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) The synthesis. Blending striking, clinch, and grappling into one seamless, honest discipline. Our MMA classes combine live striking, clinch work, and ground transitions in a structured, beginner-friendly format.
The Artist's Way MMA is not a style of its own, but a lens. Each discipline is a color; MMA is the painting. What emerges is movement that is adaptive, complete, and deeply personal — the full range of human combat expressed as one art.
THE martial arts STYLES
Every range of combat training, refined as one martial art.
Kickboxing / Muay Thai
The art of eight limbs. Fists, elbows, knees, and shins woven together with clinch work. Muay Thai and kickboxing classes train striking from every range, including clinch and knee work.
Brazilian No Gi Jiu Jitsu
Grappling without the gi. Leverage, frames, chokes, and joint locks. No-gi BJJ classes cover fundamentals through advanced submission grappling for all levels.
Wrestling
Pressure and position. Takedowns, rides, and relentless top control. Wrestling classes build the base every MMA fighter and grappler relies on takedowns and top control.
Taekwondo
Speed and distance through the legs. Dynamic kicks, footwork, and timing. Korean martial arts. Taekwondo classes emphasize kicking precision, footwork, and long-range striking.
Karate
One strike, one decision. Sharp, linear technique built on Japanese martial arts. Karate training develops focus, posture, and committed, decisive striking.
Jeet Kune Do
The way of the intercepting fist. Bruce Lee's philosophy of fluidity, absorb what is useful, reject what is useless. Jeet Kune Do classes train fluid, adaptable fighting built on economy of motion and directness.
Self Defense
Practical awareness and response. De-escalation, evasion, and decisive action. Self-defense classes draw from MMA, BJJ, boxing, and wrestling for real world application.
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More than a martial art. A place to become.
Discipline
Showing up when no one's watching. Training builds a structure that carries into everything else you do.
Self-Expression
No two bodies move the same way. You learn the fundamentals, then discover the style only you can paint.
Fitness, Honestly
Strength, conditioning, and mobility earned through real movement — not reps for their own sake.
Composure
Pressure becomes familiar. You learn to stay calm, read, and respond when it actually counts.
Who It's For
Who is MMA training for
Beginners
No experience needed in MMA, boxing, BJJ, or Muay Thai.
Competitors
Refining combat skill for the cage, the mat, or the ring.
Adults & Teens
MMA training and self-defense built around real life.
The Curious
Here to try a martial arts class, move, and grow.
Testimonials
Words from our MMA fighters
"It stopped feeling like a workout and started feeling like a craft. Every session teaches me something about how I move."
MJ · 6 months in"The coaching treats MMA like an art, not a brawl. I came for fitness and stayed for the way it changes how I think."
Nathan · 1 year inAreas We Serve01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10
MMA classes near you across the San Gabriel Valley.
Artist Way is a private MMA gym and martial arts school offering MMA classes, boxing, Muay Thai, kickboxing, BJJ, wrestling, self-defense, and Taekwondo training — centrally located to serve Monrovia, El Monte, Temple City, Rosemead, San Gabriel, Alhambra, San Marino, Pasadena, and Sierra Madre, all within a 5-mile radius. Enroll to receive your studio location and class details.
Monrovia
El Monte
Temple City
Rosemead
San Gabriel
Alhambra
San Marino
Pasadena
Sierra Madre
Arcadia
An Invitation
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