Head boxing coach
Head boxing coach
Runs the boxing program end to end: the all-levels evening classes, the pad work, and the competitor sessions for members going down the amateur route.
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The coaching staff
Three programs, three sets of coaches — and full profiles going up as the new roster is confirmed.
Profiles are being written
The gym has just changed hands, and we are not going to publish names, competition records or belt ranks until every one of them has been confirmed by the coach it belongs to. Made-up credentials are the oldest trick in this industry and the fastest way to lose a room. What is below is the structure of the coaching staff. The people fill in shortly.
Call and ask who teaches your class Boxing coaches
Boxing coaches
On the floor for the technique and conditioning blocks, and the people holding the mitts when you are learning to put three punches together.
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Jiu-jitsu professor
Jiu-jitsu professor
Leads the jiu-jitsu curriculum, sets the belt standard for the academy, and teaches the fundamentals class rather than delegating it.
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Jiu-jitsu coaches
Jiu-jitsu coaches
Run the all-levels classes and supervise open mat, which is where most of the real learning quietly happens.
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Strength coaches
Strength coaches
Write and deliver the one-to-one personal training, and program the strength work around whatever each member is doing on the mats that week.
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Needed from the gym: each coach’s name, their program, their belt rank or competition record, any certification, a sentence on how they coach, and a photograph.
What to ask a coach before you join anywhere
This applies to this gym and to every other one you look at. Ask who is actually teaching the class you would be in — not who owns the gym. Ask what their rank or record is and who awarded it. Ask how a complete beginner is looked after in their first month, and listen for whether the answer has a structure or is just reassurance.
For the strength side there is a straightforward credential test: the American College of Sports Medicine and the NSCA issue the certifications that mean something, and any trainer worth hiring will tell you which they hold without being pushed. On the boxing side, a gym registered with USA Boxing is the pathway that matters if you ever want to compete.
Then go and watch a class. Fifteen minutes on the side of the mat tells you more than any website, this one included. Call (954) 436-6656 and arrange it, or send a message.
Come and watch a session
Standing at the edge of the mat for ten minutes is the most reliable way to judge a gym. Call and ask when to come by.
12425 Taft St Second floor, Pembroke Pines, FL 33028