I have been a member here for about 2 years. The school is very professional and clean. I have…read morelearned a lot here during my two years. This summer I hurt my back playing basketball right before my 6 month membership was up and the manager had me come in to have the owner recommend me the proper treatment. My membership was going to expire in a week and they did not bring up the membership they were only concerned about my health. My back has healed and I am back training again. This martial arts school is as high class as it gets for any service business in any city. I will recommend them to anyone.

This happened a couple years ago, so I can't speak to how things are handled there now. But I had a…read morenegative experience trying to contact the Westchase flagship location about a serious concern connected to my experience at another affiliated location. The concern involved safety, conduct, and how issues involving staff or members were being handled. I made four separate calls to four different people, was unable to get a hold of anyone, left my callback information, and explained generally that I was trying to raise a serious concern that I believed warranted awareness or oversight. I did not receive a callback or meaningful follow-up. I am not reviewing any one person individually. My concern is that I attempted to raise a serious issue through multiple channels connected to the flagship location and was met with silence. With time, what stands out to me most is not only the original situation, but the lack of meaningful follow-up when I tried to raise it through what I understood to be appropriate channels. That kind of non-response leaves things unresolved. It also leaves the person who raised the concern carrying the consequences alone. In a martial arts environment, especially one involving physical training and close contact, trust and safety depend not only on what happens on the mat, but also on whether concerns can be raised and handled responsibly. From my experience at the time, I did not feel there was a reliable process for escalation, accountability, or member support.

For REAL Kung Fu, Wushu and Chinese Kickboxing, there is no better place than this school. It is a…read morethe second location (ran by Champion Coach Jian Wang) and focuses more on training kids, teens and young adults. The original school ran by Shaolin Monk Shi De Shan is located on Wilcrest and Bellaire and has a more mature student body. You'll be hard pressed to find the level of Chinese Martial Arts taught at these schools.

The largest Gracie Barra location in the US hosted their belt ceremony today…read more It was an honor to watch the ceremony from Ulpiano who also owns another location at River Oaks area. They also celebrated their 13th year anniversary today with food from a chef who also does jujitsu and bakery items from Fun Bakery You can tell this jujitsu location has strong leadership with their large groups at these events and loyalty to Ulpiano to continue striving in jujitsu.

For the past four years I've been going to this amazing workout place for kickboxing classes and…read morejujitsu. If it wasn't for all the hard work determination and some really strong willed coaches I probably wouldn't be making my way to a brown belt in jujitsu. It's not all about competitions it's also about the camaraderie with my fellow workout partners and supporting each other as we try to level up If you're looking for a new place to train to get better and stronger or just to try some self-defense jujitsu or kickboxing moves, I highly recommend trying out Gracie Barra Westchase.

Master Rick is a children whisperer. He individualizes for every child's needs. Is your kid…read morelacking in focus, discipline, arrogant, etc? He will recognize it and will make sure he brings out the best in your child. They have kids from 3 year olds in their Tiger program up to teenagers and adults. In addition, his wife and he make you feel like family. They care about your personal life and never forget the little details you told them. What a find! We drive from inside the loop for him!

Never called me back about opening to book my son and told me some story but never unprofessionalread more

I've been coming to this gym for about a year now, even though I live around 35 minutes away--and…read morehonestly, it's worth every mile. This place has a different kind of energy. It's always clean, never overcrowded, and everything just feels right the moment you walk in. It's one of those gyms where every machine feels like it's pushing you to go harder. What really sets it apart for me is the late-night vibe. Between midnight and 3 AM, it's on another level--quiet, focused, and powerful. If you know, you know. 24/7 access just makes it even better. If you're serious about your workouts and want a place with real energy, this is it. Llevo un año viniendo a este gym, aunque me queda a 35 minutos--y vale totalmente la pena. Siempre limpio, vacío y con una energía increíble. En la madrugada, entre 12 y 3 AM, se siente otro nivel. Abierto 24/7. Tienes que probarlo.

Great gym! Clean space, welcoming and knowledgeable staff. I love the reasonable pricing and the…read morecommitment to excellence! Go Lennox and Ashley!

Love this place!!! So glad I found Gracie Jiujitsu Houston and made it my home! I trained Jiujitsu…read moremany years ago at a different gym but the training was so unorganized and caused many injuries to students, including myself. I hesitated to go back to jiujitsu because most schools throw inexperienced people in a room and say "go at it"! This leads to a ton of injuries. NOT at GJJ Houston!!! I came to a free seminar at this Gracie Certified Training Center in Houston run by Professor Jackson Fortunato. This gym runs a very structured and very safe school that is backed with an amazing curriculum created by Gracie University. They believe everyone can learn jiujitsu and not have to worry about the "only the strong belong" mentality. Everyone is super nice and welcoming. They have classes for every age and everyone in the family! Come out and try a free 10 day trial at an awesome place to train!

In town for business, I did a one day drop in to join a combatives class. I was warmly welcomed by…read moreProf Jackson and had a high quality / well taught session by one of the Black Belt instructors (Marco?). Well managed Academy! Highly recommended!

Da Shi Fu is an amazing qi gong healer and kung fury instructor. This is one of the best places in…read moreHouston

I just joined this school recently. I was surprised at how different this school is from the others…read morein Houston....I want to go to theis school for a long time. Grandmaster Dasifu knows WAY more than the typical shaolin kung fu monk, and he is a pretty pleasant person to deal with. Very knowledgeable and very nice. Kids especially learn a lot here and get a lot of discipline and social skills.

I absolutely LOVE this place. The Teachers(shihan and renshi's) are amazing I've learned so much!!…read moreI deff recomend this place to people who want to learn karate!

This Place is Great for all Ages!! They offer AFTER SCHOOL…read morePROGRAM for all Kids all ages including Great SOCCER PROGRAM, KARATE, and Ju Jitsu with GREAT SENSAI, best of all HOMEWORK ASSISTANCE with certified Teachers, they also offer PICK UP SERVICE for your chilled from school. WAIT it doesn't stop there, they have activities for us Adults too!!! Starts with FITNESS SESSIONS for adults everyday , OPEN PLAY SOCCER NIGHTS for men and ladies, also They run Youth and Adult Soccer Legues!! Y'all Check them out !!

We toured the place on our first visit and then got a 30 day free trial. On our initial visit, we…read morewere told the class would only have 4-5 kids since our son is under 5. They later told me it was "miscommunication". Well then communicate better..? To our surprise the class had almost 15 kids aged 4-12 today. They expected our 4 year old to keep up with everyone when he clearly didn't know what he was doing and was intimidated. As excited as my kid was to attend class, he broke down during class. My issue comes in when rather than comforting my kid who was 20 mins into his karate lesson or giving him some individual attention or helping him with the moves, the employees told me I was "interrupting" my crying 4 year old. Also how do you expect a kid to just come in, be thrown in a group 15 older kids and know how to do each move or how to kick or how to punch or how to do ANYTHING? Isnt that what we're paying you to teach? Absolutely ridiculous.

I've been described as a pretty quiet, meek, introvert, which is debatable, but mostly true. But…read moresomewhere deep inside of me, I guess I had some pent up anger and frustration to kick someone's ass to let out! Kickboxing here definitely brought out the badass in me. And I must warn you, it is definitely not for the faint of heart! I'm always on the lookout to mix up my workout regimen with new things to keep me interested and challenged, in addition to a boot camp I do twice a week, so a friend pointed me in the direction of a Groupon deal for "I Love Kickboxing.com" housed here at the American Martial Arts Academy. It's about an hour workout consisting of various stretching, ab excercises, upper body, and tons of cardio all at rapid fire speed, mixed in with punch/kick work --- it's the ultimate workout. The most important thing I learned was an awareness of my breathing to tie everything together. This is definitely a challenging workout and one that gets the job done. The instructors were very encouraging and I received more one-on-one work with an instructor/facilitator that was assisting. The most surprising thing? I can't remember the last time I had sweat as much as I did from that one class. And it felt pretty damn good. I've only been to one class, so I'll have to update once I've been to a few more classes.

Awesome Gym. If you want to learn great technique with great people. This is the place…read more I have been coming here for a couple of months now are really enjoy it. Good luck!

This business was closed in a day I made reservations to come to a class. I was never notified if…read morethis, and I ended up loosing credits on ClassPass as well as time in driving out there. I was very disappointed in the lack of proper communication