Punch. Kick. HIIT.
We combine striking with calisthenics into a total body workout. Each session is designed to release stress and build strength. You will leave each session knowing you pushed yourself to your limits but feeling empowered, confident, and accomplished.
Experience is not necessary!
Punching, kicking, and footwork will help you sculpt every muscle, burn major calories, relieve stress like never before, improve your coordination, and you’ll never stop learning.
A Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter must practice several martial arts disciplines and combat sports to achieve a well rounded background to compete as an MMA fighter. Beyond the cardio, mindset training, and diet there are three main physical elements to fighting; stand-up striking (Boxing/Muay Thai/Kickboxing), the clinch (Wrestling), and ground fighting (Jiu-Jitsu/Wrestling).
As a former MMA champion and Jiu-Jitsu gold medalist, AJ understands what it takes to compete at the highest level and provide the body with the training and conditioning it needs to be successful to train with and compete against the most competitive athletes and fighters in Los Angeles.
AJ’s Jiu-Jitsu Lineage:
Helio Gracie > Rorion Gracie > Richard Bresler > AJ Lavarias
AJ Lavarias vs Zack Kraschinsky at the University of MMA: FIGHT NIGHT 12 on November 22, 2015 from Club Nokia @ L.A. Live in downtown Los Angeles.
AJ Lavarias vs Lance Lee in a lightweight showdown at the University of MMA: FIGHT NIGHT 9 on March 8, 2015 from Club Nokia @ L.A. Live in downtown Los Angeles.
HIIT, or high-intensity interval training, is a training technique in which you give all-out, one hundred percent effort through quick, intense bursts of exercise, followed by short, sometimes active, recovery periods. This type of training gets and keeps your heart rate up and burns more fat in less time.
Boxing is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves, throw punches at each other for a predetermined amount of time in a boxing ring.
Muay Thai or literally Thai boxing is a combat sport of Thailand that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. This discipline is known as the "art of eight limbs" as it is characterized by the combined use of fists, elbows, knees, and shins.
Kickboxing is a stand-up combat sport that is a mix of Karate, Muay Thai, and Boxing. It combines powerful kicks from Karate and agile handwork from boxing and is practiced as for fitness, self-defense, and also as a contact sport.
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) is a grappling-based martial art whose central theme is the skill of controlling a resisting opponent in ways that force him to submit.
Wrestling is a combat sport involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds.