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Come in, check us out, get a free private lesson, congratulate yourself on an excellent decision, and train for 30 Days Free. No joke.

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  • Mike Gibbs- FAA Owner & Head Coach, Mike teaches mostly advanced level classes and manages the Fight Team. Mike is an accomplished martial artist with more than 15 years experience and the dedication it takes to create an exceptional program and deliver a great experience to FAA members.


  • Chad Kelly- Chad is a competitive fighter for FAA and an excellent coach for all of our different classes. He is very popular amongst the students and teaches great classes while still maintaining his own training schedule so he can continue to advance through the ranks of the competitive fighting world.


  • Miguel Valencia- Miguel "Mikey" Valencia heads up our boxing program with many years of experience as a competitive boxer. He is able to teach students of all ages the skills they need to develop their boxing career or to simply be able to throw a good punch. He has been teaching his son since he was in his highchair so he knows how bring the best out of students of all ages.


  • Brandon Jeffrey- Brandon is the head of our Wrestling program, having been the coach of one of the local high school wrestling teams. He has created a great off-season training camp for competitors as well as regular classes for anyone looking to develop a strong wrestling base. Students love the skill building workout his classes provide.

Mass jiu-jitsu training

  • Chris Yonkers- Chris has practiced Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu for 16 years and holds a black belt under long time mentor and friend Tim Burrill, owner and operator of Tim Burrill Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. TBBJJ is a long time affiliate of world renowned Carlos Machado. Chris brings a high quality Jiu-Jitsu program to central Massachusetts, focusing on both sport BJJ as well as adapting techniques for MMA. He has trained several amateur and professional fighters. He is the newest addition to the FAA staff as a BJJ and Grappling Gi & No Gi Coach. 

"Bringing Chris on as a coach is one of the best things I've done since starting FAA Gardner. I feel he's a key piece of the FAA program and will help bring anyone's grappling game to the top."-FAA Owner Mike Gibbs





Fighting Arts Academy

Class Schedule


Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Muay Thai

Pads

9am-10am



Muay Thai

Pads

9am-10am


Muay Thai

Drills

9am-10am


Grappling

All Levels

10am-11am

Little Dragons

4:30pm-5pm

Grappling

Basics

10am-11am

Little Dragons

4:30pm-5pm

Adult

MMA

10am-11am

Junior

Dragons

Muay Thai

10am-11am

Junior

Dragons

MMA Advanced

5pm-6pm

Junior

Dragons

Muay Thai

5pm-6pm

Junior

Dragons

Wrestling

5pm-6pm

Junior Dragons

Grappling

5pm-6pm

Junior

Dragons

Grappling

5pm-6pm

Muay Thai

Drills

11am-12noon

Muay Thai

Beginner

6pm-7pm

Boxing

All Levels

6pm-7pm

Grappling Beginner

6pm-7pm


Boxing

All Levels

6pm-7pm

Muay Thai

Technique

6pm-6:30pm

Grappling Basics

12noon-1pm

Muay Thai Pads

7pm-8pm

Boxing

Advanced

7pm-7:30pm

Muay Thai Drills/Sparring

7pm-8pm

Boxing

Beginner Clinic

7pm-7:30pm

Muay Thai Pads

6:30pm-7:30pm

Boxing

1pm-2pm

Grappling Basics

8pm-9pm

Wrestling

All Levels

7:30pm-8:30pm

Grappling

All Levels

8pm-9pm

Wrestling

All Levels

7:30pm-8:30pm




MMA

Advanced

8:30pm-9:30pm


MMA

Advanced

8:30pm-9:30pm










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Private Classes are available by appointment in half hour or hour sessions. Semi-Privates may also be arranged.


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(Class will also be cancelled on School Snow Days)




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