Warrior Camp

Warrior Camp is a fight gym, built around a full-size MMA cage, a competition-size boxing ring and three matted training rooms, and members can get in 24 hours a day with the gym's app as the door key. Head coach Pablo Alfonso, a retired professional MMA fighter and active pro grappler, runs the Brazilian jiu jitsu program and the professional Warrior Camp Fight Team. The gym hosts Proving Grounds and Grapplers Quest live cage fighting events for fighters in the area, and it has weights and cardio equipment and a sauna for recovery.

Beginners have their own MMA class, which introduces simple combos and light sparring and is taught by pros. Boxing gloves and a mouth guard are needed from the start, shin guards are on the list too, and the gym's pro shop sells gear at a range of prices. Jiu jitsu classes open with warm-ups followed by technique and suit beginners through pros; once students know a few techniques, they stay on for live rolling. Wednesday's class, “Smackdown,” is positional live rolling, with each roll starting from a submission, either caught in one or applying it. Early-morning jiu jitsu, “Chokes and Coffee,” starts at 6 am, and Muay Thai is a high-cardio class for beginners to pros. Kids train in their own classes from age 5.

Wrestling runs as a satellite club inside the gym, led by head wrestling coach Alius Delarosa with his brother A.J. Delarosa, on its own membership with special pricing for Warrior Camp members. The pro MMA class and some sparring sessions are by invitation, and on Friday evenings a 10-round live sparring session is open to fighters who are active with any gym. Private lessons come from the gym's licensed pro fighters, each of whom sets their own times and prices.

Anyone new gets a free week to try the classes and coaches, with no contract. On the first day, newcomers come a little early to meet the staff, see the gym and sign a liability waiver. They bring an ID, plus proof of local residency if the address on their license isn't current, and minors come with a guardian. Jiu jitsu takes comfortable clothing with no zippers or buttons. Households with several members get a family discount, and membership can be canceled any time in the app (“no refunds, 30 days to cancel,” the gym says).