Est. 2009 · Oakland, CA
The house
A converted foundry floor, four heavy bags older than some of our members, and seventeen years of the same idea: teach it properly or don't teach it.
House rules
What the walls would say.
Technique over toughness
Toughness runs out around round three. Technique doesn't. We coach the thing that lasts.
Ego stays at the door
The tap is information, not defeat. The people who learn fastest here are the ones who collect the most of it.
Show up
We track attendance, not talent. Seventeen years in, it's still the only stat that predicts anything.
Lineage — sample history, tell your own
How the house was built.
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1992
The garage years
Ray Delgado starts coaching neighborhood kids out of a two-car garage. Four bags, one rule: footwork before fireworks.
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2009
Doors open on Foundry Street
The club takes over a former iron foundry — 6,000 square feet, ceilings high enough to throw anybody.
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2014
The mats double
Marta Kovács brings her BJJ program in-house. The kids' program starts the same fall — first class free from day one.
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2021
The comp team hangs its first banner
Three regional titles in one season. The banner's crooked. Nobody's allowed to straighten it.
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Today
Same idea, more mats
Six coaches, five programs, 17 classes a week. The garage rule still applies.
Affiliations — sample plates, list yours
- USA Boxing member gym
- IBJJF registered academy
- USA Judo club
- Amateur Muay Thai assn.
- CPR / first-aid certified staff