KIDS MARTIAL ARTS · AGES 6–11
Kids Martial Arts in Gibsonville, NC
Three classes — boxing, MMA and Muay Thai — Monday through Thursday, straight after school. Coached, supervised, and built for kids who’ve never done anything like this before. We train families from Gibsonville, Burlington and across Alamance County.
THE PROGRAMS
Kids Boxing, Kids MMA and Kids Muay Thai in Gibsonville, NC
Three disciplines, four nights a week. Pick one, or combine them — Monday and Wednesday are built so your child can do two in a single trip.
MONDAY & WEDNESDAY · 5:00–5:30 PM
Kids Boxing
30 minutes of stance, footwork, hands and pad work — the fundamentals every other class builds on.
No gear needed to startMONDAY & WEDNESDAY · 5:30–6:15 PM
Kids MMA
45 minutes across striking, takedowns and ground work — the widest mix of any class on the schedule.
Gloves + shin guards requiredTUESDAY & THURSDAY · 5:30–6:30 PM
Kids Muay Thai
60 minutes — hands, shins, knees and clinch work. The longest class, and the most contact variety.
Gloves + shin guards requiredONE TRIP, TWO CLASSES
Kids Boxing ends at 5:30. Kids MMA starts at 5:30. Same room, same nights — your child can do both back to back, 5:00 to 6:15, for one drop-off and one pickup.
INSIDE A CLASS
What Actually Happens In A Class
Every kids class, boxing through Muay Thai, runs the same shape — so your child always knows what’s coming next.
Line Up & Warm Up
Every class starts the same way — kids know exactly what’s expected the moment they walk in.
One Technique, Broken Down
A single skill, taught in pieces a kid can actually follow — not a firehose of moves.
Controlled Partner Work
Matched by size and experience, geared up, and coached the entire time.
Conditioning, Then Line Up & Out
A real finish, not a trailing-off — kids leave knowing the class is done, not just over.
WHY PARENTS KEEP THEM COMING BACK
What Your Child Actually Learns Here
The punching is what gets a kid in the car. This is what keeps them coming back.
Doing Hard Things
A technique that doesn’t work the first ten times, until it does. That’s the whole sport, and it’s the whole lesson.
Losing Without Falling Apart
A missed technique or a tough round, handled in the room, in front of a coach who expects them to reset and go again.
Eye Contact & Presence
Looking a coach, a partner, an adult in the eye. It shows up in the room first, and everywhere else after.
Body Awareness
Knowing where their hands, feet and balance are. Self-defense is a real byproduct of this — it’s just not the headline.
THE QUESTION EVERY PARENT ASKS
“Won’t Teaching My Kid To Fight Make Them Want To Fight?”
It’s a fair question, and it deserves a straight answer instead of a dodge. In practice, it runs the other way — kids who start fights are usually the ones who are afraid of them. Real training teaches a child exactly how hard this is, how much effort it takes, and how little they actually want to use it outside of class.
What’s learned in this building stays in this building — except to protect yourself, or someone who can’t protect themselves. That’s the rule every kid in this program is taught, and it’s enforced like one, not treated as a poster on the wall.
SAFETY, PLAINLY STATED
How We Keep A Contact Sport Safe For A Six-Year-Old
- A coach supervises every minute of every class. No exceptions.
- Partners are matched by size and experience — never just by age.
- Protective gear is worn for every partner drill, every time.
- Nobody spars in the kids program.
Contact sports carry real risk, and we won’t tell you otherwise. What we control is who’s paired with whom, how closely it’s supervised, and how slowly intensity builds — and we take all three seriously, every class.
GETTING READY
What To Bring To Class
Kids Boxing
Nothing extra to start — we provide gloves and pads for every drill. Just come ready to move.
Kids MMA & Kids Muay Thai
Nothing extra to start — we provide gloves and pads for every drill. Just come ready to move.
This is the same rule that keeps partner work safe for every kid in the room — gear worn, every time, no exceptions.
Ready To See How Your Kid Does?
Their first class is free — no gear required to try Kids Boxing, no obligation after.
Book Their Free ClassTraining kids from Gibsonville, Burlington, Elon, Whitsett, Graham and Mebane — across Alamance and Guilford counties and the Triad.