Kaizen MMA/Enshin Karate Fairfax

I went in to inquire some information (ah forgot his name!) and the guy at the front desk was extremely helpful. I went in and tried out a Muay Thai class. You’re not stuck at a heavy bag the entire time and their mat is really spacious. The people are great and inviting, no judgement for being the noobie there lol. I wish I had more to say but as I’ve said, I only tried out one class.

My daughter has been enrolled for about half a school year. I am extremely happy with all she has learned. She more confident, and I am so grateful since she’s usually a shy kid. She’s already enrolled for the next school year :)

LOVE this place very much. Why? because I’ve been searching for summer camp for my daughter and teach her how to defend herself/​exercise and also have lots of FUN.
I’ve been compare it with some other camps, but this place over awesome program. In 1 week they always have some activities out side like, swimming, park, bowling, chukecheese, bring the reptile show to the class, etc. They went out side many time, as in other camp only 1 day or 2 days…(boring…) I totally suggest if your kids are active, sent them to this place. LOVE IT.

My kid’s have been doing after school care and summer camp here for the past two years and we couldn’t be happier. The kid’s learn discipline, get physical activity, learn to defend themselves and have fun all at the same time.
Sensei Najim is a great guy who clearly cares for the kids. The staff are incredible, we’re especially fond of Mr. Daniel and Mrs. Jesse.
Great place, great staff, great experience.

We enrolled my son at the age of 4 — we found that he was not only able to keep up with the commands, but he was also able to repeat them back in Japanese. Sensei Najim was firm but caring and most of the children showed a lot of discipline in that environment. My son will continue at Enshin in the fall and he is looking forward to getting back with his favorite Sensei! «Oss»!

I am enrolled in the Muay Thai program here at Fairfax Karate. It is a great program and I am in much better shape than I was before. I may even consider taking an amateur fight.
Najim, the coach is great. He is very technical in his instructions but still very understanding that it takes time to learn the techniques. Plus he has a strong competitive record: Multiple Sabaki (full contact Enshin Competition) wins and multiple Muay Thai Titles. It should be noted that some of the techniques are modified compared to pure Muay Thai to more of a Dutch style of Muay Thai.
The classes run one hour, with about 10 minutes of warm up and stretching, about 40 minutes of technique training, and then about 10 minutes of calisthenics at the end. The varieties of techniques vary class to class ranging from the very basics to sparring for the more experience students.
Also available are:
Children and Adult Karate — I don’t know a ton about these but have seen Najim coaching the children’s classes and the kids seem to be learning alot of good techniques and still having a ton of fun. Also Enshin Karate, being a combination of kickboxing and Judo, does teach many techniques that are very real world usable should the students need them in an actual self defense situation.
Gracie Jiu Jitsu — These classes are taught by Toney Waldecker, a blackbelt under Relson Gracie, son of Helio Gracie — the inventor of Gracie Jiu Jitsu. I don’t know a lot about these classes either but Toney seems to be a very good trainer and Relson visits the dojo a few times a year it seems.