Pitts’ Martial Arts Academy

A true Master of Martial Arts. We are so fortunate to have a Bay Area native whose a Master Arts Hall of Famer and highly respected amongst his peers. Master Pitts is a very humble individual and classes are fun and insightful for everyone who joins. Defiantly a Bay Area cornerstone!!!

This place is great and capoeira is the perfect combination of martial arts, dance, percussion and gymnastics. My stepdaughter is trying it out for past gew months and my friend has 4 kids in the class. I like that the class is all ages and parents can participate.

My son has been attending the academy for many months now. He absolutely loves it! Not only is he learning lots of new «moves», but he is learning self– discipline and increasing his attention span.
Master Pitts is a wonderful, patient, and creative teacher. He has a natural gift when working with children.
My family and I are thankful to have found Master Pitts.
Recently, Master Pitts donated his time, expertise and space to provide a martial arts party as a FUNDRAISER for our local elementary school. The kids had a blast. The parents were thrilled. I have received more than a few emails from these parents stating just how much fun their children had and how much they keep talking about it.
Thanks again to this great community business whom supports the community!

The fact that people can write reviews on here without having direct experience with the business is interesting…
I love how some people have resorted to high school like behavior by writing a negative review on a business they have no personal experience dealing with. They «know» someone who had that experience? How old are you? 12? Your no better than the person who decided to spread the news (one sided as it is) around re this business in the first place. Put your big kid britches on and grow up…
Now that I got that out of the way… I completed a free introductory lesson hear last year as did my don. The facility is clean which is a huge plus for me and the staff was wonderful. My instructor was very patient… I have some martial arts history so it was nice he didnt treat me like a blank book but went off of my skill level. Our reason for not continuing were financial reasons. We would love to in the future but with out budget at that time it was going to be a little tough. So far from my PERSONAL experience here I would highly recommend it for kids AND adults.
I think the numerous 5 star reviews speak for themselves and remember there are two sides to any story… People tend to judge far too soon… Ignorance at its best :)

I have been going to Pitts Martial Arts Academy with my daughter since 2005. My daughter started in the ‘Lil Ninjas when she was in preschool! Soon afterwards I couldn’t resist and began attending evening adult TaeKwonDo classes. Master Pitts has been a wonderful influence on my daughter over the years, helping her find herself and her self esteem has blossomed. My daughter and I have been attending classes together which has been fantastic bonding experience. She is now a preteen and her life has ups and downs.. . but a class at Pitts Martial Arts Academy brings her back to life! Master Pitts is an excellent instructor and role model for youth as well as adults. He has a sixth sense when working with kids, and finding out what they need to work on internally (while making it fun!) I feel lucky to have stumbled upon the dojo seven years ago and found a new way to look at life through Martial Arts and the strength and stability of Master Pitts! I give my highest recommendation to anyone looking for children’s or family activities.

Don’t give these people your money. Two of the instructors assaulted a woman with two small children in her car yesterday in the Trader Joe’s parking lot over an argument about a parking space. Total thugs.

Master Pitts is an outstanding teacher and great with kids. Our 5 year old son has been in the Li’l Ninjas program for the past year. The classes are challenging and teach the little ones confidence, respect for their peers, and emphasize first time listening. Master Pitts makes it fun, and always communicates in a positive and caring way with the kids. Our son loves going, and takes great pride as he learns new skills and earns each new level in his training. Our experience at Pitts’ Martial Arts Academy has been nothing but positive and we highly recommend it.

Master Pitts is great with both kids and adults! He is committed to enriching each of his students’ lives through the discipline of martial arts. My son and I have been students in his Capoeira class since late 2009 and we both have learned and are still learning the fundamentals of this unique and exciting form of martial arts, including the moves and techniques, the songs, and musical instruments. I strongly recommend anyone, young and old, male or female, families of walks of life, who have a mustard seed of interest in martial arts or want to develop self-​confidence, discipline, strength, to take some classes! And be ready to have fun learning from Master Pitts!

If you are looking for a place where your daughter or son can grow into a well-​rounded, well-​mannered, confident young person — then this is the place! My son is six now and he has been going there for the past three years. He started with the Lil Ninjas karate class, and now we both do Capoeria there on Saturday mornings together.
Mr. Pitts is a fantastic teacher and is really wonderful with the little kids. He is able to pull them in and challenge them while having a ball at the same time. He manages a disciplined class with a group of little kids without squashing their excitement.
If you go there to view a class, be sure to stay and watch the bigger kids — they are proof of the good training. At twelve years old, many of them are leading class in warm ups and training the other smaller children. Mr. Kenneth Pitts fosters community and young leaders. Great place!

Great place to learn a variety of martial arts and to get a good work out. From Tae Kwon Do to Capoeira, you can learn it all here in a comfortable, family friendly environment.