Paragon Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu & Kickboxing Academy at 3000 Bunsen Avenue E, Ventura, California.

I joined this gym almost 9 years ago after seeing an ad for 2 free weeks of kickboxing. I fell in love with kickboxing after the first class because I almost puked. I knew right then that if my body could get used to that I'd be in great shape. Forward 3 months I was in the best shape of my life and I was eager to try the BJJ as well since I had done wrestling in high school and knew BJJ would come more naturally to me since it was similar. Little did I know how much more trechnical, complex but fascinating BJJ would be. Especially authentic BJJ from Ricardo Franjinha Miller. It was love at first roll with BJJ. Out of all the martial arts I've ever practiced BJJ takes the cake by far. When I began this martial arts journey with Paragon I never really pictured myself competing in BJJ or kickboxing let alone an MMA fight. Forward 8.5 years later and I am 4-0 undefeated in amateur MMA. I've been to a couple of other gyms in SB since I began training at Paragon and none of them quite compared.