Northwest Martial Arts

“I've been traveling around the country for 6 months and I get to drop in at a ton of different gyms. NWMA is a friendly, relaxed environment to practice bjj for both adults and children. The classes are led by black belts, both of which are a pleasure to know and train with. This place is exactly what I'm looking for and I won't hesitate to return whenever I'm in town. Update: after visiting multiple other gyms and being offered $30-40 drop in fees for one kids class, nobody showing up to classes scheduled and posted out front (including the instructor), and getting zero answers to phone calls from these other gyms I decided to go to nwma exclusively when I'm in Eugene. They have so many black belts at this place, it doesn't matter if the instructor is there for a class. Pick any of the bb regulars to teach. Everyone is so cool here, I really like the people at this gym.”

“Showed up for kickboxing fundamentals and a great first training experience. Instruction was clear, concise, and showed the depth of experience and knowledge held by the instructor. Gym was clean and well taken care of, with gear available. Highly recommend.”

“I started here as a white belt. Even though I have trained elsewhere over the years, I have had the privilege of earning all of my belts at NWMA. Its always a welcoming environment with a focus on helping you become the best version of yourself possible.”

“I was traveling through Eugene on a work trip a couple months ago and decided to train while on the road. Northwest Martial Arts was very welcoming. As a new blue belt, I attended an All Levels class, which contained folks from white through brown and black belts. The session was a review of what the school had worked on for the past month. Here’s some things that I really liked: I got to roll with multiple people of multiple belt levels, nobody was gunning for me and instead everybody did a good job of matching resistance and working technique while going through the various drill scenarios, the upper belts provided coaching when appropriate and Prof. Harold Utterback in addition to the initial explanations provided individual coaching as needed to his students and me as a visitor as well (turns out he knows the professor overseeing my school, so i guess it’s a small world at that echelon of BJJ). A couple other things, I had a chance to watch part of the youth program before the adult class and was impressed with the engagement between the instructors and students. They also disinfected mats between classes, have showers and locker rooms on site, sufficient space for multiple pairs to roll and it was an excellent experience as a visitor with ample evidence of a quality program.”

“I’ll vouch for this gym. As an aunt I’ve taken my niece & nephews to class a few times, sat & watched, & have been impressed with the discipline that they learn (of self & of the art) through a very patient instructor. He doesn’t let them walk all over him, but he also knows they’re young. It’s a fine line that he balances very well.”