SBG Kalispell - Montana - Brazilian Jiu Jitsu - Martial Arts - Gym

"I joined the gym yesterday with both my sons and my wife and from start to finish from the tour of the gym I was highly impressed. I have trained before at schools in California and none compares to this. Coach Leah helped make us feel right at home and I took my first class today and loved every minute of it. I am very impressed with the professionalism and the curriculum for not just adults but the children’s program as well. Can’t wait to train and learn from these high level coach’s and friends. Going to be fun to be apart of this gym. Can’t wait to see both my sons skill levels increase and grow here. Thank you to everyone at SBG Kalispell for welcoming me today and look forward to growing with you all."

"Did a couple of drop in BJJ classes and had a great experience. Everyone from the coaches and students were very welcoming. Huge shout out to coaches Stella and Michael they were both excellent. Stella was recovering from ACL surgery and still did an awesome job teaching. Michael extended the class to allow everyone to keep training which was greatly appreciated. Highly recommend this place to everyone, I am definitely looking forward to when I get back down there to train."

"I've been going to Straight Blast for almost a year. This is one of the best decisions I've made in a very long time. Coaches at Straight Blast seem to take personal interest in each student's growth. The atmosphere at the gym is friendly and inviting. No matter your experience level SBGi will take you in as one of their own. As a member of Straight Blast, I feel I am part of a large family. This is just a great program, I can't imagine were I'd be today if I had never walked through the Straight Blast doors and signed up for classes."

"I had originally written this and decided to take it down. I'm not usually one to complain, but after talking with the coaches and how it's been handled by SBG, I've decided it's probably best public knowledge. I personally haven't been impressed. It seems like the idea is there, but the follow-through is lacking. It's by no means a "cheap program" but so unorganized. On multiple occasions, was told I would be notified of ceremonies like belts etc some 1 was... some I was not. I missed my son's very first ceremony that they told me over and over they would notify me so family could join. The spider class is so over full. They ask top dollar but half the time the adult coaches aren't the ones teaching the kids, it's just a bunch of other kids "coaching" that aren't capable of organizing the kids to the point they're learning. Many times, we showed up for class only to find out there was no class. When I called frustrated as to why I got no notification of canceled class the response was "well we posted it on the Instagram for Whitefish SBG". I don't even have Instagram nor do I attend Whitefish SBG. Other parents said they received a text. I never did except for once. It does seem the last months they have finally started putting holiday closures on the door the week before but still doesn't account for the days they closed due to weather, and we had no idea until we arrived. The gym itself is very difficult to get ahold of, and even though it says open. I have yet to be able to reach them beyond it going to the answering service for the yoga studio who are unable to answer any questions regarding jujitsu. Lastly, my son has been left in the same class without advancement for about an EXTRA year. I set my membership to cancle because, at this point, he is just so bored and not learning anything new. I was suggested to give the coach a call and find out why as he should have advanced a long time ago. Her response was that she must have forgotten and that he's been MORE than ready for the last year. In response to my review her response was "I will take ownership of not officially inviting Dacey to leadership. However a conversation at any time on your part would have remedied that situation." So I guess with SBG you are supposed to keep up on the coaches job as well when having no idea what the steps are and at what point should be happening. A year, in my opinion, is quite a bit of time wasted and money wasted when the coach failed to move him up. Unfortunately, I'm not the only one this stuff keeps happening to. Miss Stephanie and Olivia at the front have been very kind and were apologetic for any misunderstandings, which really it never did fall on them. The idea seems to be there, but the organization of everything seems to be absolutely atrocious. We're bummed to go, but the 2 year-long financial commitments, they ask along with the high pricing seems far too much for what you receive along with the terrible organization."