Best Sport Training Center near Bakersfield, California

If you're looking for instructors who are legitimate, honest, decorated, still actively competing and successful, as well as respectful, kind, patient, and talented, Matt Baker, his wife Jill, and their two amazing grown kids who all are instructors, are what I described. If you want an environment that is positive, respectful, fun, perfect for family (including excellent kids classes), well priced, and with two great training center locations, that's what this is like. I've been to dojos and martial arts schools since youth for Judo, Jiu-Jitsu, Muay Thai, Kickboxing, MMA, and the instructors/teachers/coaches/etc. and/or the environment (the students, the expectations of how to treat one another, the physical building) sometimes can significantly differ. I've been to good and bad over 30 years, and this has been the best place, instruction, and people I've encountered. A true family. Enrolled my kid and she is loving it because of the class and the instructors and how all the kids have been taught to treat each other. Amazing place, and its because of the Baker family under Matt's leadership.

My Happy Place. Tru Savages with Hearts of Gold. The Bakers are a special family that runs the show. My little family is blessed to be a part of this Trujitsu Family. All 4 of us train and it helps us grow together as a family. Confidence and Humility are gained here for sure.

Matt and Jill Baker are incredible people and coaches! I mainly trained with Jill Baker (black belt) at the Riveters class which is for women only. It was so important for me to learn from a woman and among women. I felt safe, accepted and empowered. I also trained at the all adults class and the men are incredibly respectful of women. Hands down, their caliber of training is the best you will receive. I recently moved out of Bakersfield and I miss this gym SO much!

Family...I've been training here for 2 years and this has become my home away from home. I'm extremely proud to be apart of this team and a part of something so special. I've met some of the best people here I've ever met in my life. No matter how bad my day is it becomes great when I step on these mats and get to be around my team mates. We look out for one another, we take care of each other. This is the best environment I've ever been in. I love our family.

Did a couple drop-ins here while in town for work. Always a little nervous going to new gyms especially as a white belt, but everyone here, Matt, the upper belts, all the students, were extremely welcoming and awesome and made me feel at home almost immediately. Got a bunch of good rolls in and didn't get the 'fresh-meat-wrecked' treatment that may exist elsewhere.