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This place is awesome ! I trained with Jackson for years, he's the best trainer around. Extremely knowledgable about the sport, super encouraging! Jackson makes training fun, while pushing me to do my best. I highly recommend !
Coach Jackson is a great instructor who takes on friendly students who are eager to learn. At no point did I feel uncomfortable with the speed or the level of difficulty and the group of people who I am getting to know all seem to enjoy the workouts due to the positive atmosphere that Coach Jackson has created.
Starting with no martial arts experience at all, I've been training at North Star MMA for about 2 months now. It's become something i look forward to every week. Coach Jackson has a great way of describing the intricacies of muay thai in exceptionally easy to understand ways. Lots of personal instruction and the other people in the gym really help with training. I really like the skills I've picked up so far all while getting a good workout in.
North Star MMA is by far the best training I have received as well as the best MMA facility. Fantastic atmosphere to learn, try, fail and ultimately succeed.
Jackson Galka's expertise and technical instruction easily qualifies him as a "fight nerd." However Jackson's passion and wit will have you kicking, striking and probably laughing too.
Jackson does a great job of integrating all levels of training with all levels of fighters.
Doesn't matter what level you are, you will learn each and every training session.
Top notch instruction, astounding technical expertise, challenging sweat soaked training sessions and a wicked sense of humor make for an unbeatable training academy.
I moved to Philadelphia in October and did a lot of shopping around for a new gym. After checking out NorthStar MMA, I quickly knew it was a perfect fit! I didn’t have much Muay Thai or BJJ experience at the time, but I felt both programs were very welcoming for beginners. Coach Jackson and the rest of the coaching staff have been super helpful in helping me to develop my skills and reach my fitness goals. Coach Jackson has created a great sense of community within the gym and does a great job of keeping the classes interesting, fun and effective! I look forward to each class and I couldn’t be happier to call NorthStar MMA my gym home!
Me and my brother came to train at North Star MMA, and we love it. Very good exercise, really good for getting in shape. Classes are very personal and with very good instructions. I would recommend this place to anyone who is interested in learning Muy Thai, BJJ and looking to get in shape in one of the best ways. It is also a very fun environment with great people.
Jackson is a huge asset to the combat sports community with years of experience as a fighter and trainer under his belt.
…Will always be brought into the light. If you could boil down the lessons I’ve learned from my competitive fight career into an easily digestible nugget, this would be it. Fighting not only shows you who you are, it shows the world who you are. It brings the work you’ve done in the relative darkness of the gym into […]
Happy Monday Team! We have a beautiful week of training ahead of us, let’s get after it! Please remember we have an adjusted schedule for Memorial Day Weekend (see below). This will affect class times throughout the week starting this Wednesday. Please make sure to check, and double check, the schedule before […]
I originally wrote this in the early Spring of 2019, when we had just secured the large space we now call the “Thunderdome.” Prepping 3400 square feet (including demo) while also teaching a full schedule of classes was not easy 🙂 Novelty, Plateau, Reward. These are the stages of every endeavor. It’s funny, 15 […]
Happy Monday Team! We are heading into an important week here at the academy, with the return of our Striking 101 Review Test on Wednesday! This test is for any student that has completed more than 4 consistent weeks of training in our fundamentals program. Participation is free, but you will need […]
Short and silly one for you all this week! For any of you younger students who are yet to move out on your own for the first time, here’s a piece of advice: buy the toiler plunger before you need it As martial artists, we too need to invest in ourselves so that […]
Every year as the weather starts to warm up I give my annual “hygiene chat,” which is basically just a quick guide for you — yes, you — to follow so that we can all get down and dirty on the mats without getting, well, actually dirty 🙂 Before we get to that, big congrats […]
Simple one for you this week. Just show up. Feeling tired? Just show up. Sore? Just show up. Hungry? Just show up. I’ve been training for nearly two decades, and I can tell you the hardest — and most important daily step in your training regimen — is just to show […]
Happy Monday Team! Let’s give a big congrats to The Wall himself, Paul Sims, on a stellar performance yesterday at Finishers Sub Only! Paul swept his division en route to Gold and continues to cement his place in the region as one of the top grapplers. Reminder — for those interest in […]
The purpose of this exam is twofold: to test your knowledge, and also review the entire curriculum to fill in any blind spots you may experience. Regular participation in group classes should be sufficient in preparing you for the exam, but additional work is always encouraged. The exam is roughly 80 minutes long. Participants must […]
The martial arts exist in a state of duality: one side concerned with the fundamental rules of combat, physics, and body mechanics (the “martial”), and the other side being the human expression that operates behind these (the “art”). Newer students often talk about “styles” or “games” — what game should I be focusing on? […]