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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.
IF YOU’RE GONNA BE STUPID.. WEEK OF 3/3/25 ..You better be tough. Because the reality is, we are all “stupid” at times–whether out of pure ignorance, or just a resistance to learning, we find ourselves in a state of “stupidity” when it comes to certain situations. For me, I was always really stupid when […]
ADVERSITY WEEK OF 2/24/25 “Adversity introduces a man to himself.” That is a quote I heard many years ago when I was just getting off the ground as an amateur fighter. It found me at a particularly important time in my life and resonated with me, becaming a core tenet of my approach to […]
BE EAGER, NOT EXPECTANT WEEK OF 2/17/25 Be eager, not expectant. You may often find that the moments you expect to be your greatest acts of glory may be the most humbling experiences. And, conversely, facing challenges that you fear may humiliate you will sometimes be the vehicle through which you display your greatest […]
GO AS FAR AS YOU CAN SEE WEEK OF 2/10/25 “Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you’ll be able to see farther.” – Thomas Carlyle In my experience, at every stage of my martial arts journey (including now), I’ve always been frustrated with the inability to see the end […]
THE RED CORNER NEWS AND UPDATES FROM THE NORTH STAR ACADEMY OF MIXED MARTIAL ARTS WEEK OF FEBRUARY 3rd, 2025 Happy Monday Team! Ah yes, February. The coldest and shortest month of the year. Thematically appropriate as this week’s newsletter is both short and kind of boring 🙂 As we roll into a new […]
THE RED CORNER NEWS AND UPDATES FROM THE NORTH STAR ACADEMY OF MIXED MARTIAL ARTS WEEK OF JANUARY 27th, 2025 Happy Monday Team! Quick one for you today, as we don’t have much extra stuff in the pipeline over the next two weeks or so. Big thank you to everyone who came out this […]
THE RED CORNER NEWS AND UPDATES FROM THE NORTH STAR ACADEMY OF MIXED MARTIAL ARTS WEEK OF JANUARY 20th, 2025 Happy Monday Team! First things first, we are open as normal today despite the holiday! If we encounter any weather-related issues we’ll send out a separate e-mail/notification to make sure everyone is on board. […]
THE RED CORNER NEWS AND UPDATES FROM THE NORTH STAR ACADEMY OF MIXED MARTIAL ARTS WEEK OF JANUARY 13th, 2025 Happy Monday Team! Writing you on the heels of a long and successful weekend of competition across both disciplines. Make sure to hit the links at the bottom for our Junior Samurai Stripe Challenge […]
THE RED CORNER NEWS AND UPDATES FROM THE NORTH STAR ACADEMY OF MIXED MARTIAL ARTS WEEK OF JANUARY 6th, 2025 Happy Sunday Team! I am incredibly excited to put the holiday stuff behind and get back to work in an serious and consistent way. For those of you that took a little break — […]
THE RED CORNER NEWS AND UPDATES FROM THE NORTH STAR MMA ACADEMY Happy Monday Team! First I want to say THANK YOU to everyone who came out this Saturday for our 7 year anniversary get together. It was super low key, but a ton of fun. As is often the case I usually forget […]
MONDAY MINDSET: WHAT WE DO IN THE DARK WILL BE BROUGHT INTO THE LIGHT WEEK OF 5/20/24 What we do in the dark, 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 […]
Happy Monday Team! We are fresh off another week of intense competition and right back into the fire again! Congratulations to Tim Green, the 2024 ISKA Kickboxing Champion! Tim Green put on a killer performance this weekend in the ring, blending heavy pressure with smart footwork and impeccable defense. Coach Trevon Scales came up short […]
Happy Monday Team! We have some big events coming up in the next couple weeks! This weekend a crew of grapplers head to the Grappling Industries tournament in Broomall, PA in search of some new hardware as well as some of our up-and-coming strikers taking their initial steps into the competition ring in West Philadelphia. […]
Happy Monday Team! Last week was a great teaser to the beautiful weather (and therefore amazing training conditions) that are right around the corner. As the world and we move into Spring, let’s take a moment to consider the ideas of cycles and rebirth. As a coach I truly believe that progress looks like […]
Happy Monday Team! February’s Slamboree was a great success — congratulations to both Mike and Coltrane on their advancement to blue belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu! Although technically only the second adult belt in BJJ, the blue belt is not easy to achieve. It demands a working understanding of the basic mechanics of the art, […]
Hey Team! Just a reminder that our new Friday night class starts this week! Friday Night’s Jiu Jitsu 101 “Nogi Live Drills” class will focus on positional, live drills both incorporating and moving beyond the position of the month. This class is open to all BJJ students with 1+ months experience, and the nogi apparel […]
MONDAY MINDSET: ONE STEP AT A TIME MARTIAL ARTS MINDSET FOR SUCCESS BOTH ON AND OFF THE MATS Short one for you this week. This is just a quick reminder to allow yourself to work towards your goals one small step at a time. We often paralyze ourselves by trying to conquer the magnitude of our […]
THE RED CORNER || 09.25.23 || Updates from the north star mma academy in philadelphia Happy Monday Team! We have a HUGE week ahead of us in our Jiu Jitsu program. Before I get into details, let’s give a big congrats to our Jiu Jitsu competition team for a solid performance this past weekend at […]
Happy Monday Team! We are CLOSED today for regular classes, but we’ll be hosting an open mat from 10am – 12pm (approximately). All students are welcome to attend and mess around on the mats! We’ll be running 5 minute rounds on the timer and the rest is up to you. Have any family or friends […]