Best Academies To Learn Muay Thai In Minneapolis Near Me

4worldlovers: Family owned by Chris and Jen Cichon, The Cellar Gym offers a variety of martial arts classes for adults and youth. Our adult programs include Fitness Kickboxing, Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and Mixed Martial Arts (MMA). Youth classes include Kids BJJ and Kids Muay Thai broken into three age groups: Pre-school martial arts for 4-5 years old, Kids martial arts for 6-9 years old, and Teen martial arts for 10-15 years old.

4worldlovers: Enrique Muniz was born in Mexico City, Mexico . A byproduct of a broken home, he sought out martial arts as a way of coping with a negative family environment and as a way to change his life. He started martial arts at age 15 in the Polynesian Martial Arts. From there he moved on to train at the IMB Academy Mexico City under Guro Jerry Arrechea where he learned Filipino stick/knife fighting, Muay Thai and Jiu jitsu/grappling. There he fell in love with Jiu-Jitsu, which has been his passion and lifestyle ever since.

He has trained at renowned academies such as Alliance, CheckMat, Marcelo Garcia Academy, Gracie Barra, under many Jiu jitsu greats and World Champions.

Enrique is a black belt and trains under Professor Adrian Ricci of Team Sukata. He has also competed at a high level, having won several national and state tournaments.

A native of Honolulu, Nik began his BJJ journey in 2009 while attending college at the University of Hawaii in Manoa, and received his brown belt in 2019 from Edmund Li ( Sapateiro Bjj), a Nova Uniao black belt. In 2017, Nik moved to Minneapolis to attend the University of Minnesota, and started training at Southside BJJ. It was here that he discovered his passion for teaching as a way to not only empower others but also as a way to give back to an artform that has taught him so much throughout life. Nik recently graduated with his Masters in Security Technologies in 2018 and now works full time for a local security consulting agency here in the Twin Cities. Nik brings with him years of life experience and BJJ techniques, and can relate to students from the university looking to train as well as longtime learners of BJJ looking to get back into the sport.