Excellent overall experience! Very clean facility. Outstanding instruction! You feel welcome from the moment you walk in.

Signed my 4 year old son up for Jiu jitsu to get him into a good hobby/sport he would enjoy. Everyone here from is amazing! Since day one the experience has been 5 star! From the easy stress free enrollment with Billy to the amazing instructors who demonstrate passion for the sport, Mimi & professor Ricardo. My son is easily distracted at times but they made it fun to learn while keeping him engaged. My son also has asthma and they were all very aware and on top of his medical needs if he ever needed a puff of meds to get him through his class. I would highly recommended sharpen iron to anyone! They are amazing!!

We are enjoying our experience at SIA. The gym is clean, prices are reasonable, people are friendly, and they really care about the kids, especially Billy! Dont sleep on this academy!

Very patient and knowledgeable instructors. Also welcoming and respectful towards others regardless of belt rank ...

We love SIA!!!!!!! My daughter has learned so much! The staff has been nothing but wonderful and caring. Many lessons learned, most importantly my daughter has learned how to protect herself and that makes this momma very happy! Get peace of mind and bring your family here!

We love SIA!! We have been members for almost a year and all four of our kids attend. I have loved how quickly their skills and confidence have grown with the expert coaching of the staff at SIA. Cannot recommend them enough! Our kids beg to go to class and are always so sad when we miss.

Billy and Professor Ricardo are absolutely amazing. This is a great place to train, with quality instruction and a positive environment created by them that maximizes everyone to reach their true potential. Training and learning here has inspired me to take control of my fitness by doing strength training and cardio on top of the BJJ sessions. They keep the gym very clean, and overall excellently maintained. I would highly recommend anyone interested in trying Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu to train here. Billy and Professor Ricardo have made a very significant positive impact in my life.

Instructors are superb.The kids classes are well run and fun. You see it on the kiddos faces.Adults beginners classes are inviting. You can tell students are well instructed and trained.Advanced classes are top notch. Egos are definitely left outside the doors. I’ve been to several places and fell in love with this one. I’m a purple belt. This is definitely my home and staff and students give it the family feel.

I have trained at many gyms around the globe, but this is the place I am very happy to call my home. Great instructors with a great group of people who do their best to make everyone welcome.My daughter and I have been training here for 2 years and the amount of confidence and skill she has gained in that time frame is amazing.

SIA has been a blessing! From the second you walk in, you will receive a welcoming feeling from the professors and coaches to the students. The community is everything and SIA embraces that which provides the best environment to learn BJJ (for all ages!). Thank you SIA!

Amazing place to be. Awesome staff. Positive vibes. Great professors. Thank you SIA for every single change you have made in our lives!!

Great professors that truly care about your learning, and making you feel comfortable. Love training at this place.

Our family has been training at this gym for over a year now, and it has been a wonderful experience for all of us. We range in age from 6 to 71, and the professors and coaches here are able to tailor each of our classes to our age and ability level in a way that is just amazing. None of us had any martial arts experience prior to training here, but it has been one of the best things we have ever done. We love that we can all support each other, and how supportive the other students and instructors are at the gym, too. It really is like a second family, and you will feel that when you come in to train here. Class times are convenient and are offered 6 days a week, so you can always find something to fit your schedule. They offer free trial classes if you want to come in and see if its for you. Highly recommend Sharpen Iron Academy!

My son loves it here and the coach’s are great with kids!

Great jiu jitsu gym! You really get a whole body workout here, cardio, strength, combined with self defense techniques. I’ve been happy and really felt like I’m part of a family ever since I joined this gym. Professor Ricardo and Max are really good at teaching and explaining techniques, all while having a good time.

I love this place. The staff welcomed my son and I with open arms.

Great gym with tons of great, supportive and welcoming people. Caring, professional coaches. Even if you have no martial arts background, this place will make you feel home.

Great instructors...very patient with the children and always encouraging. They also take time to talk with the parents to provide an update.

Professor Ricardo and Professora Nina are great, and my kids love them. I also thoroughly enjoy their morning classes! 6am workouts make me fully awake for the rest of the day!

Professor Ricardo is a phenomenal instructor. Every class I make progress and connections on my technical ability that I didn’t have before. Go train with him now!

Sharpen Iron Academy is a top flight Jiu-Jitsu gym with an colloquial welcoming environment and elite instructors in Professor Ricardo and all the additional coaches. Whether you’re advanced or just starting out, this is the place to go in the Dallas area!

Wonderful professors here! Everybody is very friendly. I would like to recommend this gym to everyone who want to start BJJ.

I haven’t been to any other place for BJJ, but I know there isn’t any other place better than here. It is a tremendous blessing to be part of such an amazing group, team, and family.

I have trained Krav Maga for 3 years which includes ground work but I wanted to improve my ground game and decided to also take up Brazilian Jiu-jitsu.What was really appealing to me was in addition to their evening classes, SIA offered morning 6AM classes. Getting training done first thing in the morning is a great way to start the day and nothing can get in the way of your training. Waking up earlier can suck sometimes but I have NEVER regretted coming in once I was done.From day one not only the staff and instructors but the students too have been very friendly, helpful and all share the same enthusiasm to learn as much as possible and become better versions of ourselves. There is a genuine, positive and welcoming vibe here.I have been improving with every class, learning new techniques, rolling with different opponents, increasing my strength, increasing my fitness and at the same time realizing how much I dont know and how much more there is to gain. It is a fascinating world, very addictive and comes with great benefits. Like minded people enjoying what they do.The gym is spacious, clean and well run. There are social media groups for members to keep you in contact with each other which is very helpful if you have questions about a techniques or just to keep up with events.I highly recommend coming to train at SIA.

Ive been attending this academy for just over a month now, so I cant offer a whole lot of input in terms of technical proficiency of the instructors or anything like that because Im still pretty new to the whole thing. But what I CAN talk about is the quality of PEOPLE that both operate and attend this school.First, how many times have you heard Were a family here when you start a new job or attend a new church or whatever just to find out that its actually more of a group of acquaintances more than an actual family? Ive heard that a thousand times, so when I started hearing the word family thrown around I rolled my eyes and thought, Sure. This is going to be one of those families where nobody knows anyone elses names and we dont speak outside of these four walls.Friends, thats not the case here. I kid you not, this community of people are closer than my actual family. Were always in communication outside of training hours. Everyones genuinely invested in each other on and off the mat. This is a similar brand of camaraderie I found in the Marines; its very much a no man left behind culture here.Heres a specific example...Ive been struggling with the mental game, i.e., am I cut out for this sport? I sent a message to the group chat expressing my concerns and asking for help. The outpouring of support literally choked me up. So many people came to my rescue with stories about how they can relate. In fact, one of the gym staff -- Crystal -- sat down with me and talked about how she still battles these demons even as a purple belt. I walked away from that conversation with a renewed sense of self-worth.(Thanks, Crystal!)So I guess what Im really trying to say here is that youre not just getting a gym here, youre truly inheriting a family of some of the greatest people Ive met in my 39 years on this planet. You have my word on that.

Sharpen Iron Academy - best in DFW area - no question- family atmosphere - unparalleled instruction - tremendous experience for all ages !!!

Great group! Excellent coaches and professor