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About
Anyone can learn.
I offer 1-on-1 and small group private self-defense and kickboxing/Muay Thai sessions tailored to your goals. You’ll train with a former MMA fighter who competed as both an amateur and a professional, and a former amateur kickboxing and MMA champion with many years of experience teaching kids and adults of all ages and levels.
Whether you want to burn calories and support weight loss, build confidence through real self-defense, or dive deeper into the art of kickboxing/Muay Thai, we’ll create a plan that works for you.
Single sessions are available, as well as 30-session package discounts. Check my Instagram link for training clips and updates, and reach out to talk about your goals.
Overview
Hired 2 times
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16 years in business
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Customers rated this pro highly for professionalism, work quality, and value.
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Daniel Lyndon F.
Apr 28, 2026
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Hired on Thumbtack
Coach Tristan is a great coach who cares for one’s improvement. He’s also very understanding and patient with beginners like myself.
Private Self Defense Lessons
Rabea c.
Apr 18, 2024
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Hired on Thumbtack
Tristan worked with our two youngest children for three months. He was an incredible personal trainer and worked so well with our kids. Our children were motivated every session and Tristen kept them engaged and entertained. He related to my kids at their level and they were pushed physically and mentally by a coach they trusted.
Personal Training
Clara L.
Mar 3, 2023
Tristan was a wonderful coach to our 5 year old. When we started 1:1 coaching we immediately saw his technique improve quickly. We knew right away that having our son work with Tristan was well worth the investment.
Tristan was very patient, interactive and found ways to keep our son engaged.
He also was able to tailor the training well to match our son’s learning style and areas he needed to improve on. For example he’d find simple ways for our son to gain the muscle memory to improve his kicks, punches, and blocks as well as his reaction time. All while keeping the sessions fun.
You can tell he is genuinely focused and committed to coaching, and he knows from being a parent himself how to work well with small children.
He has extensive experience in Muay Thai and MMA that he transfers to his coaching, but he is also an encouraging coach, extremely communicative professional, and standup person.
We miss having him coach our little man.
Weicheng B.
Mar 3, 2023
Training with coach Tristan is one of best things we chose to do in last 2 years.
We have been taking muai thai training sessions from coach Tristan for almost 2 years. It worths every dollars. For my experience there is nothing better than be trained by a former MMA fighter!
In first couple of session, we were working on basic muai thai techniques - jab, cross, hook, push kick, round kick and how move around with fight stance. coach Tristan helped us to build a great foundation. Then we started to do combos and defending attacks. Finally we started to some light spar. Coach Tristan showed us how use everything we learnt into a fight.
These training sessions are fun and exhausted. After spending a whole day sitting in office, it feels so good to jump into a muai thai training session.
Abigail F.
Mar 16, 2023
Coach Tristan is an amazing coach. Saw a noticeable improvement from the time my son started training 1 on 1 with him. He’s professional and extremely knowledgeable.
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Tristan Arenal
FAQs
What is your typical process for working with a new customer?
. Warm Up- Basic movements to assess fitness level, mobility, and coordination.
- Cardio warm-up (jogging/jump rope/jumping jacks)
- dynamic stretches (squats/leg swings/arm circles)
- sport specific movements (footwork/hip escapes/defensive techniques/shadow boxing)
2. Drilling technique (pads)- the basics of the martial art of choice.
- defense (checks, guards, foot work)
- striking (punches, kicks)
- The move (BJJ)
3. Application (pads or gear depending on experience)
- Putting the techniques together
What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
- I have been training Muay Thai, Kickboxing, and MMA since 2008, under Rudi Ott at Smash Gyms.
- I have a brown belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu under Leonardo “Glo Glo” Seixas.
What types of customers have you worked with?
- I have experience training clients as young as 5 yrs of age to clients as young as 70.
- I enjoy the process of teaching clients with no athletic or sports experience in need of a foundation, to professional athletes looking for an extra push and technical work.
- I also have experience in coaching clients with different goals, from supplementing weight loss, self-defense, wanting to learn a martial arts, finding a fun way to move, or fighters who want extra work to sharpen their tools.
