G.I.R.L.S. Gym

I have been coming to this gym for almost 3 years now and I recommend coming here to everyone I know. I have never felt so welcomed and comfortable in a gym setting as I feel here, and coming in is the best part of my week. Whether you are looking to improve your kickboxing or Jiujitsu skills or are just wanting to get some exercise this gym is the perfect place. The coaches and members are inspiring and welcoming and I'm so grateful to be a part of this community. You won't regret coming to this gym!

Our dental office team did a private self defense class here today and we not only learned so many helpful skills, but also had so much fun doing it! There were four coaches there to teach us and they were all absolutely wonderful. They made me feel so welcomed, comfortable, confident and encouraged! I happen to live nearby and have seen the place and been curious but now that we did this class I am planning to start coming for kick boxing classes. It seems like it would be a great community of kind people to be a part of! Thank you for a great time and some essential skills. Looking forward to my next visit. :)

I cannot say enough good things about G.I.R.L.S Gym! I trained here for three years and gained so much: muscle, strength, coordination, skills, and courage. What I cherish most are the incredible, badass women I met here. I lived in Portland as an international student and a non-native English speaker. Honestly, it was often hard to feel seen and included in such a predominantly white city. But at G.I.R.L.S Gym, everyone welcomed me wholeheartedly: training with me, helping me, chatting with me, and lifting my spirits, even though I came from a very different cultural and linguistic background. After my kickboxing and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu training, I always felt happier and more hopeful about my life and the world I live in. I had the opportunity to train with almost every coach and many peers at the gym. All the coaches and regulars are amazing. They taught me how to cultivate a loving, supportive community by showing me the kind of connection people truly need in times of polarization and isolation. Since moving away from Portland for work, I haven’t been able to find another gym free from toxic masculinity and fragile egos. G.I.R.L.S set a really high bar for martial arts training. This gym is what I miss the most about Portland. Sending love, gratitude, and a superman to all the wonderful people I met there. —"Bear"

We scheduled a 25 person private self defense class for our buisness group. They had so many instructors to help our class, insuring that all 25 of us got specific instructions for each lesson. Everyone on staff was extremely kind, knowledgeable and consent based. Our group felt very safe and empowered at G.I.R.L.S. Gym, and everyone left with a smile on their face. I cannot recommend this gym enough for a company event, or for any event really!! We already have requests to do another class here, thank you for supporting us! (Our group had a variety of abilities, with ages ranging from early 20s to 60+)

My office came to G.I.R.L.S. gym as a team bonding experience and took the self defense class. The ladies that taught our class were kind and knowledgeable and showed us defensive and offensive moves. You can tell they love what they do! It was also very clean! Would highly recommend this gym!