Team Santos Fighting Academy

I'm a newbie at BJJ (less than 4 months) and wanted to drop in to a class while visiting Providence for business. Mat was super welcoming and friendly from the start and so was everyone else I interacted with. It's a great gym atmosphere and culture and I learned a ton of practical tips in the 1.5 hour class and drilling. These guys are awesome and are definitely worth checking out!

Dropped in for an open mat from while on a work trip. Extremely skilled group of guys and gals here. Had a lot of fun and learned a lot from everyone. Very welcoming group. Highly recommend this school to anyone in the area. Thanks for letting me drop in Mat.

Fantastic, community-oriented club based on conceptual learning. Can meet any student at any level and take them where they want to go. Great group of people.

My 4 1/2 year old son attended his first class with Mat and was totally shy and didn't want to participate, Mat was very understanding and had a no pressure attitude towards my son, by the end of class he was hands on and fell in love with the coaches and the whole experience. Thank you to Mat and his staff! The next 4 years will be great here and look forward to our son becoming part of Team Santos

My rating is based more off a relationship gone poorly with the owner than the place itself. Me and my husband took my two boys here for awhile (6 and 9 years). Coach George was great. Unfortunately the Owner Mat who will probably like to tell you on repeated occasions he is terrible with business. That information came to the surface very quickly. Due to a 30 notice I was unaware of I was going to have to pay for one of my sons to keep attending that I knew would not be able to go that month. Fine, I understand I will pay the 30 days out of understanding and I didn't want to be rude to a place that my children frequent. The owner told me my account would be put on hold the end of the month and I agreed. A lot of the children seem to be scarcely going during the summertime anyways so I've been hearing from other parents. Beginning of next month rolls around and I'm charged again for one of my children. I call to sort it out but don't think about leaving a message because voicemail box will always be full. I then proceed to the website and write and email as well as a text message to that number. I end up on the phone with Mat the owner thinking it would be a quit fix and honest misunderstanding. He really wanted that $90, meant more to him than a good relationship going forward or any continued business for that matter. Keep in mind I had already paid for one month prior of my son not going and he has no problem taking a whole new month from me. All in all I'm scared this gentleman has my card information and really needs to get his paperwork in order. I never heard of a business being so much "he said, she said". Again, coach George was great. None of the other instructors I ever got to know too much because he handled a lot of the kids classes. *If classes happen to be smaller that day they will shorten an hour class to a half hour class for some reason. *North Attleboro location, make sure to call first because again if not enough people show class won't happen unless you call and say you will be present. (I guess text because if they don't pick up voicemail box is full).