How to get involved

Are you wondering if SBG is the right gym for you? Well here is how we go about finding out for sure:

1Call the gym (503-230-7924)and arrange an appointment to meet with one of our staff instructors. During your first visit we will discuss your Martial Arts and fitness objectives, review our class schedules and give you a tour of our brand-new 5000 sq. ft. facility.

Note: Contacting us by phone is always preferable to email. Because our appointment schedule is constantly changing, we are unable to book appointments via email due to the time lag between messages and replies.

2If after our initial discussion you determine that SBG does sound like the school that you would like to be involved with, our instructor may arrange for you to participate in an introductory class.

Our goals for your initial lesson are that:

You will gain enough information about our gym and our classes so that you can easily tell us whether or not this is the program you would like to be involved with. We will gain a bit of knowledge about where you are starting physically, enabling us to properly tailor your first few classes. Most importantly, we want you to feel comfortable right from your very first class. We want you to know enough about the basic Martial Arts skills so that you will be able to actively participate with the other students right from Day One.

 

3After your Trial Lesson, you can sit down with one of our staff and choose the program and classes which work best for your schedule.

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