The Grindhouse MMA Academy, since early 2007, has its roots as a "MMA fight club" based in Warminster. Pa.  After a few months of working fighters in the “Centrifuge” at the old Naval Air Development Center, The Grindhouse moved to its new home inside B & R Family Fitness Center.  It was a great partnership between the dedicated trainers and hard working warriors and the owners and management of B & R Fitness.  B & R Family Fitness is an 80,000 square foot full service fitness center with everything one could ask for in a gym.  Racquetball courts, pools, saunas, jacuzzis, as well as a full fitness center and weight room.  Recently, Novacare Rehabilitation has made B & R their home.

The Grindhouse started out as a small, hardworking MMA school with a few instructors teaching a variety of styles of martial arts. Today, seven qualified instructors and coaches offer some of the best in mixed martial arts training in the area, but still with the small school feel to it.  MMA Cardio-Conditioning, Kickboxing, Standup/Striking, Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Olympic level Judo and Boxing, and Wrestling just to name a few of the different fight styles we teach.  Our MMA Cardio-Conditioning classes are held each day and open to everyone.  We pride ourselves as having the most hard-core cardio conditioning in the area.  Not many MMA schools in the area train cardio as hard as we do.

Our instructors include Sean Diehl, who was an amateur MMA fighter in Florida, well versed in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Combat Sports Conditioning and knowledgeable in most MMA fight styles.  Christian Rodriguez, one of our kickboxing/ striking/stand up instructors has a Tang Soo Do/Miletich Fighting System background as well as extensive knowledge of Combat Sports Conditioning and Krav Maga.  Justin Flores, our Judo/ Brazilian Jiu Jitsu instructor is a Judo Black Belt who has trained with Team USA and USA Judo, also was an Olympic alternate for the 2004 and 2008 Olympics.  Justin has an extensive wrestling background and overall knowledge of MMA cardio conditioning as well as holding many medals and honors from all his tournaments and competitions.  AJ Henderson is another one of instructors well versed in many styles of MMA, with an extensive background in Muay Thai.  Our instructors are complimented by several amateur and pro MMA fighters who round out our Fight Team coaching staff.

The Grindhouse is home to several up and coming young amateur fighters.  In 2010, most of these young guys will be making their amateur and pro debuts after months of hard-core dedicated training.  Our MMA Fight Team, Team Grindhouse, has managed to work its way onto the map producing some of the area's best amateur, soon to be pro, fighters.  Our unparalleled cardio, work ethic, and general toughness helps make us one of the premier MMA schools in the area.  Our Fight Team competes in amateur and pro events in the Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware fight circuits.  We are always looking for new fighters or new students to train with us.  If you are looking to compete, get in shape, or just have some fun, The Grindhouse has something for everyone.  Whether your goal is to compete in the cage someday, lose a few pounds, or improve your cardio-vascular health, The Grindhouse is the big extended family you are looking for.

The Grindhouse is also very community minded.  We have opened our doors to several “youth at risk” programs in the local community.  Several times a month, we offer beginner MMA classes to area youth programs in an effort to help introduce them to the sport of MMA.  We also have special membership programs for those who serve our community such as local police, fire and ambulance service.