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Class Info:
Adults and Teens (ages 13+) will have access to try ANY of our Functional Fitness Classes, Kickboxing, Krav Maga Self-Defense, and BJJ classes! Purchase includes a free Fit to Fight® Keychain.
Kids ages 4-12 have access to our Impact Kids Martial Arts program. Ages 4-7 are in the Impact Jr Program. Ages 8-12 are in the Impact program. Purchase includes a free Fit to Fight® Keychain Limit 1 per new client. Expires 6 months from date of purchase.
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Ryan Hoover
Owner + Instructor
Ryan Hoover is the owner of FTF® Gastonia and FTF® Charlotte. He is also the founder of the Fit to Fight® affiliate organizaton. He holds a 2nd degree black belt in Krav Maga, a Black Belt in BJJ, and is recognized by the state of North Carolina as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in self-defense.
Amber Staklinski Hoover
Instructor
Amber Hoover is the manager and program director of Fit to Fight® Gastonia and Fit to Fight® Charlotte, and the affiliate director and lead trainer for Fit to Fight®. She holds a 2nd degree black belt in Fit to Fight® Krav Maga and a brown belt in BJJ.
Dylan Davis
Instructor
Dylan has been a Fit to Fight® Student since 2012. Training and ranking up in various Fit to Fight® programs including Black Belt in Krav Maga, and certifications in SPARology™, Knight Jiu-Jitsu, From the Ground Up, Active Killer Defense®, and FireARMED®.
Josh Hignight
Instructor
Josh is a Blue Belt in Jiu-Jitsu under Eli Knight and a certified level 1 coach for Knight Jiu Jitsu.
Madelyn (Maddie) Hignight
Instructor
Madelyn aka "Maddie" Hignight is a certified level 1 Modern Krav Maga instructor, a SPARology™ Coach, a Level 3 (orange belt) in Modern Krav Maga™ and a 2-stripe white belt in Jiu-Jitsu.
Jessica Madere
Instructor
Jessica Madere comes with a CrossFit Background and coaches the Hells Bells fitness class once a week at Fit to Fight®.
Nick Madere
Instructor
Nick is a Blue Belt in Jiu-Jitsu under Eli Knight and a Fit to Fight® Modern Krav Maga Black Belt Coach.
Samantha Suttner
Instructor
Sam is a certified level 1 Krav Maga instructor, Level 1 Sparology Coach, Orange Belt in Modern Krav Maga™, and a motivated White Belt in Jiu Jitsu.
Riley Hoover
Instructor
Riley is a certified Fit to Fight® Krav Maga, SPARology, and Impact Coach. She is also a Jiu-Jitsu purple belt and certified Knight Jiu Jitsu instructor.