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Modernize My Fight offers training in Modern Combatives, self-defense, and combat sports, including Boxing, AMT Kickboxing, Muay Thai, Sport Karate, Youth Wrestling, and Strength Training. The program also includes Sparring Techniques, a Combatives/Self Defence program, and opportunities to participate on a Modern Combatives demo team. Combat Sports Fundamentals is a 12-week onboarding program of 24 classes that covers Boxing, AMT Kickboxing, and Modern Combatives.
• Ages: 5–17 years old
• Schedule: 12-week journey of 24 classes for Combat Sports Fundamentals
Head Coach and Owner Ari Danesh leads the program, with Boxing Coach Jay Rankin and American Muay Thai Kickboxing coach Hanshi Dale Jacoby. Hanshi Dale is a 12-time World Champion, and the three coaches have over 120 years of combined experience, each as a Master in their own discipline or disciplines. The Sparring Techniques class is taught by Hanshi Dale and focuses on footwork, combos, timing, and tricks in a realistic fighting environment. The Combatives/Self Defence program uses practical self-defence techniques and a range of combat skills tailored for real-life situations, including functional parts of Hap-Ki-Do, Boxing, Muay Thai, and self-defense for health professionals who cannot hurt hostile clients. AMT Kickboxing adds feet, elbows, knees, and head to Boxing fundamentals, with weekly training broken into two classes that cover technique and integration with Boxing.
Modern Combatives in this program is derived from the US, UK, and Canadian militaries and transformed into civilian use. The Little Fighters program is specially designed for a younger age group and includes a focus on discipline, confidence, and fitness. Modernize My Fight has a competitive Sport Karate team, a Muay Thai team, and a demo team in Modern Combatives. Two free classes are offered for new members. The studio provides heavy bags, wrecking ball bags, a double end bag, Ground n Pound Bags, Tombstones, Slam Balls, practice knives and guns, RMT Clubs, TRX, KO8, and stocked protective gear. The mission statement of Modernize My Fight is, “Our mission is to help you succeed,” and the program focuses first on the emotional and psychological aspects of having to defend oneself and on real-world self-defense concepts and techniques. Modernize My Fight serves the communities of Westlake Village, Agoura Hills, Thousand Oaks, Oak Park, Calabasas, Newbury Park, and Moorpark, and is trusted and loved by hundreds of Agoura Hills, CA residents.
Last updated June 27, 2026.
• Ages: 5–17 years old
• Schedule: 12-week journey of 24 classes for Combat Sports Fundamentals
Head Coach and Owner Ari Danesh leads the program, with Boxing Coach Jay Rankin and American Muay Thai Kickboxing coach Hanshi Dale Jacoby. Hanshi Dale is a 12-time World Champion, and the three coaches have over 120 years of combined experience, each as a Master in their own discipline or disciplines. The Sparring Techniques class is taught by Hanshi Dale and focuses on footwork, combos, timing, and tricks in a realistic fighting environment. The Combatives/Self Defence program uses practical self-defence techniques and a range of combat skills tailored for real-life situations, including functional parts of Hap-Ki-Do, Boxing, Muay Thai, and self-defense for health professionals who cannot hurt hostile clients. AMT Kickboxing adds feet, elbows, knees, and head to Boxing fundamentals, with weekly training broken into two classes that cover technique and integration with Boxing.
Modern Combatives in this program is derived from the US, UK, and Canadian militaries and transformed into civilian use. The Little Fighters program is specially designed for a younger age group and includes a focus on discipline, confidence, and fitness. Modernize My Fight has a competitive Sport Karate team, a Muay Thai team, and a demo team in Modern Combatives. Two free classes are offered for new members. The studio provides heavy bags, wrecking ball bags, a double end bag, Ground n Pound Bags, Tombstones, Slam Balls, practice knives and guns, RMT Clubs, TRX, KO8, and stocked protective gear. The mission statement of Modernize My Fight is, “Our mission is to help you succeed,” and the program focuses first on the emotional and psychological aspects of having to defend oneself and on real-world self-defense concepts and techniques. Modernize My Fight serves the communities of Westlake Village, Agoura Hills, Thousand Oaks, Oak Park, Calabasas, Newbury Park, and Moorpark, and is trusted and loved by hundreds of Agoura Hills, CA residents.
Last updated June 27, 2026.
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