Blackbelt Collective Krav Maga

Blackbelt Collective Krav Maga offers self-defense classes that include Krav Maga, Jiu-Jitsu, Muay Thai, Boxing, Judo, grappling, and wrestling, as well as Women’s Self-Defense seminars. The school offers programs for adults, kids, and teens, and students can sign up for a two-day free trial to experience the school and its self-defense training. Strategies, techniques, and forms are based on real-life experiences and situations, and Krav Maga at this school pulls from other martial arts and uses techniques from those arts, including modern weapons, tailored into a self-defense system to face real-life situations.

• Ages: 5–18 years old
• Schedule: Class options Monday–Thursday during daytime and evening hours, plus Saturday morning classes

Blackbelt Collective Krav Maga began in 2019 and offers unlimited classes for any program once a student signs up. The school describes itself as a self-defense school with a strong family environment and a close-knit community that lifts each other up, creating a culture of support and improvement. The facility is kept to what the school describes as the highest standards possible, with the studio cleaned for each group and upgraded Zebra Mats from Germany to help keep students’ joints and muscles healthy and provide an injury-free experience.

School owner Abel Martinez has over 20 years of experience, and the school states that nearly everyone on staff is a black belt or higher and has been training and teaching for over 10 years. The leadership team includes Chief Instructor and Founder Abel Martinez, Master Instructor Dr. Stan Hill, Program Director and Instructor Jodee Dochmaschewsky, Homeschool Liaison Christina Sabella, multiple Senior Instructors, Instructors, and an Assistant Instructor and Senior Adviser, including roles specifically for youth instruction. The school also offers quarterly Women’s Self-Defense seminars with guest instructors.

The mission statement for Blackbelt Collective Krav Maga says that its self-defense classes allow students of any background, experience level, or skill set to join and work toward their goals, and that as students become more well-rounded in their self-defense abilities, they also improve their health and confidence. The mission statement also says the school teaches core values that can help students in any part of life, that training goes beyond aggression, technique, or ego, and that every day is an opportunity to grow with a supportive group of coaches and peers. The school states that classes are kept energetic and informative, that it aims to create well-rounded athletes and humans, and that it wants students to have fun while they dive into training.

Blackbelt Collective Krav Maga works with Girl Scouts for self-defense and invites students from Fountain Valley, Huntington Beach, Westminster, Garden Grove, Costa Mesa, and Seal Beach to train and learn self-defense techniques. Parent testimonials on Google describe kids loving the classes and being excited to train, families being thankful to have found the school, and the place being described as awesome for kids and parents, with one family noting their kids have been attending for 1.5 years and enjoying it. Another testimonial describes it as the best place for anyone to become stronger, confident, and successful in life with skilled instructors, and says the family loves the place.

Last updated June 2, 2026.