When you can join Andre
Start times are local to Las Vegas, NV.
- Run an MMA Gym with Its OwnerStarts 9 AM, 6 hours
- Intro to Brazilian Jiu-JitsuStarts 10 AM, 2 hours
What Andre hosts
Run an MMA Gym with Its Owner
Coach a class, handle memberships and see what it takes to build a fight team.
- Length
- 6 hours
- Group
- 1–4 guests
- Price
- $180
Intro to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
A beginner class with a black belt: escapes, positions and your first controlled rolls.
- Length
- 2 hours
- Group
- Up to 12 guests
- Price
- $60
About Andre
Andre Silva began training Brazilian jiu-jitsu as a teenager in São Paulo and earned his black belt there. He fought professionally for six years, moving to the U.S. to train and compete, and started teaching classes on the side to cover rent.
He opened his own gym after retiring from fighting. It now has about 400 members, a staff of coaches and a small amateur and professional fight team. He still teaches the 6 AM fundamentals class himself, then spends most of the day on scheduling, memberships, coach pay and matchmaking for his fighters.
Andre hosts because he made expensive mistakes in his first two years and wants to save others from repeating them. He shares real numbers on pricing, churn and what a fight team costs to support.
What you’ll learn from Andre
- How to run a beginner class that keeps new members safe and returning
- How gym memberships are priced and how churn is tracked
- What insurance, coach pay and rent look like for a gym
- How coaches plan camps and matchmaking for amateur and pro fighters
