Spartan Combat Sports — MMA & Combat Sports, Redwood City

Inside Spartan Combat Sports: open mats, heavy bags and natural light

The Real Thing

A room in Redwood City where beginners start every week.

The hardest part of martial arts isn't the training. It's walking in the first time. Do it on any weekday evening and you'll find regular people drilling basics, a coach who knows you're new, and nobody trying to prove anything on you.

Six Disciplines

Six ways in. Pick one.

Every discipline runs beginner-friendly classes. Your first one is free, whichever you choose.

Striking

MMA

The full toolkit. Striking, takedowns and ground work in one class.

Striking

Kickboxing

Fast hands, sharp movement, and the best conditioning in the building.

Striking

Muay Thai

The art of eight limbs: fists, elbows, knees and shins.

Grappling

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Leverage beats strength. The discipline where beginners grow fastest.

Grappling

Combat Sambo

Your coach's world-title discipline, taught from the source.

Grappling

No-Gi Grappling

Fast, slick wrestling and submissions with nothing to grab.

Coach David Dzasokhov raising a championship belt in the cage

Your Head Coach

Coached by a world champion.

David Dzasokhov is a Combat Sambo World Champion, a two-time Russian national champion, and a former professional MMA fighter. He spent twenty years at the highest level of the sport. Now he teaches first-timers in Redwood City.

World Champion · Combat Sambo 2× Russian National Champion Former Pro MMA

With Khabib Nurmagomedov

They trained at American Kickboxing Academy, where David sharpened alongside Khabib, Islam Makhachev, Daniel Cormier and Cain Velasquez.

With Islam Makhachev

UFC lightweight champion. This is the room your coach came from.

Kids & Youth

Saturdays, kids train free.

Free Saturday Kids ClassAges 5–10 · 10:00am · No commitment, no gear needed

Bring your kid, watch from the bench, and see if they light up. Youth ages 10 to 14 train Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons.

Kids stretching together before class at Spartan Combat Sports

Coach David instructing kids during a youth class

Young student in red Spartan Combat Sports gear

Weekly Schedule

When we train.

Adults, youth and kids, every week. Your first class is always free.

Sat	Kids (5–10) · Free Class	10:00 – 10:45am
Sat	Adults Open Mat	11:00am – 12:00pm
Mon / Wed / Fri	Youth (10–14)	4:00 – 5:00pm
Tue / Thu	Kids (5–10)	4:00 – 5:00pm
Mon – Fri	Adults Kickboxing / Muay Thai	5:30 – 6:30pm
Mon – Fri	Adults MMA	6:30 – 7:30pm
Mon / Wed / Fri	Adults Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu	7:30 – 8:30pm
Tue / Thu	Adults Combat Sambo	7:30 – 8:30pm

200 feet from the Redwood City Caltrain station. 2411 Broadway St, Redwood City

One Step

Your first class is free.

Nerves are normal. Gear is provided. Show up, and we'll take it from there.

Claim Your Free First Class

You've already pictured it.

Everyone faster.
Everyone stronger.

No place for a beginner.

A room in Redwood City where beginners start every week.

Six ways in. Pick one.