Welcome to El Niño Training Center
Train with champion fighters & coaches in a 7,000sqft facility dedicated to excellence and community in combat sports, located in San Francisco, California.
Training For All Levels & Goals
Develop yourself in a supportive team atmosphere. Classes, private coaching, training camps and more in MMA, Jiu Jitsu, Muay Thai, Wrestling, Boxing, Athletic Performance & Sports Medicine.
World Class Training
Home to one of the most successful teams of fighters & coaches in MMA, including Gilbert El Niño Melendez (MMA/Grappling), Jake Shields (Jiu Jitsu), Jongsanan (Muay Thai/Striking), Mark Mian (Athletic Performance) and Albert Salopek (Sports Medicine).
Athletic Performance Training
Optimize your mind and body through our multidisciplinary approach to precise and powerful athletic performance. Integrating athletic conditioning and sports medicine with a variety of traditional methods.
Join the El Niño Family
Join a diverse and respectful community of athletes, martial artists and enthusiasts who share a passion for engaging life to the fullest and freest.
This weekend, El Niño Training Center's Muay Thai coach Jongsanan will be taking his 
Seven of our fighters will be competing for IKF belts in both the "Full" and "Modified Muay Thai" rules categories, including: Cat Feeley, Crystal Khorge, Marcy Maxwell, Agualuna Romeo and Malia Spanyol in the women's division; and Jonathan Ortiz and Mark Mian (El Niño's head conditioning coach) in the men's division.
Elimination matches will occur on Saturday, with finals happening on Sunday. We're excited about our fighters getting this great opportunity to test themselves, and many of our staff and students will be there to show their support. We encourage you to join us if you can make it! If you're friends with one of the fighters, please contact them directly asap about getting tickets. Otherwise, please 
El Niño Head Jiu Jitsu Coach Jake Shields will face Jake Ellenberger this Friday, Sept 17th at UFC Fight Night 25 in New Orleans.
El Niño instructor Daniel 'Ninja' Roberts has been forced off this weekend's UFC Fight Night card by an injury in the final days of his training. Read more at
