An academy in Manhattan
Radical MMA
Schedule verified Pricing published Free trialNo-gi
The decision, in short
If you may join: a free trial for everyone, with no residency test and no gi needed: a thirty-minute semi-private lesson, then the group class; arrive more than ten minutes late and the appointment is cancelled. Membership is $249 a month with no contract and no cancellation fee, sauna included.
If you are visiting: no drop-in or week pass exists, so a short-stay visitor has no priced route in. Fundamentals runs at 6:30 PM every weekday, plus a daily evening open mat and Sunday midday.
Some of these facts were last read more than thirty days ago; the academy's own pages are the current word.
Your first visit, from the page
trial page · read 2026-09-24 · price page · read 2026-09-04 · The first-visit study, city by city
Who this academy suits
The beginner who needs predictability: Fundamentals at the same hour five nights a week, a trial that starts with a private half-hour, no gi to buy — and a coach who built his system for bodies that don't cooperate
Why we say it: The 2026-07-23 grid shows weekday Fundamentals; the trial page the semi-private structure; the about page the system's origin (verified 2026-07-28)
A month-plus trainer: $249, no contract, all classes, sauna — six blocks from the Renzo flagship at nearly half its monthly rate
Why we say it: Two owned surfaces agree on $249/no contract; Renzo HQ's published ladder is $250–350 — a published-numbers comparison (verified 2026-07-28)
Your first visit
- Trial
- A free trial for everyone: a 30-minute semi-private lesson, then the group class — the gentlest first-visit protocol found in Manhattan. No residency test, no gi. One hard rule: arrive more than 10 minutes late and the appointment is canceled source · 2026-09-24
- Class schedule
- Fundamentals at 6:30 PM every weekday — the same class at the same hour five nights running, Manhattan's most predictable timetable — plus a daily evening open mat and Sunday midday source · 2026-09-02
Classes and cost
- Membership
- $249/month, agreed by two owned surfaces — no contract, no cancellation fee, sauna included. But no drop-in or week pass exists: a short-stay visitor has no priced route in source · 2026-09-04
Location, instructors, contact
- Address
- 235 W 29th St, New York, NY 10001 source · 2026-07-28
- Instructors
- René Dreifuss, a Gracie Barra-lineage black belt who built the 'Rat Guard' — a ground system for inflexible or injured bodies — after a car accident nearly paralyzed his own left leg source · 2026-09-04
Questions to confirm
Before you go, confirm: whether the free trial must be booked, and how far ahead, whether any visitor arrangement exists beyond membership.
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