Experienced Instruction
The academy emphasizes coaches with active experience in combat sports and a curriculum designed around real technical development.
A Martial Arts Community Since 2008
Pound 4 Pound combines comprehensive striking, strength and conditioning, and a welcoming community for students ranging from first-day beginners to competitive athletes.
The Pound 4 Pound Story
Pound 4 Pound was established in 2008 in Lansing, Michigan, and moved to Colorado in 2014. Today the Littleton academy combines comprehensive stand-up combat training with a full strength and conditioning facility.
The training environment is built to serve different starting points—from people walking into a martial arts gym for the first time to experienced athletes who want technically demanding coaching and competition preparation.
Built Over Time
The academy’s history spans two states and more than a decade of coaching martial arts and performance.
A Place to Train Seriously Without the Ego
Pound 4 Pound positions the gym as a safe, clean, and non-intimidating place where members can learn, train hard, and feel part of a community.
The academy emphasizes coaches with active experience in combat sports and a curriculum designed around real technical development.
Students of different ages, goals, and experience levels can train in an environment designed to support progress rather than intimidation.
Muay Thai, K-1, youth training, strength and conditioning, pro training, and personal coaching provide several paths under one roof.
Students can begin with fundamentals and move toward more advanced partner work, fitness goals, or competition as they develop.
The gym’s current site repeatedly highlights its member community as a defining part of the Pound 4 Pound experience.
Whether the goal is confidence, fitness, skill, or competition, training is organized around learning quality technique.
New at Pound 4 Pound
You can now train Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under the same roof. Gracie Barra South Denver, led by Lucas Valente — the current UFC BJJ Lightweight Champion — and Andressa Cintra, brings seven combined IBJJF World titles to the Pound 4 Pound. Whether you already train striking or you're adding grappling for the first time, this program is another path to build skill, confidence, and a more complete martial arts game.
Meet Professor Andressa Cintra
Professor Andressa Cintra is one of Gracie Barra’s most accomplished Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competitors. A five-time Adult Black Belt Gi World Champion and two-time Adult Black Belt No-Gi World Champion, she brings elite competition experience, technical precision, and a passion for helping students develop their Jiu-Jitsu at every level.
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