Safety is the technique
A partner you injure is a partner you cannot train with tomorrow. Control before submission, every round.
The Dojo
It started with one mat and a bad idea.
Two friends, a rented warehouse, and a conviction that Riyadh deserved a real fight gym. The warehouse is gone. The conviction runs the place.
Apex opened in 2016 with one mat, a heavy bag, and a printed sign that said “no egos.” The first month had nine members and no air conditioning. Word spread the only way it does in this sport — someone got tapped, came back angry, got tapped again, and never left.
Eight years later we train over twelve hundred members across four disciplines, sent a competition team to the podium more times than we can hang medals for, and still open every class the same way: bow in, check the ego, do the reps.
The dojo code
Beginners set the pace
Your first class is the most important one we teach. If a newcomer feels lost, that is our failure, not theirs.
Compete or don’t — same respect
The member training to touch their toes is as welcome as the one chasing a title. Both do the work.
Clean mats, clean sport
Hygiene is non-negotiable — mats disinfected between every class, nails checked at the door. We are grown-ups here.
The sensei row
TO
Tariq Al-Otaibi
Head Coach · BJJ black belt
Abu Dhabi WPJJC medalist
DF
Diego Ferreira
Jiu-jitsu · Gi & No-Gi
3rd-degree black belt
SM
Sara Mansour
Boxing & conditioning
National boxing team
KN
Khalid Nour
Muay Thai & MMA
Pro record 12–3
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