I have found few people with so much knowledge and wellness to share and truly an amazing teacher. Thank you for your time and looking forward to meeting you again.

Had a great time training here. Everyone was very cool and took me in for the weekend that I trained. Scott gave a great private lesson that helped tremendously. Thanks again to the staff, Gina, Adam, and Emily. Ill be back every time I visit Kentucky.

I was only able to visit Richmond for one day, but training at this gym almost made me want to move to Kentucky! The folks at this gym are some of the friendliest you'll meet, with badass fighting skills to boot. Scott is a great instructor, and I learned a lot from everyone when I was there. If I lived in Kentucky, this is where I'd train. Looking forward to coming back someday!

Fantastic place and staff, everyone is very humble and experienced, I don't know of any other gym in Kentucky that can prepare you and influence you any better than AFS. It's a privilege to be part of it!

I trained here years ago as a student in college. I learned as much about a good way to live life as I did about martial arts. The training is the best I've ever seen, and haven't found a place of similar quality all over the country. The youth programs are top shelf, teaching our kids how to be upstanding and confident adults with characteristics like integrity, confidence, and respect. I would recommend this place to anyone who is looking to take martial arts seriously, self defense, or just wanting to get healthy.

  Our 5 year old daughter as well as my husband were lucky enough to be able to train with Coaches Scott, Gina and Adam when we lived in Berea for 3 months. This is an amazing program and one of the biggest reasons we were sad to leave the area!

  Great facility and awesome people to train with! Highly qualified coaches and training partners! Best gym around!

Great people and awesome training! Recommending it to all my friends

In a gathering of the best martial artists of the Southeast Scott Elliot and the AFS team stood out. I've trained under many great instructors and he's as good as they get. I can't recommend this gym enough. Great people on and off the mat with elite technique. Definitely looking forward to collaborating with them for as long as I train.

AFS has become like family to me. I love all my training partners. They have pushed me consistently. This is the best martial arts gym in the state. Stay a while and it'll change your life.

Welcoming environment, no egos, lots of smiles, everyone eager to work together. I cannot day enough good about AFS and are looking forward to continuing my training there when I can!

  Great instructors to train with.

Great people. Enjoyed the time we had at the tournament!

Enjoy this place and the people involved a lot! And they never make you feel discouraged. Everyone pushes each other in a great way. Really wish I could take AFS academy with me around the world.

Studied Muay Thai here on and off for three years. Moved to Lexington and tried out multiple gyms looking for training of similar quality. Don't waste your time looking elsewhere like I did. There isn't another gym to be found that can combine the decades of experience Sifu Scott has with combat sports. But he isn't just skilled himself at what he teaches, he is also an adaptive and exceptional teacher. You'll see this when taking classes taught by his former students that have been recognized by the Thai boxing association and turned instructors themselves. The prices for training at this gym are spot on for the area but in my opinion they are an absolute steal compared to what you get out of the experience at AFS.

A wonderful experience. Before coming here I had never had any experience with martial arts, but the staff at AFS were very welcoming and made my time here beyond amazing. They are incredibly talented at what they are teaching, and I would recommend AFS to anyone seeking to either try something new or improve.

Our daughter is 8 and she loves it, we love the fact the instructors require the youth to be disciplined in all they are doing.

Visited a few days from out of town, great group of people, quality training, can’t thank them enough!