let’s work together on your Martial Arts Journey

Step into a realm where tradition meets the future - our martial arts academy is reshaping the way you perceive self-defense and personal growth. Unleash your potential with simple yet safe effective techniques that honor the past while embracing tomorrow's innovations from a teacher that has the self defense and competition knowledge in these martial arts that are offered here.

My academy is more geared to teaching young teens and adults. Even though I do one on one sessions with kids that are under 10 years old, I feel that there are enough martial arts schools to focus more on the kids as a group class and not enough teen and adult classes, and that’s where I come in.

“I AM NOT HERE TO BUILD AN ARMY, I AM HERE TO BUILD A FEW SILENT WARRIORS.”

So come check us out and try the free intro session.

Poster advertising Team Bolo for martial arts self-defense competition training, featuring a Boston Terrier dog, palm trees, a sun, and a tropical setting with a mountain and a hut, with text highlighting Muay Thai, Jiu Jitsu, and Boxing.
A Boston Terrier wearing a hoodie in a boxing ring.
A rocky beach with cloudy skies, palm trees, and lush green vegetation.

The academy name came from my beloved dog Bolo, a Boston Terrier that came into my life at a time where it was really needed. Though he has graduated from life in 2022, his caring loving personality with everyone is a great trait to have and that is what the gym should be about.

A man smiling and holding a black and white Boston Terrier inside a house.

Chris Tandoc

Owner/Head Instructor

  • Started Martial Arts at age 6. Trained and competed in Karate, Muay Thai and Jiu Jitsu

  • Trained at Fairtex for Muay Thai in 2002.

  • Trained with Carlos Sapao CS Jiu Jitsu 2005. Currently a brown belt under Carlos.

  • Started teaching in 2009 at True Fight Club in Hayward.

  • Helped opened and became owner/head instructor of Berkeley Muay Thai & Fitness from 2014 to 2025.

  • Trained champions, amateurs, and up and coming fighters.