LaConner Fitness & MMA

LaConner Fitness & MMA operates at 214 Maple Ave. in LaConner (spelled La Conner locally), Washington. The gym is co-owned by retired veteran and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu brown belt Tracy Barnett, an MMA and fitness trainer and hand-to-hand combat and self-defense instructor, and Functional Fitness Coach April Emanuelson-Barnett. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instruction is led by 5th-degree black belt Walter "Cascao" Vital, a 3-time IBJJF World Champion, 2-time Panamerican Champion, and founder of Cascao Jiu Jitsu, while professional boxing coach Luis Hernandez heads the striking program. Additional group classes are taught by Aimee McKee, Stephanie Shimkus, Natalie Harris, Joan Barlow, Leslie Levenberg, and Daniel Bynum. Weekly programs include Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Muay Thai, MMA, Functional Fitness, Qigong, Dance Fitness, Beginning Ballet, and free Saturday Self-Defense classes for women and families. Facility amenities include a gym open Monday through Friday from 7 am to 8 pm and Saturday from 10 am to 4 pm, with an outdoor patio workout area, squat racks, free weights, and an in-house kitchen, Heart Beet Foods.