About us Muay Thai Charleston

Meet COACH Jeff Grady

Jeff Grady found his passion when he took his first martial arts class decades ago while training at a local gym. He loved it so much that he decided to delve deeper, and he moved to Thailand to immerse himself in the practice. Although he enjoyed his surroundings, his heart belonged in Charleston, SC, so after multiple professional fights, he returned home and resolved to spread his love of martial arts in the Lowcountry and nationally.

After spending years training, teaching, and coaching talented amateur kickboxing champions for other local gyms, he was ready to take his career and talent to a higher level. He opened the original Charleston Muay Thai in West Ashley.

Charleston Muay Thai has a competitive group of athletes who continue to top the champion charts around the globe. Our focus is also on helping athletes of all skill levels achieve their fitness goals through the art of boxing and Muay Thai. Whether your objective is to compete more fiercely, lose weight, or enhance your self-confidence in real life or on any playing field, we help you find the inner warrior lying below the surface.

Charleston Muay Thai is a nationally recognized training gym for the greatest boxing competitors in the world, but it is also a place where many had their start and others continue to come just for the fun of it. The one thing that everyone leaves the gym with is a sense of accomplishment, a great workout, and the confidence to take what they have learned and apply it to all aspects of their lives. After being part of Muay Thai, we promise you will come out fighting in all that you put your mind to!

Who We Are

Muay Thai is an equal-opportunity gym where everyone from novices to seasoned veterans can come unleash their inner warrior full of self-confidence and power. Muay Thai participants focus on overall fitness goals, learn self-defense, and above all, find family. We pride ourselves on being inclusive, welcoming, and sharing our enthusiasm for both boxing and thirst for life. Whether you are interested in becoming a competitor or you just love boxing, we are the only Muay Thai gym in West Ashley.

Our presence in Charleston and around the world is beginning to take hold as we continue to train competitors who represent our not-so-sleepy little corner of the world. Our gym has been featured in Health Links magazine and is honored to be called the “Best Martial Academy in Charleston.” Although our small group has turned into an explosive following, we believe there is always room for more.

Since opening, we have participated in hundreds of fights around the region and are the epicenter for sparring tournaments across the nation. We welcome ages 3 and up to come and try your hand at something we are sure will capture your spirit the way that it did Jeff Grady and many who have come after him. We offer equal-opportunity fight training for all genders and all ages.