Tristar Gym

Expérience négative: One of their coaches, James Lauzon, was aggressive towards me on social media. We are complete strangers. The “summer or autumn” comment was referencing the name that I use on the app to protect my privacy from men like him. When I rejected him, he ranted about “women,” “dumb blondes,” and said I was “asking for it” because I put “dates” in my profile. He advertises that he works here on the platform. Remember that this is a middle-aged man speaking this way. Nice hire, Tristar. He left a review last week pretending to be a customer, not a coach, so this gym is also being fraudulent to attract customers.

Expérience fantastique: This place is a game changer. The energy and the people are incredible. The training is the best and the coaches are great!!!

Expérience fantastique: I’ve been training here since 2015, but started coming consistently after the covid lockdown and my game has reached a whole new level. Amazing instructors/coaches (Firas/Ian/Rob/Conrad) and all the bjj athletes have incredible knowledge. If you’re a serious athlete and looking to reach new heights, please attend this training facility

Expérience fantastique: Simply the best

Expérience fantastique: What a privilege to be able to train here truly one of the best Bjj/mma gyms you can go to

Expérience fantastique: Incredibly professional coaches, they care about their students even when they are new. They give the best advice and everyone is smart and easy to talk to. It's impressive to go watch the mma pro sparrings every friday at noon, when you get to see some UFC fighters actually spar inside the Octagon and showcase their high level !! I would recommend bringing loafers to walk inside the gym, and a big bottle of water.

Expérience négative: Unhygienic gym, they advertise philosophy but it’s full of toxic masculinity and disconnected people, got swallowed by capitalism’s greed and reebook branding, I don’t recommend.

Expérience fantastique: Elite and historic. I drive 2 hours to train here.

Expérience fantastique: If you know you know!! Love and respect

Expérience fantastique: World class coaching and technique. Emphasis in intentional drilling to improve skills. Doesn’t get better than this.

Expérience fantastique: As an MMA coach visiting from out of town, I had the opportunity to stop by Tristar Gym—and I can confidently say it’s one of the best gyms I’ve ever been to. Coach Firas Zahabi is truly world-class. The atmosphere, the level of technical knowledge, and the professionalism at this gym are unmatched. Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned fighter, this is a place where you can grow. Grateful for the experience and the hospitality. Highly recommend to anyone serious about martial arts.

Expérience fantastique: It's where I started my journey from Wimp2 (a)Warrior. This place will always have a special place in my heart as I also get to be so fortunate as to have the trophy named after me (haha suckers!) mounted at the GSP/Zahabi gym! Can't wait to train again real soon!

Expérience fantastique: Tristar has the best training room in the city, arguably in the entire country. If you’re looking to learn the latest cutting-edge techniques, there’s no better place.

Expérience fantastique: Tristar has the best training room in the city, arguably in the entire country. If you’re looking to learn the latest cutting-edge techniques, there’s no better place.

Expérience fantastique: The best!

Expérience négative: To begin with, the facility has an unpleasant odor. While Firas presents himself well and extends a friendly invitation to his gym, the reality is disappointing: you're paying $200 per month for only three 45-minute classes a week, with minimal engagement or instruction from the coach.

Expérience fantastique: We came from Toronto for a tournament in Montreal and stopped into Tristar to do a BJJ class. The instructor, Neil, was excellent and helped us with anything we needed help with. He was enthusiastic and very welcoming. We also met Firas, the owner. He was very nice and appreciative that we came so far to train at his gym. Lots of solid fighters there, with lots of mat space. The mats are impeccably clean, which is very nice to see. We plan to go again next time we're out there.

Expérience fantastique: We came from Toronto for a tournament in Montreal and stopped into Tristar to do a BJJ class. The instructor, Neil, was excellent and helped us with anything we needed help with. He was enthusiastic and very welcoming. We also met Firas, the owner. He was very nice and appreciative that we came so far to train at his gym. Lots of solid fighters there, with lots of mat space. The mats are impeccably clean, which is very nice to see. We plan to go again next time we're out there.

Expérience négative: This gym and all the trainer There Will waste your time and steal your money. If you want to waste your life, go there, they will steal your money for their career. As trainer as fighter and waste your time in life.

Expérience fantastique:

Expérience fantastique: Tristar gym sets the standard for mma & martial arts in general. Coach Firas and Tristar coaches are professionals, dedicated and attentive. What ever your goals are, Tristar gym can help you achieve them. Highly recommend.

Expérience fantastique: Really nice gym

Expérience positive: J’ai envie de découvrir

Expérience fantastique: Amazing gym with great coaches.

Expérience fantastique: Le club de GSP obligé de mettre 5 étoiles

Expérience fantastique: Been to many gyms. The knowledge you find at tristar is unmatched. First from coach Zahabi and then all the world class athletes that train there on a daily basis. Very strict on personal hygiene and gym cleanliness. Worth every penny. Bravo.

Expérience fantastique: Coach is a gentlemen and scholar

Expérience fantastique: Of course one of the greatest gym in Canada

Expérience fantastique: Without a doubt, Tristar Gym sets the bar for excellence in quality training for both jiujitsu and mma athletes. This gym is perfect for both beginners and elite level athletes. I believe that one year of training at Tristar would compare to 2 or 3 years of training elsewhere. The coaches are knowledgeable and welcoming. As someone visiting Montreal, I wish I had much more time to spend here. 5 stars.

Expérience fantastique: I brought my 12 year old here for a private with Neil Sheppard. She soaked up the training and continues to ask that we return. We had to travel a good distance but it was well worth it. We will be up for MFL & she plans to do a drop in!

Expérience négative: Do not go there. The guy who owns the place runs it like if he's the leader prophet of a cult, the cult of his gym. And like all cult the first thing they want and they want lots of it over there is to take your money. That's it that's all.

Expérience fantastique: Firas is the man!

Expérience fantastique: Best gym in Montreal, Beginner or pro, they'll satisfy your needs. Coachs and atheletes there are humble, everybody helps everybody. You can do a try out as first session

Expérience fantastique: Great spot to wrestle/ grapple

Expérience fantastique: Best gym in canada

Expérience fantastique: An older hobbiest. Had second thoughts about joining this gym given it has one of the world’s best MMA coaches (Firas Zahabi) and produces champions, but found it very welcoming and patient with people of all levels. Students are collegial. Would recommend Firas’s bjj class. Also took mma private lessons with a fighter out of the gym, Tyler Wilson, and wrestling with Coach Anatolie, highly recommend both.

Expérience négative: Think high of themselves… very poor behaviour…

Expérience fantastique: "This gym is excellent; it has been the training ground for world-class fighters."

Expérience fantastique: Best of the best

Expérience positive: Professional and amazingly good environment for beginners, training along with pro UFC FIGHTERS

Expérience fantastique: Best gym in canada,great coach,people are friendly.

Expérience fantastique: Top coach in Canada for MMA. Teaches technique, philosophy, motivation and educational understanding of sports.

Expérience fantastique: Great gym,highly recommend it to anyone who wants to learn martial arts.

Expérience fantastique: Great trainers, very knowledgeable and will push you to reach higher. Amazing gym, equipment and always clean. Staff and clients are welcoming and encouraging.

Expérience fantastique: Хочу сходить, но еще не посещалазанятия

Expérience fantastique: Le temple du MMA a Montreal

Expérience fantastique: Les cours sont très techniques et pointus, un des meilleurs endroits pour rouler et apprendre le jiu jitsu brésilien NoGi. J'y vais depuis mon cours d'essai, il y a 4 ans. Je ne peux pas exprimer à quel point les entraîneurs et le reste des gars sont sympatiques. Je recommande vivement ce club.

Expérience fantastique: Excellent gym pour mma et lutte. Spacieux propre meilleur gym d'art martiaux au Canada.

Expérience fantastique: Incredible !!!

Expérience fantastique: Amazing

Expérience fantastique: Good

Expérience fantastique: Amazing

Expérience fantastique: Awesome spot to train!

Expérience fantastique: High level training, amazing coaches.

Expérience fantastique: My prounons are nick/her

Expérience fantastique: It's the best gym in the country

Expérience fantastique: Top tier training with a friendly and respectful atmosphere

Expérience fantastique: Great gym and great atmosphere. I highly recomand this gym.

Expérience négative: I don’t recommend a gym that has a coach that bullies people online for their disabilities.

Expérience fantastique: Top MMA gym in the city, best coaches and the team is like a family.

Expérience fantastique: I feel like people in the comments who have never trained here shouldn't be allowed to make a review just based on internet court to discredit a gym reputation based on allegations of one of the trainers

Expérience fantastique: It's awesome to be trained by Firas Zahabi. It's one of the best BJJ Gym in the world I think

Expérience négative: It's extremely unprofessional that a staff member who openly endorses their affiliation with this gym continues to engage in immature and childish antics online. It reflects poorly on the business and owner. I'll be taking my business elsewhere.

Expérience fantastique: I trained here for my visit to Montreal and had an amazing time. Coach Firas’s instruction is easy understand and high class. I would recommend this gym to anybody beginner or expert. Thank you for having me.

Expérience fantastique: Got to train here when I was in town for business. By far one of the best experiences I've had in my martial arts journey. The environment and leadership was unmatched. It makes me want to move to Montreal just so I can train here more. Definitely will be making it back sometime soon!

Expérience fantastique: Growing up around the corner, I took a class and nevertheless it was great, I was kid back then, but I remember seeing GSP there, and a few weeks after he was in the mma. So if you really wanna get great at mma, it's not just about the dedication you have it's also the great coaches and equipment.

Expérience négative: This gym is allowing one of their coaches to bully disabled people, refusing to address the issue, and allowing him to stay employed. This is not a safe or welcoming environment for neurodivergent people. Please beware.

Expérience négative: I have tried to reach out to this gym back in September, privately, about one of their ableist coaches online bullying me for my disability and they never responded. Rob Rivest, their MMA/BBJ coach, has been acting disturbingly towards us online since September, about my Autism. It’s now November and there’s been no response from the gym, and Rob continues to comment disgusting things online today. This is a terrible gym to be going to that seems to condone ableist behaviour from their coaches.

Expérience fantastique: I was passing through Montreal and I dropped by for a roll. Training alongside quite a few fighting legends in a Tristar atmosphere was a dream come true. Thanks Firas and the company!

Expérience fantastique: Best gym I have been to in Montreal... Home of Champions. They helped me with my mental health and how to channel my anger. I wish I lived in Montreal ! Thank you coach Buzzsaw

Expérience fantastique: Overall 5 stars, would give 6 if can. Details below: There seem to be many fake reviews to try and pump down the gyms 5 star rating for what a man said, overall from my own experience these people reviewing have never even been to the gym or the sort with dicipline for martial arts. Some have purple hair, which says alot. As a solid reviewer and track record in reviewing around the world. I have been to many Jiu jitsu / MMA gyms, this is by far the highest level. Head coach Firas is more humble than many other coaches around the world that has smaller less succesful gyms. The classes are thought out in a realistic and systematic way, which is crucial. The first day I arrive he came down to greet me personally seeing I looked lost, very rare to see this else where and I was not expecting it. Overall he is very high level in his actual skills and coaching. The community is solid, not woke, very welcoming, many high level grapplers and strikers. To be honest I have not been going to Jiu jitsu classes (most can be Bollshet) in just over a year of my 3 years in Jiujitsu, but I have been coming to Firas’s classes 3-5 times a week. Thank you for bring back my passion for martial arts. 5 stars.

Expérience fantastique: Bello gang

Expérience fantastique: Amazing facility. Great rolls

Expérience fantastique: Probably the best MMA gym in the world.

Expérience fantastique: Been there a few years and while surrounded by superstars and world class coaches, the friendships built in there are irreplacable. Firas and his coaching staff have transformed many people into combat machines while elevating the standards of the true warrior; to be compassionate, caring and humble individuals. This is and will continue to be my second home..

Expérience fantastique: If Gsp and Rory trained here, what else you need to know

Expérience fantastique: Our experience at TriStar is always great! The coaches are best of the best!

Expérience fantastique: I love this gym. Feels like home.

Expérience fantastique: Amazing facility. Great rolls

Expérience fantastique: Amazing gym

Expérience fantastique: Great coaches Great gym

Expérience fantastique: Best MMA gym and trainers in Canada. So friendly and patient.

Expérience fantastique: Bonne place sérieuse bon instructeur

Expérience fantastique: Entrenar con los mejores nunca esta mal.

Expérience fantastique: meilleur gym dans le monde entier force a firas et GSP

Expérience fantastique: The best training

Expérience fantastique: The place to be at!

Expérience fantastique: World class

Expérience fantastique: good

Expérience fantastique: awesome

Expérience fantastique: top notch !

Expérience fantastique: Love the gym

Expérience fantastique: Awesome gym!

Expérience fantastique: Best in the game !

Expérience fantastique: Good human beings

Expérience fantastique: Firas Zahabi is the best

Expérience fantastique: You guys make Canada proud.

Expérience fantastique: Amazing martial arts dojo

Expérience fantastique: Firas is a 3 in 1 trainer. He can train body, mind, and soul.

Expérience positive: Very overrated gym if you are a beginner IMO. The boxing coach is a class act though and the BJJ instructor was very kind. I respect the attitude of the veteran staff, they were very kind. Went as a noob. On other side, Zahabi wasnt exactly friendly with any of the new guys(all my time there not once did he say hello and always had a mean mug lol. Totally different online persona imo). Honestly, I'd avoid if you really want to learn. If you are a pro, you should go there though.