Saario Academy training programs and events

What makes Saario Academy courses so ?

1. Professional instructors

All our instructors have a strong martial arts background with several years of experience. We select our instructors very carefully to provide the best training programs and events in the world

2. Trainings around the world

Saario Academy is an international community with instructors and team members in more than 15 countries and we’ve been teaching worldwide since 1983.

3. Learn in your own language

All our instructors have a strong martial arts background with several years of experience. We select our instructors very carefully to provide the best training programs and events in the world

4. Good vibes - Join a family

When you join Saario Academy, you’ll feel an amazing sense of belonging to an exceptional community. Our participators also claim that they’ve never before taken part on such courses, where theory, practice and real life experience were so compact.

We believe that we have the best self-defense training programs in the world...

...and our students agree

Great people - Humble Instructors - No Ego. One big family. If you looking for great training and self defense I strongly recommend a seminar with Jyrki Saario.

Jan Bjelke
Saario Academy is where I found my second family, my warrior family. Very profesional, very pedagogical way of teaching and great knowledge of self defence and combatives.

Mikael Pedin
Jyrki Saario is more then a unique fighting artist and mentor. He is a fair and loyal business partner and first of all a very good friend. This is exactly what Saario Academy is about.

Istvan Nagy
Saario Academy is on the sharp edge of self-defense education for professionals and civilians. Not only because of Jyrki but because of the community.

Ilari Saukkonen
I found a breath of freshness, knowledge, intelligent people with passion and motivation for further development in the broadly understood self-defence area at the Saario Academy.

Jakub Borkowski

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