OUR MISSION:

To Educate, Equip, and Empower Women to be Safe, Healthy, and Confident. To Live a Life Without Limits or Compromise.

Fierce & Fearless was formed to provide a safe, supportive, and empowering environment that improves the lives of women and girls in our community.

OKC's Personal Protection Experts

OKC's PERSONAL PROTECTION EXPERTS

Fierce and Fearless is a women's personal protection program developed by Jason Epps and Jessica Cargill at Pride Mixed Martial Arts in Edmond, Oklahoma.

Pride has served the greater Oklahoma communities since 1996. Founded by Chief Instructor Jason Epps, Pride Mixed Martial Arts has grown to be one of the top personal protection training centers in the country. Pride offers the areas most diverse fitness and martial arts options. Our qualified instructors are nationally certified and uphold the highest standards in teaching personal protection.

Multiple award winning programs
Morning and Evening Classes
17,000 sq ft training facility
Four training floors and full size boxing ring
OKC's only certified Sayoc Training Center
Certified Warrior's Way Training Center
Certified Atienza Kali Training Center
Rafael Lovato Jr. Brazilian Jiu-jitsu affiliate

So, whether your goal is getting in the best shape of your life, learning valuable self defense skills, giving your kids valuable life skills or simply training in some great programs for the fun of it, we have a class (or more!) for you. Don't wait, start today!

WHAT IS FIERCE & FEARLESS

Fierce & Fearless encompasses the entire spectrum of personal safety.

Fierce & Fearless is not a traditional martial arts program or the typical "self-defense" class. Our training is specifically designed to address all three areas of personal protection: Physical, Mental, and Emotional.

The ability to control one's emotions is the single most important variable in any situation. When violence is eminent, your ability to defend yourself is greatly affected by your ability to control your emotions. We place a premium on understanding the mental and emotional dynamic inherent to all conflict. Our training progression is designed to develop mental toughness and harden emotional resolve.

Fierce & Fearless was created to bring students to a high level of proficiency in a relatively short period of time. Instead of teaching a set of specific techniques that may or may not fit an individual, we teach a progression of concepts and principles that can adapt to the individual or situation. Training addresses a wide variety of aggressive acts including punches, chokes, headlocks and grabs, as well as defenses against multiple attackers and assailants armed with firearms, edged weapons, or blunt objects.

OUR INSTRUCTORS

Our qualified instructors are nationally certified and uphold the highest standards in teaching personal protection. With a wealth of experience in the combat arts, our team has developed a program that is designed to build students progressively, in an environment that is enjoyable and safe.

Jessica Cargill

Fierce & Fearless Co-founder and Lead Instructor at Pride Mixed Martial Arts. Coach Jessi Cargill started her training soon after enrolling her children at Pride Mixed Martial Arts over ten years ago. Since then, all three have earned their Black Belts.

Coach Jessi is the Program Director for Pride Mixed Martial Arts. With an extensive background working with children and teens, Coach Jessi lives out her passion of teaching kids on a daily basis. Prior to teaching at Pride, she operated a successful home daycare and used her love and knowledge of horses to help troubled teens at a boy's home using equine therapy.

Coach Jessi is truly an inspiration. She became the 2012 IKF Kickboxing Women’s Super Light Weight World Champion at age 38! No easy feat, considering most of her opponents were in their twenties!

Her drive and passion to empower women has led her to develop a women's personal protection program called Fierce and Fearless! Teaching women rape prevention and self defense through workshops and seminars.

She is the spokeswoman for Designing a Safer Woman, a collaborative women's safety project empower and educate women and help them design personal protection plans, based on their lifestyles.

4th Degree Black Belt
Warrior's Way International - Full Instructor
Sayoc Kali - Apprentice Instructor
Thai Boxing Association - Instructor
2012 IKF Women's Super Light Weight World Champion

Jason Epps

Fierce & Fearless Co-founder and Head Coach at Pride Mixed Martial Arts in Edmond, Oklahoma. At nine years old Jason Epps enrolled in a martial arts class hoping he would learn to protect himself from the neighborhood bullies that terrorized him on a daily basis. Not only did the martial arts teach him self-defense, it taught him how to be more disciplined, confident, and self-controlled. The Martial Arts soon became a passion that would define his life.

Teaching is more than a passion for him. He knows firsthand that the values and principles, taught through the martial arts, are life changing. Coach Epps' purpose and mission for Pride Mixed Martial Arts is to empower his students to live life without limits or compromise.

Coach Epps Holds the Following Ranks and Titles:

Warriors's Way International - Instructor
Sayoc Kali - Instructor
Atienza Esprima - Instructor
Lovato Brazilian Jiu-jitsu - Purple Belt
5th degree Black Belt Tae Kwon Do
5th degree Black Belt Bak Sei Gung Fu
2nd degree Black Belt Yuan Wha Ryu
1st Degree Black Belt Kenpo
Black Belt Krav Maga

Coach Epps is also a 4x Undefeated Texas Kickboxing Champion and 2x Texas Full Contact Karate Champion. He currently has produced 8 Muay Thai World Champions and 3 National Champions.