Best for kids 5+ drawn to tricking: martial arts kicks, gymnastics flips, and breakdance combined.

TrickingAcrobaticsTumbling
RecreationalLocally-Owned
Group & privateIndoorFall campsWinter campsSpring campsOngoing enrollmentBy appointmentFree trialYear-round
(940) 334-9252
info@dfdubtricking.com
Operates out of 465 W Southlake Blvd, Southlake, TX 76092
Operates out of (Main)465 W Southlake Blvd, Southlake, TX 76092
Altitude Trampoline Park3530 Grapevine Mills Blvd N, Grapevine, TX 76051
Mon · 4PM – 8PM
Monday4PM – 8PM
Tuesday4PM – 8PM
Wednesday4PM – 8PM
Thursday4PM – 8PM
Friday4PM – 8PM
Saturday9AM – 2PM
SundayClosed
First class is free; contact for current class pricing.

First class is free; contact for current class pricing.

Class days & times

What's offered

Six group classes a week across two host venues, each training day offering an all-levels section and an intermediate section: Grapevine at Altitude Trampoline Park (Monday and Wednesday, 5:30–6:25 pm all levels and 6:30–7:25 pm intermediate) and Southlake at Dana's Studio of Dance (Friday, 5:30–6:25 pm all levels and 6:30–7:25 pm intermediate). Private lessons are available by appointment at flexible times, and camps run on days school is out, with dates announced ahead of each. The first class is free.

Weekly classes

  • Group ClassFri · 5:30pm–6:25pm · ages 5+ · All levels · Dana's Studio of Dance (DSOD), Southlake
  • Group ClassFri · 6:30pm–7:25pm · ages 5+ · Intermediate · Dana's Studio of Dance (DSOD), Southlake
Camps
Dates

Camps run as six-hour training days on days school is out — school holidays, teacher in-service days, and longer breaks — with exact dates announced ahead of each. Currently announced: Columbus Day (1 day), Presidents Day (1 day), and Spring Break (5 days). Ages 5+, all levels, with beginners and advanced in separate tracks. Sign up via a free notification form; no dates or paid reservation posted online.

Cost

Not posted — camp pricing is no longer published online. Camps are announced through a free notification sign-up form (no payment or reservation made online).

Our take

DFDub teaches tricking — a sport that stitches martial-arts kicks, gymnastics flips, and breakdance-style movement into one acrobatic discipline. If your kid is the type always attempting a backflip off the couch and not that interested in ball sports, this is built for exactly that. No experience is needed; the coaches start beginners on foundations (cartwheels, round-offs) and build toward the flashy stuff — aerials, corks — on a skill-card system that tracks each athlete's next move.

It's a small, mobile program rather than a fixed gym. Six group classes run each week across three training days — Friday in Southlake at Dana's Studio of Dance, and Monday and Wednesday in Grapevine at Altitude Trampoline Park — with beginners and advanced trickers in the same session, each working at their own level. That's the tradeoff to weigh: you get real individual attention and a coach on the floor with every athlete, but not a daily drop-in schedule or a facility of their own. The two coaches, Truong and Ian, each have 10-plus years in martial arts and tricking and run every class themselves. Start with the free first class — tricking is unusual enough that one session tells you fast whether your kid lights up or shrugs. Private lessons and camps on days school is out round out the options.

Local Tips

DFDub doesn't have its own building — it runs as a traveling program out of host venues, so the address matters: the Southlake class (Friday) is at Dana's Studio of Dance, and the Grapevine classes (Monday and Wednesday) are at Altitude Trampoline Park. A few practical notes:

  • It's a small schedule (six classes a week, all evenings).
  • The first class is genuinely free.
  • Everything routes through the website — you pick a time and book online.

One thing to confirm before you plan around it:

  • Class pricing isn't posted (you get it after the trial).

And because classes are mixed-level, a brand-new kid trains alongside advanced trickers — the coaches scale the work, but it's worth knowing going in.

Credentials

DFDub was co-founded by two coaches who run every class themselves. Coach Truong, co-founder and head coach, has coached and tricked for over a decade and holds an Exercise Science degree from the University of Texas at Arlington; he has run his own studio, served as head coach at martial-arts schools, and created the DFDub "Skill Card" progression system the program is built around, with a focus on conditioning and injury rehab. Coach Ian Gray, co-founder and coach, has coached since 2010, is a 3rd-degree black belt in Taekwondo and a three-time Texas State Champion in sparring, and has served as head coach and kick specialist at two large martial-arts schools — Universal Martial Arts & Hapkido and White Tiger Martial Arts in Cary, North Carolina.

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