Joe Eckes To All Instructors

Joe Eckes is a former Peace Officer of 15 years. Half of that career time was spent as a lead trainer in arrest, control, and officer safety skills. After leaving the career in 2022, Joe still had a passion for instructing, and a desire to help people enjoy their learning journey.  Around this same time, Joe and his wife Mia were realizing their future in homeschooling their 6 children. It was becoming a way of life for them, and while looking for educational opportunities for their own kids, Joe recognized an unmet need in the growing homeschool community of MN: physical education.  There were so many people looking for play meet ups, sports opportunities that weren't full blown league commitments, and ways to get a family active that the idea for Forged & Tempered LCC was born. The idea was for a "travelling gym class" that could provide unique, cross disciplinary, experiential learning with the goal of helping kids feel competent and confident. For the last two years, Forged and Tempered LLC has been just that and Joe is pleased beyond words to be bringing his uplifting coaching style to the students of Mid-Metro Academy. 

E-mail:  [email protected]

Current Classes
Gym & Fitness – (open)
Intro. to Jiu Jitsu - FALL – (open)
Self-Defense & Fitness - SPRING – (open)