At Fifth Avenue Wellness, we believe performance, resilience, and well-being begin with the nervous system.
Located in Midtown Manhattan, our work combines neuroscience-based movement training, recovery practices, and modern wellness strategies designed for professionals navigating high levels of stress, pressure, and performance demands.
Through services such as self-defense training, Tai Chi & Qigong, yoga, mindfulness-based movement, and recovery-focused therapies, we help individuals and organizations improve focus, mobility, confidence, stress regulation, and long-term physical resilience.
Our approach blends evidence-informed methods with practical real-world application, creating a unique environment where performance optimization and wellness work together.
Carlos Jiménez is the founder of Fifth Avenue Wellness and the owner of the Kajukenbo and Filipino Martial Arts Club in New York City. With academic backgrounds in Neuroscience, Nutrition, Neuromarketing, and movement-based learning, Carlos has spent years developing a methodology centered around the Neuroscience of Learning and human performance.
His work focuses on helping people improve coordination, reaction time, stress management, confidence, and resilience through movement and practical training. Drawing from decades of martial arts experience, Carlos combines neuroscience, wellness, and performance training into a modern approach designed specifically for busy professionals seeking both physical and mental optimization.
Fifth Avenue Wellness proudly collaborates with Dr. Erin Lee of Grand Madison Acupuncture to integrate recovery, nervous system regulation, and restorative care into our wellness philosophy. Dr. Erin Lee specializes in acupuncture, dry needling, trigger point therapy, Gua Sha, and recovery-focused treatments that support pain management, mobility, stress reduction, and athletic recovery.
Together, our collaboration bridges performance training with restorative medicine, creating a holistic system that supports both the body and mind — helping clients move better, recover smarter, and perform at a higher level in both their professional and personal lives.
Programs are informed by neuroscience, attention, regulation, and how people learn and adapt.
Offerings build physical confidence, discipline, and embodied capability.
The goal is not momentary inspiration, but sustainable change in how people feel, function, and perform.
