  We present an analysis of the three-flavor holographic model of QCD
associated to a $D4/D8$ brane configuration, with symmetry breaking induced by
a worldsheet instanton associated to a closed loop connecting
$D4-D8-D6-\overline{D8}$. We calculate the electromagnetic and axial couplings
of all octet and decuplet baryons, as well as several negative parity
excitations, with and without symmetry breaking effects, and demonstrate
qualitative and quantitative agreement with many available experimental
measurements, with marked improvement over the analogous two-flavor models.
