About
Your guide to fitness, self-defense, and martial arts!
No one should have to feel ashamed..
In over 23 years of teaching and coaching children and adults, I have seen so many people working to overcome uncertainty and struggling with self-worth. People who didn’t know if they could be good at anything because they never had anyone patient enough to coach them in a way that showed them they could trust in their own abilities and become good at something.
I’ve been there. Throughout my youth, I tried different activities but had a hard time finding a coach or teacher that really resonated with me and my style of learning.
When I was 13 years old, my parents allowed me to join a martial arts school nearby. It was at this school that I first experienced that moment when someone other than my parents saw my potential and advocated for me. That school is where I found my love of movement and it is where I began my journey into movement education, and discovered my love of coaching.
Over the years, I’ve been fortunate to have teachers and mentors that have profoundly influenced the way I teach, helping me to provide you with a learning experience that will enable you to get strong safely and to move with ease and confidence. You can trust that your experience with me will be one that is trauma-informed and empathetic, providing you with a supportive environment in which to learn, make mistakes, and improve.
Credentials
- SFG 1 - StrongFirst Level 1 Certified Kettlebell Instructor
- MCT2 - MovNat Certified Trainer Level 2 (Member of 1st graduating class of MovNat Certified Trainers)
- FMS2 - Functional Movement Specialist Level 2
- Apprentice Instructor at Kettlebility
- Student of Richard Dimitri & Pamela Armitage - Trauma Informed Self-defense
- Student of Steve Smith (Student of Fook Yeung, Dave Harris & Jesse Glover)
- 3rd Black Sash Instructor under Steve Smith in Fook Yeung Chuan
- Student of Renato Alfonso in Filipino Martial Arts - Visayan Style Escrima
- Graduate of 1st class of civilians to be Certified Special Forces Combatives Instructor
- Certified Instructor WCD Gung-Fu
- Black Belt in WCD Gung-Fu
Now Accepting students
Space is limited to 3 new students to our small group In-person Martial arts classes.
Held Tuesdays & Wednesdays from 7:30pm to 8:30pm.