Kris is a lifelong martial artist who has competed in Jiu Jitsu, Submission Grappling, MMA, Boxing, Kickboxing and Wrestling. He holds a Black Belt in Jiu Jitsu and specialises in No Gi submission grappling. He’s also a Suples© Bulgarian Bag instructor.
Kris is a lifelong martial artist who has competed in Jiu Jitsu, Submission Grappling, MMA, Boxing, Kickboxing and Wrestling. He holds a Black Belt in Jiu Jitsu and specialises in No Gi submission grappling. He’s also a Suples© Bulgarian Bag instructor.
Journ Tang is a blackbelt under Lachlan Giles from Absolute MMA, Australia. His objective is to bring quality and high percentage JiuJitsu into the training room. Journ is also an active competitor both locally and internationally. He has competed extensively in the Oceania and South-East Asian competition scene.
Coach Sharr started training in 2013 and promoted to black belt under the Tutelage of Don Villacin (Tokai Bjj Philippines). An active competitor since white belt competing in various regional and national competitions. Also a reserved athlete of the Philippines national Jiu-jitsu team in 2023 with a podium finish in the national trials.
Artem Kotov was a member of the Ukrainian Olympic Wrestling team and also acted as head coach for the Wrestling Federation of Singapore and the National Institute of Physical Education in Singapore.
He is also the Ex-Team coach for the Thailand National Wrestling team. He holds multiple Wrestling and No-Gi Grappling championships internationally and is a multiple time ADCC open gold medalist.
Currently, Coach Artem leads our Wrestling for Jiu Jitsu program at TGA.
Ashley has been training Jiu Jitsu since 2008 and has a background in Public Relations. She achieved her black belt in 2023 and is an avid practitioner with a strong interest in No Gi.
Ashley is also a Suples© Pro Instructor under Ivan Ivanov.
Brendan began training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in Australia in 2006 and
earned his black belt in 2017 under the Legendary Chris Haueter, one of the original American Black Belts under Rigan Machado.
Brendan is also responsible in putting together the BJJ syllabus and training program at TGA. He is also a certified Suples© Pro Instructor under Ivan Ivanov and runs the Suples© Bulgarian Bag classes.
