Instructors

Intructors

Felipe Fogolin began actively competing at 7. He would go on to win multiple tournaments over the next decade including Campeao Paulista POr Equipes; a prestigious title. At age of 12, he started to train at renowned training center Associacao de Judo Vila Sonia under Olympic coach Jun Shinohara. He received his black belt from the Brazilian Judo Federetion in 2002.

in 2003, he rrived in the United States to study English and began training Barzilian Jiu-Jitsu under Cleber Luciano. Over the next 6 years, he would go on to win multiple titles in BJJ and pursue a full time career in Mixed Martial Arts. He received his black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in 2009 from Professor Luciano.

Over the next three years he worked at various facilities while his main focus was MMA and a dream of starting his own academy. After a successful winning streak in Mixed Martial Arts, he used the earning to create and establish Costa Mesa Training Center.

Patrick Anthony Pallan began his journey in Martial Arts at the age of 10 with Karate. He quickly found that his heart was with boxing and pursued it throughout his teen years. After a decade of Boxing, he discontinued training to study auto-mechanics. He would not return to Martial Arts until the age of 27. In 2009, he began studying Martial Arts once again and this time with a strong focus on Muay Thai. He received his light blue belt in 2011 and is in an aggressive pursuit for his Black Belt.

Pat began his coaching career at Costa Mesa Training Center over one year ago. Professor Felipe quickly recognized Coach Pat's unique ability to convey basic fundamentals to the first timer and he is now responsible for building the foundations of new students in the striking arts.

TYLER CECIL WOMBLES has been training Muaythai for over 13 years. He has helped couch big names in MMA like Spencer Fisher. He brings great instruction and style to our MuayThai program.