Head Instructor - Alex Lanyon

My name is Alex Lanyon. I'm the head instructor at Toa Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. I have studied martial arts since I was young and have trained and competed in many martial arts over the years. I started training Tae-Kwon-Do in my home town at the age of 8. In my teenager years I studied a number of different styles including various types of Karate and Boxing. After travelling for some time and moving to London I continued primariliy with a Style called Fujin White Crane (tiger crane combination) Kung Fu. I competed often and earned a number of gold medals under various rule sets in Great Britain and Europe. At this time my training also took me to China and Thailand. In 2009 I began training MMA and became interested in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. In 2010 I switched my focus to the latter after falling in love with the mentality and technicality of BJJ. I trained hard, competing and earning gold medals at the Nationals, Pan Pacific championships, Asian International Championships, and Pan Asian Championships as well as some state level events. I am a purple belt under Thiago Stefanutti, a 3rd Degree black belt and head Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instructor at Absolute MMA ).

My name is Alex Lanyon. I'm the head instructor at Toa Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

I have studied martial arts since I was young and have trained and competed in many martial arts over the years. I started training Tae-Kwon-Do in my home town at the age of 8. In my teenager years I studied a number of different styles including various types of Karate and Boxing. After travelling for some time and moving to London I continued primariliy with a Style called Fujin White Crane (tiger crane combination) Kung Fu. I competed often and earned a number of gold medals under various rule sets in Great Britain and Europe. At this time my training also took me to China and Thailand.

In 2009 I began training MMA and became interested in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. In 2010 I switched my focus to the latter after falling in love with the mentality and technicality of BJJ. I trained hard, competing and earning gold medals at the Nationals, Pan Pacific championships, Asian International Championships, and Pan Asian Championships as well as some state level events.

I am a purple belt under Thiago Stefanutti, a 3rd Degree black belt and head Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instructor at Absolute MMA).

 

Judo Instructor - James chirgwin

James is a 2nd degree Judo Black belt who has been training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu with us for sometime now. He has excellent grappling skills and his style and approach to Judo really crosses over well to BJJ. He recently earned a silver and a bronze (weight and open weight) in the SA international open with a great performance. His ability to use pins, submission and throws will be a great asset to the club. - Alex Lanyon

James is a 2nd degree Judo Black belt who has been training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu with us for sometime now. He has excellent grappling skills and his style and approach to Judo really crosses over well to BJJ. He recently earned a silver and a bronze (weight and open weight) in the SA international open with a great performance. His ability to use pins, submission and throws will be a great asset to the club.

- Alex Lanyon

Striking instructor - Ben scott

Ben is a 3rd Degree Black belt in Freestyle Karate with 15 years experience and a Blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu with 5 years experience. His striking is based around Karate, Muay Thai and Dutch kickboxing as well as his experience as a grappler. He draws his influence from coaches such as Tim Tyler, John Danaher, Firas Zahabi and John Will. He's also influenced heavily by athletes George Saint-Pierre, Mike Tyson, John Wayne Parr, Vasyl Lomachenko, Demetrious Johnson as well as many others. He places heavy emphasis on the use on footwork, creating angles, distance management and generating power through body movement. He's instructed kids classes and been assistant instructor for a large part of his martial arts career and takes pride in helping people learn and reach their potential.

Ben is a 3rd Degree Black belt in Freestyle Karate with 15 years experience and a Blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu with 5 years experience.

His striking is based around Karate, Muay Thai and Dutch kickboxing as well as his experience as a grappler.

He draws his influence from coaches such as Tim Tyler, John Danaher, Firas Zahabi and John Will. He's also influenced heavily by athletes George Saint-Pierre, Mike Tyson, John Wayne Parr, Vasyl Lomachenko, Demetrious Johnson as well as many others.

He places heavy emphasis on the use on footwork, creating angles, distance management and generating power through body movement. He's instructed kids classes and been assistant instructor for a large part of his martial arts career and takes pride in helping people learn and reach their potential.

The coaches coach - HEad instructor of Absolute MMA

Thiago Stefanutti

Thiago Stefanutti is a third degree Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt who has placed at the IBJJF World Championships, South American Championships and European Championships, won multiple state championships in Brazil and multiple Pan Pacific Championships. His students have won multiple World Championship titles and our team is the only Australian team to ever win a IBJJF World Championships team trophy, the most prestigious Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competition in the world. * “It’s great to have the support of my coach Thiago. It gives me the chance to sharpen my own skills and bring better Jiu-Jitsu to the hills. It’s also great to have the backing of a strong team and a great family of athletes when we go interstate and abroad.” - Alex Lanyon

Thiago Stefanutti is a third degree Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt who has placed at the IBJJF World Championships, South American Championships and European Championships, won multiple state championships in Brazil and multiple Pan Pacific Championships.

His students have won multiple World Championship titles and our team is the only Australian team to ever win a IBJJF World Championships team trophy, the most prestigious Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competition in the world.

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“It’s great to have the support of my coach Thiago. It gives me the chance to sharpen my own skills and bring better Jiu-Jitsu to the hills. It’s also great to have the backing of a strong team and a great family of athletes when we go interstate and abroad.”

- Alex Lanyon