Master Kazeka Muniz Seminars at Easton Castle Rock!
Instructors
Devin Rourke
Devin Rourke – Purple Belt BJJ instructor Devin’s whole life has been involved in different sports- from swimming, to track, water-polo, lacrosse, Judo, and now Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. H was an all-American swimmer in high school and competed in Division I collegiate swimming at Centenary College of Louisiana on an athletic scholarship. After his swimming [...]
John Boyle
John Boyle- Purple Belt BJJ coach John grew up on the beach in South Jersey surfing, skating and playing soccer all throughout high school. In 2003, he moved to Steamboat Springs to ski and go to school. When it was time to finish school in 2007 in Denver, John replaced his passion for skiing, surfing, [...]
Peter Straub
Peter Straub – Puple belt BJJ coach and competitor- MMA record 1-0 Peter grew up in Paonia, Colorado, a small farm town on the Western Slope. Peter worked on his father’s farm in the summers and in the auto shop in the winters. Peter first became interested in martial arts while in college at University [...]
Chris Stolpe
Chris Stolpe- Purple belt kids and adult BJJ coach Chris Stolpe began martial arts at the age of 12 with Taekwondo and went on at age 18 to teach for three years. He has been doing BJJ for six years and began teaching kids Jiu Jitsu in 2008. Chris’s passion for this sport and his [...]
Milly Malloy
Milly Malloy- Purple Belt BJJ Coach Milly has been training and teaching at Easton BJJ Boulder for the past three years. You can see her on the mat, along with the rest of her family, Monday through Sunday. Her husband Russ currently holds the rank of blue belt, while her two children, Christian and Eduardo, [...]
Steve Dapkus
Steve Dapkus- Purple Belt BJJ Coach Steve Dapkus began training at Easton BJJ in early 2003, shortly after Amal opened his first gym in Boulder. After spending many years on the mat in Boulder, Steve thought he was pretty good until he spent a few days at Gordo’s gym in Rio De Janeiro a few [...]
Nicholas Reid
Coach Nic has become a fantastic instructor over the past year, attaining his Purple Belt. He has impressively grown the kids program at Castle Rock and has been a huge asset to the adult program at our school. Known for his passionate, technical and academic approach to jiu jitsu, everyone can learn something from Coach [...]
Steve Josephy
Steve Josephy- Brown Belt BJJ instructor Steve has traveled the world twice, alone, starting when he was 18. Then he was a bike messenger in Denver and San Francisco. He earned his undergraduate in microbiology, and now has a law degree. He is published in the Journal of Immunology and the Denver University Law Review. [...]
James Strater-Smith
James Strater-Smith- Brown Belt BJJ substantial Muay Thai experience and 2-0 MMA James began martial arts at twelve years old, studying Tae Kwon Do. After earning his black belt at eighteen, he decided to investigate Brazilian Jiu Jitsu at the insistence of his friend, Ian Lieberman, and began training at Easton Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in [...]
Brian Carlsen
Brian Carlsen- Substantial BJJ competitive experience- BJJ Brown belt Brian began training BJJ as a child and has been very active in martial arts since he was nine years old. He instantly fell in love with the intellectual and physical challenges of the sport, so much so that he chose to compete on many stages, [...]
Ian Lieberman
Ian Lieberman- BJJ competitor- Brown Belt Originally from Trenton, New Jersey, Ian Lieberman played Division 1 prep school hockey at Avon Old Farms in Connecticut and Division 3 collegiate hockey for Lebanon Valley College in PA. In the winter of 2006, Ian moved to Boulder, Colorado, where he began training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu under Amal [...]
Mike Tousignant
General Manager – Boulder Mike Tousignant- BJJ Brown Belt, Standout High School Wrestler, 1-0 MMA Record Mike originally comes from Boston, MA, where he grew up playing football and wrestling. He took 2nd place at the New England Championships his senior year of high school. After high school, he went on to play a year [...]
Vellore Caballero
Vellore Caballero – General manager- Brown Belt Instructor/Professional MMA Fighter Vellore Caballero grew up in Oklahoma where he wrestled in high school. After high school, and while in college, he became a fan of the Ultimate Fighting Championship and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. At the time there was no BJJ training available in Oklahoma, so learning would [...]
Atom Ariolla-Tirella
Atom Ariola began his formal Brazilian Jiu Jitsu training at Maxercise, a Relson Gracie academy, in Philadelphia, in 1997. After that time, he moved to New York City where he trained at Renzo Gracie’s first school in the New York area. Since then, Atom has spent three years training with Carlson Gracie Junior and Carlson [...]
Luiz Deninho
Professor Dentinho is a high-level black belt with cutting edge Jiu-jitsu. He spends time training and preparing for tournaments with us in Colorado. His smile is all you need to see his passion for sharing his skills with others!
