Zach Taylor
Owner and head instructor is a three stripe brown belt who has been teaching since blue belt. Starting out, he taught the Gracie combative curriculum, and from that moment knew he wanted to teach, to share and to help.
Erin Buchanan
Erin has been training for ten years now and teaches our Tuesday night advanced GI class, She has won many gold medals competing at numerous IBJJF comps.
She lifts weights, Works in physical rehabilitation as a occupational theripist and is a drummer for a local band called Wired up.
Charles Harriot
2nd degree Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt from the Carlson Gracie Team who has taught in over 50 countries through seminars, camps, and events with BJJ Globetrotters.
A featured instructor on BJJ Fanatics, he’s known for making complex grappling concepts clear, adaptable, and immediately useful.
He has a love for teaching private lessons and creating specialty courses to impact and elevate the level of those around him.
With a background in physics and black belts in Judo and American Kenpo Karate, Charles brings clarity, creativity, and humor to the mats—and recharges with anime, lofi hip hop, and the occasional bboy session.