Instructors
Head Instructor:
Stephen Kamphuis
2nd Degree BJJ Black belt (graded in Brazil)
2nd Degree Judo Black Belt ( graded in New Zealand )

About the Head Instructors
Resident BJJ Black Belt Instructor- Stephen Kamphuis trained and received his Black belt from Anthony Lange and John Will, (Will-Machado Australia 2004) and six Degree Black Belt Master Fabricio Martins of Equipe Fabricio of Brazil also in 2004, thus giving him the rare distinction of being one of a few non Brazilians to earn his Black belt degrees in Brazil.

He received his first degree black belt in 2007 from Master Fabricio while competiting in Brazil and in 2010 he recived his second degree after winning the Black Belt Absolute.

Before coming to the Philippines Stephen was the first and only person from New Zealand and Australia to hold Black Belts in both Judo and BJJ granted by the respective International Federations ( International Judo Federation and the International Jiu Jitsu Federation ).He has also refereed at both the World and the Pan Ams ,the first non Braziilain in the Asia Pacfic region to achieve this honor..

Stephen started training Judo at the age of 14 while growing up in New Zealand under Coach Ivan Willis (Olympic Judo Referee) receiving his Black belt in Judo just before turning 20. He competed for New Zealand on several ocassions, the first being as a 14 year old in New Caledonia and in Hawai at the Pacific Rim

Once he moved to Australia he continued training on a semi regular basis in both Judo and Boxing, and also tried other martial Arts such as Hapkido.

His continued interest in Martial Arts lead to the discovery of BJJ quite by accident, he immediately found a real passion for the technical, mental and physical skills that come from training BJJ.
His BJJ instructor in Australia was Anthony Lange, of Lange Martial Arts and it was at this school where Stephen not only received high level instruction from Anthony, but had many great training partners including Anthony Perosh and Elvis Sinosic who now own and operate SPMA in Australia. ( see links).

While in Australia Stephen formed a close friendship with Brazilian training partner Rapael Costello a student of Master Fabrico.

In 2003 Anthony Lange and Stephen decided to compete and train with Master Fabricio in Brazil and has continued to do so for the past  seven years. With the endorsement from Anthony Lange in 2006 Stephen was invited to head the Fabricio team in Asia the first team outside of Brazil." It is an honour for myself and my students to have our school directly affiliated to Master Fabricio's academy in Brazil,  we endevour to be worthy to carry the team name.