Join our team of coaches who are committed to educating on and sharing their hard won experiences so you can develop your own "winning formula".

Meet the Team


  • Head Wrestling Coach

    Our wrestling sessions will be taught by Jakub Kacenak, a former elite wrestler from Slovakia. Jakub has a background in wrestling, jiujitsu and MMA, making his knowledge and skill set applicable to multiple grappling rule sets.

    Before moving to Australia and taking out various titles, Jakub was a professional wrestler in Slovakia for 16 years. He is a multiple-time Slovakian national champion, he ranked in 8th place at the world championships and was awarded as the best wrestler in Slovakia in 2011.

    Jakub has trained all over the world including at the Ossetian school of wrestling which is considered to be one of the best schools in the world.

    In 2022 Jakub was the head coach for the Australian wrestling team for the commonwealth games and was the official assistant coach for the Australian wrestling team for the commonwealth games in 2018. He has over 7 years of experience coaching in NSW where he has built his name up as one of the world’s best coaches in wrestling.

    Join Jakub for invaluable insights into the highest level of the sport!

    Follow Jakub here - https://www.instagram.com/jakubkacenak/

  • Submission Grappling Coach

    Alex has almost 30 years of experience as an elite level athlete and coach.

    He has represented New Zealand at both Commonwealth and World Championships in Fencing as a teenager then after a life changing injury he went on to compete and coach in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Mixed Martial Arts and Submission Grappling.

    He has represented NZ at four Jiu-Jitsu World Championships and competed on professional BJJ events in Australia and New Zealand.

    As well as a prolific competitive career, Alex has dedicated himself to studying (Diploma of Exercise Science) and broadening his skill set, as well as coaching across multiple sports.

    Alex helped to found the first Combat Room in Wellington, NZ with Brian Morris, later headed by Vanderson Pires. At this time he also worked alongside a number of NZ and Australian representative rugby league teams as a tackle technique coach and trainer. After completing his studies Alex worked as a teacher and manager for the New Zealand Sports Academy for two years, introducing BJJ into the program and immersing in Maori culture and learning.

    After moving to Australia he tutored and lectured at the Australian College of Physical Education for a brief stint and then focused on growing his own BJJ gym, Combat Room Sydney.

    Having retired from competition, Alex has moved to coaching full time and focused on developing his coaching method and style. He has blended a detail oriented technical approach with a broad conceptual framework that has proven successful not only for competitive athletes but also children and hobbyists.

  • Recovery Coach / Assistant Grappling Coach

    Off the BJJ mats, Anna studies and shares movement, yoga and meditation, which has continued to this day to be a massive inspiration and guiding light through challenging times. Yoga and BJJ have a beautiful partnership, providing that which the other lacks, and I try to blend my personal learning from both into my teaching.

    Join Anna for some end of of day recovery sessions and learn how to actively regulate the nervous system post training to help move into rest and recovery more quickly.

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