About Us

Ken Dunbar

Founder and Head instructor

• Marine Veteran
• Black belt in SAMBO via the Sila Voli affiliation
• West Coast Director for SAMBO League
• Brown belt in Judo under Andy Dodd
• Brown belt in BJJ under Kano Melvin
• Kickboxing Coaching Certificate

Ken believes everyone should be a complete martial artist, understanding weapons, striking, and grappling. His passion is geared towards helping his students become the best practitioners they can be, and he works tirelessly to ensure they continue to grow.

A Marine veteran, Ken understands the need to be ‘combat ready’ and approaches instruction from a self-defense first, competition second, perspective.

Lindsey Berryman

Co-Owner – Women & Kids Instructor

• Blue Belt in BJJ under Kano Melvin
• Womens instructor
• Kids instructor
• Army Veteran

Coach Lindsey discovered the transforming effect of jiu-jitsu when she began. It allowed her to become empowered and helped her overcome obstacles in her life that had been present for years. Her goal is to spread that transformative and healing effect to as many people as she can. She strives to ensure Glacier is not just a school for fighters, but for everyone to enjoy and grow in.

Kano Melvin

BJJ Instructor

• Black belt in BJJ under Marcelo Alonso
• Former wrestler
• Numerous Traditional Martial Arts ranks

Professor Kano is a complete grappler, who started wrestling at a very young age. He aims to create the most basic and ‘stripped down’ version of BJJ to teach as a foundation for his students. His goal is to ensure students are effective in both real self-defense and sport environments. First teaching from traditional informative instruction, then building via focused sparring and live situations. As students journey from beginner to advanced practitioners, he supports them in their growth to become excellent in whatever focus they choose to pursue.

Andy Dodd

Judo Instructor

• 3rd degree Black belt in Judo, Kodokan ranked
• Purple Belt in BJJ under Kano Melvin
• Former MMA/NHB competitor
• Former wrestler
• Army Veteran

Sensei Andy Dodd is a 3rd degree black belt (Sandan) in Judo, registered with the United States Judo Association and the Kodokan Judo Headquarters in Tokyo. Sensei Dodd is also a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and has an extensive background in MMA, military combatives and catch as catch can wrestling. His teaching strategy is to give each student a solid background in traditional Kodokan Judo, while ensuring they learn the tools necessary to use their Judo skills in multiple competitive arenas including Judo and Jiu-Jitsu Competition, MMA as well as self-defense situations.

Devon Goda

Kickboxing Instructor

• AMC trained Kickboxer
• Alive MMA Trained Striker
• Fight Sports Analyst and Strategist

Coach Devon’s fighting arts practice began with a half-year of Goju-Shorin karate in 1993. Shortly thereafter, the first Ultimate Fighting Championship happened. This event spurred him into a flurry of eclectic, non-traditional training. Most prominently, Devon trained and student-coached at the American Martial Arts Center (AMC) in the 90s through the early 2000s; and refocused his knowledge on striking at Alive MMA in the mid-2010s. Throughout his 30 years of involvement in fight sports, he has trained at dozens of BJJ, Submission Wrestling, and Striking gyms. He specializes in analyzing fighters, predicting matchups, and approaches to winning fights.

Arthur J Raymond III

HEMA Instructor

Learning swordplay is like any other skill. It takes practice, discipline, and dedication. Modern equipment makes learning relatively safe, and a revival of interest in the old manuscripts makes learning easier than ever before. I always look for the why and how of the various methods to the schools of sword fighting. As we study more and more, each of us has to be mindful of the original core of each of these schools. They are meant to be a practical, efficient way to ensure victory for yourself, and minimize personal risk. That means constantly checking to see that our technique is not only correct to the manuscripts, but also functional. A solid foundation in the basics often beats poor mastery of advanced techniques.

Although we are unlikely to ever employ the techniques of HEMA in a life and death scenario, the benefits of learning the art can still shine through. Confidence, discipline, calm and rational evaluation of ourselves and our opponents, physical fitness, and good camaraderie are all part and parcel to being a skilled tactician. Learning HEMA is as much learning about yourself as it is the sword.

Kyuss Mano

SAMBO Instructor

• Blue belt in BJJ under Kano Melvin
• Yellow belt in Judo under Andy Dodd
• Green belt in SAMBO under Ken Dunbar
• Student-instructor
• Certified Personal Trainer

Coach Ky assists with instruction in all classes and helps members with strength and conditioning advice. An avid competitor, Coach Ky demonstrates the effectiveness of our programs by challenging himself in all aspects of combat sports. Ky routinely defeats more experienced competitors with grit, determination, self awareness, and a dedication to continually improve himself.

Ryan St Jean

SAMBO Instructor

• Blue belt in BJJ under Kano Melvin
• Yellow belt in Judo under Andy Dodd
• Brown belt in SAMBO under Ken Dunbar
• Student-instructor
• Army Veteran
• Degree in education

Coach Ryan has practiced a myriad of martial arts. His main focus is self-defense and he truly works to ensure that ‘what works in the gym also works in the streets’. A Sambist at heart, Ryan believes that ‘ending the fight’ is the most important aspect in self-defense situations. He works tirelessly to ensure he understands the why, how, and theory of a technique and pressure tests it live to discover its effectiveness for him.