Meet Our Team

Igor Caetano

Head Instructor / Founder

​Igor Caetano, the only Native 1st degree Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt in Durham Region, Ontario. A native Brazilian whose enthusiasm for martial arts began at the young age of 14, Igor began training Muay-Thai and Kickboxing under Mestre Frederico Augusto. 
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​Igor proceeded to win a Pan-American kickboxing championship, holding an amateur record of 14-0. By 20 years old, Igor was introduced to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Grand Mestre Alvaro Barreto, a 9th degree black-belt, and Mestre Sylvio Behring, a 7th dan legend.

After moving to Toronto, Igor pursued a career in professional Mixed Martial Arts. Holding a 5-2 professional MMA record, Igor has been featured in various televised events such as CFC (Canadian Fighting Championship) and Aggression MMA Reality Fighting. After many dedicated hours, Igor earned his black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Sylvio Behring and continues to earn professor degrees. Throughout his career, Igor has been training with professional MMA athletes such as Anderson Silva, Rafael 'Feijao', Antonio 'Bigfoot' Silva and many more.                                                                                                                                                        

Katrina

Head Instructor

Katrina began her yoga journey years ago to become more physically active. she travelled to different studios around the GTA meeting with different friends using the Passport to Prana until she fell in love with Moksha Yoga.
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​Katrina quickly found that yoga was also helping her in other areas of her life. She found it helped her deal with the pressures of her stressful work environment as a pediatric nurse at Sick kids Hospital. After having her second child she took the yoga teacher training program at yoga tree studios and enjoys teaching various styles of yoga.

Brad

Instructor

Brad Coutts has been training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu for 15 years.  Originally drawn to BJJ after seeing its effectiveness in UFC 1, Brad sought out and trained under Canadian BJJ pioneer Professor Shah Franco.  While learning from Professor Franco, Brad had the honour of training under Jiu-Jitsu legend Mestre Sylvio Behring.

Training under Professor Shah, Brad also had an opportunity to study kickboxing under a truly world-class instructor.  Brad has additionally trained in and become a certified Instructor of the Gracie Survival Tactics Level 1 program.

Brad has developed and delivered realistic and effective defensive tactics training to major law enforcement agencies and is one of the original members of a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu club dedicated to teaching the art to his law enforcement community.

In early 2017, all of this training culminated when Brad was awarded his black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu by Mestre Sylvio Behring. Brad is proud to be a student of Professor Igor, a member of the Mamute MMA family, and considers it an honour to be able to share his experience and expertise with his Team.  

Amanda

Instructor

Amanda is a Group Fitness Instructor and Personal Trainer who has a love for all things fitness and sport related. She began her journey into sport at a young age as a competitive gymnast and carried that into adulthood.

Amanda is now at a point where she coaches children in the sport. She maintains her own fitness level by engaging in the sport as an adult, and by running, which she fell in love with in college. She has competed in several 5 and 10 kilometer runs and jogs daily as an additional form of exercise and relaxation.

Yves

Instructor

Yves initially began his martial arts journey through as a Judo practitioner, seeing one of his training partners wearing a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu shirt. After watching the likes of Royce Gracie compete in the early Ultimate Fighting Championship days, Yves was convinced he needed to master this particular martial art. 
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Yves sees himself as a long-term Brazilian jiu-jitsu instructed dedicated to teaching the kid's classes; some of his fondest achievements are meeting great people and keeping in shape through the academy.

Yves strongly believes that training in BJJ is a great confidence booster -

“I think BJJ is the best martial art for women and youth (as it) teaches you to control a much heavier opponent even from your back. That is why both of my girls are training in BJJ”.

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