The team on the floor.
Nine coaches teach at TRITAC. Black belts in BJJ, Kobukai Jujitsu, Hapkido, Judo, and Tae Kwon Do. A UFC veteran. A DPT and CSCS in the strength room. Click any card for the full bio, ranks, and lineage.
Matt Bryers
Owner, Head Coach
Owner and head coach. 30+ years on the mat, BJJ 3rd degree black belt, Kobukai Jujitsu Kaiden 5th Degree, co-creator of the TRITAC system.
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Oz Pariser
MMA & Technical Grappling Coach
Former pro MMA fighter (4-1). BJJ black belt plus black belts in Kobukai Jujitsu and Kyokushin.
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Chris Ahearn
Head Strength & Conditioning Coach
Head S&C coach. NASM + ISSA certified, 12+ years training fighters and general-population clients.
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Ruben Gallego
Combatives & Self-Defense Coach
Lead combatives coach. Certified Defence Lab instructor with international teaching experience.
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Ken Cotrona
Senior Grappling & Martial Arts Coach
35+ years on the mat. Multi-discipline black belt, including 5th degree Kobukai Jujitsu.
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Peter Giannola
Kickboxing Coach
Team kickboxing coach. Important part of the TRITAC striking program. Full bio coming.
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Sean Doenias
Jiu-Jitsu Coach
Team Jiu-Jitsu coach. BJJ Black Belt under Matt, Japanese Jujitsu Black Belt under Sean Juggler, US Army veteran with wrestling background.
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Cole Brackett
MMA Coach & Private Lessons
TRITAC MMA team competitor and private-lessons coach. Active amateur fighter on the New England circuit.
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Aidan Daley
Team Jiu-Jitsu Coach
Team Jiu-Jitsu coach. Active competitor and member of the TRITAC roster on the regional circuit.
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Carlos Candelario
MMA Performance Coach
UFC flyweight veteran. 9-1 regional record, elite striking and ground game.
Read full bio →The people behind the people.
TRITAC did not appear out of nowhere. Matt trained for 25+ years under the senseis and coaches below. Two co-founders helped build the system before there was a logo. Four indirect influencers shaped specific areas: Sambo, Modern Arnis, Kali, BJJ. None of these people teach at TRITAC. All of them are inside it.
Direct lineage
Rafael Formiga Barbosa
BJJ — coach to Matt, Oz, and Ken
BJJ coach to Matt Bryers, Oz Pariser, and Ken Cotrona. Promoted Matt to 3rd dan. Formulated TRITAC's groundwork, escapes, and getups.
Shihan Russ St. Hilaire
Kobukai Jujitsu — coach to Matt, Oz, and Ken
Founder of Kobukai Jujitsu. Menkyo Kaiden, 7th Degree. Matt, Oz, and Ken all trained under him. The lineage TRITAC pulls from on the Japanese-Jujitsu side.
Shihan Fujiwara
Kyokushin Karate — coach to Matt and Oz
Matt's first martial arts school. Years of full-contact karate training under him in Matt's mid-20s. Also coached Oz Pariser to his Kyokushin black belt.
Mike Simon
TRITAC co-founder
One of the TRITAC co-founders. Trained privately with Matt for years before TRITAC existed. Defence Lab and Keysi Fighting Method black belt. The energy-development side of the founding team.
John Leabo
TRITAC co-founder
One of the TRITAC co-founders. NYPD officer who boxed for the department. Defence Lab and Keysi Fighting Method black belt. Brought live-fire pressure into the early TRITAC training group.
Sean Juggler
Japanese Jujitsu — lineage, not a TRITAC coach
Runs Zen Budo Jujitsu in New Milford, CT. 30+ years on the mat. Sharp, clean, aggressive technique. Sean Doenias holds his Japanese Jujitsu black belt under him.
Indirect lineage · shaped core areas of the system
Vlad Koulikov
Sambo
Sambo influence on the throws, leg attacks, and pin-to-submission sequences inside the grappling layer.
Brian Zawilinski
Modern Arnis
Modern Arnis influence on the stick, blade, and empty-hand flow that lives inside TRITAC Combatives.
Fred Evrard (in memoriam)
Kali Majapahit
Kali Majapahit framework that shaped how TRITAC teaches angles, weapon awareness, and Southeast Asian striking ranges.
Diogo "Moreno" Araujo
BJJ
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu influence on the competition-level guard, passing, and submission game inside the jiu-jitsu layer.