Ruben Gallego

Lead combatives coach. Certified Defence Lab instructor with international teaching experience.

Ruben Gallego leads the TRITAC Unarmed Combatives program. He brings an international perspective to the gym, having trained across boxing, kickboxing, and modern reality-based systems. Ruben is a certified Defence Lab instructor with years of experience teaching practical self-defense in seminar settings around the world. His approach focuses on no-nonsense tactics that hold up under real-world pressure: managing confrontations, defending against multiple attackers, weapons awareness. His background includes the Keysi Fighting Method and other progressive combat arts, all integrated into the TRITAC system. He is detail-oriented and patient with new students, while advanced practitioners value the depth of his combatives knowledge and realistic scenario work.