Instructors

Tony Way

Owner/ Black Belt

ony is a black belt under Bamboo Wissmann and Rob Kahn. He has been training jiujitsu for over 15 years, and has had over 20 sanctioned mixed martial arts fights during his career. Some titles include:
World Series of Fighting vet
Kasai Pro vet
Sapateiro vet
Nogi World Championship bronze medalist

Brittany Way

Black Belt

Brittany Way is a Black Belt under Bamboo Wissmann and Tony Way. She has been training and competing in jiujitsu for 10 years, and in that time has amassed an extremely impressive track record, including a ranking in the world top 10 in 2023.
Nogi World Championship gold medalist
Nogi Pan American gold medalist
EBI vet
Finishers Sub Only Champion
Sapateiro vet

Sailor Roberts

Purple Belt

Sailor Roberts is a purple belt in jiujitsu and has been training for over a decade. His extensive background in wrestling mixed with a lengthy competition record makes him a value asset at GPH as our head wrestling coach, teens coach, and juniors coach.

Marc Taylor

Black Belt

Marc Taylor is a black belt under Bamboo Wissmann and Rob Kahn. He has been diligently training jiujitsu for over 15 years. He has gained a reputation during this time which has seen made him a highly favored training/drilling partner for multiple world champions. With two children in our programs, Marc serves as an excellent edition to our team as a a teens and adults coach.

Michael “Rocky” Peticca

Blue Belt

Michael “Rocky” Peticca is a blue belt in Jiujitsu and has been training for over a decade. A wrestling background and submission hungry style have lead him to wins at tournaments such as Sapateiro, and titles such as Pan American bronze medalist. Having grown from a young child in our Littles program to a high level competitor in our Adults program, gives Rocky a unique perspective as a coach in our youth programs.

Max Artpachon

Blue Belt

Max Artpachon is a blue belt in jiujitsu and has been training for 8 years. Max has been a huge standout in competition, winning titles such a Pan American Kids silver and bronze. As our newest Coach, Max has brought an invaluable
edge with such accomplishments at just 16 years of age. He serves as an excellent roll model and often training partner for youths in all of our kids programs.