ASSISTANT
INSTRUCTORS

Starting her Jiu-Jitsu journey in 2011 in the U.A.E., Candy is currently a Brown Belt with over 15 years of experience working with children and has been coaching BJJ since 2015. 

Driven by her passion in the sport, Candy has competed and medalled locally and regionally. She is now working as part of the Operations Team and as a Kids Assistant Instructor to FaMA's next generation of BJJ kids. ​

Stephen Procida is an Assistant Kids BJJ Instructor and the Operations Manager at FaMA.

A Brown Belt in BJJ, Steve started training in 2014 and is an active competitor in the sport. He has participated in and won several tournaments around Asia, and has done FaMA proud on many occasions with his fighting spirit and team spirit.

A Brown Belt and familiar face around the academy, Tim has been an unconditional pillar of support to the FaMAly since joining in 2017.

Tim tried Taekwondo as a kid, but never found a personal connection to martial arts. Things changed when he picked up BJJ at FaMA. He did so to motivate his children, whom he had enrolled in the kids' program. There, he fell in love with the combination of intellectual and physical aspects of BJJ. Tim also attributes his mental growth and weight loss to the martial art.

Starting his BJJ journey in 2011 in Indonesia, one of Ronny’s main reasons for taking up the art was to lose some weight as well as learn how to defend himself. Since then he has never stopped training and has competed locally and regionally since he was a White Belt. Currently a Black Belt under Prof Zoro Moreira, Ronny has medalled in Indonesia, Singapore, The Philippines and Japan.

Ronny enjoys coaching as he likes to share his BJJ knowledge and study the finer details to help sharpen his technique.

Michael started his BJJ journey in 2002 in Vancouver, Canada. He was awarded his Black Belt in 2017, after 17 years of training.

Michael has competed and frequently medaled in BJJ, submission grappling, sport ju-jitsu, amateur MMA and free-style wrestling. He is an avid believer in absorbing what is useful, and integrates concepts and techniques from catch wrestling, folk and freestyle wrestling and sambo into his grappling skill-set.

Long-time martial artist, Morgan Terigi, started studying Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in 2008 and recently received his BJJ Black Belt from FaMA Head Instructor, Professor Zoro Moreira, at the end of 2018.

As a child, Morgan studied Judo and various striking martial arts well into his teens where he received a Black Belt in Qwan Ki Do at age 20. He recently competed and won Silver in the Brown Belt division at the Japan BJJ Open in 2018.

Originally from the UK, Ollie has been living in Asia since 2007. He started training BJJ in Hong Kong in 2012, under Carlson Gracie Sr. World Masters Champion Rodrigo Medeiros, to get into shape after many years of trying various sports that did not provide the same physical and mental workout that BJJ does. 

Over the years Ollie has medalled several times in the IBJJF Asian Open and Copa De Hong Kong Masters Divisions. In 2022, Ollie was promoted to Black Belt, by Professor Zoro.

Outside of BJJ Ollie loves surfing and snowboarding where he holds an Avalanche Skills Level 2 certification.

Scott is one of the earliest BJJ competitors in both Canada and Singapore and has also medalled in Hong Kong, The United States, Thailand and The Philippines, including Masters Gold at Pans (Purple) and the Commonwealth Judo Championships. Joining FAMA shortly after opening, he was promoted to Black Belt in June 2019 by Professor Zoro Moreira. Scott is also a 2nd Dan Black Belt and National Accredited Coach in Judo.

Scott enthusiastically contributes over 15 years of children’s coaching experience to FAMA’s Kids BJJ program.

Originally from Sweden, Tomas started training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in 2008 and was promoted to Black Belt, by Professor Zoro Moreira, in December 2019. An all-rounded martial artist, he first studied boxing for many years before taking up BJJ. He is also an avid rock climber and a ACE-Certified personal trainer.