Staff Instructors and Schedule

Sifu Pat Tray is the founder and Head Instructor at Trident.  He is a 20+ year Navy veteran operating most of his career in the U.S. Navy SEAL Teams.

Pat Tray has earned a Full Instructorship in Bruce Lee’s art of Jun Fan Gung Fu/Jeet Kune Do Concepts and Filipino Martial Arts under martial arts legend Guro Dan Inosanto.

• Full Instructor “Ajarn” for the D.C. Metro Area representing the World Thai Boxing Association of the USA under world-famous Ajarn Surachai Sirisute.
• Full Instructor for JKD and FMA under the extremely talented Sifu Paul Vunak and his Progressive Fighting Systems.
• 4th Degree Black Belt, under Master Rigan Machado Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Association, recognized as the Virginia State and Regional Representative.
• Full Instructor and MMA Coach under World-Reknown UFC Coach and Former Shootwrestling Light Heavyweight Champion Erik Paulson in his Combat Submission Wrestling and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu program.

 

 

 

Professor Ivan

Black Belt BJJ Instructor

Summary: Over 35 years of Martial Arts/Combatives experience plus 24 years in Federal Law Enforcement as a Supervisory Special Agent for the U.S. Department of Justice/U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Mr. Rios was also a DEA Special Response Team (SWAT) member and instructor, a DEA Quick Reaction Team (QRT) member, DEA Tactical Raids Instructor, DEA Firearms Instructor, DEA Defensive Tactics Instructor, and Tactical Emergency Vehicles Driving Instructor. In addition, Mr. Rios is a passionate 3 Gun Shooting competitor.

Mr. Rios is also an instructor and co-founder of the United Krav Maga Association and a senior Tactical 52 (tactical52.com) training group instructor.

Combatives Experience: 

• Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu – 3rd-degree black belt
• Krav Maga Civilian and Police/Military Instructor – 3rd-degree black belt
• Japanese Jujutsu – 4th Degree black belt
• Kenpo Karate – 5th Degree black belt
• Tae Kwon Do – 1st Degree Black Belt
• Certified Virginia Law Enforcement Defensive Tactics Instructor
• Experienced in Kick-Boxing, Judo, and Karate

Military Veteran: Mr. Rios served in the U.S. Navy as a Special Boat Team Crewman (Maritime Special Operations) and as a Tactical Intelligence Officer in the U.S. Army Reserve. He is a veteran of the 1991 Persian Gulf War.

Academic: Mr. Rios also completed a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice Administration and a Master of Arts degree in Criminal Justice Management.