Meet the Team

AKT Combatives-Jujitsu Founder
Grandmaster

• 10th Degree Black Belt AKT Combatives-Jujitsu
• 7th Degree Black Belt American Combat Jujitsu (Professor Tony Maynard)
• 5th Degree Black Belt Master Instructor WYYJ
• Black Sash/ Black Belt Kun Tao Kung fu
• KAPAP Combatives/Krav Maga Level One Instructor
• Head Coach/Founder of Team AKT Sport Jujitsu Team
• Team Coaching Staff – 2019 USA National Gold Medal WCJJO World Championship Jujitsu Team
• Gold Medal- Team Member/Team Coach – 2019 WCJJO World Champion Jujitsu Demonstration Team
• Team Coaching Staff – 2017 USA National Gold Medal WCJJO World Championship Jujitsu Team
• Silver Medal- Team Member/Team Coach – 2017 WCJJO World Championships Jujitsu Demonstration Team
• Additional training and experience in Modern Army Combatives, Kickboxing, Tae Kwon Do, American Kenpo, Tai Chi, Wrestling, French style classical fencing, Combat Knife Fighting Course (by the Pacific Jujitsu Alliance), Escrima Stick Fighting, Close Quarters Combat and much more…
• Bestselling Author of Beyond Self-Defense: AKT Combatives Reality-Based Personal Protection (Currently used as a college textbook for Self-Defense credit courses) and Comprehensive Anatomy for Martial Arts
• Attended the Action Film Academy’s Stunt Fighting and Falling for Film workshop.
• Veteran US Army Combat Medic and Battalion Medical Officer
• Practiced Orthopedics/Sports Medicine & Integrative/Naturopathic Medicine
• Trained in Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS); First Aid and CPR Certified
• As a former orthopedic and sports medicine specialist, he combines years of clinical and surgical experience with over four decades of martial arts expertise. He holds a B.S. Degree as Physician Associate, a PhD Health and Human Services, and has completed a 2-year Orthopedic Surgery PA Residency Program as well as the USA Boxing Ringside Physician Course sponsored by the American College of Sports Medicine
• Member of the American Sport Jujitsu League and Jujitsu America
• North Atlantic Regional Director, American Sport Jujitsu League

AKT Combatives-Jujitsu, Certified Chief Instructor
AKTion Fitness Instructor
Kids Jujitsu/Karate Instructor
AKT Warrior in the Woods Instructor

• 4th Degree Black Belt AKT Combatives-Jujitsu
• Team AKT (Sport Jujitsu) Member
• Numerous 1st, 2nd and 3rd place medals from Sport Jujitsu and submission grappling tournaments.

Sensei Bluhm has attended numerous seminars and training events, including Handgun and Knife Defense, BJJ Grappling Seminar, and Warrior in the Woods. He is First Aid and CPR Certified.

AKT Combatives-Jujitsu, Certified Chief Instructor
Self-Defense Instructor
Team AKT (Sport Jujitsu) Assistant Coach  
AKT Warrior in the Woods Instructor
AKT Combatives Council Member

• 3rd Degree Black Belt in AKT Combatives-Jujitsu
• Member of American Sport Jujitsu League – Certified Judge
• Recipient of the AKTion Sabre Fighting Badge
• Demo Team Member
• Tai Chi and Fitness, Assistant Instructor
• Instructor/Mentor for Black Belt Candidates

Sensei Broughton is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. She is the co-author of the AKT Academy Workbook. She has attended numerous seminars and training events to include Handgun and Knife Defense, BJJ Grappling Seminar, and Warrior in the Woods. She is First Aid and CPR Certified.

AKT Combatives-Jujitsu, Certified Chief Instructor
Kids Jujitsu/Karate Instructor
Team AKT (Sport Jujitsu) Assistant Coach 
AKT Warrior in the Woods Instructor

• 3rd Degree Black Belt AKT Combatives-Jujitsu
• 2nd Degree Black Belt Shotokan Karate
• 2017 AJL US National Sport Jujitsu Champion (Sr. Division)

Sensei Glover is a U.S. Army Ranger veteran and is First Aid and CPR Certified.

AKT Combatives-Jujitsu, Certified Chief Instructor
AKTion Fitness Instructor
Kids Jujitsu/Karate Instructor
AKT Warrior in the Woods Instructor
AKT Combatives Council Member

• 4th Degree Black Belt AKT Combatives-Jujitsu
• 2nd Degree Black Belt Traditional Shotokan Karate
• 1st Degree Black Belt Eclectic Martial Arts
• Team AKT (Sport Jujitsu) Member
• Team Member- 2019 USA National WCJJO World Championship Jujitsu Team
• Gold Medal/Team Member- 2019 USA National WCJJO World Champion Jujitsu Demonstration Team
• Team Member- 2017 USA National Gold Medal WCJJO World Champion Jujitsu Team
• Silver Medal/Team Member- 2017 USA National WCJJO World Championship Jujitsu Demonstration Team
• Recipient of the AKTion Airborne Badge

Sensei Hanchett has attended numerous seminars and training events, including Handgun and Knife Defense, BJJ Grappling Seminar, and Warrior in the Woods, and has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Digital Media and Animation.

Outside of the martial arts world Mike plays drums in the band After the Blast and also gives private percussion lessons. He is first aid and CPR certified.

AKT Combatives-Jujitsu, Certified Chief Instructor
AKTion Fitness Instructor
Kids Jujitsu/Karate Instructor 
AKT Warrior in the Woods Instructor 
AKT Police Combatives/Defensive Tactics Instructor
NRA Certified Pistol Instructor 
AKT Combatives Council Member

• 4th Degree Black Belt AKT Combatives-Jujitsu
• Gold Medal- 2017 WCJJO Heavyweight World Jujitsu Champion
• Co-Captain and Team Member- 2017 USA National Gold Medal WCJJO World Championship Jujitsu Team
• Silver Medal/Team Member- 2017 WCJJO World Championship Jujitsu Demonstration Team
• Team AKT (Sport Jujitsu) Member
• Numerous 1st, 2nd and 3rd place medals from Sport Jujitsu and submission grappling tournaments.

Sensei Love has attended numerous seminars and training events to include Handgun and Knife Defense, BJJ Grappling Seminar, and Warrior in the Woods. He is First Aid and CPR Certified, has an A.S. Degree in Business Administration, and is a New York State Registered Security Guard and combat veteran of the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne.

AKT Combatives-Jujitsu, Certified Master Instructor
AKT Edged Weapon Defense/Fighting Instructor 
Team AKT (Sport Jujitsu) Coach  
AKT Warrior in the Woods Instructor
AKT Combatives Council Member    

• 5th Degree Black Belt AKT Combatives-Jujitsu
• 3rd Degree Black Belt WYYJ
• Black Belt Instructor Tae Kwon Do
• Advance Student Kun Tao Kung Fu
• Combat Knife Fighting Course (by the Pacific Jujitsu Alliance)
• Member of American Sport Jujitsu League – Certified Center Referee and Judge
• Recipient of the AKTion Sabre Fighting Badge

Master Monroe has attended numerous seminars and training events, including Handgun and Knife Defense, BJJ Grappling Seminar, and Warrior in the Woods, and has studied at Houghton College, Jamestown Community College, Ashford University and Strayer University. He is first aid and CPR certified.

Outside of the martial arts world Brad works Quality Management for an International manufacturing company. 

Other credits include:

• Quality, Environmental Health & Safety Management Systems – International Certified Lead Auditor.
• Chairman of the Workforce Development Board
• Board Member Directions in Independent Living
• JCC Institute of Management Certificate
• Emergency Management Institute: Federal Emergency Management Agency Professional

AKT Combatives-Jujitsu, Certified Chief Instructor
AKTion Fitness Instructor 
Kids Jujitsu/Karate Instructor 
AKT Warrior in the Woods Instructor
AKT Combatives Council Member
Owner of Olean and Wellsville AKT Combatives Academies

• 3rd Degree Black Belt in AKT Combatives-Jujitsu
• 2022 ASJL Combat Sport Jujitsu Grand Champion
• Gold Medal- 2019 WCJJO Middleweight World Jujitsu Champion
• Co-Captain and Team Member- 2019 USA National Gold Medal WCJJO World Championship Jujitsu Team
• Gold Medal/Team Member- 2019 WCJJO World Champion Jujitsu Demonstration Team
• 2019 AJL US National Sport Jujitsu Grand Champion
• Silver Medal- 2017 WCJJO Middleweight World Jujitsu Championships
• Team Member- 2017 USA National Gold Medal WCJJO World Championship Jujitsu Team
• Silver Medal/Team Member- 2017 WCJJO World Jujitsu Champion Demonstration Team
• Team AKT (Sport Jujitsu) Member
• 2017 AJL US National Sport Jujitsu Grand Champion
• Grand Champion (Black Belt Division) in several Sport Jujitsu tournaments.
• Recipient of the AKTion Airborne Badge

Sensei White has trained in Mauy Thai, wrestled for 6 years, and attended numerous seminars and training events. He has an Associate in Arts Degree in Humanities and is currently pursuing a degree in Social Science. He is First Aid and CPR Certified.

AKTion BullyProof, Assistant Instructor
Kids Jujitsu/Karate, Assistant Instructor 

• 2nd Degree Black Belt AKT Combatives-Jujitsu

Sensei Violet has attended numerous seminars and training events, including Warrior in the Woods. She is first aid and CPR certified.

AKT Combatives-Jujitsu, Assistant Instructor
Kids Jujitsu-Karate, Assistant Instructor
AKTion BullyProof, Assistant Instructor

• 2nd Degree Black Belt AKT Combatives-Jujitsu
• Recipient of the AKTion Airborne Badge

Sensei Kendall has attended numerous seminars and training events and is First Aid and CPR Certified.

AKT Combatives-Jujitsu, Assistant Instructor
Kids Jujitsu/Karate, Assistant Instructor

• 2nd Degree Black Belt AKT Combatives-Jujitsu
• Recipient of the AKTion Airborne Badge

Sensei Jayson has attended numerous seminars and training events, including Warrior in the Woods. He is First Aid and CPR certified.

Photo – From Left to Right:

Sensei  Kendall, Sensei Kailee, Sensei Desmond, Sensei Jim, Sensei Ben, Master Monroe, Grandmaster Broughton, Sensei Mike, Sensei Charlie, Sensei Dorr, Sensei Wendy, Sensei Scott, Sensei Violet, Sensei Mellissa

These Warrior Scholars are continuing to train hard on their own martial arts journey as they teach, guide, and inspire their fellow AKT practitioners.

Photo – From Left to Right:

Sensei  Jayson, Sensei Kendall, Sensei Kailee, Sensei Jim, Sensei Desmond,  Sensei Charlie, Master Monroe, Grandmaster Broughton, Sensei Ben, Sensei Wendy, Sensei Dorr, Sensei Scott, Sensei Violet, Sensei Mellissa