Meet Your Trainers

Let our experts teach you their secrets.


All your trainers are certified stunt combat specialists with the experience and knowledge you require.


Your Combat Trainers will teach all our secrets. If you want to be the best then they can show you how to achieve your goals. Perform breath-taking stunts. Learn how to do it without the inconvenience of death or great injury.


Ignore their wisdom
at your peril!

Combat Trainers

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David Lopez

Ronin Rank: Black

Captain & Combat Sage


Training Specializations & Honors

  • Rescue A.E.D. First Aid Certified
  • International Fight Director's Guild Member
  • Unarmed Combat - Standard & Advanced level Mastery
  • Bladed Combat - Broadsword, Rapier, Dagger & Katana Mastery
  • Staff Combat - Staff, Spear, Polearm & Axe Mastery
  • Exotic Weapons Combat Mastery
  • Found Weapons Combat Mastery
  • Lightsaber Combat Mastery
  • Creative Director for Historic Entertainment
  • Knight of Historic Entertainment

Biography

A twelve year veteran, Dave has returned to the position of Captain. His self-professed love for stunt combat has kept him as a leading member of the organization for over six years. A coordinator at Johnson & Wales University, Dave is a tough leader that expects the best from everyone. He gives 110% at every practice, and that's what he expects from you too.

Eric "Mars" Suarez

Ronin Rank: Brown

WarMaster - Head Trainer, Staff Combat Trainer


Training Specializations & Honors

  • Rescue A.E.D. First Aid Certified
  • International Fight Director's Guild Member
  • Unarmed Combat - Standard & Advanced level Mastery
  • Bladed Combat - Broadsword, Rapier, Dagger, & Katana Mastery
  • Staff Combat - Staff, Spear, & Polearm Mastery
  • Capoeira - Standard & Advanced level Mastery
  • Lightsaber Combat Mastery

Biography

Our WarMaster, Mars has been a member for nine years. His expert observations and contagious energy make training an exciting challenge. A graduate of the University of Miami School of Engineering, Mars still considers himself a student of the world. He studies the martial styles of cultures from the Far East to South America. He strives to master the primal strength of man's first weapon - the spear.

Pierre Avila

Ronin Rank: Brown

First Blade - Bladed Weapons Combat Trainer, Parkour Trainer


Training Specializations & Honors

  • Rescue A.E.D. First Aid Certified
  • Unarmed Combat - Standard & Advanced level Mastery
  • Bladed Combat - Broadsword & Rapier Mastery
  • Staff Combat - Staff & Spear Mastery
  • Parkour - Standard & Advanced level Mastery

Biography

Pierre strives to achieve mastery of both body and mind. His passionate dedication to bladed combat has taught him that strength and discipline grant the ability to overcome any obstacle. He finds beauty in the subtleties of the sword and peace in friendship. Pierre proves that Parkour is the perfect blend of physical and mental challenge.

Eric Jacobs

Ronin Rank: Blue

The Hammer - Unarmed Trainer


Training Specializations & Honors

  • Rescue A.E.D. First Aid Certified
  • Unarmed Combat - Standard & Advanced level Mastery
  • Bladed Combat - Broadsword, Rapier, Dagger, & Katana Mastery
  • Staff Combat - Staff Mastery
  • Grappling - Standard & Advanced level
  • Basic Ninjutsu

Biography

Really, he talks a lot of crap....

Melody "Spunky" Aleman

Ronin Rank: Green

Assistant Trainer


Training Specializations & Honors

  • Unarmed Combat - Standard & Advanced level Mastery
  • Staff Combat - Standard level Mastery
  • Bladed Combat - Standard level Mastery

Biography

Spunky joined Urban Ronin in 2008, and threw herself into training with the energy of a superball. As an assistant trainer, she's learning how to channel her passion for combat into teaching others. A business student at Florida International University, Spunky is the master of multi-tasking. Her favorite style combines unarmed combat with blades and dance.