Meet the Instructors Behind 805 Combat Sports.
The Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Muay Thai, and self-defense at 805 Combat Sports in Simi Valley is taught by black belts and brown belts with decades of real mat time. Pure Carlos Machado lineage, taught at your pace, with no ego in the room.
Decades of Real Mat Time.
Black belts and brown belts who teach the way the room is meant to run: technical, patient, and ego-free.
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Joshua "Cowboy" Ruiz
Owner & Head Instructor
Carlos Machado Black Belt
Joshua "Cowboy" Ruiz walked into 805 as a white belt in 2016 and never left. He earned every belt on this mat and now owns the academy and leads instruction. Off the mat he has worked as a bounty hunter and executive-protection specialist since 2011, which is where his self-defense teaching comes from: real situations, taught plainly, with no ego. His standard for the room is the one in the name on the door: train smart, stay humble.
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Ric Prete
Machado 2nd-Degree Black Belt · 37 Years
37 years in martial arts, 27 of them in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, with a lineage that runs through Jean Jacques and Carlos Machado, Joe Moreira, and Bas Rutten. Also a Thai Jitsu black belt with a 3-0 Muay Thai record and a Krav Maga background. Ric teaches self-defense the way it actually has to work.
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Chase Lovejoy
Brown Belt · 10 Years
Coach Chase leads the kids and youth BJJ programs. Ten years on the mat and a knack for keeping ages 4 to 12 engaged, listening, and learning real technique.
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Jason Travers
Brown Belt
A brown belt who assists across every class on the schedule, from the youngest kids to the adult evening sessions. The steady extra set of hands that keeps a busy mat running.
Affiliations & Recognized Membership
805 Combat Sports is led by nationally certified instructors. We train in alignment with the standards of the organizations below.
The Best Way to Meet the Coaches Is on the Mat.
Pick a class time. Show up. Train. See for yourself whether this is the right fit before you commit. No contract, no pressure, no experience needed.
$59.99 for one class · One full hour · No long-term contract · Walk-ins welcome