{"id":377,"date":"2012-06-25T20:01:17","date_gmt":"2012-06-26T01:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/?page_id=377"},"modified":"2026-10-02T17:39:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T00:39:03","slug":"instructors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/?page_id=377","title":{"rendered":"Our Instructors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Maelstr\u00f8m has offered classes in the Vancouver area<\/strong> since 1994<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chief instructor Loki J\u00f6rgenson<\/a><\/strong> has been training in Southeast Asian weapon arts continuously for 35+ years<\/strong>.  Guro Loki is certified by the authoritative masters of each of the offered arts. He has tested his skills in full contact, no rules stick fighting bouts<\/strong> and traveled to southeast Asia (Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Cambodia) to train and fight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Loki Jorgenson – Chief Instructor<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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At maelstr\u00f8m, the team of instructors is highly skilled and qualified<\/strong> – each bringing unique skills and specialties to the training.  These include backgrounds in related styles and systems, Dog Brothers full contact, self-defense and street-defense, weapons grappling, live blade, empty hand, exotic weapons, dance and music, and mastery in particular weapons.  To ensure the quality of instruction, only certified instructors<\/strong> lead classes at maelstr\u00f8m – every instructor has teacher ranking and fight experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are grateful and deeply indebted to all of our teachers<\/strong><\/a> who are the direct source of our skills and inspiration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

VANCOUVER, BC<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nathalie Pr\u00e9vost \u2013 Master Instructor<\/a><\/h4>\n\"\"<\/a>\n\n \n

Zack Garcia – Master Instructor<\/a><\/h4>\n\n

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Brett Simms – Senior Instructor<\/a><\/h4>\n\"brett_full_1k\"<\/a>\n

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Claire Wen – Instructor<\/a><\/h4>\n\"\"\n

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Edwin Tam – Master Instructor<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Chris Goard – Master Instructor<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Michael Gutierrez – Senior Instructor<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Mario Loubert – Instructor<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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ACROSS BC and CANADA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Loki Jorgenson – Chief Instructor<\/a>
\nVICTORIA, BC<\/h4>\n

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Danielle Szredni – Assistant Instructor<\/a>
\nOKANAGAN, BC<\/h4>\n

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Gary Gagnon – Assistant Instructor<\/a>
\nNANAIMO, BC<\/h4>\n

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Stavros Kyriakakis – Advanced Instructor<\/a>
\nCALGARY, AB<\/h4>\n

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Dave Duchene – Instructor<\/a>
\nCHESTER, NS – Atlantic maelstr\u00f8m<\/a><\/h4>\n

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Mike Austin – Assistant Instructor<\/a>
\nVALEMOUNT, BC<\/h4>\n

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INTERNATIONAL<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stas Malychev – Instructor, Kali\/Pencak Silat<\/a>
GREECE<\/h4>\n\n\n
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