Chris Fones

Chris has been part of the Trident Academy family for over a decade, spending the past five years as an instructor. A certified instructor in all of the arts taught at the Trident Academy, Chris is known for his dedication and gift for teaching difficult techniques. This father of two who served with the US military teaches both adults and juniors at Trident and oversees our Little Warriors program.

As a Thai Boxing instructor, Chris has trained under Ajarn Sirachai (Thai Boxing Association of the United States) and Pat Tray, with whom he has also trained extensively in Jeet Kune Do, Filipino Martial Arts, Total Defense System and Jeet Kune Do/Thai Boxing Cross Training. Chris has also studied Jeet Kune Do and Filipino Martial Arts with Dan Inosanto, Combat Submission Wrestling with Erik Paulson, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu with Rigan Machado. Chris Fones is a 2nd Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do.

Some of Chris' instructorships and accomplishments are:

Instructor: Thai boxing Instructor under:
- Ajarn Surachai Sirisute / Thai boxing Association of United States
- Khun Kru Pat Tray / Trident Academy

Apprentice Instructor Jeet Kune Do (JKD) under- Sifu Dan Inosanto / Inosanto Academy

Full Instructor JKD - Sifu Pat Tray / Trident Academy

Apprentice Instructor Filipino Martial Arts under- Magulang Na Guro Dan Inosanto / Inosanto Academy

Full Instructor Filipino Martial Arts - Mataas Na Guro Pat Tray / Trident Academy

Coach Level 2 under - Sensei Erik Paulson / Combat Submission Wrestling

Black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under - Rigan Machado / Rigan Machado Jiu-jitsu

Full Instructor Total Defense System (TDS) under Pat Tray / Trident Defense Institute

3rd Degree Black Belt in JTX (JKD/ Thai boxing Cross) under Pat Tray / Trident Academy

2nd Degree Black belt Chang-Do Kwon / Tae Kwon Do