Junior LINXX Instructors

Dan Brooks

Dan Brooks has been training at LINXX since 1995 and teaching at LINXX since the age of 15. He holds a 4th Degree Black Belt in Muay Thai under the LINXX Academy and is a certified instructor under the Thai Boxing Association of the United States. Dan is currently the lead adult Thai Boxing and youth Total Defense instructor at the Kempsville location. He also studies Jiu-Jitsu, Kali, and Jeet Kune Do.

Evan Taylor

Evan Taylor began his training with LINXX in 1995. He holds a 3rd Degree Black Belt in Muay Thai under the LINXX Academy and is a certified instructor under the Thai Boxing Association of the United States. Evan has competed in various Muay Thai events including the 2007 WKA Amateur Muay Thai Championships and the 2005 IFK Central East Regional Championships. In addition to teaching Muay Thai, Evan is the head instructor for the LINXX Capoeira program and holds the rank of Red/Blue Cord. Evan also studies Jiu-Jitsu and Kali.

Frank Cucci Jr.

Frank Cucci, Jr. has been training and competing with LINXX since 1994. He holds a 2nd Degree Black Belt in Muay Thai under the LINXX Academy and is a certified instructor under the Thai Boxing Association of the United States. Frank also holds a Purple Belt in Jiu-Jitsu and has competed in various Jiu-Jitsu events, including winning a gold medal at the 2009 North Atlantic Grappling Association Tournament. In addition to teaching Muay Thai, Frank instructs LINXX members in personal Gymjones fitness training and is actively involved in ultra-distance adventure racing.

Kyle Windley

Kyle Windley has been training at LINXX since 2000. He holds a 1st Degree Black Belt in Muay Thai under the LINXX Academy and is a certified instructor under the Thai Boxing Association of the United States. Kyle was a gold medalist in the LINXX Intramural Thai Boxing Tournament in 2005 and a silver medalist in the LINXX Intramural Thai Boxing Tournament in 2003 and 2004. He also studies Jiu-Jitsu.

Angela Heddings

Angela Heddings has been training with LINXX since 1998. She holds a Black Belt in Muay Thai under the LINXX Academy and has also studied Jiu-Jitsu, Kali, Jeet Kune Do, and Capoeira. Angela competed in the 2007 WKA Amateur Muay Thai Championships and has instructed a number of women’s self-defense seminars. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Liberty University, where she created and instructed a self-defense class for students.

Natasha Olbes

Natasha Olbes has been training with LINXX since 1995. She holds a first degree black belt in Muay Thai under the LINXX Academy and competed in a smoker event with the LINXX Competition Team in 2008. In addition to teaching Muay Thai for Little Linxx and Junior Linxx, Natasha attends school at ITT tech for Registered Nursing and plans to graduate in 2012.

Jacob Turpin

Jacob Turpin has been training in Muay Thai since 2006 and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu since 2008. He currently holds a Black Belt in Muay Thai Under LINXX academy and is a Blue Belt in Jiu-Jitsu under Frank Cucci. Jacob has competed in various Jiu-Jitsu tournaments and has taken gold in local events such as “the good fight”,NAGA, Copa Nova, and US Grappling. IN addition to his martial arts training, Jacob is also on the Varsity wrestling team for Tallwood Highschool.

Jeffrey Villanueva

Jeffrey Villanueva has been training at LINXX Academy since 2006. He holds a Black Belt in Muay Thai under the LINXX Academy and also holds a 1st degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do. Jeffrey competed in the 2007 WKA Amateur Muay Thai Championships. On top of instructing at LINXX, Jeffrey holds a 3.8 GPA at ODU where he is studying to get his Electrical Engineering Degree.

Khristopher Gonzalez

Khristopher Gonzalez has been training and competing with LINXX since 2005. He currently holds a black belt in Muay Thai under LINXX Academy. Khristopher Gonzalez has competed in many events and held the 2007 Total Cage Combat 155 pound title, The 2007 Global combat alliance 155 pound title, the 2007 WKA 155 pound title, and earned a spot on the WKA 2010 world team for USA. He also holds a purple belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and is now 9-0 as an amateur fighter.

Megan Norr

Megan Norr has been training at LINXX since 2000. She holds a 1st Degree Black Belt in Muay Thai under the LINXX Academy .Megan was a gold medalist in the LINXX Intramural Thai Boxing Tournament in 2004 and 2005. In addition to instructing Little Linxx and Junior Linxx in Muay Thai, Megan is currently attending college at Slippery Rock University, located near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She will graduate in 2014 with a degree in Environmental Geosciences-Track in Geology.

Kenny O'Connor

Kenny has been training at LINXX Academy since 2004. Before coming to LINXX, Kenny focused on his wrestling career. Since joining our Thai Boxing program, he has discovered his passion for Martial Arts. Kenny is a black belt in Muay Thai as well as an apprentice instructor under the Thai Boxing Association (TBA). He plans to go on to pursue his full instructorship. Kenny has also competed and won an amateur fight.

Julia Von Fecht

Julia Von Fecht has been training with LINXX since 2000 and began instructing at the age of 13. She holds a 1st Degree Black Belt in Muay Thai under the LINXX Academy. At the age of nine, Julia represented LINXX in the WKKO championship placing first in her age group. At the age of ten she won the Virginia State Kickboxing Championship and is currently still training under the Academy today. She’s working towards becoming a certified instructor and plans to graduate from Kellam High school in 2015.