Experienced Instructors

Adam Moralez

(Owner/Head Coach)

Born in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Real-Estate Investor; Retired US Army (Captain), Master of Criminal Justice Degree, New Mexico State University. Served as a US Border Patrol Agent, El Paso, TX. Over 35 years of Martial Arts Experience. Coach Moralez competed and coached in the arts of Boxing (USA Boxing Silver Level Coach, USA Boxing Bronze Clinician), Jujitsu (Jujitsu America Brown Belt, USA Grappling Coach Certified), Judo (USA Judo/USJA Brown belt, USJA Regional Level Coach), and MMA. Also a practitioner of Muay Thai and Wrestling.  Competed on the Fort Bliss and New Mexico National Guard Army Combatives teams; 2008 National Combatives Champion, 170lb, Ft. Benning Ga.

Esai Dimas

Esai is the Head Wrestling Coach and is a life-long resident of Las Cruces, New Mexico. Coach "E" Wrestled out of Las Cruces High School, under the legendary coaches Kevin Marks and the Nevarez family. Coach E is training full-time out of Wild West Martial Arts & Fitness and is a full-time competitor in all aspects of combat sports. He was 2017 District Runner up and 2020 Greater Southwest Nationals Runner up. Coach E believes that, being a lighter weight guy his whole life especially helps him to understand and relate to the mobility and related techniques necessary to teach kids to excel and become successful wrestlers.

Alejandro Santizo

Alejandro has been a competitive wrestler for over 14 years with knowledge of an array of wrestling techniques and training methods. Alejandro has earned state championships in freestyle and  Greco-Roman, and placed in folk style wrestling. He coached at the high school level for the 2022 and 2023 wrestling seasons, having teams qualify for state and having state placers and champions.

Isaac (Ike) Hernandez

Ike is a US Army Veteran and a USJA Judo Brown Belt (Ikkyu). He began training in Judo, Jujitsu, and Kickboxing in 2001; Has competed in local and regional Judo and Jujitsu competitions. He enjoys continuing to learn and teaching the art of Judo to people of all ages and levels of experience.

Dante Moralez

Dante began training in Judo and Jiujitsu at the age of 3 years old and began competing in both arts by the age of about 5. He began training in boxing at the age of 8 and recently competed at the 2023 Regional Silver Gloves, in Compton CA. Dante currently holds a purple belt in Judo and is a Varsity Wrestler and Honor Roll student at Organ Mountain High School. 

Thank you to all our volunteers!

You are greatly appreciated!

- Adrian Marquez

(Striking)

- Sarah Moralez

(Admin)

- Marty Martinez

(MMA)

- Jaime Sanchez;

US Army Veteran 

(Maintenance)