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Dmitri has been involved in athletic activities for most of his life. He played competitive-level basketball from early childhood through his teens. His martial arts training started with Aikido in 1992. Around 1999 he shifted focus to the combat sports of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Thai kickboxing. He trained at several leading Bay Area fight gyms with the most respected trainers in the Bay. His coaching interest sparked while strength and endurance training at the Ice Chamber in Albany, CA. Dmitri's workouts include metabolic training, technical weightlifting, and numerous conditioning drills. His general approach is to identify weaknesses and attack them head-on, and at the same time build on existing strengths. Like all the trainers at Phoenix Gym, Dmitri walks the walk before talking the talk. |
