About AHA
Meet the Coaches
Experienced, patient instruction focused on awareness, resilience, and real self-defense.
Founder & Head Instructor
Coach Russell Hatch
Coach Russell has studied martial arts for over twenty years. His teaching focuses on using the arts to develop awareness, resilience, and self-defense. He began teaching kids and adults in Portland, Oregon, and in October 2016 his family moved to Ashland, where he founded Ashland Hero Academy and Standing Monkey Tai Chi.
Arts trained
- Tai Chi Ch’uan · 20+ years
- Brazilian Jiu Jitsu · 20+ years
- Muay Thai · 20+ years
Lineage & influences
His primary influence and the source of most of his training is Professor Jeff Patterson of Northwest Fighting Arts in Portland, Oregon. He has also trained with some of the great masters of this generation, including Master Rigan Machado (jiu jitsu), Guro Dan Inosanto (JKD), Arjan Chai Sirisute (Muay Thai), Grandmaster Sam Tam (tai chi), and Dr. Yang Jwing-Ming (tai chi).
Train with us
The best way to meet the coaches is on the mats. Your first session is free.