Coach Pete

This sport has given so much to me. I've met and had the pleasure of working for and alongside the greatest people and have helped many of them realize goals they set when they first took the difficult but necessary first step in walking through the doors of the gym. I believe that martial arts has something for everyone - fitness, skill acquisition, enhancing our ability to focus and set goals, self-defense, confidence-building, a sense of community. It can be anything that you want it to be. I want Valour's students to know that I will be their #1 fan - I want them to succeed not only on the gym floor but in their studies and careers. 

Coach Pete Arcalas has been training Muay-Thai since 1998 in Toronto. He was active in competition from 1999 to 2008. He began teaching Muay-Thai in 2004 and has coached many athletes to championship accolades in Canadian Muay-Thai.

Certifications Include:

• Kru/Instructor - CAMTAO (Canadian Amateur Muay-Thai Association of Ontario
• Kru/Instructor - WAMTAC (World Amateur Muay-Thai Association of Canada)
• Cornerman - QTBF (Quebec Thai Boxing Federation)
• Cornerman - Ohio Athletic Commission
• 1st Aid/CPR-C
• High Five Certified
• ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) Certified, Kerry’s Place

coach melissa

Coach Melissa Partland has been training Muay-Thai since 2011 in Toronto. She has also spent time training at Dragon Muay-Thai in Phuket, Thailand and at  SuperPro Samui in Koh Samui, Thailand. Prior to learning Muay-Thai, she played representative soccer for the Unionville-Milliken Soccer Club and figure skated competitively out of the Unionville Skating Club. She was also a CanSkate coach. Coach Melissa works with our Mini-Knights on weekends. 

​COACH GREY

Grey has been involved in Muay Thai since 2006. He helped open Grand Cayman's first Muay Thai gym in 2011. Grey has experience coaching beginners to competitive fighters. He was also instrumental in establishing the now thriving Muay Thai community in Bermuda.

Having survived a liver transplant in 2015, Grey is a member of Canada's Transplant Swim team where he travels and competes throughout the world and is a current 7 time world record holder. Grey lobbies tirelessly to increase organ donation rates through numerous community actions.

Coach Grey teaches Adult Muay-Thai on Wednesday nights at 7:30PM.