Coach Kat Riley (NCSA-CPT/TSAC-F)

Head Fitness Coach (In-Person and Online Coaching Available) 

Judo, Jiu-Jitsu, Combat Submission Wrestling, Muay Thai Kru, Pekiti-Tirsia and Krav Maga Coach

Coach Kat Riley is a Nationally Certified Personal Trainer (NSCA-CPT) with an emphasis on coaching tactical athletes (Military, First Responders, and Martial Artists).

She is a lifelong Martial Artist who served 7 years as a police officer in Virginia. During that time, she served as a patrol officer, a Gangs Unit Detective, a Special Victims Unit Detective and as a Training Academy Coordinator. She also developed and ran the Strength and Conditioning Program and Defensive Tactics Program for the department for five years before leaving in 2020 to work with tactical athletes full time.

Coach Kat originally began training in the Martial Arts to learn self-defense in 2003. Since then, Coach Kat has earned her Second Degree Black Belt in Taekwondo and Kempo Karate under Professor L.C. Collins Jr in 2008; her Jiu Jitsu Black Belt under Sensei Eric Paulson in 2020, her Judo Black Belt under Sensei Kenton Givens in 2020, her Muay Thai Kru under Ajarn Buck Grant in 2021; and her Lakan Guro in Pekiti Tirsia under Jared Wihongi (Pekiti Tirsia Tactical Association) in 2020. During this time, Coach Kat served seven years as a Police Officer working as a Gangs and Special Victims Detective. She also served as her police departments Head  Strength and Conditioning Coach.

After leaving the police department in 2020, Coach Kat now runs all fitness programs for Five Crow, teaches the Martial Arts, and runs her online fitness/nutrition coaching business (PhoenixFit4U.com). Coach Kat has been coaching fitness since 2011. She is a nationally certified coach who specializes in helping find the right fit for you as you pursue your health and wellness goals. 

• Nationally Certified Personal Trainer (NSCA) 
• Nationally Certified Tactical Strength and Conditioning Facilitator (NCSA).
• Bioforce Conditioning Coach under Joel Jamieson
• CrossFit Level 2 Trainer
• Precision Nutrition Coach 
• Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu under Erik Paulson’s Combat Submission Wrestling
• Black Belt in Judo under Kenton Givens, Lead Instructor Virginia Academy of Judo
• Second Degree Black Belt in Taekwondo and Kempo Karate under Professor L.C. Collins Jr
• Coach Level 1 Erik Paulson’s Combat Submission Wrestling
• Instructor (Lakan Guro) Pekiti Tirsi Kali under Tuhan Jared Wihongi Pekiti Tirsia Tactical Association.
• Kru (Instructor) in Muay Thai under Master Buck Grant
• Level Three Krav Maga instructor in Fit to Fight Defensive Options
• From the Ground Up Instructor, Fit to Fight 
• Sparology Instructor, Fit To Fight
• United States Concealed Carry Instructor (USCCA)
• Police General Instructor
• Police Defensive Tactics Instructor
• Police Strength and Conditioning Instructor
• Self-Defense Instructor, Langley Airforce Base