Integrated Martial Arts proudly serving Westborough since 2012
Who we Are And why You Should Train Here
Since we’ve opened, we’ve been dedicated to changing the lives of people one person at a time, through martial arts, education and coaching. We strive to provide a safe, comfortable and welcoming atmosphere for all students and family members in . We take pride in creating an environment for individuals to achieve, develop and succeed in their personal goals.
We strongly believe that martial arts can be for everyone, regardless of age, gender or experience levels. Throughout all of our programs, students will not only learn the necessary skill sets to protect themselves, we stand behind our realistic and practical approach, confident it will enable every member to achieve greatness and live their best life..
Julian Nguyen
Julian began training and studying martial arts since the age of 9 years old. Since then he has earned two black belts in various styles and has had a significant focus in Muay Thai both in instruction and competition. Julian is a 3x Team USA representative having fought in Thailand and Spain. In 2014, he won the award for Best Muay Thai Technique in his tournament division at the World Muay Thai Federation Championships (WMF) in Thailand.
A fierce competitor and inspiration to many of us, his Muay Thai career accomplishments and titles include:
- 2014 IKF (International Kickboxing Federation) East Coast Welterweight Champion
- 2015 WKA (World Kickboxing Association) U.S. National Tournament Champion
- 2015 2x Unified World Championships Muay Thai Welterweight Champion
And now as a Professional Athlete with 25+ professional and amateur bouts combined, Julian brings to Integrated Martial Arts a vast amount of knowledge, passion and experience!
Alan Cheng
Alan began his martial arts journey in 2007. After finishing his 12 year football career, it was Alan’s life long dream to become a martial artist as he grew up watching his idols on the big and small screen, such as Bruce Lee, Jean Claude Van Damme, Jackie Chan, Donnie Yen, Goku, and the Power Rangers. He finally decided to stop procrastinating and start his fight journey after watching the first Stephan Bonner versus Forrest Griffin fight during The Ultimate Fighter finale.
Since 2007, Alan has trained with many great instructors versed in Submission Grappling, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and Muay Thai Kickboxing. Alan’s combat sports career began with John Potenza from Modern Martial Arts- Woodbridge, New Jersey. While studying at Northeastern University to become a Physical Therapist, Alan trained under Kru Craig Grenier with Northeastern University Muay Thai Club as well as Kru Chris Tran with Weapons 9 Muay Thai of New Bruswick, New Jersey.
Moving to North Carolina, Alan trained with Kru Chris Clodfelter of Eight Points Muay Thai and with Professor Rick Screeton of RSCP Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, whom Alan received his Blue Belt under.
Alan moved back north to Massachusetts, where his combat sports journey brought him to train with Kru Mark DellaGrotte at Integrated Martial Arts. Since joining the team in 2015, Alan has made amazing friends and continued getting an amazing workout while continuing to pursue his dream of becoming a martial artist.
In his down time, Alan loves fishing, hiking, indoor rock climbing, and woodworking.
During Alan’s class, he combines his 10+ years of experience as a martial artist to teach the fundamentals and basics of Muay Thai Kickboxing while integrating the science of strengthening and exercise he learned as a physical therapist to create a truly unique and safe workout experience.
Fernando Zengotita
As an assistant trainer, Fernando is the first point of contact for all new students interested in martial arts classes. He is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the facility.
Fernando uses his 15+ years of business experience to make IMA a thriving community. He is experienced in business but still new to the martial arts world although he likes to pretend all the movies he watched while he was kid gives him an advantage on the mat.
What Fernando lacks in experience he has an abundance of motivation and drive to exceed. He practices all forms of martial arts such as Jiu-Jitsu, Muay Thai, and MMA.
He has a blue belt in Jiu-Jitsu and has competed in many tournaments medaling in most. In addition, he helps train the kids MMA class and leads the training team.
Fernando loves what he does so much that he is now helping drive the business that he cares so much for.
Juan Pulecio
Juan’s martial arts background began while he was in the Marines in 2003 being trained in MCMAP (Marine Corps Martial Arts Program) earning his green belt in the MCMAP belt system but his liking of martial arts began as a child. He would always watch martial art movies and then go practice what he watched outside in his backyard. Being a big fan of movie martial artists like Steven Segal and Van Damme, Juan fell in love with the movie Kickboxer as a child and that movie is what made him fall in love with the art of Muay Thai. In 2010 a local Muay Thai gym finally opened up and he saw his opportunity to finally start training an art that he wanted to learn for so many years. In his 11 years of training Muay Thai Juan has coached numerous professional fighters, high-level amateur fighters and even MMA fighters, getting them ready for their fights. Not only does Juan bring his love and passion for Muay Thai, he also brings his military background techniques to his classes making it a well-disciplined class and a great experience to learn from.
Jose Rodriguez
Jose Rodriguez has been training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu for over eight years and has obtained a black belt through Professor Everilton Soneca Silva who is a fourth degree black belt. Jose took up training martial arts because of his background in law enforcement. He is currently ten years into a career with the Worcester Police Department and has experience using BJJ not only as an art to maintain fitness, discipline, and focus but as a self-defense tool. Jose has also competed in various tournaments and continues to compete while coaching, training and developing new methods to bring BJJ to as many people as possible. He is passionate about constantly learning and continues to bring new methods of training to the students at Integrated Martial Arts.
Gabriel Santiago
Gabriel Santiago has been training in martial arts since 2014. Having originally walked into Everilton “Soneca” Silva’s gym to take a boxing class, he opted to stay for a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu class and hasn’t stopped since. With a background in breakdance, the movements of the art came naturally and he was immediately hooked. As his passion and technique progressed, he was asked to begin assisting with beginner children and adult level classes as a white belt. He began instructing the same classes independently as a blue belt the following year. Now a Black Belt with over seven years as an instructor, Coach Gabriel has had the rare opportunity to grow as a student and teacher simultaneously. Learning is limitless and it is his hope to create a space where students can build confidence and reinforced with positive encouragement.
