Joseph Giavedoni – Owner/Head Instructor
Mr. G has been a member of our United Family for many years. Having trained alongside his brothers and younger sister he understands how important the family atmosphere is at UFMA. Now a 3rd Degree Black Belt and Owner/Head Instructor at our Brantford and Hamilton Mountain locations, Mr. G remains an active student of the Martial Arts and a dedicated instructor.


Derrick Baptist– Instructor
Derrick has been involved in martial arts for over 10 years. He has been with our family since 2008. a short time after that he became part of our leadership program, where he started training to become an instructor. Derrick has competed and placed 1st in several tournaments for Point/Continuous Sparring and Weapons. Derrick is currently a 2nd Degree Black Belt and a very important part of our school.


Joseph Giavedoni – Owner/Head Instructor
Mr. G has been a member of our United Family for many years. Having trained alongside his
brothers he understands how important the family atmosphere is at UFMA. Now a 3rd Degree
Black Belt and Owner/Head Instructor at our Brantford and Hamilton Mountain locations, Mr. G
remains an active student of the Martial Arts and a dedicated instructor.

Miranda Hayes – Instructor
1 st Degree Black Belt. Started Training in 2009. Teaching since 2017

Gabrielle Lambert – Instructor
1 st Degree Black Belt. Started training in 2011. Teaching since 2019

Genevieve Lambert – Front Desk Staff


Bryan Newton – Owner/Head Instructor
Mr. Newton has been training in the Martial Arts for 23 years. He has been a member of our
UFMA family for 20 years and teaching for 17. He is now a 3 rd Degree Black Belt. He remains a
dedicated student and instructor.