Suncoast Crazy Monkey

Specialties

A modern martial arts gym that caters to adults in Lakewood Ranch, Sarasota and Bradenton. Whether trying to learn self defense, getting back in shape or increasing mental strength, Suncoast Crazy Monkey will give you what you can’t find anywhere else. We provide a martial art experience free from hyper-​competitiveness and the smash attitude you see in so many schools today.

Suncoast Crazy Monkey specializes in functional martial arts and mental game training. We offer a world-​class modern martial art system successfully used by special forces warriors, law enforcement officers, professional martial arts competitors, executives and business professionals around the world.

We will teach you only the most effective techniques from boxing, jujitsu, muay thai, and wrestling. We combine these with modern performance training and coaching techniques to deliver a unique training experience unlike any other. Crazy Monkey Defense is simple to learn yet challenging and fun to master.

History

Established in 2013.

Jon Moore, a licensed martial arts instructor and mental game coach under Crazy Monkey Defense International, opened Suncoast Crazy Monkey after moving to the Sarasota/​Lakewood Ranch area with his wife Christine in 2013.

A lifelong martial artist, Jon joined the Crazy Monkey tribe six years ago after conducting an extensive study of best practices in martial arts training. Jon’s search included:

— Competition based arts such as: Muay Thai, BJJ, and Judo

— Reality based self-​defense arts like Krav Maga and Systema

–Traditional arts like Tae Kwon Do and Karate

Based on a criteria of effective technique, modern training approaches, and balanced mental game components, the Crazy Monkey Defense Program easily won out as the best program available today.

The Crazy Monkey Defense Program is now one of the fastest growing martial arts programs in the world. Join the tribe today and find out what others already know. Crazy Monkey Defense is the best martial arts program out there.

Meet the Business Owner

Jon M.

Business Owner

Jon Moore helps professionals and executives improve their personal performance and achieve their personal and professional objectives. By combining modern science, ancient wisdom and the somatic practice of martial arts he creates programs that engage his clients’ minds and bodies allowing them to achieve new levels of personal performance.

Jon has a JD degree from the Dickinson School of Law, a MS from Carnegie Mellon’s Tepper School of Business and its School of Computer Science and a BA in Economics from Haverford College. He is a licensed trainer in the Core Crazy Monkey Defense Program (CMDP), the CMDP Combat Intelligent Athlete program, and a level one Embodied Mind Performance for Sparring coach. He holds black belts in Tang So Do and Japanese JuJitsu.