OUR TEAM
BROCK NEVILL
HEAD INSTRUCTOR
BJJ BLACK BELT
JANUARY 2018
A LIFELONG ATHLETE, BROCK BEGAN TRAINING BJJ IN 2006, AT 18 YEARS OLD AND UNDER SASKATCHEWAN’S FIRST BLACK BELT. IMMEDIATELY, HE FELL IN LOVE WITH THE ART AND TOOK IN AS MUCH AS HE COULD, COMPETING AND TRAVELING TO TRAIN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. IN JANUARY 2018 BROCK RECEIVED HIS BLACK BELT AFTER 12 YEARS IN THE SPORT.
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BROCK TRAVELED EXTENSIVELY OVER THE COURSE OF HIS BJJ JOURNEY, TRAINING WHEREVER HE WENT. THESE TRAVELS INCLUDED TRAINING AT GYMS IN ITALY, FRANCE, ENGLAND, JAPAN, AND EVEN IN RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL, THE BIRTHPLACE OF BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU. ONE SPECIAL EXPERIENCE HAD BROCK SAILING UP THE COAST OF ITALY WITH A FRIEND HE MET THROUGH THE ONLINE BJJ COMMUNITY, BJJ GLOBETROTTERS, PROVING THAT FRIENDS CAN REALLY BE MADE AND AMAZING EXPERIENCES CAN BE HAD THROUGH BJJ!!
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BROCK ALSO HAS A PASSION FOR THE OUTDOORS AND WHEN HE’S NOT AT EXPEDITION HE IS EITHER PLANNING OTHER OUTDOOR ADVENTURES OR DREAMING UP NEW ONES! HE HAS CANOED MANY MAJOR AND FAMOUS RIVERS ALL OVER SASKATCHEWAN INCLUDING THE FOND DU LAC RIVER, THE FOSTER RIVER, THE PORCUPINE RIVER AND THE CARSWELL AND WILLIAMS RIVERS WHICH FLOW THROUGH SASKATCHEWAN’S LEAST VISITED WONDER- ATHABASCA SAND DUNES NATIONAL PARK! HIS OUTDOOR ADVENTURES HAVE ALSO TAKEN HIM INTO THE BACK COUNTRY IN ALASKA, THE YUKON TERRITORY, THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY, BRITISH COLUMBIA, AND MOST RECENTLY TO NUNAVUT WHERE HE PADDLED THE HISTORIC HOOD RIVER DOWN TO WILBERFORCE FALLS, ONE OF THE VERY FEW MAJOR WATERFALLS ABOVE THE ARCTIC CIRCLE.
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IN 2016, BROCK ALSO HAD LIFE-CHANGING, EMERGENCY, OPEN HEART SURGERY TO REPAIR A DEFECTIVE AORTA AND AORTIC VALVE HE WAS BORN WITH. HIS RECOVERY TIME GAVE HIM A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON HIS OWN LOVE OF BJJ AND THE OUTDOORS AND UPON HIS RETURN TO THE MAT HE REDOUBLED HIS EFFORTS TO SHARE HIS PASSION WITH ANYONE INTERESTED IN LEARNING AND RECEIVED HIS BLACK BELT 15 MONTHS AFTER HIS SURGERY. HIS TIME AWAY ALSO GAVE HIM A NEW SENSE OF WHAT LIMITATIONS MAY AFFECT ANYONE AT ANYTIME AND ENCOURAGES ANYONE INTERESTED IN BJJ TO GIVE IT A CHANCE. IF HE CAN DO IT SO CAN ANYONE!
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BROCK'S TWO PASSIONS, COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCES THEY HAVE GIVEN HIM, FORMED THE IDEA FOR EXPEDITION. HIS GOAL IS TO SHARE HIS PASSIONS WITH EACH AND EVERY STUDENT, PROMOTING A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE THROUGH ACTIVITY AND WILLINGNESS TO LEARN.
SHAYNE LANDHERR
INSTRUCTOR
BJJ BLACK BELT
MAY 2016
SHAYNE HAD A PERPETUAL INTEREST IN MARTIAL ARTS FOR ALL OF HIS LIFE AND WAS FINALLY ABLE TO BEGIN HIS JOURNEY IN 2005. AFTER DABBLING IN AIKIDO, JEET KUNE DO, AND KALI, TO NAME A FEW, SHAYNE WAS INSPIRED TO JOIN BJJ BY THE T.V. REALITY SHOW “THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER” IN JANUARY, 2007, BECAUSE OF HIS GROWING INTEREST IN MIXED MARTIAL ARTS (MMA).
AFTER ONLY 6 MONTHS OF TRAINING, SHAYNE HAD LOST 50 LBS AND ACCEPTED HIS FIRST MMA FIGHT, WINNING IN THE FIRST ROUND. HE THEN WENT ON TO HAVE THREE MORE MMA FIGHTS, WINNING ALL THREE WHILE CROSS TRAINING IN MUAY THAI KICKBOXING AND WRESTLING AT THE SAME TIME.
SINCE 2010, SHAYNE HAS FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON BJJ. COMPETING WELL THROUGH EVERY BELT LEVEL, SHAYNE HAS MEDALLED IN EVERY SPORT BJJ TOURNAMENT HE HAS ENTERED OUTSIDE OF HIS VERY FIRST, AND RECEIVED HIS BLACK BELT IN MAY OF 2016. SHAYNE CAN BE FOUND TEACHING AND TRAINING AT EXPEDITION NEARLY EVERY NIGHT WHERE HE CONTINUES TO TEACH AND LEARN HIMSELF, TAKING GREAT PRIDE IN HIS EFFORTS TO DEVELOP THE SKILLS OF THOSE AROUND HIM.
Samantha Reid
Assistant Instructor
Blue Belt
Samantha began her jiujitsu journey in January 2020 in our original Ladies’ Only Self Defense program. She quickly caught the “jiujitsu bug” and began training in our sport jiujitsu classes just one month later, and has attended nearly every class since. Sam has become an integral member of our school, assisting with our beginner course, children’s programs, seminars, and even occasionally teaching classes of her own. Sam received her blue belt in July 2022 while partaking in the club’s annual canoe trip. She is passionate about being an ambassador for women at our school, and can be found at the club nearly every day of the week.