Meet our staff
Sarahi Ucelo
Program Director
Black Belt/Assistant Instructor
Master Abel Ucelo
Master Abel, owner and head instructor at Ucelo Martial Arts Glendale, started training in martial arts at age 4 and currently holds a 5th Degree Black Belt under his father Grand Master Miguel Ucelo. He has 30 years of martial arts experience, including 15 the years of experience in teaching. Master Abel discovered teaching and helping others better their life through the martial arts to be one of his biggest passions. An additional Bachelors degree in Psychology helps make him an exceptional instructor and led him to create ‘UMA LifeSkills’’, the character development program used at Ucelo Martial Arts Glendale. Master Abel is an active student and competitor in the martial arts and continues to train and learn on a daily basis; he also holds a brown belt in the art of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu under Royce Gracie black belt, John Crouch. Master Abel is currently back in college to further his knowledge in personal training and sports nutrition.
Grand Master Miguel Ucelo
Grand Master Miguel Ucelo, 8th Degree Black Belt, president and founder of Ucelo Martial Arts, began his martial arts training at the age of 10 in the art of Karate Do. He has over 50 years of martial arts experience. He is considered to be an expert in the hand to hand combat and has cross trained in many arts, such as Tae Kwon Do, Hapkido, Judo, and Kobudo. His most recent achievement is the rank of Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Grand Master Miguel opened the first UMA academy at age 19 in 1977 in his hometown Guatemala City, Guatemala. He has promoted over a hundred black belts and he now oversees all the UMA locations and affiliates across the United States and several different countries. Grand Master Miguel has found the perfect balance between the Korean and Japanese Martial Arts and has combined them into a unique unorthodox style called UCELO MARTIAL ARTS (UMA).
Kaitlynn Millard
Black Belt/Assistant Instructor
Erika Gonzalez
Erika, our Yoga instructor, has been practicing yoga for over 5 years. She's in love with yoga’s infinity, a path of endless growth and evolution. Yoga inevitably led her Rishikesh, India where she studied Sattva Yoga from Anand Mehrotra. She was introduced to traditional teachings that shifted her path. Her journey as a teacher began. She found a holistic practice that helps her flow through life with grace on and off the mat. Erika's purpose is to share her practice and passion with the community and anyone willing to expand.
Isabella Lowry
Black Belt/Assistant Instructor
Sage Lowry
Black Belt/Assistant Instructor
Randy Steinke
Paragon MMA Striking Head Coach
Kickboxing/Muay Thai Coach
‘ I have been dedicated to martial arts since the age of 15. It came into my life at the perfect time and helped re-direct me into a great positive environment. I started my mixed martial arts career in 2007 and have accrued 32 professional fights! My hard work and dedication to coaching has brought me around the world coaching high level mixed martial artist. I am passionate about helping others find truth and guidance through martial arts and I am excited to share the Paragon Striking System with anybody willing to learn’.
Jesus Ramos
Kickboxing/Muay Thai Coach
An Ho
Kickboxing/Muay Thai Coach
Thomas Ladensack
Black Belt/Assistant Instructor
Lance Wheeler
Black Belt/Assistant Instructor