About John Bruno

FMS – Functional Movement Screening Specialist (Level II) under Functional Movement Systems (Gray Cook, Brett Jones, and Lee Burton are notable instructors). This course is designed to help trainers understand movement quality and spot dysfunctional movement. It gives corrective exercises to help people with these issues move better. The FMS Level 1Course provides an introduction to movement principles and how they can assist in the training process. The Functional Movement Screen is a rating and ranking system that captures mobility and motor control in seven fundamental movement patterns. The core focus of the Functional Movement Screen is to set a movement baseline to assist in the trainer’s ability to create more effective training and programming decisions. This screening tool and approach has been effectively utilized in a variety of training settings from traditional fitness to elite professional sports. The application of these concepts allows the trainer to select the best exercises for the client based on their Functional Movement Screen results and get them on a customized path for lifelong movement health. Corrective exercise applications and strategies are taught to improve clients’ movement pattern limitations that the Functional Movement Screen uncovers. It includes specific exercise progressions focused on breathing, mobility, and motor control to improve each pattern.

 CSS – Certified Speed Specialist under the National Association of Speed and Explosion, The NASE Level I Certification (NASE-CSS: Certified Speed Specialist) provides an introductory course on the foundational principles of the start, acceleration, maximum speed, and deceleration phases of a short sprint for the team and individual sport athletes. The most current information on exactly how speed is improved is provided with major emphasis on increasing ground reaction force and decreasing ground contact time.

RKC–Russian Kettlebell Challenge Certified Kettlebell Lifting Instructor 2006 – 2012. This was the first fitness certification that Bruno ever received. It is what started him down the path to full-time fitness professional. After taking this course became a sought-after instructor on many levels. It took what Bruno already knew and added several layers of hands-on application to it. Bruno attended this course back when Pavel Tsatsouline was still a part of the RKC. Since then Pavel (and many of the other coaches of that time) has left to start his organization called “Strong First”. This certification seminar was both academically and in a hands-on application sense, the best Bruno has ever attended. If you would like more information about our customized personal training near you, click here.

AKC – American Kettlebell Club Certified Kettlebell Lifting Coach. This was another kettlebell coaching certification Bruno took in 2008. The focus was different than the RKC or “Hard Style” kettlebell lifting. This was more efficiency-based lifting. This is the preferred modality for athletes competing in kettlebell sport.

 Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu – In July of 2021, after 25 years of training, Bruno received the coveted and respected rank of black belt in BJJ from his instructor of 21 years, Roy Harris, one of the first North Americans to hold the rank of black belt in BJJ. Bruno enjoys teaching beginners about the fundamentals of jiu jitsu. Bruno is looking to become specialized in teaching Brazilian Jiu Jitsu to those over 40 and those over 50 years of age and older.

Certified Associate Grappling Instructor, Harris International– In 2004 and later in 2008 Bruno took special teaching courses from his Jiu Jitsu instructor, Roy Harris, and became affiliated as an official associate instructor of ground grappling including Brazilian Jiu Jitsu under Roy Harris and Harris International.

Certified Apprentice L5 Jeet Kune Do, French, Filipino, and Indonesian Martial Arts Instructor– From 2006 to the present, Bruno has attended many workshops and accumulated 100’s hours of hands-on instruction and 1000’s hours of hands-on practice in various aspects of Bruce Lee’s Jeet Kune Do Concepts, Filipino Martial Arts and other martial arts systems.