ICE Thousand Oaks Team

Bobby D. Schmelter – Emeritus (RIP)

  • Internationally published author and martial arts instructor
  • Founder, Golden Eagle Martial Arts
  • Founder, Iron Circle Martial Arts
  • Founder, Iron Circle Ju Jitsu
  • Founder, Iron Circle Escrima
  • Founder, PREP (Pro-active Rape Education and Prevention)
  • 42 years martial arts experience

Bobby’s favorite messages:

“Leaders are much like eagles… they don’t flock. You’ll find them one at a time.”

“When in doubt, hit.”

Brandon Schmelter

  • Founder/Director, ICE Urban Combat Martial Arts
  • Co-creator, Self OFFENSE Martial Arts
  • Instructor Team Leader, ICE Urban Combat Martial Arts
  • Creator/Lead Instructor, JKD Trapping on Steroids
  • Instructor Team Leader, Jeet Kune Do
  • Instructor Team Leader Iron Circle Ju Jitsu
  • Instructor Team Leader, Iron Circle Escrima (Tactical Stick and Blade)
  • Instructor Team Leader, PREP (Pro-active Rape Education and Prevention)
  • 37 years martial arts experience

For the past 22 years, Brandon has been the face and the force behind the Schmelter’s Greater Los Angeles ICE Urban Combat Martial Arts training facility. There, Brandon oversees facility operations including the ICE Urban Combat training programs he developed over the years with his brother Jared and the rest of the ICE team, assault prevention outreach training, and a rigorous ICE instructor certification program. “I teach people to change their approach to personal protection by thinking aggressively (offensively) rather than defensively. Eliminate passivity, negativity, doubt and hesitation. Attack the attacker. The hunter becomes the hunted. Then, everything changes. Our Urban Combat Self OFFENSE fighting system complements this mentality perfectly.

Most people don’t even know the depths of their own potential. It’s my job to help them maximize who they are and what they can do. Self-actualization.”

It’s what keeps Brandon motivated — his eager students from around the globe. As an industry-leading martial arts and street fighting expert, ICE founder and hands-on instructor, Brandon has given thousands of individuals from diverse backgrounds the self-offense skills and knowledge they need to take control in the streets and in their professional lives.

As a private trainer and consultant, Brandon has also had the privilege of working one-on-one with law enforcement professionals, celebrities and entertainment industry heavy weights seeking See more

Jared Schmelter

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  • Co-founder, ICE Urban Combat Martial Arts
  • Co-creator, Self OFFENSE Martial Arts
  • Senior Instructor, ICE Urban Combat Martial Arts
  • Senior Instructor, Jeet Kune Do
  • Senior Instructor, Iron Circle Ju Jitsu
  • Senior Instructor, Iron Circle Escrima (Tactical Stick and Blade)
  • Senior Instructor, PREP (Pro-active Rape Education and Prevention)
  • Police Officer (SWAT)
  • 35 years martial arts experience

Kristen Melia

  • Instructor Team Leader, ICE Urban Combat Martial Arts (Youth Division)
  • Lead Instructor, ICE Urban Combat Youth Division
  • Senior Instructor, Rape Awareness/Assault Prevention (PREP)
  • 22 years with ICE Urban Combat

Kristen’s favorite messages:

“Learn all you can but master what is useful.”

“When in doubt, hit.”

Jeff Baumsteiger

  • Senior Instructor, ICE Urban Combat Martial Arts
  • Senior Instructor, JKD Trapping on Steroids
  • Senior Instructor, Jeet Kune Do
  • Senior Instructor, Iron Circle Ju Jitsu
  • Senior Instructor, Iron Circle Escrima (Tactical Stick and Blade)
  • Full Instructor, PREP (Pro-active Rape Education and Prevention)
  • 20 years with ICE Urban Combat

Jeff’s favorite messages:

“When you realize what you’re worth, you’ll stop giving discounts.”

“Learn the principle, abide by the principle, and then dissolve the principle.”

Kristian Atkins

  • Senior Instructor, ICE Urban Combat Martial Arts
  • Senior Instructor, Jeet Kune Do
  • Senior Instructor, Iron Circle Escrima (Tactical Stick and Blade)
  • Full Instructor, PREP (Pro-active Rape Education and Prevention)
  • 20 years with ICE Urban Combat

Devin Rivera

  • Senior Instructor, ICE Urban Combat Martial Arts (Youth Division)
  • 18 years with ICE Urban Combat

Devin’s favorite message:

“Motivation is crap. Motivation comes and goes. When you’re driven, whatever is in front of you will get destroyed.”

Caden Cope

  • Full Instructor, ICE Urban Combat Martial Arts
  • Full Instructor, Jeet Kune Do
  • Full Instructor, ICE Urban Combat Martial Arts (Youth Division)
  • 13 years with ICE Urban Combat

Caden’s favorite message:

“Peaceful, not harmless.”

Jim Rose

  • Senior Instructor, ICE Urban Combat Martial Arts (Youth Division)
  • Full Instructor, Iron Circle Escrima (Tactical Stick and Blade)
  • Assistant Instructor, PREP (Pro-active Rape Education and Prevention)
  • 20 years with ICE Urban Combat

Jim’s favorite messages:

“Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself.”

“I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.”

“Knowledge will give you power.”

Emily Mansourian

  • Full Instructor, ICE Urban Combat Martial Arts (Youth Division)
  • 10 years with ICE Urban Combat

Emily’s favorite message:

“Focus and effort are your biggest cheerleaders!”

Ava Marino

  • Full Instructor, ICE Urban Combat Martial Arts (Youth Division)
  • 10 years with ICE Urban Combat

Chad Schmelter

  • Assistant Instructor, ICE Urban Combat Martial Arts
  • Assistant Instructor, Jeet Kune Do
  • 22 years with ICE Urban Combat

Rob Yoos

  • Full Instructor, ICE Urban Combat Martial Arts
  • Full Instructor, Jeet Kune Do
  • Assistant Instructor, Iron Circle Ju Jitsu
  • Assistant Instructor, Iron Circle Escrima (Tactical Stick and Blade)
  • 15 years with ICE Urban Combat

Rob’s favorite message:

“Violence is rarely the answer, but when it is, it’s the only answer.”

Jim Rose

  • Senior Instructor, ICE Urban Combat Martial Arts (Youth Division)
  • Full Instructor, Iron Circle Escrima (Tactical Stick and Blade)
  • Assistant Instructor, PREP (Pro-active Rape Education and Prevention)
  • 20 years with ICE Urban Combat

Jim’s favorite messages:

“Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself.”

“I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.”

“Knowledge will give you power.”

Andrew Chen

  • Full Instructor, ICE Urban Combat Martial Arts (Youth Division)
  • Assistant Instructor, ICE Urban Combat Martial Arts
  • Assistant Instructor, Jeet Kune Do
  • Assistant Instructor, Iron Circle Ju Jitsu
  • 9 years with ICE Urban Combat

Patricia Ashley

  • Assistant Instructor, ICE Urban Combat Martial Arts (Youth Division)
  • 5 years with ICE Urban Combat

Sara Mansourian

  • Assistant Instructor, ICE Urban Combat Martial Arts (Youth Division)
  • 10 years with ICE Urban Combat

Lisa Gunn

  • School/Facility General Manager, ICE Urban Combat Martial Arts
  • 11 years with ICE Urban Combat

Frank Melia

  • Full Instructor, ICE Urban Combat Martial Arts
  • Full Instructor, Jeet Kune Do
  • Assistant Instructor, Iron Circle Ju Jitsu
  • 13 years with ICE Urban Combat