Meet Your Coaches

Here's a quick blurb on each of the two top-level RMAX coaches in attendance for November's seminar, as taken from the RMAX website.  With two such highly-qualified individuals teaching, you'd be missing out on a lot if you didn't come!

Ryan Hurst

Ryan Hurst is the newest addition to the RMAX Faculty Coaching Staff and is the representative for RMAX/CST Asia.
Ryan competed in gymnastics from a very young age, a sport which he continued throughout highschool. In Junior High, while also practicing gymnastics, he started Aikido and became fascinated with the Japanese culture.
A desire to further his education in the martial arts and the Japanese language led Ryan to travel to Japan while in university. He stayed in Japan and continued his training in Osaka. During his first long stay in the country, while at the University of Niigata, he lived with his Kendo instructor as an 'uchi-deshi' or 'live-in (Martial Art) pupil'. His practices included weekly meetings and bouts with members of the Niigata Police force and Japan Self Defense Force. It was through hard work with these people that Ryan earned his black belt rankings in Kendo and Iaido, and first began training in Judo.
Also while at university, Ryan was introduced to the practice of Raja Yoga. Yoga became an extremely important part of Ryan's life, and he devoted daily practice to the asanas and meditation in order to advance himself physically and, more importantly, mentally. Ryan would later discover how important that yoga practice was in helping him cope with the intense stress of the hustle and bustle of life in Osaka and the corporate world.
Having graduated from university, Ryan moved to Osaka to continue his Martial Art practice. He dove head first into Judo while working at the Sumiyoshi Budokan (Sumiyoshi Martial Art Complex), located at the Sumiyoshi Shrine. At this time Ryan also worked with instructors in Kendo, Daito-Ryu Aiki-jujitsu and Shorinji-Kenpo. However, it was Judo that consumed the better part of his practice time, and through his contacts at the Sumiyoshi Budokan he also practiced with police officers at Osaka Castle (Shudo-kan) and at the Minatoku Police Station. His black belt rankings in Judo were all earned through winning at tournaments as a representative of the Minatoku Police Station's Judo club, Minatoku Ju-yu Kai.
Ryan was first introduced to Scott Sonnon's material through the original Grappler's Toolbox. He was intrigued by the video and used it to help him with his martial art practice, but it wasn't until he suffered a serious shoulder dislocation that he fully came to understand the beauty of CST - how it can help a person in recovering full range of motion while also working towards the prevention of injury.
Ryan released the Japanese version of Intu-Flow®, Joint Wellness, in 2005. In 2006, in collaboration with Head Coach Jarlo Ilano, he released the Prasara Primer textbook, and in 2007 followed it up with the Prasara Primer DVD. Ryan has appeared in multiple magazines and has been featured on GAORA Sports Station conducting a bi-weekly show that features Prasara Body-Flow Yoga. In August of 2008 Ryan released Yoga-For-Men.com, an online portal where guys can learn yoga like a real man should.
Ryan specializes in complete body transformation, instructing in both Japanese and English at his private studio in Osaka. He also offers personalized online programs to his students around the world. Ryan also trains several Japanese media stars, and his monthly workshops are filled with people who travel in from all parts of Japan.




Jarlo Ilano

Jarlo Ilano graduated from the University of Puget Sound in 1998 with a Master's degree in Physical Therapy. His entire career has been a relentless pursuit of the best methods of rehabilitation, and he has logged hundreds of hours of continuing education credits in his quest for personal excellence. His passion for learning led him to explore CST, and in 2004 he obtained his first Instructorship. In May 2006, thanks to his unwavering diligence and dedication to his personal practice, he was one of six Instructors chosen by the RMAX Faculty to pioneer the next evolution in the CST Instructor Cadre - the hard-won position of Coach. Coach Ilano's unique insights into CST are the product of the literally thousands of patients that he has treated in his clinical practice. This time in the trenches allows him to convey difficult concepts with the skilled ease of an experienced Coach.

Coach Ilano's career as a health care professional has progressed in synch with his lifelong passion for the martial arts. He is an RMAX FlowFighting®® Athlete, and he underwent a rigorous selection process in July 2006 to become a member of Team RMAX. He is also a certified Instructor of mixed martial arts, Brazilian Jiujitsu, and Filipino Martial Arts under Burton Richardson of JKD Unlimited. Coach Ilano believes that martial arts training involves more than simply learning how to fight - it is also a vehicle for self expression and for transcending one's perceived limitations.

Coach Ilano is currently based in Honolulu, Hawaii, where he offers high quality instruction in the martial arts, health and wellness. He frequently travels to the mainland U.S. and Asia for seminars and private instruction. For more information, please visit www.csthawaii.com, which contains an archive of articles for both the beginner and the seasoned veteran.