Trainers
Mick Doyle “The Emerald Mongoose”
Michael J. Doyle was born in Dublin Ireland in 1967. Raised in a tough neighborhood, Mick’s father, Robbie, thought it would be a good idea that his son had some training in the Martial Arts. Robbie had previously trained with Joseph Canning in Wado Ryu Karate under the instruction of Grandmaster Meiji Suzuki. So at the age of 7, Mick started his Martial Arts journey.
During his first two years of training, Mick had his share of problems. He couldn’t win a match; he would rather be playing soccer and running the streets with his friends. He wanted to quit. He had had enough. His father said, “No.” Robbie told Mick to do as Sensei Joe said and just train properly for a one tournament. If he did like Joe said and still lost he would let Mick quit.
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Willie Stewart
Willie joined the Mick Doyle’s Martial Arts Center in 1995. From Mick he has learned Muay Thai, Gan Teora, Kickboxing and Boxing.
Stewart is former competitive bodybuilder and basketball Coach. Willie joined the gym to get in better shape. Little did he know that it would lead to a career as the Senior Trainer and Assistant Coach of Team Doyle. At 52, Willie is a great example of what dedication, knowledge and experience can accomplish. Willie is in great condition and maintains the physical regiment of someone half his age.
Willie is currently a Personal Trainer at Mick Doyle’s Martial Arts Center, and spends his time training clients and teaching classes. He is Mick’s right hand man when it comes to the coaching of fighters on fight night. He is very experienced in competition. Willie is a great example of what living well and good training can do.
Bryan Corley
Bryan joined the Mick Doyle’s Martial Arts Center in 1999. From Mick he has learned Muay Thai, Gan Teora, Kickboxing and Grappling. Prior to joining Mick, he had gained experience in Tae Kwon Do and Hapkido.
Corley has competed in several kickboxing and Muay Thai competitions. He earned his first National Title in 2003.
Corley earned his Black Belt in 2004. A leader with tremendous character and desire, he is one of the captains of Team Doyle—the full contact competition team and the Head Coach for the Junior Competition Team. Bryan is also the current ISKA Middleweight U.S Muay Thai champion.
Bryan is currently a Personal Trainer at Mick Doyle’s Martial Arts Center, and spends his time training clients and teaching youth classes.
Matt Bentley
My name is Matt Bentley and I am a certified personal trainer at Mick Doyle’s Kickboxing and Fitness. I am constantly trying to find new ways to push myself and my clients athletically. I believe in hard work, dedication, and pushing it to the limits when it comes to fitness. When you factor that kind of logic into your training there are no boundaries. I don’t believe there is a finish line when it comes to training as there will always be a new way to push yourself, a new goal to meet, and a new exercise to do. If you feel that you’ve met all your goals and can’t possibly push it any harder then guess what, you’re training with the wrong people. Here at Mick Doyle’s I am surrounded by a staff of like minded trainers who always lead from the front. We don’t have our clients do things that we don’t do on a regular basis ourselves. Simply put, if it works for us it will work for you.
We are sensitive to our clients needs and goals and can and have worked around every type of injury and circumstance you could possibly imagine. We have reasonable expectations of our clients and we make sure that you live up to them. We all need a support system, let us be that for you.
Out of shape? Just a few years ago I myself was 225lbs ( You can see my before and after pictures on the website) and realized I needed to make a change. With the help of my coaches, family, and teammates and by using the same methods I train my clients with today I was able to lose 90lbs, decrease my body fat by over 20% and regain control of my health and body!
Matt is a two time national amateur kickboxing champion. Matt won his first title by defeating two time national champion and North American champion David Flurry by unanimous decision in 2000. Having a hard time finding quality opponents his age Matt began competing against adults at the age of fifteen. In 2002 Matt would once again fight in the finals of the IKF National Amateur Championships defeating David Oudthone of Arkansas by unanimous decision winning his second national title.
Matt joined Mick Doyle’s Martial Arts Center in 1993. He is a black belt in Gan Teora and has competed around the U.S. and overseas as the captain of the U.S. Junior Team against Team Ireland. Under the guidance of Mick Doyle Matt has studied the arts of Gan Teora, Muay Thai, Boxing, Kickboxing, Jiu-Jitsu, and Self Defense.
Matt recently made his successful professional debut in Mixed Martial Arts
Wilfred Davis
Coach Davis is the Head Coach of our Boxing Program at the gym, and since arriving two years ago he has captured the city Golden Gloves Team award each year.
After years of serving his country all over the World, Wilfred “ Coach” Davis is finally on top of it.
With three months of intense training, preparation and sacrifice under his belt he made his way along with 500 other boxers to the Ringside World Amateur Boxing Championships which was held in Kansas City August 15 -20. By the tournaments end, and at the age of 55, he was presented with the championship belt, “Masters Heavyweight Champion of the World.”
He was born in Memphis, Tennessee in 1956 and was introduced to boxing in the Jobs Corp of Clearfield, Utah, which also produced Heavyweight world champion George Foreman. He joined the Army in 1976 with the goal of making the All Army boxing team. After basic training in Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, he was transferred to Baumholder, Germany where he was coached by one of Omaha’s own Jesse Irvin who recently passed away this year. Under the direction of coach Irvin, Wilfred went on to win the All Army European Middleweight championship in 1979. In 1980 he represented the US Army team in Helsinki, Finland and won in the Olympic Auditorium.
He left Europe in 1980 and transferred back to the United States where he was stationed in Fort Ord, California. In 1985 his boxing journey led him to a sparring session with the legend Muhammad Ali in Fort Carson, Colorado. His passion for boxing continued and he fought his last fight in 1986 where he was runner up in the Colorado Golden Gloves. By this time he was spending a lot of time teaching boxing to young soldiers was recognized by being named to the All Army coaching staff in 1987.
1988 was an Olympic year and will probably be remembered as the year that American Boxers swept the Olympics. The US Army had four of it’s soldiers on that Olympic team and Wilfred Davis was directly involved in training all of them. The team consisted of such notables as Andrew Maynard (Gold), Ray Mercer (Gold), Kennedy Mc Kinney (Gold) Roy Jones jnr (Silver), Reddick Bowe (Silver), and Michael Carbajal (Silver). That team will go down in history as one of the most successful in Olympic boxing . In 1990 Coach Wilfred Davis was rewarded with the position of head boxing Coach for the United States Army.
Coach Davis retired from the Army in 1999 and lived in Hawaii for years before making his way back to Omaha in 2008. He currently works as a recreation specialist at the Adams Park and Recreation center and coaches boxing at Mick Doyle’s Gym at 108th and Blondo.
Wilfred has always tried to lead a healthy lifestyle by example and regularly jumps into the boxing workouts with his boxers. Boxing success seems to follow him and he has coached the Team Doyle fighters to two Omaha Golden Gloves Team awards in two years running. His decision to come out of retirement and compete in the masters divisions was made about three months ago after sparring a local professional boxer for five rounds. Other coaches at Team Doyle were talking about “the old man still having it” and he felt up to challenge to cut some weight and step back between the ropes again as a competitor. Coach Wilfred Davis is a shining example of what a passion for something in your life can do. He has dedicated his life to country, service and his sport and he is on top of the World.
Micah Gill
Micah found Mick Doyle’s in 1996 due to a fascination with the Muay Thai fighting style. With the UFC still in its early stages he figured he would never find instructors to teach such a unique style anywhere in the midwest. But as chance would have it Omaha had not one, but two world champions teaching at the same school. From his first class Micah was hooked on Muay Thai’s no-nonsense style of fighting. Nothing real pretty just good effective technique. Since starting Micah has learned Muay Thai, Gan Teora, kick boxing and jiu-jitsu from Mick and other instructors.
Micah has been fortunate to have been with the gym long enough to watch it adapt to the rise of Mixed Martial Arts in the world. In March of 2007 he got to put his building talents to use helping the team remodel the gym to better suit MMA’s training needs.
The instructors at Mick’s gym have always been ones to keep up with changes as the Unlimited Way philosophy in Gan Teora encourages. In July 2007 Mick asked Micah if he would start a grappling program at the gym to bolster the growing interest in MMA in Omaha. Since then Micah has taken several students to win medals in midwestern grappling competitions and been an assistant coach for Mick Doyle’s ever growing MMA team. He loves coaching and is proud to call Mick’s gym his gym.
Colleen Beal
Colleen Beal began training with Mick in 1996 when her children started at the gym in the youth program. A casual interest soon led to an obsession to become one of the few female black-belts in Mu Gen Do and Gan Teora. She earned her black belt in a grueling 7 hour test under Grand-master Joe Canning of Ireland in 2000. She became an internationally certified Kickboxing and Muay Thai judge in 1999, and shortly thereafter accompanied the National team and judged Ireland versus the United States in Dublin Ireland. She has been teaching at the gym since 1999.
Rob Wiley
Rob joined Mick Doyle’s Martial Arts Center in 1993. Under the training of Mick Doyle he learned the arts of Bushido, Muay Thai, Mu Gen Do Kickboxing and grappling.
Wiley has competed in numerous kickboxing and Muay Thai competitions since then, including international events fighting as a member of the national kickboxing team in U.S.A. vs. Ireland and U.S.A. vs. Canada. Wiley has made two trips to the IKF national tournament once in 1999, where he placed 2nd in a split decision and in 2000 where he won the National Amateur Light Middleweight Muay Thai Title.
Wiley was team captain of the gym’s kickboxing team for several years. He also worked as a personal trainer at the gym and has trained fighters who have won national title belts. He recently stepped down from the position of team captain to pursue a career in law enforcement.
Wiley was hired onto the Omaha Police Department in 2001 where he currently works full time patrolling the northeast precinct. Wiley still coaches fighters at the gym and teaches self defense classes. He specialized in Muay Thai, kickboxing, self-defense and general conditioning. In 2006 he became a defensive tactics instructor for the Omaha police department, and assists in the training of recruits.
Ryan Jaber
Ryan joined Mick Doyle’s Martial Arts Center in 2007 when a friend recommended it as a way to stay in shape. Having always enjoyed intense exercising he immediately felt right at home. What began as a way to maintain fitness soon developed into a passion for him. In 2010 he began teaching the adult Thaibox class. He also teaches Thaibox classes at the JCC.
In addition to kickboxing, Ryan is an avid runner and cyclist and has competed in races in both sports, including the Corporate Cup and the Warrior Dash.
