Dominion Academy judo students and black-belt coaches lined up on the mat for a team photo

The coaches

A small staff on purpose. Your child learns from the same people every week, and those people know their name.

Coach Jhonatan Gutierrez in a blue judo gi

Jhonatan Gutierrez

Head judo coach

Shodan with seven years of coaching. Senior national champion in Peru, and in May 2026 he won the -73 kg division at the Panamerican Judo Tour in Guayaquil. Teaches youth and adult judo.

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Coach Jodie Shavers in a Dominion Wrestling shirt

Jodie Shavers

Wrestling coach and academic coach

Six-year Army veteran who wrestled at Carl Albert High School. In five years of coaching he has taken brand-new wrestlers to state placings and titles in a single year. Also the Academy's academic coach.

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Kyle Bowker, founder of Dominion Academy, in a blue judo gi

Kyle Bowker

Co-founder and owner

Judo black belt who opened Dominion with his wife, Larissa, in May 2026, so their boys and kids like them could study and train in the same day.

Kyle's profile

The standard every coach meets

Before anyone coaches your child here, these boxes are checked.

  • Background check completed
  • U.S. Center for SafeSport training completed
  • Membership with the sport's national governing body: USA Judo for judo, with USA Wrestling credentials in progress
  • Coaching under a club chartered by USA Judo and the Oklahoma Judo Association
Coach in a white gi with arms crossed, watching students train

Meet them in person.

Book any class during your free week. Kyle will be off the mat to answer your questions while your child trains.