Rich Brugger is a Black Belt Master Instructor who holds a strength conditioning and weight training certification. He has been involved in martial arts and fitness training for nearly two decades. He is also a NSA Kid-Safe Network Certified Field Agent. The Kid-Safe Network is a proactive, non-profit organization dedicated to the prevention of child abuse and abduction of our children.

He co-owns and operates a martial arts academy in New Providence, NJ with his wife Michelle.

Rich is a graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison, NJ (BA '01, MBA '03).