Ted Chittenden

Coach Ted, a native of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, is a retired Army officer with over 40 years of martial arts experience. Upon his retirement, he and his wife, Lea, moved back to Oak Ridge, Tennessee where they soon opened Mad Science Judo and Jiu-Jitsu, which had been a longtime dream of his. Coach Ted is proud dad of five children, William, Alyssa, Jon, Isaac & Gabe.

Coach's 20-years of military service moved him all over the country and overseas, affording him the opportunity to train with some of the best Judo and Jiu-Jitsu instructors in the world. His travels also provided him the chance to compete and teach in many countries as well.

Coach Ted's 5 combat service tours to Iraq, Afghanistan and other Middle Eastern countries exposed him to hostile environments, thereby giving him a unique perspective on martial arts application and training methodologies.

He teaches arts for real-world self-defense and competition based on effectiveness and efficiency. He competed in martial arts for over two decades, winning multiple local, state, and regional Judo and Jiu-Jitsu tournaments. Some of the most notable being: he is a two-time All Armed Forces Judo Champion, two-time Judo National Medalist, a two-time state qualifier in folk style wrestling. Coach Ted was an amateur competitor in kickboxing, MMA, and Pankration.