About KAOSMT
Built for People Who Want More
KAOSMT was created to provide Helena with serious Muay Thai, practical self-defense, and high-level conditioning in a professional, beginner-friendly environment.
Our Mission
Why KAOSMT Exists
Most people want to become stronger, more confident, and more capable.
The problem is that many training environments are either too intimidating for beginners, too focused on fitness without practical skill, or too disconnected from the realities of personal safety.
KAOSMT was built to close that gap.
Our mission is to give ordinary people access to purposeful training that improves physical fitness, develops real skills, and strengthens the mindset required to perform under pressure.
Our Training Philosophy
Train With Purpose
We believe effective training should be:
Practical
Students should understand why they are doing each drill and how it connects to a real skill.
Progressive
Training should begin with strong fundamentals and increase in complexity as the student develops.
Challenging
Growth requires effort. Classes should push students while remaining safe and productive.
Accountable
Students and coaches should maintain high standards for effort, safety, respect, and consistency.
Adaptable
Every student arrives with different experience, fitness, and physical capabilities. Good coaching meets the student where they are without lowering the standard of development.
Founder & Coach
Built From Experience
KAOSMT brings together decades of experience in martial arts, defensive training, physical conditioning, leadership, and high-pressure environments.
Head Coach & Founder
Criss Moosman
Criss is a lifelong student of Budo and a firm believer in Bruce Lee's philosophy:
“Using no way as way. Using no limitation as limitation. Absorb what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.”
His approach to teaching reflects that philosophy—drawing from multiple disciplines to develop practical skills that perform under pressure rather than adhering to any single style.
Criss began training at the age of ten through Police Athletic League boxing and kickboxing. By sixteen, he was competing in amateur boxing and kickboxing before advancing into professional Muay Thai and mixed martial arts competition. Those years of competition provided a strong foundation in striking, timing, pressure testing, and the practical application of fighting skills.
Criss served in the U.S. Army's 3/75 Ranger Regiment, completing multiple deployments. That experience reinforced the importance of decision-making under stress, situational awareness, discipline, and performance when the stakes are real—principles that continue to influence his training methodology today.
In addition to his martial arts background, Criss is a certified NRA firearms instructor with more than three decades of firearms experience. He has instructed students in firearms safety, marksmanship fundamentals, drawstroke mechanics, malfunction clearance, and defensive shooting principles for new and experienced shooters alike.
Criss later founded and operated multiple combat sports academies throughout the Phoenix metropolitan area, where he spent nearly a decade coaching self-defense and Muay Thai. During that time, he coached both amateur and professional competitors in boxing, Muay Thai, and MMA while also working with the Phoenix Gang Unit on topics including situational awareness, verbal de-escalation, weapon retention, and performance under high-adrenaline conditions.
Today, Criss is the founder and head instructor of KAOSMT, where he coaches Muay Thai and the KAOS Self Defense System. His instruction combines proven striking fundamentals, practical self-defense concepts, stress-based training, and mindset development to prepare students not just for competition, but for the realities of personal protection and everyday life.
Our Facility
The KAOSMT Academy
Our Helena facility is designed to support serious training in a clean, professional environment.
- —Dedicated matted training area
- —Heavy-bag stations
- —Muay Thai pad and partner-training equipment
- —Strength and conditioning equipment
- —Professional lighting and branded training space
- —Changing and storage areas
- —Founders wall
- —Clean, organized training environment
Our Values
Strength. Discipline. Focus.
Strength
Strength is developed through consistent effort.
Discipline
Discipline is built by showing up when motivation fades.
Focus
Focus is the ability to remain present and perform when pressure increases.
These principles guide the way we train, coach, and build the KAOSMT community.
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