Coach Rose
Coach Rose
Coach Matt
Coach Matt
After graduating, Matt became Head Cheer Coach of Claremore High School for 4 years, Head Cheer Coach at NEO A&M for 4 years and Head Cheer Coach at RSU for 4 years. He then broke his 4-year spell by coaching at Elite Gymnastics for 9 years as Gym Director and Head TnT Coach (this is where he met his lovely wife, Rose).
Matt has coached for 20 years since the age of 14. He has experience coaching Women’s Artistic Gymnastics, school cheerleading, All-Star Cheer, and Trampoline and Tumbling. He has coached many State, Regional and National Champion athletes between all sports.
Currently, Coach Matt is the Head Coach for the Trampoline and Tumbling (TnT) program. He is also the Oklahoma State Chair for TnT. He spends some of his weekends working for Rockstar Championships. With any remaining free time, he serves as the Head Janitor at Airbenders.
Coach Matt is achieving his dream of owning his own gym. He loves interacting (goofing off) with all the athletes, helping them achieve new skills and seeing them gain confidence as they get better.
Coach Tom
Coach Tom
Coach John
Coach John
Coach John is a seasoned coach with two decades of experience guiding individuals to unlock their full potential. He has known Coach Matt since high school in Claremore where they cheered together and became regional champions. He cheered at NEO in Miami, OK and at RSU in Claremore where he graduated with a Psychology degree. While in college, Coach John's cheer team took 2nd place in the College Cheer Nationals.
When he's not empowering others, you'll find him casting his line into tranquil waters, indulging in his love for fishing and exploring the great outdoors. He's a firm believer in lifelong learning and constantly seeks new knowledge and skills to broaden his horizons. He also has a knack for building houses that become cherished homes.
Coach Caidyn
Coach Caidyn
Coach Caidyn currently attends OSU. She graduated from Owasso High School in 2020. She has tumbled since she was 3 years old. Matt and Rose were her coaches for over 11 years and was competing at level 10 when she left the sport to be on competitive cheer. Caidyn has been a preschool and TNT coach since 2014 and absolutely loves kids. Her favorite part about coaching is watching how excited her students get when they learn new skills.
Coach Skylar
Coach Skylar
Coach Skylar was pretty much born into cheer and quickly fell in love with the sport. She started her first REC team at 5 years old and began All-Star cheer at 6 years old. She has cheered at many gyms, including: CDX (cheer dynamix), All-Star Legend, ECC (extreme cheer company) and Twist & Shout. From the age of 12 until retirement she was on a level 5 team. Among all things she has experienced during her cheer career, her love for cheer never subsided. It will always be her passion to learn and coach this amazing sport.
Coach Miranda
Coach Miranda
Coach Miranda started her gymnastics journey in a mommy and me class when she was just two years old. She then spent the next few years taking recreational classes before making the Trampoline and Tumbling team with Matt and Rose when she was 7 years old. Miranda competed in TNT for 11 years before leaving the sport to join competitive cheer. Miranda currently attends Oral Roberts University where she is majoring in Pre-Occupational Therapy and minoring in Psychology. In her free time, she likes to spend time outside or get coffee with her friends. Miranda has such a love for this sport and she really enjoys getting to see her athletes gain new skills and grow in confidence!
Coach Audrey
Coach Audrey
Coach Audrey currently attends high school in Bartlesville. She was a gymnast for 6 years and then transferred into cheerleading which she has done for 7 years. She enjoys watching kids get new skills and in her free time, she reads a lot.
Coach Ben
Coach Ben
Coach Ben has been with our gym since 2018, first beginning as a student, and closely after beginning employment with us. He began his fitness journey with competitive soccer, which he engaged in for over 8 years with various associations. He has a lot of experience with kids of all ages, as well as with fitness and overall physical education. He is a brother to four and has been volunteering at church events, small groups, and various organizations for as long as he can remember. Coach Ben is a member of the UNAA (Ultimate Ninja Athlete Association) and managed to place 15th in the USA in 2021. The core values he holds closest to his heart, and his classes, are PERSEVERANCE, ATTITUDE, and above all, HARD WORK.
Coach Amy
Coach Amy
Coach Amy has been at Airbenders since it opened and has known Matt and Rose since 2008 when her daughter began tumbling with Rose. She is the organizational guru of the gym and handles communications, enrollment and anything front desk related. She was an elementary school teacher and a business owner in her previous life but enjoys the flexibility of working part time now so she can travel with her husband and support her kids in their various competitive sports.
Coach Sam
Coach Sam
Coach Sam has trained in Ninja for many years. He qualified for Worlds for UNAA in 2018, 2019, 2021. In Season 6, Sam was the 10th place overall qualifier for Pro Male. Sam has also competed on American Ninja Warrior. He was featured on season 9 reaching City Finals and placed 28th. He was also on Walk On Line in Dallas for season 10 but didn’t get to run. Seasons 11 through 15 Sam was a tester for the show and traveled to OKC, St Louis, Tacoma, LA and Vegas. He performed on more than 50 of the obstacles featured on the show. On seasons 11 and 13, he was awarded the Top Tester badge and on seasons 12 and 13, Sam was only 1 of only 30 people selected to test. Coach Sam was the head coach at BA Ninja Warrior for 2 and a half years before joining the Airbenders family. Ninja is the only sport Sam has ever been in but he also enjoys rock climbing.
*Fun Fact: on Season 13 of American Ninja Warrior, the Challenge Producer gave Sam the nickname to use on set “Sam the Night Man” for working until sunrise and the crew refused to call him anything different.
Coach Izzy
Coach Izzy
Coach Izzy started tumbling at 2 ½ with Coach Rose. She continued recreational classes until age 5 when Coach Matt invited her to Pre-team for Trampoline and Tumbling. She has been competing TNT ever since! Izzy also has been in the competitive ninja program at Airbenders with Coach Tom since 2018. Izzy graduated from Owasso High School where she was on the Owasso Rams swim team. She currently attends University of Arkansas. She always looks forward to coaching and sharing her love and knowledge of tumbling with the kids just starting out. She loves the hugs she gets from the kids and also enjoys witnessing their excitement when they get a new skill. In the little bit of free time Izzy can find, she likes to hang out with her family, travel anywhere, read, draw, paint or spend extra time at the gym.
Coach Tavin
Coach Tavin
Coach Tavin has been part of the ninja class for Airbenders since 2018. He is a 3-time qualifier for UNAA (Ultimate Ninja Athlete Association) Finals and regularly competes at local gyms. He has been homeschooled all his life alongside his five siblings. He loves birds and will sometimes go on hikes to look for rare ones. Tavin enjoys helping kids to conquer the skills that they least like and sharing that excitement with them.
Coach X
Coach X
Coach X was born and raised in a tiny town called Inola. He was homeschooled and not involved in any sort of sport until he was 11 years old. At that age, his parents enrolled him in a ninja gym in Broken Arrow but after a year and a half, that gym closed. After some off time, he was fortunate enough for Coach Tom to recruit him and keep his ninja career going. He has been in the Competitive Ninja program since 2021 and started coaching in 2023. He is a 4x National Finalist in the Ultimate Ninja Athlete Association and has racked up over 25 medals.
Coach Ben S.
Coach Ben
Coach Ben is from Collinsville and started attending Airbenders in the ninja program in January of 2020. He quickly moved up in skill, gaining a position in the Competitive Ninja Program and competing in his first competition in April of 2020. Since then, he has qualified for Worlds every season. At 14, he started volunteering as an assistant ninja coach. He continues to coach the recreational and Junior Competitive Ninjas and enjoys seeing them grow in talent. Outside of the gym, Ben enjoys skateboarding and playing bass guitar in worship band at church and in a small band with friends. He also participates in his school’s jazz and advanced choir.
Coach Chase
Coach Chase
Coach Chase began his journey in power tumbling at age ten, coached by Matt and Rose. Although he had to stop competing because of an injury, he is thrilled to be back in the sport and now working as a coach under Matt and Rose’s mentorship.
Coach Kharington
Coach Kharington
Coach Kare Bear ‘Kharington’ attends school at Oologah. She has been tumbling since she was 3 years old. Matt and Rose have always been her coaches since the beginning and she competed on TNT for 10 years winning numerous State, Regional, and National medals during that time. Recently Kare Bear retired her leo’s for a volleyball uniform. She says her favorite part of coaching is helping the littles learn new skills and listening to all their funny stories.
We hold each and every one of our staff members to a very high standard. Every staff member is a certified instructor, must pass a background check, and are required to take specific courses through USA Gymnastics before being named a coach at our gym.
On top of our entry-level standard courses, we hold monthly training for our coaches to stay fresh with new techniques and safety protocols.
Our courses include:
- U100: Fundamentals of Gymnastics Instruction
- U101: Safety and Risk Management
- U110: SafeSport Refresher (each year)
- U112: Tough Coaching/Emotional Abuse
- U113: USAG SafeSport Policy Course
- U201: Concussion Education