Martial Arts Program Director

Fernando Moya

First native Costa Rican BJJ black belt, promoted by John Danaher. Grappling Coordinator supporting the UFC Performance Institute in Mexico City.

Fernando Moya is a seminal figure in Latin American martial arts with over 22 years of elite-level experience. As the first native Costa Rican to be awarded a Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, he holds one of the world's most prestigious technical lineages, having been promoted to both Brown and Black Belt by John Danaher. Fernando also supports the UFC Performance Institute in Mexico City as their Grappling Coordinator, and brings the technical training protocols used by the world's top professional mixed martial artists to athletes at every level at Vector.

Athletic engineering: at Vector, Fernando applies the elite framework used in professional combat sports to the Vector Method (VM), a proprietary system for optimizing human performance built on four key pillars: Strength, Mobility, Skill, and Recovery.
Teacher of teachers: having established a network of 20 Jiu Jitsu academy affiliates across Costa Rica, Mexico, and Panama, Fernando is dedicated to professionalizing the sport and developing high-level instructors. Vector serves as the official Headquarters for this international network.
Program leadership: Fernando oversees the design and refinement of Vector's comprehensive martial arts curriculum, ensuring age-appropriate instruction and a high-performance environment for everyone from absolute beginners to professional competitors.
UFC Performance Institute certifications: Specialist MMA; Intermediate & Fundamentals in Sports Science; Intermediate & Fundamentals in Performance Nutrition; Intermediate & Fundamentals in Strength and Conditioning; Fundamentals in MMA.
Global strategy & engagement: Fernando manages Vector's strategic international partnerships and oversees the execution of coach intensives, tournaments, and collaborative training camps that position Vector at the forefront of the global performance training community.
Technical mastery: Fernando's instruction focuses on providing personalized, data-driven feedback, fostering an inclusive and challenging atmosphere that bridges the gap between general physical capacity and sport-specific mastery.

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Fernando Moya

First native Costa Rican BJJ black belt, promoted by John Danaher. Grappling Coordinator supporting the UFC Performance Institute in Mexico City.

Athletic engineering: at Vector, Fernando applies the elite framework used in professional combat sports to the Vector Method (VM), a proprietary system for optimizing human performance built on four key pillars: Strength, Mobility, Skill, and Recovery.

Teacher of teachers: having established a network of 20 Jiu Jitsu academy affiliates across Costa Rica, Mexico, and Panama, Fernando is dedicated to professionalizing the sport and developing high-level instructors. Vector serves as the official Headquarters for this international network.

Program leadership: Fernando oversees the design and refinement of Vector's comprehensive martial arts curriculum, ensuring age-appropriate instruction and a high-performance environment for everyone from absolute beginners to professional competitors.

UFC Performance Institute certifications: Specialist MMA; Intermediate & Fundamentals in Sports Science; Intermediate & Fundamentals in Performance Nutrition; Intermediate & Fundamentals in Strength and Conditioning; Fundamentals in MMA.

Global strategy & engagement: Fernando manages Vector's strategic international partnerships and oversees the execution of coach intensives, tournaments, and collaborative training camps that position Vector at the forefront of the global performance training community.

Technical mastery: Fernando's instruction focuses on providing personalized, data-driven feedback, fostering an inclusive and challenging atmosphere that bridges the gap between general physical capacity and sport-specific mastery.