The VI FAST Team

Brian Maximchuk
Founder of the VI FAST Team
Level 3 FAST-Defence Instructor

  • Owner/instructor Shima Karate School - Lantzville Branch
  • 3rd degree black belt in goju-ryu karate-do
  • 3rd degree black belt in kobudo (traditional weapons of Okinawa)
  • 1st degree black belt in tae kwon-do
  • Blue belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu
  • Graduate of the week long intensive RMCAT program
  • Amateur boxing competitor
"I have been involved in martial arts for over twenty five years and teach professionally.  No other art or style of training directly deals with the psychological or physical aspect of self-defence like FAST does.  It is truly the missing link between what is taught in most martial arts schools and what actually happens in the real world.  I am both excited and proud to be able to share this wonderful tool of personal empowerment with my community."


Carrie Setterfield
Level 3 FAST Instructor
Certified Early Childhood Educator

"I’m a wife and  mother of two children. I’m currently working for the Nanaimo Child Development Centre in supported child care. I am currently studying to complete my BA in child and youth care. I enjoy working with children and families, and being part of the FAST-Defence team allows me to work with individuals of all ages. FAST-Defence has been a positive personal experience by allowing me to gain confidence and strength and share this knowledge with others. It is very empowering to watch a room full of people (young and old) leave a seminar with the strength and confidence to fight for themselves, verbally and physically. FAST-Defence has fortified many aspects of my life from being able to look some one in the eyes and stick-up for myself, to speaking in public.  I am sure it will likewise contribute to the well-being of others.

It’s a pleasure to share FAST-Defence and watch ias ndividuals leave the workshops buoyed with having experienced their own inner strength and the confidence this knowledge brings."



Travers Fisk
Level 3 FAST instructor

  • 1st degree black belt goju ryu karate-do
  • Blue belt kobudo
  • Blue belt Brazilian jiu-jitsu

Travers is currently attending 2nd year Sciences at Malaspina University in Nanaimo with plans to complete his BSc in kinesiology.



Behn Larsen
Level 3 FAST instructor

• 1st degree black belt in goju ryu karate-do

Behn is currently attending school at Malaspina University with an interest in electronics.