Josh Barnett guest coaching at NJPW dojo

This month, pro wrestler and former UFC fighter Josh Barnett is helping to train NJPW’s Young Lions.

NJPW has announced that Barnett will serve as a guest coach at the promotion’s Japan dojo in October. Barnett, 46, is looking forward to teaching Strong Style and catch-as-catch-can wrestling to the up-and-coming talent in the dojo.

“It’s an honor for me to be a guest coach in the New Japan Dojo, continuing a lineage of development that goes back to the work of my own teacher Karl Gotch,” he told NJPW. “I’m looking forward to seeing NJPW’s strength at its source, and to impart the same catch-as-catch-can style that is my background and that of so many legends.”

While in Japan, Barnett will also be competing in matches for GLEAT and Pro Wrestling NOAH. He made his pro wrestling debut for NJPW back in 2003.

Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport XII is taking place from Jersey City, New Jersey this November. Barnett and Game Changer Wrestling have partnered together for the Bloodsport events since 2019.