Living Defense Martial Arts (High Point)

2009-04-29T17:32:00.002-04:00

Talk about some big things coming to LDMA.....first we have two upcoming seminars confirmed:
(1) Mr. Joe Lewis (Kickboxing Legend) will be at LDMA teaching a seminar on Monday, May 11th at 6:00pm. This a great opportunity for students to improve their striking skills with on of the leaders in kickboxing.
(2) Mr. Robson Moura (7x World BJJ Champion / 6x Brazilian Champion) will be at LDMA teaching a seminar on Saturday, June 20th. Times TBA. Mr. Moura is one of the best competitors in BJJ and fortunate to have him come work with our team.

We have other seminars still in the works and will let everyone know as they are confirmed. Rembember we only bring in the best to work with our team.

Second, we have other events happening at the school.
(1) BJJ Tournament in Wake Forest, NC on May 2nd
(2) TKD Class in Grass on May 9th
(3) TKD Testing on May 29th
(4) Kickbox fights on May 30th in South Carolina

Things are really moving along well and proud of everyone's performance in class. I feel fortunate to have such a strong line of students training at LDMA. We are working hard to provide the best training environment along with events outside the class to enhance your expierence.

2009-04-22T23:47:00.004-04:00

Had a great trip to Little Rock last weekend for the Arkansas Brazilian JiuJitsu Federation's tournament. It was a large event that ran smooth; better than some other BJJ tournaments. Flew in early Friday; got in some training; helped set up for tournament; got in some more training; went to bed real late (thanks to Kaleb); woke up early to start tournament; judged all day; cleaned up; watched UFC; than came home next day. Yes, the time clocked ticked hard for me. Of course I have some cool new stuff for classes!

Classes are doing great as always. Many new students coming in which is great to see new training partners. Existing students are training hard and growing.

The schedule here stays packed for events outside of class. We have something going on every single week & weekend for the next several months. This is awesome and exciting for the school. This lets everone know we have more than just regular training classes happening at LDMA. Between camps, seminars, special guest, clinics, etc. things are really moving along.

I hope everyone has taken the time to read my article in Sport Junkie magazine. The article outlines facts on MMA in the area. There are so many schools claiming to teach Mixed Martial Arts but lack real knowledge. I have started to notice people from other schools starting to drive up and peek in the windows (on the back side) to watch what we are doing in class. Guess YouTube isn't providing enough information. They will now be able to save some gas becuase Sport Junkie has asked us to write-up a BJJ Technique of the Month for their magazine.

We have fighters and BJJ guys getting ready for competitions. Be sure to push these teammates in class so they will have good representation.

I am now caught up and can finally text message through my phone. However, I am not up on the text language; still takes me a while to send a message. One thing is for certain....I will not use text language to write my blog :)

2009-04-15T17:38:00.002-04:00

Things have been busy around here and finding it hard to write on the blog regularly. The High Point University programs are finishing up and proud of their performance over the semester. Once these classes are done (for the semester), it will free up some time for extra training sessions. I am still working on a regimented schedule which will be announced soon.

I'm leaving for Arkansas to attend the Arkansas Grappling Invitational. I plan on training Friday which will bring back some new things for everyone to try. Then in May, we have the Annual MMA training camp in Arkansas as well. This is a great camp and hope we will have a good number attend. Attendees last year really stepped up their game after attending. I have information on the camp for those interested in attending this year.

Just received information on the IKF kickboxing event in South Carolina in May. We have a few already committed and need to know now if there is anyone else. This will come up fast and want to have competitors properly prepared. *Wonder if we will see any local schools at this event since they are "fight training"*

Now for the big news of the week.......just confirmed that ROBSON MOURA (7X World Champion, 6X Brazilian Champion, and Nova Uniao Black Belt) will be at LDMA on Saturday, June 20th to teach BJJ seminars. This is going to be open to the public for anyone who wants to train with one of the World's Best Grapplers. Mr. Moura will also be available for private lessons. I will have full information on the seminar out soon. Mark your calendars now to ensure you don't miss this event.

2009-04-10T15:22:00.003-04:00

Pick up a copy of SPORTS JUNKIES magazine and read the article on "MMA in North Carolina"

Things are going great this week. Students in TaeKwonDo and Kickboxing are picking up new material quickly. It's great to see people evolve in their training. As always, our schedule stays packed with events outside the regular classes.

Talked with Bill "Superfoot" Wallace this week and found out his training camp is now going to be in Mobile, Al. instead of Clearwater, Fl. This camp takes place the first weekend in June. Anyone interested should see me for details. Remember this camp is only for Superfoot affiliates; LDMA is the only school in the area who is affiliated with Mr. Wallace. I still find it funny that some other area schools claim to be associated with him when they did one seminar at our school.

Also, Mr. Joe Lewis annual training conference may be moved to the last weekend in September (not first weekend in October as originnaly planned). This conference has some of the best Kickbox and MMA trainers teaching. Start making plans now to attend. As with Superfoot Wallace, LDMA is affiliated with Joe Lewis Fighting Systems.

The Brazilian JiuJitsu class is doing awesome. Mr. Malone's seminar really helped stepping up everyone's game on the mat. We have some quite a few new students who have extreme potential. Good job goes to the Purple and Blue belts for working with these guys to move their training along at a fast pace. Also, one of the BJJ events has fallen through but will simply happen at a later date. Instead, I have something big planned in its place. Things should be finalized on Monday and announcements will be made. I can't divulge everything on the Internet as others are trying to follow our lead.

LDMA has fighters getting ready for an event coming up soon. Let's help these teammates prepare so they can have good representation. We will provide more information on the event as the date gets closer.

Be on the lookout for announcements on added training sessions as the weather gets warmer.

2009-04-04T21:09:00.003-04:00

WOW....another fantastic week at LDMA. We had excellent performances from the TaeKwonDo and Kickbox students for rank testing. Students really looked good and saw everyone demonstrate drastic improvement. We may have to start consider charging for spectators to witness this demonstration of skill :) Either that or SpikeTV will need to add this to their program schedule.

Our invited guest performer was Mrs. Abby Malone who had a nice demonstration of advanced skills in martial arts. Students were impressed with her abilities and showed what can be accomplished with hard work. Mrs. Malone then taught a seminar for TaeKwonDo black belts that was very informative. Black Belts now have more things to work on in order to take their training to the next level. It was an honor having her here for this testing.

We also had Mr. Jory Malone teach a Brazilian JiuJitsu seminar. Mr. Malone is definately an outstanding instructor as well as practitioner in this art. He taught for four (4) hours on the Right Wing Guard and answered many questions on areas of improvement. The BJJ students gained valuable material to help our team grow.

Look for pictures from this weekend's events to be posted on the website soon.

I am proud of the students, from all programs, for everything they put in their training to excel to higher levels daily. The commitment you place in your training is what seperates us from other schools. Wtihout a doubt - YOU ARE THE BEST! Thank you!

2009-03-30T10:58:00.003-04:00

If you were not here on Saturday - you missed an awesome workout. Laban Probst and his guys from TeamROC were great and we loved having them visit with us. Spectacular attitude, high level of skill, and exteme amounts of talent are just a few thing to describe their team. We rolled for several hours then went to over to JP Looneys for a little while. I was really proud of our team for making each TeamROC member feel welcome. Good luck to Laban this weekend on his debut MMA fight. The "luck" is really passed so he doesn't go to jail for killing his opponent :) I look forward to doing more things with these guys in the future and seeing them at competition events.

While I'm at it, I need to apologize to Team LDMA for my poor performance on the mat lately. I have no idea what is going on with me and trying to work through it. Until then, please continue to whip me on the mat. If you haven't been in class, then you are missing a great opportunity to get one on me. Hopefully this regression won't last for long. Just want you guys to know it happens to me as well!!

2009-03-27T20:46:00.002-04:00

It's been a great week training for all programs. There are some big things upcoming at the school. Tomorrow is the big BJJ open mat workout with TeamROC & Revolution. This will be great for all teams involved. Both Laban Probst and Scott Clawson are good instructors who will provide some good tips for our guys. We will all go to JP Looney's afterwards. Funny how we have had students from other gyms come in and ask to join this workout.
Additionally, a few people from area gyms have recently signed up. We want to make sure we make them feel welcome and help progress their skills.

Next week, Jory Malone will be teaching a BJJ seminar. Remember we bring in some of the best to work with our team. You can check out Jory on his website by going to the links page on our website (www.ldma.biz)

I know some of our guys have been hearing things from members of other gyms. It's easy to "talk the talk" but until they "walk the walk" who cares what they say. Interesting enough NONE of them have been in any competitions lately (okay maybe one) but claim to be better than our guys.

I want to welcome Tyler and Frank Price to our gym. Tyler is a 17-year old stud who has a tremendous amount of fight experience; won numerous title belts already. Tyler is getting ready to make some big moves in his fight career as he gets ready to turn 18. They came to us so our fighters can work together for upcoming events. I've known the Price's for many years and glad we are able to work together on a regular basis. Please introduce yourself to them when they come in the school.

Dr. Dan has given me some really interesting facts on hydration and recovery drinks. These are the latest studies which provide a tremendous amount of insight. See me when you come in to the school for this information. Dan has been a great addition to our team. Between him and Doc, we have the area's foremost experts when it comes to Exercise, Sport Science, and Athletic Training. Others can put all the acronyms after their name, but these gentleman have the education and resumes to prove their knowledge. LDMA is blessed to have them on our team!

Watch for announcements on some other big things coming our way.

2009-03-23T09:48:00.004-04:00

The BJJ team is now back from the NAGA US Nationals held in Georgia. This event has huge and the divisions were stacked. Nobody had small divisions; including the juniors. There was some really good competition and LDMA had an outstanding performance.
Victor took 1st (no-gi) & 1st (gi)
Adam took 3rd (no-gi) & 2nd (gi)
Robert took 3rd (no-gi) & 3rd (gi)
Hayworth took 3rd (no-gi) & 3rd (gi)
Deven took 4th (no-gi) & 4th (gi)
*Deven had some EXTREMELY hard matches. I am opposed to neck-cranks and believe they are used because a grappler does not have the ability to effectively perform a choke. Why not simply allow thumbs in the eye? Regardless, those were the rules and we accepted them. Deven suffered a hard neck crank in the first round and took a big dose of "suck-it-up" to fight the rest of the day. His division had 7-8 people in it and he did well. It was good experience for him and proud he didn't let the pain stop him from competing.
It was another good weekend for the team. Of course, there are some more stories to come back from the weekend's festivities. We will leave those for "lobby" discussions. Overall, we had a blast. Thanks goes to Cowboy for coming to support the team even though he was injured. Extra support is always appreciated when it comes to competition.
The past three weeks have been hectic but worth it to see our teams (TKD, BJJ, & KB) show good representation all over the East Coast. We finally have an event in town this weekend. Remember that TeamROC & Revolution will be here for BJJ open mat on Saturday.
Look for pictures from events to be posted on the web page soon.

2009-03-19T14:15:00.003-04:00

Things are really jammin' at LDMA as always. It is great to see everyone training so hard. Now the weather is getting warmer, we will be able to step up extra training with some outside workouts. JT Goodman has some good "torture" ideas and we plan on implementing them in to these sessions. Look for announcements coming up as we get things scheduled properly.

The Lil' Dragons class has to be the most entertaining thing of the day. These guys are hilarious. TaeKwonDo students are really doing well with their curriculum. I'm not too sure the adults are enjoying the push up series, but know they are feeling the positive results. We have Mrs. Abby Malone coming here to do a TaeKwonDo demonstration and black belt seminar in April. She is an extremely talented and accomplished martial artists; we are fortunate to have her here.

Kickboxing classes are packed each night. Beginners are picking up basic curriculum and moving forward at a fast pace. Thanks goes to the upper ranks for helping with their progression. I'm looking forward to seeing how well everyone does at the next testing. Don't forget that Mr. "Superfoot" Wallace is teaching a seminar tonight in Reidsville. I just got off the phone with him and he is looking forward to seeing our team. Mrs. Snyder will be leaving between 5 -5:30pm from the school.

The Brazilian JiuJitsu guys are looking great for this weekend's event at NAGA Georgia. In addition to the adults, we have a Junior going as well. I'm looking forward to seeing our team to another successful competition. I'll let everyone know how it goes this weekend. Don't forget about the seminar with Jory Malone (Nova Uniao Black Belt) on April 4th. Also, we have the open mat workout with TeamROC & Revolution on March 28th.

Two weeks ago LDMA was at the Arnolds in Ohio for Kickboxing / BJJ; last week in Tennessee for TaeKwonDo; and this week in Georgia for BJJ. Between competition, seminars, and regular training LDMA students are staying busy. Glad to see our team continues to set the path for others to follow.

By the way....It amazes me to hear random people say "I'm about blue or purple belt level" but are not ranked. Let me remind those who legitimately train in BJJ that these type comments are undermining to your training. Who says they are this level? Obviously nobody because they would have acquired that rank. These type statements are from people who want to believe they are that good but don't have the work ethic to get to that point. It's easy to say you are at a particular level but it only matters what you do on the mat.

"Want-to-be" fighters......(I'll save that for another day)

2009-03-15T20:15:00.002-04:00

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE THIS WEEKEND FROM OUR TAEKWONDO COMPETITORS. Wow....and I mean, WOW!!! It was great to see how well everyone did a the Knoxville, TN tournament. The musical forms competition was reall nice; amazing to see the creativity from our team members. The weekend was extremely enjoyable spending time with students and families. On Friday night, we packed over 40 people in to the Outback just to give you an idea how many rolled in to Knoxville; there were still quite a few missing. The trip was memborable and a nice expierence for everyone. Those who were unable to attend can see the success of our team on Monday. Competitors will bring in their awards for pictures. GREAT JOB TEAM!

Now we need to make preparations for NAGA-Georgia next weekend with our BJJ competitors. I'm certain this will be another successful weekend.

Look for more information on Yoga classes, workouts, etc in the weekly emails.

2009-03-12T22:52:00.004-04:00

New Dry-Fit shirts are in and available.....get yours before they run out. We have another great design coming in soon. Be sure to look for them in our pro shop area.
Great classes tonight and everyone looked great in TaeKwonDo class. I am confident all the tournament drills will pay off for everyone.

Kickboxing class was real exciting to see all the new people. Everyone did a great job working on head movement and basic technique drills all week. We will put it all together next week.

Big news for BJJ class - just confirmed tonight (finally!)......WE WILL HAVE A NO-GI / OPEN MAT WORKOUT with two other top BJJ teams in the area. Team ROC (Greensboro) and Team Revolution (Salisbury) will be here to workout with us on SATURDAY, MARCH 28th from 12:30 - 2:30 / 3:00pm. We will all go to JP Looney's (next to school) afterwards. This is will be an excellent chance for our teams to build stronger relationships and increase performance through working with other talented athletes.
We also have Mr. Dring's new line of gi's and shorts in stock. The gi's are really nice and cost affordable. (It is outrageous how much Gi's are starting to cost now.) Robson Moura's team is using these gi's and really likes them as well. You can't go wrong with an endorsement from him! Be sure to check them out when you come in the school.
I look forward to seeing everyone on Monday. TaeKwonDo competitors should bring in their awards for pictures on Monday. Watch the calendar as we have a ton of events scheduled.

2009-03-12T11:31:00.004-04:00

DON'T FORGET WE ARE CLOSED ON FRIDAY & SATURDAY THIS WEEK.

Brazilian JiuJitsu
I have been talking extensively with some of the area's best BJJ/MMA teams for an Open Mat Workout. It is so nice to be able to work together with legitimate competition teams who truly understand this sport and are professional. This workout will definitely improve relationships and team performances on the mat. Look for announcements on an after-party as well.

I also made some excellent progress towards something else to be big in this area. Hopefully I can get things finalized and get more information out soon. It's hard not to announce publicly because there are some who try to copy us; however will never come close to being as good.

TaeKwonDo
I'm real excited about this weekend; especially after the fiasco we had in Ohio. LDMA has a great group representing the team in Knoxville, TN and know we will be successful. Mrs. Snyder has organized dinner locations on Friday and Saturday nights. Besides competition, it will be fun (as always) to hang out with the team outside of class.

The Henderson Family was on Fox8 this morning for their involvement with the Civil War Reenactment happening soon. Little Corinna is in our beginner class and Brian & Lori are black belts. Check out their reenactment when you get a chance; information on Fox8's website.

Kickboxing
Classes have been awesome and love to see everyone training hard.
I want to welcome back Chris Jamison to the team. He just got back from boot camp and now in the Reserves. Chris is an awesome fighter and look forward to seeing him in the ring soon.

MMA
Class was great this week and glad to see people from other teams coming in to get some good training. There are some upcoming fights and want to help competitors get ready.

Also, look for announcements on early morning workouts as the weather gets warmer. Details coming soon.....

2009-03-10T17:23:00.002-04:00

We now have it confirmed that Jory Malone, Nova Uniao Black Belt, will be here to teach a BJJ seminar on Saturday, April 4th. He is a Professional Fighter, an Abu Dhabi veteran, Pan American Champion, and World Champion. As always, LDMA only brings in the best to teach our team. Jory is an excellent instructor and has a vast amount of knowledge.

Also, Bill "Superfoot" Wallace will be in the area to teach a seminar on March 19th. Interested people should see us immediately for more information. LDMA is the only school in the area affiliated with the Superfoot systems and should take advantage of his seminars when available.

Awesome training last night and classes were packed as always. I love to see everyone training so hard. Looking forward to some more fun classes this week.

I have been talking with Robson Moura again about coming up. Look for information on his BJJ seminar soon. For those who don't know him, Robson is the 7x World Champion and 6x Braziliain Champion.

2009-03-09T13:04:00.002-04:00

Finally returned from the Arnold's in Ohio. This was a long, but exciting, weekend. Friday was weigh-ins along with meet-and-greet. I was happy to visit with some people from TA whom I have not seen in almost 2-years. All of attended the Joe Lewis seminar and learned some new material. After the seminar, I ran into Mr. Shonie Carter and talked with him for quite a while. I was never a big fan of Mr. Carter until talking with him; he is a genuinely nice guy. Also got to talk with "Nasty" Anderson as well. Mr. Anderson may be "old" but he is still in incredible shape.
All the events took place on Saturday and Sunday. They had an anticipated 17,000 competitors in all the events; place was packed. Team LDMA did great: Nicky won her division with International Rules (IR) and Hawkins won both San Shou rules and Full Contact rules. Mrs. Snyder had to fight in Full Contact rules because there weren't enough people in her division for IR. It amazes me how many people don't like leg kicks. She lost on a split decision. Really makes you mad when the referee comes over and says "don't know how that was judged, I can only be a referee". We just have to work on her power for knockouts because judges will not see it her way. The video says it all. Mrs. Snyder also stepped up to do an exhibition with San Shou rules to gain more experience with clinchwork, knee strikes, and takedowns. She busted her opponents nose up pretty good and backed off because it was only an exebition.
During the day, I ran into some Team ROC guys who were kickboxing as well. We had a great time visiting and talking about MMA schools "popping" up everywhere in NC. It was nice to see their team did well in boxing, Muai Thai, and San Shou rules fighting. I also got about 3 feet away from Arnold (himself). Go figure my camera had the batteries in backwards and didn't work.
I did get to see the Kettlebell competition and was highly impressed. There was a 15-year old who did 205 snatch reps in a 10 minute period with a 35lb bell. The Kettlebell Association is getting me some information on training exercises, etc so we can incorporate in our training regiments.
Congratulations also needs to go to Mr. Joe Lewis for receiving the "Lifetime Achievement Award" at the event. His booth, at the event, stayed busy the whole time with people asking questions about fighting methodologies. Mr. Lewis still proves himself to be one of the most knowledgeable people in the fight community.
Finally got home Sunday and made preparations for this week's classes. I look forward to showing all programs some new material to work on.

2009-03-04T16:46:00.004-05:00

Last night was a great night of training. It is exciting to see everyone working so hard after a long weekend. There is some real excitement in the school when all programs are getting ready for events. Between the NAGA events, TaeKwonDo tournament, and Arnolds, we are going to be busy for a few more weeks. I have been on the phone talking with several promoters around the nation about some upcoming fights (MMA & Kickbox). We will have to start getting fighters ready for these events as well. It makes me proud to see everyone training so well to keep up the Team LDMA reputation as a true competition team.
I also want to say how proud I am of the students from HPU in the PEC-118 (Brazilian JiuJitsu) and PEC-119 (Kickboxing) classes. We are not halfway in the semester and they have excelled tremendously. I am confident we will see many of them in our regular training classes in the near future.
I am making plane reservations for our guest to come in April (one for TaeKwonDo and one for BJJ). As soon as this is confirmed, I will let everyone know the details. There are plans to have more seminars from elite martial artists in all area we teach. Continually bringing in the best helps us to be on top.
I also made huge progress for a big event to happen this summer. As progress develops, I will keep students informed in class. I don't want to announce it here until the final plans have been completed; you never know who is reading this blog.
My article on MMA didn't get printed this month in the local magazine; however, it will be in there next month. They have asked me to do something on BJJ as well. This will be nice exposure for the school as we are the ONLY one in High Point teaching / training REAL Kickboxing and REAL Brazilian JiuJitsu (i.e. Mixed Martial Arts). Guess some schools have to sell MMA magazines to learn about it while we are getting recognized for doing it.
Hopefully more things will get finalized by Thursday night before we take off to the Arnolds.
GOOD LUCK TO THE TEAM THIS WEEKEND!!

2009-03-03T12:01:00.002-05:00

It was about time we actually had some snow. I think this was the best kind; enough for kids to play then go away quickly. Of course, I would eat some nasty food which made me sick the entire time.
I hope everyone is ready to jump back in to training. There are so many exciting things happening at the school and our calendar is packed. This weekend is the Arnolds where we have Kickbox and BJJ competitors attending. Hopefully ther won't be any snow up there for us. Amazing they schedule the UFC the same weekend up there, so we are certain to have a blast in addition to good competition.
The TaeKwonDo students are looking great in preparation for their event in two weeks. The Knoxville tournament is always fun and look forward to that weekend as well.
Many students have inquired about training workouts to do at the gym. I am going to talk to Doc and see if he will help me post some on the website inside student accounts. We are fortunate to have someone like Doc with his education in Exercise & Sport Science. You will not find anyone in the area more qualified than him to help you with physical fitness. His "PhD" trumps any certification a fitness trainer may have.
I am also excited to have Dan on our Kickbox team. He is one of the Athletic Trainers at HPU and has great insight on training as well. Dan gave me some really good information on hydration during training; save your money on Gatorade. I'll explain more in classes.
I'm looking forward to a good week of training and hope we'll see everyone on the mat working hard.

2009-02-28T11:58:00.003-05:00

Good workout this morning with the TKD Black Belts. All other classes were packed and working hard for the upcoming tournament in Knoxville, TN. I'm confident our team will do well at this event.

If you haven't noticed, we have a ton of local Law Enforcement training in our different programs. It's great to see these men & women keeping up their training so we can sleep safe at night. Expect to see more come in the near future. We are honored to have them here with us.

Someone sent me a video of the instructor who recently openend (what he calls) an MMA school here in High Point. It is apparent we will have to start "evolving" on some new things to keep up: http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=46351722

Don't forget to wish our Kickboxers and BJJ team "good luck" as they make final preparations for the Arnolds in Ohio next week!

Finally Here...

2009-02-27T21:15:00.006-05:00

I have been asked by many to start a blog to keep everyone up-to-date on daily activities as they happen in the school. As things have settled with the move, we are now able to make this available.

The new school is awesome and we appreciate everyone's support in making this possible. I know everyone is proud of your new training facility. Without a doubt, we have the nicest school around; to go along with the best students.

TaeKwonDo

Everyone has been training hard for the upcoming tournament in Knoxville, TN. We are confident our team will be successful. There is a preparation class for all competitors on Saturday, February 28th at 12:30pm. Be sure to get signed up!!

Kickboxing

Classes were great this week working on mitt combinations and basics. I want to extend gratitude to the black belts for helping out with all the new students.
Good luck to Mrs. Snyder and Kevin Schroder as they head up to Ohio next week to fight at the Arnold Classic. They have been training hard and appreciate everyone pushing them in class. We'll keep you posted on results.
Mr. Bill "Superfoot" Wallace will be in Reidsville on Thursday, March 19th to teach a seminar. Remember our school is the only one in the Triad affiliated with the Superfoot Systems and want to show our support to Mr. Wallace. You are guaranteed to learn some good material and have fun. Be sure to see us if you are interested in attending.

Brazilian JiuJitsu

Great job to everyone for the hard work this week in getting ready for the upcoming NAGA events. We have been fortunate to have some visitors come in and train with us this week. If you have missed class, then get in here - you never know who is going to show up.
We have Mr. Jory Malone (Nova Uniao Black Belt) coming in to teach a seminar on April 4th. Mr. Malone has competed in the Abu Dhabi; Pan Ams; Mundials; and many other top accrediated tournaments. He will definately help you improve you ground game.

We have other seminars with world-class grapplers and open mat sessions with local teams coming up soon. Look for announcements as these dates are confirmed.

Mixed Martial Arts
Our team has been looking good in training and making preparations for some upcoming fights. Thanks goes to Mr. Gauldin for helping with this training during the move.

I want to tell the team how proud I am that you keep MMA legit though your daily training. You know and understand that gaining Martial Arts skills is necessary before you start "mixing them". Our training is not done through DVD's and YouTube videos. It comes from competition and working with some of the best instructors and legit teams around.

I look forward to seeing everyone in class next week. There are a lot of events on the agenda which makes for some exciting things.