Survival Camp! A great time was had by all! Each instructor had various survival techniques and tactics to teach. Elite was fortunate to have had special operations personnel on site from Navy SEAL Teams, Army RANGERS, and Marine Corps SCOUT SNIPERS to teach. I was tasked with teaching the hand to hand combat section where […]
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Training Progression In Martial Arts – Life as a Perpetual Student One of the best things about training in Martial Arts, be it Krav Maga, Muay Thai kickboxing, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu BJJ, Mixed martial arts MMA, Kali, or any other art, is that it provides every practitioner the chance to be a perpetual student. We
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Martial Arts for Kids and Teens We live in The Procrasti(Nation). I am sure that I’m not the first to coin the phrase. We sometimes convince ourselves that we’re “not quite ready for that.” I get it. I do it too. I’m fortunate, I suppose to have people around me that when I try to
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Violence is everywhere. Krav Maga was created to combat violence. Muay Thai came from a militaristic combat system. MMA is derived from a combination of multicultural martial arts systems including, but not limited to Muay Thai, kickboxing, wrestling, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) and Japanese. It is in our media both real and staged. What can
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kids competition Kids competition I am so proud of the Elite Training Center kids competition team. Not only did they bring home some medals in their recent bjj no gi competition, but they were true representatives of the Elite family. They showed respect to their opponents, referees, and opponents’ coaches. They used good technique, fought hard,
Recently, thanks to my Professor Tony Pacenski, i had the amazing opportunity to train Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu BJJ with Master Rickson Gracie. I was nervous and did not know exactly what to expect, if i would be good enough or if i would be able to do the complex high level Jiu-Jitsu techniques. Not to mention the
We are shaped by the men and women we are inspired by. Whether it is in martial arts or being a police officer, everyone needs someone. Look to that person who inspires you for guidance or be that person going into 2015 to guide someone. Having a partner can hold you accountable, but can also
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Every few months Elite Training Center runs a promotion/test for our youth and kids programs. Similar to our events for the adults, we had a number of our young students participate and support one another. Kids show up when you least expect it. Our expectations are that we will train the youth and instill in
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At Elite, we often extol the benefits of cross-training in different martial arts and cross training in weapons techniques. Whether you came to Elite to focus on MMA (mixed martial arts), Muay Thai kickboxing, Krav Maga, Kali or Jiu Jitsu, we always encourage students to try other arts (and require that every student at least
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There are many elements that make up a well rounded MMA fighter such as Boxing, Muay Thai, Kickboxing, Judo, wrestling, and Jiu-Jitsu. Most fighters will specialize in one area and are decent in the rest. Over the past few years MMA fighters have increased their stand up striking and takedown defense to a level that
Techniques include LOTAR and Krav Maga (intuitive self-defense independent of strength or size), Muay Thai kickboxing, Adult Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) as sport, Kids and Youth MMA that emphasizes our founding principles, and Kali/Silat/Eskrima (Filipino open hand and stick/weapon fighting). Elite Training Center instructors are experienced both in teaching and in application of defense techniques in actual street or combat situations.
