Elite Training Center stresses the importance of training in multiple systems. Krav Maga & MMA both have prerequisite Muay Thai Clinics in order to advance in these systems. Muay Thai helps the student not only understand the fundamentals of striking, but emphasizes footwork, base, and stepping angles. The footwork of the Thai boxer makes the […]
There is an awesome adventure planned for members of Elite Training Center to venture into SE Asia and train where it all started! Muay Thai in Thailand!!! Last year, the instructors of ETC took advantage of an offer to travel to Thailand and train Muay Thai in Thailand at Tiger Muay Thai. As many of
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My fascination with combat and combat sports extends far beyond the techniques I practice in the gym. In fact I draw most of my inspiration from the books I read and movies I watch that chronicle the incredible lives of professional fighters and their training. I’m sure some of you have seen the movie “the
Everyone always wants to be perfect at what they are doing which is completely understandable. I’m as guilty of it as everyone else. However, it’s important to be realistic about that goal too. You shouldn’t expect that the first time you do something (say a martial arts technique) that it will be perfect. If that
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In continuing my little blog series on people that motivate me, I am choosing a person with achievements as a successful investor and economist, as a Commissioner on the US Civil Rights Commission serving under three US Presidents, and a three-time gold medal jiu-jitsu, world champion fighting sighted opponents. It proved that if he can,
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Add up or Subtract the figures to see the effect your life choices have on your body concerning your actual age. Your LIFE AGE: _____ 1) Regular GP checkups every 18-24 months? YES -7 NO +6 2) Family history of degenerative disease, cancer, heart disease, diabetes etc? YES +5 3) Current smoker: 10 or more
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““Fighting is fifty percent mental.” Through the ages, grizzled fighters and veteran trainers have said words of that nature to eager young fighters, to reporters, to anyone who would listen. Even for the ancient Samurai and sword masters of feudal Japan, where life and death were on the line every duel, after mastery the game
When I moved back to Los Angeles, I continued to have a drive of a wild man. It is funny how often people will come and go in your life and the ones that become good friends. This is how it works in the life when the good are presented in your path. My trip
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This week after the Claudia “Claudinha” Gadelha SoCal MMA & Grappling Camps last weekend at Elite Training Center, I joked that the winners were the ones that showed up. Not every day, you have a high-level professional female fighter in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and a 3x World Jiu-Jitsu Champion at your home academy
The Filipino Martial Arts (FMA). From the book “The Filipino Martial Art”_ as taught by Dan Inosanto The publishers wrote: One of the things that captivated audiences in Bruce Lee’s “Enter the dragon” and “Game of death” was his use of weapons, two specifically – the nunchaku and the double sticks. Since the movies, the
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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.
