TCATT Blog
- 3 November 2011: Our BJJ merge - Gotta love BJJ Ever since I started the daytime BJJ camp in the American Top Team Port St Lucie location, in which I invited all belt levels to attend, I wanted to try to experiment that with that at the Treasure Coast American Top Team location. Starting Monday, Nov. 7th we will be merging the Introductory [...]
- 25 November 2011: To Russia with Love - Its been nearly a week since I have been back from Russia. What an incredible experience that was. M1-Global put on a remarkable mixed martial arts event headlined by the Russian hero, Fedor Emelianko versus one of the best competitor I have ever seen in my life and I am proud to call my friend, [...]
- 17 December 2011: A Ray of Sunshine - I have told this story before and some of you may have already heard it. The true purpose of this blog isn’t to entertain, but to enlighten and inspire. For true inspiration can and should be repeated often. Ray Camp first walked into our doors at ATTPSL on a late Friday night as Dan Donaldson and I [...]
- 20 January 2012: This is all you really need - I was compelled to write this after reading a tweet from my good friend, Bellator welterweight and American Top Team: Orlando fighter, Ben Saunders. He tweeted something about the makeup of a good academy being good training partners and hard working individuals. As the sport of mixed martial arts continues to grow and dominate our attention, [...]
- 26 January 2012: Coach Jason Gladey leads the way - Congratulations to Coach Jason Gladey for winning his fight this past weekend at Pure MMA in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Coach Jason secured an arm triangle choke midway in the first round after securing a takedown and delivering some serious strikes on Chicago mixed martial artist, Robert Sandoval. Coach Jason just set the standard by winning [...]
- 1 February 2012: winning isn’t convenient - Thiago Alves winning! This may or may not apply to you as a competitor. If it does not apply to you as an athletic competitor I do hope that you can relate in such a way that it applies to some aspect of your life. Like it or not, we are all competing for something. [...]
- 17 February 2012: My right hand man - A determined Hector Last night, while sparring, I got hit with a monster right hand by Hector that had me doing the Stanky Leg. Now before you ask, “Wow! Hector Lombard hit you? Are you Ok?” First I must say, I am Ok and thanks for asking. But no, and while very well capable, it [...]
- 17 March 2012: 2 weeks til the move - On first thought some would suggest that 2 weeks is a rather short time to plan and execute a successful move. Ok, lets be honest, it is. This was all the more reason to maximize the efficiency of this whole venture. What I am attempting to do is relocate 2 fully functional martial arts academies [...]
- 5 April 2012: April 21st… This will be the Fight of the Night. - On April 21st, most of the world will have their eyes on Jon Jones and Rashad Evan as they battle it out at UFC 145 in Atlanta, Ga. But here is a fight that interests me even more and has the potential to be the Fight of the Night: Carlos Lopez vs Mike Perry at [...]
- 17 April 2012: Chad Livingston, Alive again! - Chad Livingston’s very first mixed martial arts competition was for a title in Louisiana against a very tough fighter, Dominic Falzarano. Dominic had over 10 fights and had previously beaten one of our guys. When I suggested Chad make his debut against him, the promoter thought I was crazy. Chad ended up stopping Falzarano in [...]
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