The Purpose of testing for Kids Mixed Martial Arts Vancouver, Adult Pankration/MMA, Adult Muay Thai Kickboxing and Cardio Muay Thai Evaluations

The Purpose of testing for Kids Mixed Martial Arts Vancouver, Adult Pankration/MMA, Adult Muay Thai Kickboxing and Cardio Muay Thai Evaluations The Purpose of Testing Progress Check:- To pinpoint areas of strengths and weaknesses. To learn to turn the weakness into strengths and to make the strong points stronger. Provide Reinforcement:-  (internally and externally) Internally, personal satisfaction upon achievement and … Read More

Pankration/MMA and Muay Thai Testing: April '11 for Mixed Martial Arts Vancouver

Pankration/MMA and Muay Thai Testing: April ’11 for Mixed Martial Arts Vancouver Pankration/MMA:  Casey Manderson-Yellow, Brandy Le- Purple, Manish Bhatara-Green. Muay Thai:  Rodney MacIsaac- White and Yellow,  Raymond Wong- Yellow, Elaine Fung- Orange, Tina Luu-Green. Congratulations: OSU!!!! Here is an interesting description of the Purpose of Testing and why it is useful for our Mixed Martial Arts Vancouver program: The … Read More

Martial Arts Philosophies: Tenets and 10 martial virtues

Martial Arts Philosophies: Tenets and 10 martial virtues for Martial Arts Vancouver The main philosophies of Martial Arts are exemplified in the Tenets and 10 Martial Virtues.  Through adherence to the philosophy, character development progresses.  All the rituals and formalities of our style, (bowing and saying OS, etc.) have a philosophical and spiritual meaning.  However, the depth of study and … Read More

Tiger Balm Internationals 2011 Results Posener’s Pankration/MMA and Muay Thai Kickboxing Vancouver

Tiger Balm Internationals 2011 Results Posener’s Pankration/MMA and Muay Thai Kickboxing Vancouver  Submission Wrestling: Andrew Devlin-Gold, Chris Katsiamatis-Bronze, Martin Kwiatkowski (no one in his division or adjacent division), Victor Wang – missed his division :(, Honorable mention-Stefan Hawes. MMA: Chris Katsiamatis-Silver(DQ in finals) in junior or kids mma, Aladdin Ramadan-Bronze(excellent fight) in the teen or youth mma division, Kickboxing: Minna … Read More

Projected Tiger Balm Competitors

Projected Tiger Balm Competitors for MMA Vancouver Saturday March 19 ’11 Submission Wrestling Victor Wang Martin Kwiatkowski Andrew Devlin Stephan Hawes Tim Kolton Mixed Martial Arts Delan Ossman Aladdin Ramadan Michael Vu Rudy Martinello Sunday March 20 ’11 Kickboxing Minna Kim Sandeep Kaler Steve Cukic Kevin Lam Mark Chen Pankration Rudy Martinello Glen Kim Brandy Le Delan Ossman Aladdin Ramadan … Read More

Junior Pankration/MMA test results: March 5’11for Kids Mixed Martial Arts Vancouver

Junior Pankration/MMA test results: March 5’11 for Kids Mixed Martial Arts Vancouver Jordan Pham – Black Stripe, Owen Naperalski – Black Stripe, Aladdin Ramadan – Green belt, Paris Kumar – Green belt, Zack Young – Purple belt, Jerrel Van Drunen – Orange belt, Josea Vina – Orange belt, Jephtah Vina – Orange belt, Justice Lavalee- Bird – Orange belt, Adam … Read More

Seeing Red 2 Results Feb. 18 '11 for Mixed Martial Arts Vancouver

Seeing Red 2 Results Feb. 18 ’11 for Mixed Martial Arts Vancouver Victor Wang: 1st round TKO.   KO of the night Award. Joe Halfar: 5 round unanimous decision: 50-45, 50-44, 50-44. New West Coast Muay Thai Champion Emilio Ditrocchio: 1st Round Submission Victory: Submission of the Night Award.. New West Coast MMA Champion. Excellent night: OSU!.. I am proud of … Read More

Muay Thai Tournament at BCIT Jan. 29'11 for Muay Thai Kickboxing Vancouver

Tournament Results for Muay Thai Tournament at BCIT for Muay Thai Kickboxing Vancouver: Congratulations to the four novices who competed with a lot of spirit in a full contact tournament with strong competition. Some sort of North American Qualification. 1. Francis Tiapis: 1st Tournament fighting opponents 20 lbs +heavier(no one in his proper division) …( This was a small tournament) … Read More

Applications of Martial Arts Concepts off the Mat for Mixed Martial Arts Vancouver

Applications of Martial Arts Concepts off the Mat for Mixed Martial Arts Vancouver After requests of this concept and the need to expand student thinking, I am inserting some information from the student manual with a couple of minor additions from the original printing many years ago. Physical Qualities of a Champion and Their Mental Equivalent The following examples show … Read More

Some Q@A for New Students for MMA Vancouver

Some Q@A for New Students for MMA Vancouver 1.Why Bow? Bowing in the dojo represents and is a sign of respect and tradition. 2. Why do we meditate before and after class? Upon hearing the instruction ‘zazen’, which means to assume the correct zen posture and ‘mokuso’, which means to begin meditating, we begin our meditation practice.  Before the class … Read More