8 Simple Ways To Make More Time for Training – Martial Arts Vancouver

8 Simple Ways To Make More Time for Training – Martial Arts Vancouver Not all of us have the luxury of time. Whether we’re students, working professionals or stay at home moms, there’s always something that seems to get in the way of our training time. As much as we’d like to work on becoming the best versions of ourselves mentally … Read More

Francis Tiapis wins Ax Fighting MMA Title: Posener's MMA Vancouver

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Francis Tiapis wins Ax Fighting MMA Title: Posener’s MMA Vancouver           The New Ax Fighting MMA Champion is Francis Tiapis representing Posener’s MMA Vancouver. Francis wins the title in the second round by rear naked choke submission.  Many members of our team and Instructor team helped Francis get the belt but first, here is what happened. … Read More

Sanshou Tournament Results for Martial Arts Vancouver: Posener’s MMA

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Sanshou Tournament Results for Martial Arts Vancouver: Posener’s MMA  Sanshou is basically a mix of Wrestling and Kickboxing: Martial Arts Vancouver at Posener’s MMA. Chris Toews: Gold – Advanced, Gio Platon: Gold – Advanced, Honourable Mention: Richard Ronquillo. Highlights: Chris Toews: Wins first round quickly by clean push outs. Second Round also wins cleanly with take downs and strong punching … Read More

Adam and Ayden both get Gold at WBJJF from Posener's MMA: Jiu-Jitsu Vancouver

Adam and Ayden both get Gold at WBJJF from Posener’s MMA: Jiu-Jitsu Vancouver Ayden won both his matches by submission in a higher age category. His first match he finished with a guillotine and his second match he finished with a hard fought triangle choke, which was a first for him in competition. Congratulations Ayden! Adam only had one match … Read More

We Have New Mats for Posener's Pankration/ MMA Vancouver – Pics

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We Have New Mats for Posener’s Pankration/ MMA Vancouver – Pics This is what it looks like when it was almost completed. They are nice, new, clean, pristine and a definite improvement. This is the original hardwood sprung floor that I had put in 20 years ago. At one time starting in about ’94 we would alternate between putting mats … Read More

Van Int’l Most Points for Kids No Gi Picture

Van Int’l Most Points for Kids No Gi Picture  On December 5 ’15 Posener’s Pankration/MMA won the award for 1st place in overall points for the Kids No Gi competition at the Vancouver Open International Jiu-Jitsu Competition. In this relatively recent foray into Jiu-jitsu competition, in particular,  in the last couple of years we have won 3 similar awards. The … Read More

Van Open BJJ Results for Posener’s Pankration/MMA – Jiu-Jitsu Vancouver

Van Open BJJ Results for Posener’s Pankration/MMA – Jiu-Jitsu Vancouver Posener’s Pankration Team wins 1st place overall for Kids No Gi Points.  Here are the individual results: Adam Posener – Gold: 2 submissions, Jordan Johal – Gold, Dylan Cheng – Gold: 2 submissions, Kristian Montes – Gold: 2 submissions, Antonio Costantino – Gold: 2 submissions and opponent forfeiture, Rodean Nazari … Read More

Muay Thai Test Results for Kickboxing Vancouver at Posener’s Pankration/MMA

Muay Thai Test Results for Kickboxing Vancouver at Posener’s Pankration/MMA Congratulations to the students who stepped up and participated in the testing! Here are the results: Edmond Lin – Orange Belt, Chris Toews – Yellow belt, Aaron Rai – Yellow Belt, Mike Sopp – Yellow belt, Gurvinder Parmar – White and Yellow, Garrett Marshall – White and Yellow belt, Jun … Read More

6 More Lessons on Leadership From West Point for Martial Arts Vancouver

6 More Lessons on Leadership From West Point for Martial Arts Vancouver 6 Lessons Visiting West Point Taught Me Don Yeager December 8, 2014 Last month I had the opportunity of a lifetime that was among the most incredible two days in my career as a speaker. I was invited to speak about leadership at the U.S. Military Academy at … Read More

Francis Tiapis wins at BFL 40 for MMA Vancouver from Posener’s Pankration

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Francis Tiapis wins at BFL 40 for MMA Vancouver from Posener’s Pankration Francis Tiapis did an excellent fight against a tough well skilled opponent at BFL 40 in his 2nd MMA Vancouver fight. He won by unanimous decision 30- 27 on all 3 scorecards. He showed a balanced well rounded skill set of effective striking, good offensive and defensive wrestling … Read More