Elite Training Center: Redondo

  Think Big – Dream Big – Achieve Big!
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Think Big…Dream Big…Achieve Big…is all about seeing a bigger picture of what you really want to achieve in life. Big Goals demand our best effort,
energy and focus. They bring out the best in us and force us to grow. We need to have goals when training whether it be within Krav Maga, kickboxing or Thai Boxing, Mixed Martial Arts, Kali or Brazilian Jiu Jitsu…
 
To experience a QUANTUM LEAP YEAR you must strive for achieving BLACK BELT EXCELLENCE instead of accepting MEDIOCRITY in any area of your life.
 
Do you want to be an A-rated student or be satisfied as a “B” or a “C”?
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Would you rather be wealthy -or- poor for the rest of your life?
 
Which goal would motivate you to stay focused and take more action?
 
When you think big and strive to achieve big, it’s much more exciting and causes you to take more positive action than when you think small and aim for easy targets that are set low.
 
Think Big…Dream Big…Achieve Big and make a Bigger Difference in the lives of others as well.
 
Training to be an A-rated Black Belt Champion is a big, exciting and purposeful goal. It’s a goal that has life long lasting benefits and causes people of all ages to transform their habits, attitudes and actions. It will change and improve their mental, physical and emotional well being.
 
Similar to any big achievement, it’s not what you get, it’s what you become.
 
In our Goal Setting for Greatness series, we encourage you to…
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THINK BIG – DREAM BIG – ACHIEVE BIG…
 With this mindset you will not fail when training within  Krav Maga, kickboxing or Thai Boxing, Mixed Martial Arts, Kali or Brazilian Jiu Jitsu…or anything else you set your mind too..
Nobody suddenly becomes a World Class athlete or achiever.
 
Make 2012 your Best Year Ever by staying  focused on your BIG GOALS and GO FOR IT!

Let’s Get To Work
Shihan Brian Rauchbach

This is a big weekend at Elite Training Center! We have nearly forty students promoting or testing to higher belts in Jiu-Jitsu, Krav Maga, and Mixed Martial Arts, and many of these students are advancing in more than one discipline and truly becoming complete martial artists. We are so proud of everyone, and we’re proud of the students who have shown up to support their teammates and to help them succeed. Keep up the great work!!

Do not forget how important this time of year is for self defense. With the amount of people doing holiday shopping, good people must be on the lookout.

At Elite Training Center in Redondo Beach, CA we encourage all of our students to use situational awareness each and every day. Krav Maga, Kali Silat, Muay Thai and Jiu Jitsu all focus on identifying and anticipating movement of an attacker or opponent. With the “silly” season upon on it is important to recognize the dangers that lie within.

Violent attacks and muggings occur around this time often out of desperation. Take this time to recognize what is going on around you. Utilize these simple steps to utilize situational awareness:

Don’t text while walking back to your car from a busy day of shopping. Keep your head up and move with purpose.

Don’t disengage your car alarm until you are at your car. Don’t make a steady line towards your own vehicle if you are alone. Move in the direction of another vehicle and then make a quick move.

Don’t hold onto too many bags which can inhibit your vision and mobility. Shop simply and smart.

Be sure to lock up your belongings and don’t leave anything in view worth stealing.

One more thing…don’t be a bad person. Santa’s watching…

As the instructors and students take the day off to be with their immediate families, I wanted to take a minute to express how thankful I am for my Elite family.  Elite Training Center has become a cornerstone in my life, and it’s not just the world-class training and martial arts instruction that is so special.  The people at Elite, from the newest students to the most experienced instructors, are universally wonderful and exceptional people.  Whether it be an everyday class or a Krav Maga test or supporting one of our fighters at an MMA fight, everyone is truly there for one another, encouraging, guiding, pushing, and, if needed, holding each other up so he or she can stand side by side with his or her teammates.  What an amazing thing to find in a world where people are increasingly disconnected from one another.  I consider myself incredibly fortunate to be a part of such a unique school.  Happy Thanksgiving!

Katie

We are proud when each and every one of our students performs well on and off the mat. To reinforce positive behavior we must instill positivity in each student. This is important in the early stages of the martial artist’s path.

Last Friday the Youth Krav Maga students had a promotion and test along with the Youth MMA students. To see each and every student perform not only technique but exercise proper etiquette was rewarding for the instructors. But without signing praises for behavior as well as execution of technique would be a disservice to all that Elite Training Center is about.

We expect our Youth programs to carry over into the areas of life that coincide with societal contributions i.e. school, groups, teams, and family activities.

Never settle for less than your best! Again, fantastic job!!!

At Elite Training Center in Redondo Beach, CA we challenge students to not only work towards achieving goals on the mat, but to take that same work ethic and apply it in everyday life.

Being a successful martial artist is about what you’ve done to benefit others at the end of the day. It isn’t simply about mastering a technique. It is about being able to share what’s learned and give to those less fortunate.

Krav Maga, Kali Silat, Muay Thai, and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu are all very challenging martial arts. If this is the chosen path, the challenge is the reward.

At Elite Training Center we make a distinction between the fighter and the true martial artist/warrior. Fighting and skill in combat is only one aspect of a warrior. The founding principles of our school are Respect, Honor, Discipline, and Strength, and we encourage students to live by them.

Here’s an eye-opening exercise that I want everyone to try:

1) Live one day intensely: try to savor every part of your day. I want you to turn off all your negative news, be with friends you enjoy, call the people you love, eat your meals and savor them, and sit outside for an hour in the beautiful sunshine. Even when you do work, strive to enjoy the process.

2) Make peace: try to find one opportunity this weekend to settle a dispute that you have, or one that your friends have. Be the voice of reason, and try to put anything that’s been bothering you to rest.

3) Do a kindness: no matter how small, try to find one thing this weekend that you do for someone else that makes their life a little bit better.

4) Hold your tongue: for the entire day, try to exist without any angry reactions, angry speech, gossip, or acts of aggression however small. Think the best of others, and give everyone the best benefits of your doubts.

5) Silence: spend a few hours in silence; try not to speak to anyone; un-plug from phones, ipods, and etc. Contemplate the state of your life.

Enjoy it!  If everyone tried to live according to the above guidelines the world would be a much better place.

~Katie

Some people say, “don’t sweat the small stuff.”  Those are the same people who haven’t experienced a street fight. Paying attention to detail can be the difference between success or failure.

Although the above is stated with tongue in cheek, it is very important for people studying martial arts at Elite Training Center in Redondo Beach to pay extra close attention to detail when learning. Through the various martial arts at Elite defensive position with hands up by the head are integral to staying protected.

In Krav Maga and Muay Thai / Kickboxing focusing on the hands and arms staying flush against the head and covering the back of the neck is paramount! This although seemingly trivial tactic keeps the brain stem and carrotid artery protected from impact and edged weapons as well as fists and kicks.

In Kali Silat neglecting proper hand positioning can make or break a tactic within this all emcompassing combat system from the Philippines. Again, likening it back to keeping your hands up and at the ready when dealing with either an armed or unarmed combatant.

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and MMA, although rooted in more sport aspects of combative mixed martial arts must also adhere to the hands up and by the head in order to stay safe practice. Head kicks and punches if landed in any open spot around the head can have a major effect on the outcome of a competition.

Regardless of the system you study, we encourage everyone to “sweat the small stuff.”

Maintain your focus on the fundamentals/basics of Muay Thai and you will see great gains in all of Elite Training Center’s combative mixed martial arts. Whether your discipline is Krav Maga, Kali / Silat, or MMA to make the greatest stride the basics must be maintained.

Everyone has time constraints and we do understand this. However, as a student at Elite you are held to a higher standard than most. Enrolling at the school is vastly different than going to a gym.

Keep in mind the hard work one must put in to truly be proud of success. The easy road is simply…easy. The long, hard road is…rewarding.

“Satisfaction is the end of desire.” -J. Jasta

We are so proud of how well the members of Elite Training Center performed that we have decided to do another survival camp! This camp will take place in the winter!

It was a truly remarkable experience for students and instructors alike. We saw people pushed way beyond their comfort zone thus resulting in something extraordinary. Take to heart this knowledge. You are capable of persevering through any obstacles your personal and professional lives may put in your way. From a training perspective, by keeping your mind clear and not getting frustrated, any Krav Maga technique can be learned. Any Brazilian Jiu Jitsu submission can be countered and any Kali Silat footwork can be understood.

Keep doing the great work you have been doing Team Elite. Be proud and remember to keep moving forward!