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Context in Martial Arts
When you decide to learn any martial art it’s critical to look at it and understand it in its historical context. No system was developed in a vacuum, and each has elements and techniques that reflect the particular threats and challenges of its time. For example, in some traditional martial arts the warriors were on…
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Krav Maga Drills
Krav Maga classes at Elite Training Center often follow a similar pattern. After a warm up there is a lesson on a particular technique, and in the final minutes of class students drill that technique while stressed and exhausted. Usually this involves rapidly fatiguing themselves with nonstop palm strikes, kicks, punches, and other movements designed…
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Women’s Mixed Martial Arts
Great class tonight in Women’s MMA!! We have some newer people and they worked mount escapes and basic positioning. Meanwhile the blue belts in class learned some new armbars. Women of Elite Training Center! Come check us out! Grappling will supplement what you’re learning in Krav Maga as well as give you a great workout.…
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My Thoughts on Camp…
The students at Elite Training Center in Redondo never fail to impress me. Although no one knew exactly what was in store for him or her at survival camp, each and every person was aware that they would be taken far outside their comfort zone. Most people spend their lives doing their best to remain…
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Continuing Education
In an always-changing world, professionals from attorneys to salesmen must keep current and relevant. Companies and individuals do this through continuing education, in the form of seminars, classes, guest instructors, travel, etc. At Elite Training Center, we believe that the martial arts we teach must also adapt and evolve in order to give students the…
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Benefits of women and men training together…
It’s been awesome seeing the growing number of women in the Master’s Path Krav Maga classes. There was a time not too long ago that martial arts was completely dominated by men, but more and more women are training and realizing that despite “inferior” size and strength, they are able to have success against larger…
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Inspired through Actions…
Help someone to inspire others. On a daily basis at Elite Training Center we reinforce the importance of sharing the knowledge necessary to make someone successful in martial arts. It doesn’t matter if it is Krav Maga, Kali / Silat, Muay Thai Kickboxing, BJJ, or MMA. In order to find success in anything it is…
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Seek the Truth…Crosstrain!
Determine what is best for you as a martial artist. Too often we waiver between one system and another, always searching for the “best.” Without an empty mind waiting to be filled up, there is only second guessing. No real progress can be made in any system. At Elite Training Center in Redondo Beach, CA…
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Sink your weight
Learning how to sink your weight is an important component to every martial art; it increases base, balance, and power. In kickboxing, power comes when you set your weight down to throw punches. In Jiu Jitsu and grappling, the closer together your knees are and the higher up you’re sitting, the more vulnerable you are…
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Helping Others…Humility is Key
It isn’t easy getting up and stepping on the mat every morning. But the desire to achieve something never rings truer to the martial artist. We will always have someone to look up to on the mat. There is someone who we admire for their hard work and ability to interact with others while we…
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Thoughts on the Olympics…
At Elite we stress the importance of knowing the history of the martial arts that you’re studying. As varied as the individual histories are, the grandfather of sport martial arts is the Olympic Games. Boxing, wrestling, discus, and javelin were all directly related to methods of combat 2700 years ago, and the Olympics were a…
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Thoughts on New and Senior Students
As you spend time training in martial arts, your skill set naturally grows and you progress from a beginning student to a more advanced student to a student approaching a Black belt level. And once the Black belt level is achieved you realize just how much there still is to learn! In martial arts (especially…
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What is your martial arts motivator? What drives you to do go the extra mile, one more drill, one more punch, kick, knee, elbow, arm bar, triangle, take down. Just
We all get wrapped up in our own lives. Sometimes things seem so overwhelming! It is understandable. There’s the push to make money, family obligations, business issues, people not coming
Below is a press release that didn’t receive much press. The person who sent this to me actually said it most likely wasn’t released due to the fact that people
Finding time to train Martial Arts like Krav Maga, Muay Thai, and MMA is usually the one thing that we can all agree is difficult. Yet we can find time
Knife self-defense! Learn from those who experience extreme violence, where self-defense involves protecting oneself from guns and knives, and knife self-defense is very important. “South Africa: Where Corruption, Rape and
Summer’s coming! For some of us, school is already out and summer is here, even though the calendar doesn’t say that’s the case till this weekend. While most of us
How do you protect yourself against identity theft or fraud? I got a text from Colleen on Monday night telling me she got a call from a Money Mart employee
Be passionate about your martial arts training and your martial arts training will improve. It is so simple a concept yet so difficult to attain. People come into martial arts
