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Self Defense and the Law
The three most important facts that must be proven under California self-defense law are: 1.that the danger or threat was imminent, 2.that you reasonably believed you would be harmed, and 3.that you reasonably responded to that danger.
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Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Week of August 22nd – 26st
Hello Elite Training Center Friends, This week’s classes in the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu program saw us practicing techniques in combatives and self-defense focusing using the guard to influence and control the distance against punches, elbows and headbutt strikes by the top fighter. After this instruction, we moved on to additional submission attacks from the bottom position…
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Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Week of August 15th – 19th
Hello Elite Training Center Friends, This week’s classes in the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu program saw us practicing techniques in combatives and self-defense focusing mostly on ground work. The two main concepts explored this week were escaping headlocks on the ground and how to use basic submission attacks from your closed guard. We started this off with…
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Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Week of August 8th-12th
Hello Elite Training Center Friends, This week’s classes in the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu program saw us practicing techniques in stand up combatives and self-defense in how to pull guard from the clinch and also how to finalize the basic drop-knee style double leg takedown. On the mats, we explored how to pass the guard from the knees…
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Co-Exist
Become more than what you have been told you can be. If we continually settle for mediocrity then how can we become better? How do we change? In order to achieve greatness, it is important to think outside of the box. How do we find success if we restrict ourselves to the confines of old…
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The Highest Standard
This past weekend a new crop of Elite Training Center (Redondo Beach, CA) basic Krav Maga students took their training to another level after promoting into the Advanced Krav Maga program. We couldn’t be more proud of this most recent group of Team Elite! Now it is their responsibility to apply the lessons learned in…
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Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Week of August 1st – 5th
Hello Elite Training Center Friends, This week in the basic adult classes we explored escaping from the bottom cross side position a.k.a. the hundred kilos position, and we also training how to develop better confidence inside the opponent’s guard. For the stand up combatives, the instructional content challenged your understanding of how to close the…
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Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Week of July 25 -29
Hello Elite Training Center Friends, Each week I will be writing a little bit of my observations of the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instructional content. This weekly blog will help all of you remember the little details of each technique and overall strategy of what we explored in the classes. Also, it is important for me to…
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Krav Maga, Kali/Silat, Muay Thai, BJJ off road…
This Summer the adventure continues off site with the students of Elite Training Center. On September 16th through September 18th, Redondo Beach’s ETC will take training to a new level! Camp Whittier, just north of Santa Barbara will host the 1st ACTION ADVENTURE TRAINING SERIES for Elite Training Center’s student body. At Elite we focus…
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BJJ at Elite Training Center
Jiu-Jitsu at Elite! Taking martial arts and self-defense to another spectrum. Be a part of the evolution and take your training to the next stage in Elite’s gi jiu-jitsu program. Check out our site for more details, or just stop by and talk to any of our staff!
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Devils in the Details…Say Goodbye
It is important to drive the arm straight up to the sky, practically flush to the ear when executing Elite Training Center’s Krav Maga “wave goodbye” choke release. As the arm shoots up, the opposite side foot should be stepping backwards. A simultaneous pivot on the front foot should occur, utilizing the lat to break…
Sparring in martial arts: “There is no truth without sparring.” Shihan spoke these words to the Master’s Path Krav Maga classes this week when students sparred with full protective gear
Make Them Miss Make Them Miss http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRIrYQrWAK0 I know this is short but I only wanted to emphasis how influential this kick boxer is and how a simple thing as
The Right Move At The Wrong Time Is The Wrong Move As I finish up a private lesson in jiu-jitsu with one my students, there were many principles and
Sharing is caring This month characteristic is caring. Caring is can be define in various situations. But I think it’s one of the few that are forgotten. During our “mat
Krav Maga Redondo Beach Thank you to everyone who promoted and tested this weekend and those who showed to support. It means a lot to all of the instructors when
MMA training Mixed martial arts may seem like an individual sport at first glance, and when that cage door closes behind you it is true that you only have yourself
Sun-block, Surf Wax, Strength and Kimonos The water was a little cold as my feet stepped slowly on the rocky beach. Surfboard in my hands and a Jiu-Jitsu kimono in
Tiger Muay Thai Tiger Muay Thai This morning a group of Elite Students and instructors grabbed their gear bags and set forth on an adventure to Phuket, Thailand .
Elite Retreat Elite Retreat Last weekend, I was fortunate to join my Elite colleagues in Big Bear to participate in the “Elite Retreat”. It was enlightening to share the day
