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Kickboxing in Big Bear!
What a treat to be able to teach Muay Thai in the snow for 10 hours! It is interesting to see how much the art itself evolves with time going from tropical to mountain terrain. Tommy and I were truly impressed with how well everyone picked up the information. Much respect to all my colleagues…
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Winter Survival Education Retreat
Elite Training Center’s Winter Survival Education Retreat was an enormous success. It’s taken a few days for the magnitude of the knowledge and experience to sink in, and I’m finally ready to share my thoughts. To begin, getting a taste of what it’s like to fight in the snow with winter gear on was an…
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Combative Shadow Boxing
In tonights class we explored the full potential of shadow boxing combatively. Repetition always creates success. Shadowing a technique over and over will instill it in your body over time. This allows your mind to begin to think under stress and as you begin to experience this, you can begin to gradually increase in speed,…
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Burning Out?
All martial artists come to a plateau at some point during training. It is important to recognize why the burnout is occurring. At Elite Training Center in Redondo Beach, CA we encourage cross training. Cross training often leads to new perspectives. The instructors at Elite whether Krav Maga, Kali Silat, Muay Thai Kickboxing, MMA or…
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What’s up with the Clinch?
Really great to see everyone in the kickboxing class excited to train the thai clinch. Slowly but surely everything comes together and just when you thought there was a lot, there’s more where that came from!
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Building blocks
When we learn to read, we don’t immediately jump into books with long, complex sentences. First we learn our letters, the formation of each and the sounds they make. Once those are mastered, we are taught how to combine them into words and then how to put those words together to open worlds of stories…
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Questions?
If you find yourself struggling to understand information that you receive, just ask! Far too often students on the martial path fear the judgment of their fellow martial artists if they ask questions. “I don’t wanna hold up the class” or “I’ll just ask later” then forget. Firstly, ego must leave the equation. Never feel…
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Building Systems
Elite Training Center hosts 5 schools under 1 roof. This is done as each system is complimentary to the next. Krav Maga shares many movements derived from not only Muay Thai kickboxing, but from Kali Silat, another self defense system taught at Elite. The ground work takes pieces and elements of both Brazilian Jiu Jitsu…
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Consistently Consistent
Lots of people recognize that Elite Training Center’s staff is “always here.” This is true. In order for us to truly relay the necessary information to the students we must stay current. By staying current means, up keep on not only techniques from Krav Maga, Kali Silat, Muay Thai Kickboxing, MMA and BJJ, but our…
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Fire Fighters Need Help
Hello Everyone, The Redondo Beach Fire Dept Station #1 is in a contest. It was on the news and whoever gets the most votes, they get a new kitchen and they sure could use it. The funds they had been saving twice went to fix the roof and another time for upgraded medical supplies. Elite…
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Fun Work Pays Off
Work and training are usually synonomous. The idea of something that can make you better both physically and mentally is too often discarded as inherently fun. Shouldn’t the outcome of beneficial results be deemed fun? Most of the Elite Training Center’s student body “work” hard. Does that mean that when learning people aren’t having fun?…
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Another Successful Promotion!
What an incredible display of hard work and resilience. Our first Kickboxing promotion will definitely be something to remember. It was an honor to hold for those of you I was lucky enough to have at the end. Everyone gave 110% and did phenomenal. We are all so very proud of you all and I…
Tests are a powerfully important part of life. They are the times when we truly see what we’re made of; tests show us where we need to improve, and they
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu has been in the United States since the late 1970’s and early part of the 1980’s in very small circles in California. It wasn’t until the 1990’s that
Sparring class looked fantastic on Monday night. Everyone’s kickboxing is growing in a positive direction. Impressive output from the students in the Krav Maga class afterwords as well. That night’s
Why do we love superheroes? The Avengers is currently smashing box office records around the world, so I thought it would be interesting to explore why society loves superheroes and
Train daily. Create something habitual that can benefit not only you, but others as well. Easier said than done? Not really. By instituting something physically and mentally stimulating the benefits
Erik Paulson is returning to Elite Training Center for a 3-hour seminar on May 12th! This martial arts event for students of all levels offers everyone the chance to learn
Inside Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.com conducted an interview with Elite Training Center instructor Prof. Tony Pacenski. Check it out: www.insidebjj.com/2012/04/29/17-tony-pacenski Elite Training Center 1628 South Pacific Coast Highway, Redondo Beach, CA 90277
The Benefits of Training Martial Arts & The Lifestyle www.elitetrainingcenter.net I started my Tuesday morning with a Krav Maga class at Elite Training Center 1628 South Pacific Coast Highway, Redondo
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