What can we do different in our lives to make it better? I am always asking myself this. I am way too hard on myself. Most of us are. But why is it? We’re all capable of living a healthy lifestyle. It all starts with you. Then you have to choose goals. Then you write […]
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Martial arts can be a great memory maker! Remember the first promotion at Elite Training Center that you were a part of? Was it Krav Maga, Muay Thai Kickboxing, or MMA? You wondered after 30 minutes into the 5 hours of training, “what am I doing this for?” (thanks Bobby Rich). You remember those people
Women’s self-defense I decided to post this video for several reasons (one of which involves women’s self defense). The first reason is pretty obvious to me. Stay off the ground. Even though the attacker was on top and dominating the person on the bottom, he was still at a position of disadvantage against everyone else.
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Rear Naked Choke When you learn anything for the 1st time there tends to be two different approaches, I called it the “Gas on” and “Gas off” approach. The best analogy that most of us have experienced is driving a car for the 1st time. We either apply too much or too little gas until
Again, I’ve been ranting a bit about social media to those who will listen. I am pleased to see people “liking” the National Center of Missing and Exploited Children! We often take for granted how safe our streets are. We must remain vigilant in our pursuit of security. Although I would love to have everyone
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Goals Setting Goals and Doing the Work. Often, people watch martial arts videos, professional fights, or movies with fight scenes and ooh and ahh at the fancy moves and crazy techniques. But they often forget or don’t know the long road those athletes or martial artists took to that place. I remember when I started
Survival Camp! A great time was had by all! Each instructor had various survival techniques and tactics to teach. Elite was fortunate to have had special operations personnel on site from Navy SEAL Teams, Army RANGERS, and Marine Corps SCOUT SNIPERS to teach. I was tasked with teaching the hand to hand combat section where
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Training Progression In Martial Arts – Life as a Perpetual Student One of the best things about training in Martial Arts, be it Krav Maga, Muay Thai kickboxing, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu BJJ, Mixed martial arts MMA, Kali, or any other art, is that it provides every practitioner the chance to be a perpetual student. We
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Elite Training Center Hosts Another Educational Survival Camp This is the final week of prep before Elite Training Center hosts another educational survival camp in Big Bear. We are very fortunate to have some top notch instructors with real world survival experience at our camp which include military personal from Special Operations units such as
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self-defense classes My wife came back to train at Elite last Saturday. It has been about 18months since she stopped self-defense classes after our son was born. We took the Saturdayextreme class together. I’m hoping this will be the start of a routine wecan do together, and more importantly I hope she will get the
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Elite Training Center in Redondo Beach, California is a mixed martial arts gym that offers a wide range of martial arts classes, including Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), Krav Maga, Muay Thai Kickboxing, Jiu-Jitsu, Boxing, Kali/Silat/Eskrima (Filipino open-hand and stick/weapon fighting), and LOTAR—an intuitive self-defense system that does not rely on size or strength.
We provide Adult Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) classes, as well as programs for kids and Youth MMA. In all of our programs, men and women train side by side in a focused, respectful environment built on our core values of Respect, Honor, Discipline, and Strength.
Located in the South Bay area of Los Angeles, our martial arts academy serves students of all ages and experience levels. We focus on building confidence and teaching practical, effective self-defense skills.
Our instructors bring not only strong teaching experience, but also real-world knowledge gained through applying these techniques in actual street and combat situations.
Martial Arts Training Near Our Gym
Our students include people from these areas.
Carson, El Segundo, Gardena, Hawthorne, Hermosa Beach, Inglewood, Lawndale, Lomita, Long Beach, Manhattan Beach, Rancho Palos Verdes, Redondo Beach, Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estate, Los Angeles, Torrance.
