we have all hear the saying safety first?? well this young fellow has take the need for equipment checks to the next level

who in good concience could show up to the academy with these gloves in tow ready to spar or work partner drills with any impact?????  now this is all fun and game as i caught the perpetrator before he hurt himself or anyone else but on a serious note …..all members in striking classes need to have proper safety gear to participate

Youth program update

with my abscence the months of november for the ufc 140 training camp the rest of elite training cennew elite mats clean like the old elite matstre’s  staff have been working away at getting the additional training space open in the academy and we are happy to say things are finally operational, while not completely finished the mats have been laid and training space cleaned and preped for use by the fastest growing kids/childrens mixed martial arts class in the Mississauga area.

Now if you like me you probably are thinking KIDS MMA???? Well dont let the terms “Mixed martial arts“ throw you off :) ours is not  a class filled with Mini cage fighters, instead our youth program focusses on the constructively positive  skills, habits and life lessons gained through the practice of martial arts.

Keeping the new elite mats clean as the old mats

  Putting the  MARTIAL ARTS part back in youth “mixed martial arts”

to take advantage of your free trial offer visit

http://www.7dragonsmartialarts.com

claude patrick ufc 140

Thanks to everyone for all the support leading up to ufc 140 on dec 10th.

for the first time in 13 fights i came up on the loosing end of a very close decision being debated all over the net. Congratulations to brian ebersole for making it a good fight and pushing me hard in training to improve my skills in preparations for the ufc event. 

win lose or draw at elite the evolution of our skills is the objective behind come competition and my training camp in south florid with the team jaco has me back with a bag of new tricks.  

I’m injury free and back teaching classes this week tuesday and thursday at 7pm grappling fundamentals inside elite training centre.

see you there

claude patrick

First off we have our final level 1 muay thai testing being held nov 19th starting at 2pm.

The testing will be run by kru’s Dj Dallaire  & Alin Halmagean of our partner school Iron tiger muay.

d1 muay thai inside elite training centre

congratulations on Kru Alin’s opening stoney creeks premier combat sports training facility with classes starting this past week and things going well with the all new multi-functional gym things are looking great.

for more information regarding Iron tiger muay thai please call 1-905-870-3815  or visit the new gym at 265 barton street unit 32.

stay tuned next week for a detailed layout of our new sports specific training  and & seperate kids martial arts area area inside Elite.

Thanks & Congratulations to all who completed thier level 1 muay thai testing yesterday (august 20th)  In total there were 9 attendees for this testing session with 2 new members making the move towards the blue shorts. 

Please check with Kru Dj later this week for the results of this round of evaluation.

d1 level 1 testing seems nicole is hard at work

Bjj/grappling news

This week we also have 3 members going for phase 1 grappling testing , with the bjj class growing rapidly in size, the level of skill and learning curve is getting much higher so it seems we can look forward to a new batch of blue belts shortly.

Grappling Fundamentals

The new grappling fundamentals program is off  to a great start.  People have been asking how its different than our Brazilian jiujitsu class so here my friends is a bit of a run down on whats what  in elite training centre’s newest program.

Having been lucky enough to  implement my grappling in just about every possible situation ..(Sport bjj tournements,  MMA events and most importantly self defense situations)  I figured it a good idea to use this experience to formulate this new programs lesson plan. Covering the most important aspects of ground fighting  both offense and defensively it will serve as the entry level program for new members looking to participate in the Brazlian Jiujitsu class and  for those who don’t it will certianly leave you much better preparred to deal with a ground fighting situation.

our program has a rottating 18 lesson plan so its simple to follow along and train in a structured fashion & building your skills

As of now the classes are held Tuesdays 7-8pm  and Friday 6- 7 pm but with our facility expansion shortly upcoming we can look to see more of thesegrappling classes in addition our BJJ classes.

here is a clip of a  great drill  that will help build the reflex to avoid the ever popular guillotine choke taken from last weeks class.

 NECK DEFENSE REFLEX

Congrats to everyone who participated and supported the level 1 muay thai testing it was great and the results will be out later this week.

Which brings us to the long awaited level 1 Grappling tests. (date pending but will be before july 20th)

I have been getting a few questions about the specifics on a few positions so quickly slappped together these videos to guide you along.

Up first the arm-lock off the back which is a great option for when you are facing that opponent great at hand fighting to defend the choke or other standard attacks.

the first hand in collar sequence