The Benefits of joining OTFC

#1. Fitness and Health
Ultimately – its all about fitness and health. From getting fit for the summer, to getting ready for a fight, fitness and health should be everybody’s ultimate goal when joining a gym. At OTFC we like to say: Stay Motivated – Keep Training – Fight for Life!

#2 Learn a new skill
Get fit while learning a new skill! If you are new to Mixed Martial Arts, train with other Members just like you! And while you get in shape, in “Fight Shape” as we say, you’ll learn a valued skill along the way. Kick, punch, elbow, knee, sprawl and grapple. MMA means activating all your major muscles groups as you improve upon all your prime movements! You’re not just running, or swimming, or lifting weights – a Mixed Martial Artist (and those getting fit the MMA way) must utilize the 7 major primal movement patterns for full body strength! Push, Pull, Lunge, Bend, Twist, Squat, Walk.

As a MMA Athlete you need to push opponents away or off you. You need to pull opponents into your guard or into a clinch. You need to lunge to close the fighting gap. There’s a ton of bending and twisting as you fight your way out of awkward or into position. Squat to avoid punches or to lift an opponent before you throw them. And of course, if you can’t walk, you can’t run!

#3 Get confident with your bad self!
Kick that bag! Punch those mitts! Brace that core! Pump those weights!
You don’t get that at a gym that may be open 24 hours a day. And once you do, the confidence, the self-esteem, the pride – it all comes with putting it all out there and kicking some ass!
NO NO NO – you don’t have to fight to be a top fighting fit MMA Athlete! You just have to want to get fit and stay healthy in a unique and fun way that does not limit yourself to riding a bike for an hour or running on a treadmill for to build a healthy heart.

Your confidence will sky rocket!

We can go on and on… but here’s just a few more benefits that being an OTFC member can provide:

Competition: if you want to compete, we will get you in shape to compete!

Personal Training: Want someone to guide you through a circuit or develop a personalized Workout schedule just for you – just ask!

Meet new people? You can’t walk in or out of the gym without meeting someone new!

See you at the gym!

Stay Motivated – Keep Training – Fight for Life!

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MMA with Toney Waldecker on Monday night was a big hit! Lots of mouths dropped, not because of a neck crank or choke, but because of the wealth of knowledge Toney brought to the group!

The week will only get better!

It is not to late to get to Old Town Fight Club in Monrovia to study MMA from Toney Waldecker. He will be here teaching Tonight through Thursday Night at 8PM!

Toney Waldecker will also cap the week off on Saturday Morning with a 3 hour seminar for those who are serious about learning their craft and honing their skills!

Please find out how to signup for the seminar! It is for a limited amount of guests! Early enrollment: $40!

Toney Waldecker will be at OTFC Jan 17-21!

Toney Waldecker, a 1st degree Relson Gracie Black Belt will be teaming up with our trainers, in the Monday-Thursday 8PM MMA Class January 17-21.

Learn from a seasoned pro with a wide range of experience!

OTFC Members who currently train in MMA will be able to take the class as usual.

NON OTFC Members can sign up for a membership or take a week MMA membership for $50 for the week.

A private seminar will also be held either Friday night or Saturday Morning (time TBA). This private seminar will be a ‘limited capacity’ seminar. A separate seminar fee will be required by all who attend. (Please Inquire)

Please be available Jan 17-21 for this incredible opportunity to train with and learn from Toney Waldecker!

Toney has a long history of grappling competition wins to his name, including a 1998 Sambo Nationals Bronze, 1999 Sambo Nationals Gold, 2003 Budweiser Jiu-Jitsu World Cup shared Gold Medal with fellow teammate, 2001 Gracie Nationals Silver, and 2004 Arnold Gracie World Submission Championships Gold (Purple Open). In 2005, Toney took silver at the Gracie Nationals as a brown belt in the open division. Recently, Toney stepped up to the pro ranks and he currently holds a 2-0 record. In a professional Muay Thai fight in Thailand, Toney won with an impressive knock-out victory. In his MMA match, Toney submitted his opponent 45 seconds into the first round.

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“Relson Gracie official Website”
“InBase Jiu-Jitsu”
“Toney Waldecker at OTFC in January”

Toney Waldecker at CalvertMMA

Toney Waldecker at OTFC

(January 2011 Teaching MMA & BJJ)

Toney Waldecker will be an OTFC Guest Trainer taking the reigns of the MMA Class for a week in January.

Tony will also be doing a private seminar for a very limited amount of members – first come first serve once the signups begin.
Here is your chance to learn MMA and BJJ from a 1st Degree Black Belt under Relson Gracie.

The January 2011 dates are to be determined.

TONEY WALDECKER 1st Degree Black Belt under Relson Gracie

Head Instructor and Co-Owner of IN-BASE Jiu-Jitsu in partnership with USA Kaizen MMA in Fairfax, Virginia. Toney Waldecker is a former Marine and head Jiu-Jitsu instructor at IN-BASE Jiu-Jitsu, a Relson Gracie Academy, and Calvert MMA. Waldecker started his training in the mid nineties and was promoted to Black Belt by Relson in April 2008. He has trained and competed in Sambo, MMA and Mauy-Thai. Waldecker has worked with the Modern Army Combatives and Law Enforcement in the areas of defensive tactics, weapon retention and self defense. Waldecker has a long history of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Sambo competition wins to his name. In 2007 Waldecker traveled to Thailand to train and compete in a Professional MMA and Mauy-Thai competition, winning both fights. He continues to teach and compete and remains fiercely loyal to the Relson style.

Pro Fights:

• 2007 Pro MMA First Round Win by armbar
• 2007 Pro Muay-Thai Third Round Win by knockout

Championships:

• 2005 Gracie Nationals Gi Open Class – Silver (Brown)
• 2004 Arnold Worlds Open Class Gi – Gold (Purple)
• 2003 Budweiser Jiu-Jitsu World Cup – Gold shared with teammate(Blue)
• 2001 Gracie Nationals Gi – Silver (Blue)
• 1999 Sambo Nationals – Gold
• 1998 Sambo Nationals – Bronze

From inside MMA gyms across America it would seem people know what Muay Thai is. But those fans, or those interested in learning Mixed Martial Arts, some may not realize that Muay Thai has made a huge impact on how a Mixed Martial Artist fights.

Unfortunately, the UFC doesn’t show the ‘tale of the tape’ where martial arts disciplines are displayed anymore. One reason is that many of these fighters train in EVERYTHING.

They aren’t just wrestlers, BJJ, or specific martial arts practitioners anymore. They are truely Mixed Martial Artists and part of their success in striking is Muay Thai techniques.

From the Muay Thai clinch to deadly leg kicks, put Muay Thai, Boxing, Grappling and traditional karate into your training and you will be a well rounded Mixed Martial Artist!

In this short video, Ray Sefo, a New Zealander and Mixed Martial Artist and 5 time Muay Time World Champion talks about how important Muay Thai is to a Mixed Martial Artist.

If you are interested in being a complete Mixed Martial Artist, check out the Muay Thai and BJJ program at Old Town Fight Club in Monrovia.

Old Town Fight Club
111 West Myrtle Avenue
Monrovia, CA
(626) 239-1000

According to MMAJunkie.com, the October 21st UFC event headlining Brock Lesner and Cain Velasquez in the heavy weight title fight, grossed, 2.2 million in ticket sales with 14, 856 attendants at the Honda Center in Anaheim, CA.

To say MMA is a fast growing extreme sport is an understatement. Where Paintball and Stunt BMX are hitting the airwaves on ESPN, MMA is being practiced daily in Dojos and MMA gyms all across the world!

The demand to add grappling to your stand up as a Karate Practitioner, or stand up to your grappling as a BJJ practitioner, makes every traditional Dojo and gym expand their ‘traditions’ and include ‘more’ to their curriculum. More and more, students are looking to be like the MMA fighter, shooting for takedowns but not neglecting strikes with their fists, legs, elbows, and knees.

This is where Old Town Fight Club in Monrovia, CA makes its mark as a premier MMA and Personal training center.

The Science of 8 Limbs, aka as Muay Thai, is a class where both the cardio kickboxer or the MMA fighter can learn the techniques of MMA standup.

Old Town Fight Club also includes the ground work an MMA fighter needs to be a well-rounder fighter. World Class BJJ instructor, Freddy Sabbatini (Cia Paulista BJJ), takes the fight to the ground in with high level Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu techniques.

Freddy Sabbatini’s BJJ students are medalist in every tournament in Southern California that they attend.

Old Town Fight Club also sticks to the tradition of Traditional Karate with what is considered one of the forerunners to MMA – Okinawa-Te. Developed by Gordon Doversola in the 1950s, Okinawa-Te is a form based system with a traditional belt structure where the “Art of Striking” is its emphasis. Taught by  Okinawa-Te 1st degree black belt and Okinawan Open point sparring champion  Glenn Magas.

Old Town Fight Club also includes high level fitness programs which include Boot Camp, taught by US Marine, and NASM certified trainer, Damian Blanco.

More programs are available: Boxing, Cardio Kickboxing, Cross Fit, and more.

The best thing to do is visit Old Town Fight Club in Monrovia, CA or call: (626) 239-1000.

Be part of the fastest growing sport and fitness program in America! Mixed Martial Arts fitness builds confidence, builds your cardio and strength, and makes you a fit fighter!