Summer hours

Just a reminder to everyone that the gym is closing for summer holidays. The last class will be July 11th. The grappling/mma class will return Sept 1st. Because of the long weekend the sambo class will return on Sept 12th.
Keep this in mind if you are renewing your membership this month.

I will open up on Tues nights same time for anyone who wants to workout, roll or hit the bags etc.

Sambo history videos

check this out, it's a two part video showing the history of sambo. Two of the founders of sambo Oshepkov and Kharlampiev are shown in the videos, it's in
Russian but you dont need to understand whats going on just enjoy the techniques.

Isao Okano

Here is a video of one of the greatest Judoka ever, Isao Okano the only middleweight to ever win the all Japan championship. Its amazing how fast he enters into his throws also check out the ground work and how he chokes a guy unconcious at the 64 olympics.Also a video of judo great Mark Huizinga of the Netherlands and how he prepared for the 2008 olypics. Enjoy.

summer holidays

Starting on July 11th we will be on summer holidays until Sept 1st.However i will still open the gym on Tues night for anyone who wants to work out, roll or whatever. This will be an open practice only.
Also just a reminder that some of your memberships are overdue, please see Heather on Tues, we still have the special two months unlimited classes for $99 plus tax, that will take you right up to the summer break.

I'm back

Just got back from the combat sambo comp. In case you haven't heard i got silver in my division. Really happy how the comp went, it's been a long time since i've competed.
Thanks to everyone who helped me get prepared, special thanks to Armando for getting in the gym with me almost every afternoon. I'd really like to see some of you guys compete in this tournament or the pancrase amatuer mma in the future. Hope to have some videos up soon.
There will be some changes to the schedule as well, I will have some brochures on Fri.

New Prices

Membership for two months is now only $99 plus tax. This offer is for new and old members. You must register on or before May 1st. The gym will be closing for the summer holidays in July so register now.
Training for the combat sambo Canada open was going really well for me until this week when i was sidelined with the flu. Friday was my first day back in a week. Unfortunatly i wont be in top shape for the competition but, i'll do my best. There is still a week to get some of my wind back hopefully it will be enough.

Oleg Taktarov

I found a old video of Oleg Taktarov in some early mma matches. Oleg was a world sambo champion, ufc heavyweight champ as well as European jujutsu champ several times. The European jujutsu is very similar to mma in that strikes throws and submissions are all legal, oh ya its also bare knuckle.