Joao Moncaio is an awesome and legit Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) black belt under Pablo Popovitch who has many grappling titles and victories. Devin Genchi, at the time a FFA blue belt, pulled off a huge win with his patented “Genchi-tine” guillotine setup! In FFA history, we’ve had three blue belts defeat a black belt ...…
2/8/12 – Here is a picture of one of our two new rooms upstairs for our Miami Fitness Program! This marks our sixth expansion in the past ten years in business! Check out more about our Women Only Fitness Bootcamp at www.WomenOnlyBootcamp.com or call 1-888-FFA-GYMS (1-888-332-4967). We have gyms in the Miami and Davie areas.…
1/10/12 – Our FFA Miami MMA Gym had an excellent testing last week! We had four epic promotions in Shah Bobonis (Brown Belt), Cesar Jordan (Purple Belt), Frank Espinosa (Blue Belt), and Napoleon Vilaboa (Blue Belt)! We broke out a bottle of Dom Perignon to celebrate! I’ll have a video up soon showing the promotions. ...…
I’m super excited and proud to announce the birth of my twin boys, Marcos Jr. and Lloyd! Both boys weighed in at 6 pounds 12 ounces and 6 pounds 14 ounces at an even 19 inches long! I named both boys after the two most influential men in my life, my father Marcos and Master ...…
12/11/11 – I’ve been showing weekly Free MMA Videos and this week I’m showing the Wrestling Switch! This is a very common move in wrestling but should definitely be more popular in Mixed Martial Arts and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. In this video, I show a way to set it up versus the double leg shot, from ...…
12/4/11 – It is NEVER too early to start training… not only does training at a young age fight childhood obesity, develop motor skills, create confidence, boost self esteem, teach social skills, teach discipline, and much more… but it can SAVE your child’s life. Don’t believe me? Watch the video above about an eleven year ...…
12/2/11 – Here is my #1 armbar setup from mount… the neck crank armbar! I’ve been executing this vicious technique for years… it is an amazing technique because it has all the ingredients required for a successful move: easy to do, uncommon, and has a decoy distraction (the neck crank). I’ve been teaching this move ...…
12/1/11 – Great testing today at the FFA Miami Mixed Martial Arts School! I’m very proud of my students today, here are the top scores of the day: Jorge Alvarez = A Luis Mendes Jr. = A- Vicky Fernandez = A Edwin Sarria = A Franklin Martinez = A- Charles Fils-Aime = A Sergio Mesa ...…
11/30/11 – We had an inner school tournament last weekend at our Miami MMA gym and it was a big success! We had over seventy competitors jump into the tournament – plus a whole squad of spectators! Our students gained valuable competition experience, and most importantly… everyone enjoyed themselves and had a lot of fun. ...…
11/29/11 – It’s that time of year again everybody! The Freestyle Fighting Academy takes a lot of pride in its charitable activities – and every December we always organize a MASSIVE toy and food drive for the needy. There are lots of people going through tough times and we want to do our part in ...…
