Recovery is a huge part of training and combat. Fights can take minutes, even hours, and yet nobody can truly hit a straight out five minute sprint with everything they got… it is during lulls in combat that one can recover. In training, we have rest periods. Rest periods could be a simulation of resting ...…
Last year I had traveled to Cuba to train boxing (I did so legally from Miami to Havana). Since 1972, Cuba has earned more Olympic medals in boxing than any other country in the world. The United States is a boxing powerhouse – but due to the embargo, Cuba’s boxing techniques and training concepts are ...…
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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 ...…
