All students who passed

Congratulations on All those Students that promoted to their next belt on 4/28/12!!

Also Special Congraultations to all those that Received a Character Awards

Alexis, Jason, Tommy, and Crew earned a Gold medal for 180 acts of Self-Discipline

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L.A. Budo in Manhattan Beach is having one of their students fight in a Muay Thai bout this weekend.  Noah Campos has been training hard for this Muay Thai fight for a couple of  months.  Originally this Muay Thai fight was scheduled for March 10th but do to some scheduling conflicts the Muay Thai Fight was postponed until this weekend.  Training at our Manhattan Beach school under the careful guidance Muay Thai gym owner David Dow and the instruction of Fight Team Instructor, Maynard Malilay we know that Noah will do very well in his second Muay Thai fight.  He has been training for 3 years now and has been training most days when he is not working at Pink Berry.  Because of the rule set he has really been working on his boxing and footwork.

What is a Muay Thai Fight Like?

So lets ay you want to compete in  Muay Thai fight of  just watch one.  What can you expect.  For Muay Thai in the Manhattan Beach there are basically 3 levels of competition.  There is the intra or inter gym Muay Thai fight, amateur Muay Thai fight and professional Muay Thai Fight.  Each have a different flavor and rule set.

The Intra or Inter Gym Muay Thai fight

For Muay Thai, boxing and MMA fights in Manhattan Beach as well as all of California used to have what were called ‘Smoker Fights’  Since the California Boxing commission has outlawed these fights, they have been replaced by the intra or inter gym Muay Thai fight.  This type of fight is used similar to what team sports use scrimmages for.  To get the competor usesd to actually competing.  The rules for the  intra or inter gym Muay Thai fight vary from gym to gym.  All tend to require full protective gear: head gear, shin and instep guards and of curse 14 oz boxing gloves.  Some gyms allow knees some don’t.  Most don’t allow elbows as they are illegal in an amateur Muay Thai fight.  For all functional martial arts like Muay Thai, sparring is an essential tool for training the art, however, sparring at your gym is nothing like competing.  so have fighters at the same gym or between tow friendly gym in important to give the fighters critical fight experience and getting used to actually fighting.  the fist time many fighters enter the ring, they actually have a difficult time going full contact.  That is until the get hit hard.  this is one of many aspects that fighters need to work through before they  compete in their first amateur Muay Thai fight.

The Amateur Muay Thai Fight

Because  an amateur Muay Thai fight are sanctioned through the California Athletic Commission through the California Boxing Commission, there are unified rules that must be followed.  Fighters must wear head gear, a steel cup, shin guards and 10 oz gloves.  Fights ar 3 2 minute rounds with a 1 minute between rounds.  Muay Thai is basically kick boxing with knees being allowed, however, elbows are illegal.

 The Professional Muay Thai Fight

Because  any profesional Muay Thai fight is also sanctioned through the California Athletic Commission through the California Boxing Commission, there are unified rules that must be followed.  A professional Muay Thai fight is usually considered to be full rules  Muay Thai, meaning that all strikes that allowed in an Amateur Mauy Thai fight are allowed and so are elbows.  The only elbows that are illegal are ‘Downward Pointed Elbow Strikes”, which are strikes that Ceiling to floor or 12 to 6 elbow strikes. Like in an amateur Muay Thai fight, fighters wear 10oz gloves and hand wraps, and a steel cup. however head gear is only needed for fighters under 18.  other than a mouth guard no other protective gear is required.  Fights ar 5 3 minute rounds with a 1 minute between rounds.

Want to compete in a Muay Thai Fight or a MMA fight?

If you would like to training for a Muay Thai fight or a MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) fight like Noah, and you live in the Manahttan Beach, Hermosa Beach or Redondo Beach area call us at 310-363-7474 for a 30 Day FREE trial.

left to right. Nicole,Alex, Max, Henry, Amin Emily, Seamus

Today at the Manhattan Beach Middle school, L.A. Budo attended the Manhattan Beach Summer Camp Expo.  We went will the purpose of showing the Manhattan Beach community that we will be holding a karates Summer Camp from June 25 for all Summer long.  To show the attendees what we will be doing at our karates Summer Camp we had several of our Leadership Team perform a karate demonstration.  At the Manhattan Beach Summer Camp Expo we were the first demonstration.  Henry lead the karate Demonstration with an application of our ABC’s of Bully defense.  the ‘villian’ of this demonstration was Alex.  The Second karate demonstration was done by alex and hernry again.  This time the roles were reversed with Henry attempted to apply a full nelson wrestling hold on Alex. Of course in this karate demonstration Alex prevailed.  The next 2 karate Students to perform were Nicole and Max  Their karate demonstration consisted of a 4-part Krabbi Kabong demonstration using Escrima sticks.  Manhattan Beach Krabi krabong is a weapon-based karate from Thailand and said to be the predisessor to Muay Thai.   The Last but definitely not least demonstration we did at the Manhattan Beach Summer Camp Expo was Emily and Amin performing a bo staff form from Kukishinden Ryu called Go–Ho which means the “5 ways”.  Kukishinden Ryu, translated  as ”Nine Gods Spirit School” or  ”Nine Demon Gods School” is a Japanese karate founded in the 14th century by Kuki Yakushimaru Ryushin.  I was very proud of our karate students.  They did an awesome job.  Thank you to Mr. Akstens for taking photos and Ms. Driscoll for Videoing.

 Meeting Manhattan Beach Residents at the Summer Camp Expo

After our karate Demonstration, all of us returned to our booth in the back so we could meet the residents of Manhattan Beach and talk with them about our karate summer camp.  We met several hundred people and saw some old friends as well.  From this Sumer Camp expo at the Manhattan Beach Middle School I know we will have an awesome karate summer camp this year!!

L.A. Budo karate Summer Camp

L.A. Budo in Manhattan Beach, will be holding a karate Summer Camp starting on June 25 and running all summer long.  We will be having week long Summer Camps as well as multi-week Summer Camps.  Though it is a karate based summer camp dduing the week we also will be doing several arts and crafts as well as field Trips, fitness events and tons of fun drills and games. Each week of Summer Camp will have a specific theme, such as Super Heroes week, Fitness week, Green or Earth week, etc.  That way children that attend more than one week of summer camp will still have as much fun during the second or third week as they did during the first week.

All students who passed

February Belt Promotions at L.A. Budo Martial Arts in Manhattan Beach

Congratulations on All those Students that promoted to their next belt today!!

Also Special Congraultations to all those that Received a Character Awards

Tommy and Jason earned a Trophy for 180 acts of Self-Discipline

Caitlin, Holden, John, and Shane,  earned a Gold medal for 180 acts of Self-Discipline

Leadership judo training wiht Osugi Sensei and cross dojo randori (Sparring) Session with L.A. Budo  and Sawtelle Judo

From 10-11:15 AM Osugi Sensei,  my Judo coach will be visiting to teach our Leadership team.

This will help all students improve their throwing abilities which will intern help with belt promotion.

From 12:30 to 2:30 PM We will be having a cross dojo randori (Sparring) Session with L.A. Budo  and Sawtelle Judo.  Both schools learned a lot last and this time should be no exception.  You get to train and spar with with Judo Brown and Black Belts.  This will surely take your throwing game to another level.

Last time’s Video

Everyone was very excited as well as nervous.  Everyone registered and weighted in without a hitch.  The Grappling Tournament started a 11 Am and the Very First bout was Henry.  Henry lost his first match but won his next matches and ended up bringing home the GOLD!!  Amin was up next and he fought, enduring a Rear Naked choke for as long as he could, and came home with a Bronze. Madelyn was up next and her first opponent was a big girl compared to Madelyn, but she faced her without fear.  Unlike another boy in the division who refused to grapple Madelyn’s opponent.  I am also proud of how she fought, and she also came home with a Bronze Medal.  W3e4 had to wait a LONG time For Jason (Sensei Moore)’s fight.  He fought hard and his first opponent remarked that he Jason was really fast and explosive and his opponent could not stay on his feet.  Jason’s Second Match he also got the takedown but could not secure a win.  Since Friday was his birthday, I had hoped he would get a golden present today.  Definitely next time! Everyone did extremely well and I know they ALL learned a lot.

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