Ted Czech, author of the MMA Explosion blog at yorkblog.com wrote an in-depth article on Titan MMA fighter, Tyler Saltsman.  It is definitely worth the read as is keeping up with everything going on in PA mixed martial arts at Ted’s blog.  Enjoy the article.

http://www.yorkblog.com/mma/2010/06/tyler-xuan-saltsman-taking-his.html

Titan Fitness & Martial Arts is pleased to announce an expanded Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu class schedule that starts this Monday, June 28.  The following schedule offers students the possibility of 15 hours per week of BJJ.

Monday through Friday 8 am – 9 am (free roll)
Gi Classes:  Monday 6-7 pm, Tuesday 5-6 pm, Wednesday 6-7 pm, Thursday 5-6 pm, Friday 5-6 pm
No-Gi Classes:  Monday -Thursday 7-8 pm, Friday 6-7 pm

Summer classes are being taught by BJJ practitioner and MMA fighter, Ben Grove.  Ben is a blue belt and a former wrestler with 10 years of experience.  Following a brief collegiate boxing career, he turned to MMA to fulfill his need for competition.  After training in BJJ for two years and competing in five amateur MMA fights, Ben traveled to Brazil to train with some of the world’s finest BJJ greats in schools where some of the finest MMA and BJJ fighters have trained.  Ben trained with over 40 black belts, including many world champions.  On August 13, Ben will fight in his first professional MMA debut in Scranton, PA.  We invite students to train and benefit from Ben’s considerable talent and newfound knowledge from his extensive training experience in the founding country of BJJ.

Existing students are encouraged to attend as many sessions as possible.  New Penn State students, especially incoming freshmen, are welcome to schedule a free lesson in BJJ.  We are conveniently located at Lionheart Fitness in downtown State College walking distance from all dorms and downtown apartment complexes.  Call 814/235-1015 or email us at info@titanfitness.com to schedule your free lesson.

It’s going to be a great summer at Titan Fitness & Martial Arts and we want you to be a part of it.  Classes have started with beginners classes starting next week.  For anyone who want to get involved in our classes, we encourage to contact to schedule your free lesson.  Call us at 814/235-1015 or email us at info@titanfitness.com to make your appointment.  Check out this link to find the class that best suits your schedule.

http://www.titanfitness.com/blog/schedule

Mike (on the left) training with Os (on the right)

Titan Fitness & Martial Arts is proud to announce the addition of Osahon Omo-Osagie (“Os”) and Michael Kowalski.  Os will be overseeing the Boxing II while Mike will be running the Boxing I class during the summer semester slated to begin May 17, 2010.  The boxing program will be overseen by Head Boxing Instructor and Penn State Boxing Coach, Dave Vacco.  Both instructors have ties to Penn State Boxing, one as an assistant coach, the other as a competitor.  We invite you to review their bios at the following links.

http://www.titanfitness.com/blog/staff/osahon-omo-osagie

http://www.titanfitness.com/blog/staff/michael-kowalski

The Titan Fitness & Martial Arts summer schedule has been posted.  We will be conducting classes during under the spring schedule until Wednesday, May 5.  We will then be on break until classes resume on Monday, May 17.

Free lessons are available at any time for new students.  Contact us at 814/235-1015 or via email at info@titanfitness.com to schedule your free session.

On Sunday, April 25, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt and MMA Professional Fighter, Tim Carpenter paid Titan a visit and conducted a BJJ/MMA seminar.  The seminar was well received by the students of both the Gi and No-Gi training sessions.  We look forward to having Tim back again in the near future for another day of great instruction from one of the finest practitioners in this part of the United States.

At the seminar, Titan Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu student, Alex Romanenko, was promoted to the rank of Blue Belt.  Congratulations from all of us at Titan for this accomplishment.

Two Penn State boxers earned All-American status at the NCBA National Championships at West Point this past weekend.  Long-time Titan members, AJ Williams (165 lbs.) and Jay Petraitis (175 lbs.) both advanced to the semi-finals of their respective weight classes to become All-Americans.  We at Titan Fitness & Martial Arts would like to congratulate the fighters.  Additionally, kudos must go out to Penn State boxing coach and Titan Boxing instructor, Dave Vacco, in guiding his fighters to such an excellent season and result at Nationals that also included two other national qualifiers, Matt Roy and Justin Portal.

Titan Fitness & Martial Arts is proud to announce the addition of Tyler Saltsman to our staff as Titan’s new Wrestling coach.  Tyler is a four-time state champion from New Hampshire.  He is a former Penn State wrestler who is now going to pursue an MMA career through his training at Titan.  With the addition of Tyler, the mixed martial arts program becomes even more enhanced as he brings a wealth of knowledge to improve every student’s ground skills.  For more on the tremendous credentials Tyler brings to Titan, check out his bio at http://www.titanfitness.com/blog/staff/tyler-saltsman.

Starting this Sunday, March 21, free roll sessions will meet each Sunday at 2 pm.  Titan Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instructor, Bill Algeo, will be supervising the sessions.  You are invited to roll with other classmates and students from other classes to improve your ground game.  These session are free of charge.  We look forward to seeing all of you this Sunday at 2 pm.