There will be no adult martial arts classes during the week of November 22 due to the Thanksgiving break.  Additionally, there will be no BJJ class on Friday, November 19 though the classroom will still be available for students of the class to roll during that time.  The only class meeting during the week of November 22 will be the youth martial arts class on Tuesday at 6 pm.  Regular class schedule resumes November 29.

On the fitness side, there will be Elite Training on Monday and Wednesday during normal times.  There will be no Elite on Friday.

Enjoy your break, everyone.

Titan Fitness & Martial Arts is proud to be hosting an Erik Paulson MMA seminar November 13 & 14, 2010. This seminar marks the fourth year in a row that this living legend and mixed martial arts pioneer has come to State College. Erik Paulson was a two-time light heavyweight shootwrestling champion. Following his fighting career, Mr. Paulson founded the fighting system Combat Submission Wrestling (CSW), one of the few complete mixed martial arts systems in the world today. It combines all elements of MMA to include boxing, Thai boxing, clinching, takedowns, and submissions. Mr. Paulson has had a tremendous influence on the present day mixed martial arts community training such notable fighters as Sean Sherk, Josh Barnett, James Wilks, and present UFC heavyweight champion, Brock Lesnar.

Titan Fitness & Martial Arts is proud to be the only facility in Central Pennsylvania certified to teach Mr. Paulson’s comprehensive mixed martial arts fighting system. If you are interested in mixed martial arts, we encourage you to attend this amazing seminar.  The event will be held at our new, state of the art MMA facility at 127 Sowers Street in State College, PA.

EVENT INFORMATION

Location:
Titan Fitness & Martial Arts at Lionheart Fitness
127 Sowers Street, State College, PA 16801  (814) 235-1015

Dates & Times:
Saturday, November 13, 2010 from 11 AM to 5 PM & Sunday, November 14, 2010 from 10 AM to 3:30 PM

Prices
$175 for both days and $90 for one day of training if you register by October 24.
$200 for both days and $110 for one day of training if you register after October 24.
Payments can be made via check (payable to Titan Fitness), Credit Card, PayPal, or Money Order

Hotel Accommodations
Imperial 400 Motor Inn, 118 S. Atherton Street, State College, PA  (800) 782-0716 or (814) 237-7686
Special Seminar Rate of $49/Night if booked by October 29 (Mention “Titan Fitness” to get that rate)

Equipment Recommendations
Mandatory:  Workout Clothes, Bag Gloves, Shin Pads, Cup, Mouthpiece, Wrestling Shoes, Notebook & Penn
Optional:  Thai Pads, Focus Mits, MMA Goves, Wrestling Head Gear

If you have questions or want to register, call us at 814/235-1015 or email us at info@titanfitness.com.  A limited number of spots will be made available so register soon.  Do yourself a favor and take advantage of having the great Erik Paulson right here in State College.

All of us at Titan Fitness & Martial Arts would like to welcome back all Penn State students for the Fall 2010 semester.  We are looking forward to a great year here of martial arts and boxing instruction.  As Central Pennsylvania’s premier martial arts and fitness facility, we offer classes in mixed martial arts, Thai boxing, women’s kickboxing, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and boxing.  Memberships also include full use of the most state-of-the-art fitness facilities in the area.  If you are interested in getting involved in any of our programs, we welcome you to call us at 814/235-1015 or email us at info@titanfitness.com to schedule your free lesson as a way to try out the program.  The start date for most of our new classes will occur during the week of August 30, 2010.  Consult our schedule to see when the class of your choice is meeting.  We look forward to having you as a part of Titan Fitness & Martial Arts.

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.