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New Era in Youth Martial Arts Begins September 6

Paul — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 20:19:06 +0000

Youth Martial Arts classes resume Tuesday, September 6 at 6:30. They will meet every Tuesday and Thursday at 6:30.

We are pleased to announce the hire of our new youth martial arts instructor, Osahon Omo-Osagie (“Os”). Os has been the boxing II instructor for Titan for the last year and now will bring his martial arts knowledge and infectious energy to our youth program.

Os has been an NCBA champion boxer at Lock Haven, collegiate coach at both Lock Haven and Penn State, competitive Thai boxer, MMA student (certified under Bruce Lombard, Titan MMA Director and Coach Level II in CSW), Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu student, and now professional boxer. Additionally, Os has been involved with the area youth in both before and after school counseling and developmental programs. He is also the father to a five-year old son.

If you would like to try a free lesson in our youth martial arts program, simply call (814/235-1015) or email us (info@titanfitness.com) to schedule your child’s free lesson.

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

Spring 2011 Class Schedule

Paul — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 15:16:36 +0000

The Sprng 2011 class schedule is available for your review. We are offering our standard classes in mixed martial arts/combat submission wrestling, women’s kickboxing, boxing, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and youth martial arts. For more details, check out the link listed below. It includes start dates and times for all the classes. For beginners to martial arts, contact us at 814/235-1015 or info@titanfitness.com to inquire about classes and to schedule your FREE lesson. It’s going to be a great spring semester. We look forward to having you with us.

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Fall 2010 Class Scheduled Released

Paul — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 22:29:53 +0000

We have just released our Fall 2010 class schedule, our most ambitious schedule to date. We are offering our standard classes in mixed martial arts, women’s kickboxing, and boxing. We will continue to teach Brazilian jiu-jitsu classes as well as we have since last March. The Thai boxing classes will include a beginners class to along with our advanced class for those students who want to specialize in the stand up kickboxing style. Youth martial arts classes are also going to be offered. For more details, check out the link listed below. It includes start dates and times for all the classes. For beginners to martial arts, contact us at 814/235-1015 or info@titanfitness.com to inquire about classes and to schedule your FREE lesson. It’s going to be a great fall. Join us for a great ride!

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

Titan Adds New Boxing Instructors to Staff

Paul — Sun, 02 May 2010 22:08:24 +0000

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

Osahon Omo-Osagie

Paul — Sun, 02 May 2010 12:42:47 +0000

Osahon Omo-Osagie (“Os”) is the Boxing II instructor for Titan Fitness & Martial Arts. In addition, Os will be taking over as the youth martial arts instructor in the Fall 2011.

Os has been involved with the sport of boxing for over ten years. He boxed for four years in college at Lock Haven University. In that time, he earned two All-American awards, three regional championship titles, a National Runner up title, and in his final year, he won the 2004 National Collegiate Boxing Championships in Las Vegas, Nevada. After that, he competed in the amateur ranks until deciding he was ready to turn pro. In pursuit of his dream, he moved back to New York City to train at Johns Gym in the Bronx for two years where he worked with world class professional boxers. Since then, Os has returned to State College where this past summer, he fulfilled his dream of becoming a professional boxer.

Os has been involved with martial arts for a large part of his life. He presently is a certified student under Bruce Lombard in Combat Submission Wrestling, the MMA system created by pioneer, fighter, champion, and coach, Erik Paulson. Os also studies Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Thai Boxing. He has competed and was victorious in his debut as a Thai boxer last fall.

As a coach, Os was hired as an assistant coach of the University of Lock Haven. In his second year of coaching, Lock Haven won the team National Championship. He later started coaching at a local fitness club he trained over 20 students. He served as an assistant coach for the Penn State University Boxing Team for the last two years and will continue in that capacity in the coming season.

Along with his impressive martial arts/boxing participant and coaching resume, Os has been involved with the a before and after school child development and family counseling program in area elementary schools. Previous to that, he ran his own boxing program for adults and at-risk youth in the Lock Haven, PA area for two years. He is also a very active father to a five-year old son.

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Michael Kowalski

Paul — Sun, 02 May 2010 12:39:18 +0000

Michael Kowalski is a boxing instructor at Titan Fitness & Martial Arts. Mike has been boxing since 2006. Formerly, Michael was a student in the Titan Boxing program. Mike went on to become a member of the Penn State Boxing Team. He competed for the team during the 2009-2010 Collegiate Boxing season and fought five times. He took third place in the ECBA Regional Tournament.

Penn State Boxers Excel at Nationals

Paul — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:27:16 +0000

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 & Penn State Boxing Alliance

Paul — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:28:20 +0000

Titan Fitness & Martial Arts is proud to have a continued affiliation with Penn State Boxing. As the unofficial “second home” of Penn State Boxing, we are proud to announce that we continue to offer discounted gym memberships and boxing instruction to all members of the Penn State Boxing team and club members. For more information, call us at 814/235-1015 or email us at info@titanfitness.com for more details.

For those interested in joining the Penn State Boxing Club, you can sign up Wednesday, August 26 at the White Building gym from 7 pm to 11 pm. If you miss that meeting, but still would like to sign up, contact Penn State Boxing Club President, Tyler Choura via email at tjc5107@psu.edu.

After you join the boxing club, be sure to enhance your training with a discounted membership at Titan Fitness & Martial Arts. We are located at 412 W. College Avenue in downtown State College. Remember to mention your club membership to get the discount. We look forward to having all of you as members at Central Pennsylvania’s only full-time, full service martial arts and boxing facility.

Follow Titan Fitness & Martial Arts on Facebook

Paul — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:46:04 +0000

Titan Fitness & Martial Arts has a fan page on Facebook. We encourage all Titan members and people interested in becoming members to sign up to become a fan. Also, invite your friends to check us out. Sign up to keep track of all the goings on at Titan Fitness including class information, fighter results, upcoming events, and general information about Central Pennsylvania’s only full-time, full service martial arts and boxing facility serving the Penn State and greater State College communities.

Simply log on your Facebook account, and go to the link below to “join the club”.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/State-College-PA/Titan-Fitness-Martial-Arts/21262699735?ref=ts

FREE Martial Arts Lessons for Beginners at Titan Fitness, State College, PA

TitanBruce — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 08:04:51 +0000

Titan Fitness is located one block off the Penn State Campus and has been providing FREE Martial Arts lessons in the State College, Penn State, and Central PA region for over fifteen years.

Titan Fitness and Martial Arts offers a FREE lesson to any individual interested in pursuing Martial Arts training at the Titan facility. Free Lessons are normally offered weekly throughout the year. This FREE opportunity is valuable to the participant to help them make a decision if martial arts training is for them without having to commit any financial responsibility!!!

FREE lessons are offered in: Mixed Martial Arts, Muay Thai(kickboxing), Women’s Kickboxing, Women’s Self-Defense, Co-ed Boxing, Submission Grappling, and Filipino Weapons Training.

To set up a FREE lesson, call (814)235-1015 or email, info@titanfitness.com