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Titan Fitness: Successful MMA and Muay Thai Fighters In State College, PA

TitanBruce — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 00:44:10 +0000

Titan Fitness and Martial Arts continues to be the leader in the State College and the Centre region for MMA and Muay Thai development. Team Titan, located in downtown State College(127 Sowers Street), has developed over a dozen competitve amateur MMA and Muay Thai fighters in the last four years. These dedicated athletes have combined for a 19-9-3 overall record against strong fighters from Philadelphia and Boston, and gyms from Deleware, New Jersey, Maryland, Ohio, Michigan, New York, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania.

Team Titan, training within Titan Fitness & Martial Arts will continue to test their skills, knowledge, and goals in competition.

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.

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

Tyler Saltsman Article in Popular MMA Blog

Paul — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:13:07 +0000

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

Tim Carpenter Seminar at Titan

Paul — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 18:08:44 +0000

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.

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Comes to Titan

Paul — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:25:15 +0000

Titan Fitness & Martial Arts is proud to announce the addition of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. BJJ classes will officially start Tuesday, March 16 and meet every Tuesday and Thursday from 8 pm to 9 pm and on Fridays from 5 pm to 6 pm. Gi and no Gi classes will be taught. We are excited to offer this new addition to our MMA programs.

The BJJ classes will be taught by Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Purple Belt, Bill Algeo. Bill started martial arts at 14 years of age. Bill wrestled throughout high school and eventually received an All-State title. Bill continued to coach wrestling and in 2007 found BJJ. He soon after received his blue belt from Phil Migliarese and in 2009 he earned his purple belt. He haswon many advanced divisions from NAGA, Grapplers Quest, US Grappling and various smaller tournaments. Bill has trained with some of the best MMA fighters Philadelphia has to offer and has taught BJJ for the last year and a half at MMA/BJJ schools. We are honored to welcome Mr. Algeo to our staff.

Bill Algeo after a victory at a NAGA tournament

Titan Spring Semester Special

Paul — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 23:59:03 +0000

We are proud to announce our Spring Semester Special. This comes in conjunction with our relocation to Lionheart Fitness on 127 Sowers Street. Students interested in taking mixed martial arts, women’s kickboxing, Thai boxing, Filipino martial arts, boxing, or youth martial arts classes can enroll for the low, introductory price of only $60/month. This special expires as of January 25. This price includes your class plus a full gym usage of Lionheart Fitness’ state of the art facility. Call now to schedule your free lesson so you can take advantage of this great price. Please check out our websites www.titanfitness.com and www.lionheartfit.com for complete information about our organizations.

Future Titan Born on Christmas Day

Paul — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:42:26 +0000

Titan Fitness & Martial Arts would like to congratulate Titan mixed martial arts student, Tom Seifried and his wife on the birth of their first child on December 25 at 4:45 pm. Their son and future Titan, Jameson Walter Seifried was born weighing 7 lbs. 4 oz. at a length of 20 inches. Tom reports that everyone is doing great despite the lack of sleep for the new parents. Congratulations to the Seifrieds on this blessed event.

Titan Announces Early Enrollment Free Lesson Schedule

Paul — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:41:00 +0000

Titan Fitness & Martial Arts is now inviting future members to schedule their free introductory lessons in December for enrollment in our Spring 2010 classes. Completing your free lesson now ensures your spot in our popular classes and gives you a free gym membership in December leading up to the start of your class in January.

The following is our initial schedule starting during the week of December 7, 2009.
Mixed Martial Arts: Tuesday, December 8, 2009, 5 pm
Women’s Kickboxing: Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 7 PM
Boxing: Thursday, December 10, 2009, 6 PM

Other free lessons will be available later in December and throughout the months of January and February.

Call us at 814/235-1015 or email us at info@titanfitness.com to get more information on scheduling your free lesson.

Note to existing students: if you have friends or family that are interested in enrolling in any of our classes, mention the free lesson to them. If they decide to enroll, you receive a $20 referral. Nothing like some cold hard cash to help during the holidays.

Erik Paulson Returns to Titan for Third Straight Year

Paul — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:15:37 +0000

Combat Submission Wrestling (CSW) Founder and Mixed Martial Arts Legend, Erik Paulson conducted a two day seminar at Titan Fitness & Martial Arts in State College on October 24 & 25. This marks the third consecutive year that Mr. Paulson visited Central Pennsylvania to teach his brand of mixed martial arts, arguably the most complete MMA system in existence. Students from Titan Fitness, Virginia, New York, and other schools in Pennsylvania attended the two-day seminar. Titan Fitness & Martial Arts will be hosting another Erik Paulson seminar November 13 & 14, 2010. If you are interested in attending, continue to monitor our website at www.titanfitness.com for registration details as we get closer to the event.

Photos courtesy of Titan Fitness MMA student, Cedric De Toffel

Ryan Russo

Paul — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:42:48 +0000

Ryan Russo is an assistant youth Jeet Kune Do instructor. Ryan started taking boxing lessons during his sophomore year of high school. Upon his attendance at Penn State, Ryan began taking mixed martial arts classes at Titan Fitness & Martial Arts and has remained a Titan member for the past two years. Ryan worked with kids at the Child Development and Family Council of Centre County for a year as an assistant group supervisor. After graduating with a degree in Psychology at Penn State during the spring of 2009, he was hired at the Meadows Psychiatric Center as a mental health technician II on the children’s unit, a position he still has today.