Congratulations to the Spring 2011 Combat Submission Wrestling Level I recipients.  Back Row:  Tyler Saltsman (instructor), Paul Teupel, Cal Lampenfeld, William Shastka, Bruce Lombard (head instructor).  Front Row:  Agus Wiojaja, Bill Nash, Bruce Randall.

Spring 2011 CSW Level I Recipients and Instructors

Titan Fitness & Martial Arts MMA students train in MMA pioneer Erik Paulson’s Combat Submission Wrestling, one of the most complete mixed martial arts systems in the world.  Titan students achieved rank in CSW over the past month.  We congratulate Todd Fuller, Tyler Higgins, and Shawn Slater for being promoted to Student Level 4, Mike Putnam and Tyler Saltsman for advancing to Student Level 3, and to new students Steve Kaczowka and Seth Kimmel on achieving their Student Level 1 certifications.  They should all be proud of their accomplishments.

http://www.titanfitness.com/blog/titan-csw-rankings

Founder
Erik Paulson

Coach Level 2
Bruce Lombard

Student Level 4
Todd Fuller
Tyler Higgins
Shawn Slater

Student Level 3
Mike Putnam
Tyler Saltsman

Bruce Lombard, Tyler Higgins, Tyler Saltsman, and Shawn Slater

Student Level 1
Steve Kaczowka
Seth Kimmel
Paul Teupel
Cal Lampenfeld
William Shastka
Agus Wiojaja
Bill Nash
Bruce Randall

Spring 2011 CSW Level I Recipients and Instructors. Back Row: Tyler Saltsman, Paul Teupel, Cal Lampenfeld, William Shastka, Bruce Lombard. Front Row: Agus Wiojaja, Bill Nash, Bruce Randall

Bruce Lombard, Steve Kaczowka, Seth Kimmel, Tyler Saltsman

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 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.

Tyler Saltsman started wrestling in 6th grade losing only three matches during his middle school career while capturing two state titles and a New England title. Tyler went on to win state titles in all four years of high school becoming only the second wrestler in the history of the state of New Hampshire to be a four-time state champion. Tyler was also a New England champion and was the only wrestler ever in his school’s history to win 50 straight matches in one season. Tyler compiled a high school record of 168-9 and was a high school All-American.  Tyler was also honored with selection into the High School Wrestling Hall of Fame.

Tyler selected Penn State to pursue his college wrestling career.  He redshirted at Penn State during his freshman year and my sophomore year.  After his sophomore year season Tyler won a wrestle off and started for the Nittany Lions posting a winning record until deciding to leave the team to pursue his MMA career at Titan where he also serves as the Titan Wrestling coach.

Titan Fitness & Martial Arts Staff

Paul Zelinka

Owner & Certified Personal Trainer

Bruce Lombard

Martial Arts Director, Mixed Martial Arts & Women’s Kickboxing Instructor

Bill Algeo

Titan Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Instructor

Tyler Saltsman

Titan Wrestling Instructor

Dave Vacco

Head Boxing Instructor

Osahon Omo-Osagie

Boxing II Instructor & Youth Martial Arts Instructor

Michael Kowalski

Boxing I Instructor

Dan Testa

Assistant Boxing Instructor

Sam Hartman

Filipino Martial Arts Instructor

Kathy Morrow

Youth Martial Arts Instructor

Ryan Russo

Youth Assistant Martial Arts Instructor