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August 22, 2011

Annapolis and Martial Arts? Why form Ivey League MMA?

Martial Arts and the Annapolis area, IL MMA Odd as it may be a lot of people over the years have asked me about Annapolis Maryland and why I choose to come here to open up an MMA academy. Funny as it may be I hadn’t planned on opening up shop here in Annapolis at all. I was going to relocate back to the Midwest and do some things there but things changed for the better… Anyhow, below is the story of how Ivey League MMA came to be… I was working for Master Lloyd Irvin at his academy in Camp Springs/Temple Hills Maryland. I was teaching most of the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and nogi classes. It was December of 2007 and he told me it was time to get a move on and open up shop or at least see the world. At first I was kind of like “I […]

July 17, 2011

The inverted triangle, this move is for real folks

The inverted triangle, this move is for real folks Before I even write this story I should point out that this technique is far from new. Ah let me think about the first time I first saw the inverted triangle…good gracious it was back in 1997 when my instructor at the time was showing it to help with defense to the crossbody position(a common position in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and MMA) The funny thing about a lot of techniques, including the inverted triangle, used in both in BJJ and MMA is that you sometimes forget them. So what’s old is now new, much like the reverse triangle. I have to be the first to admit that I forgot this technique like most others did. Then I was watching some clips from the ADCC 2009 tournament and saw a match where it was used to win the whole division. I saw it […]

June 27, 2011

2 new blue belts at Ivey League Mixed Martial arts

Tonight was an awesome night for a few reasons, one was the great classes of course and the other was the promotion of 2 outstanding citizens and students. Danny “Red” Heath and Brandon “Big B” Hendrickson. They both moved to the rank of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu blue belt! Congrats guys, well earned indeed! I thought I’d talk the time for tonight’s blog to write a little story about both guys and how they came to get the blue belt. Lets start with Danny Heath. Danny Heath started at Ivey League MMA from the first day back on March 3rd, 2008 (he was at my grand opening when we were at a gymnastics center). When he came to us he was just a skinny kid with a willingness to learn like no other. Danny started out wanting to be a MMA fighter and even won a Muay Thai bout in July of […]

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