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2009 – A big year for Fight Core!
Highlight of Fight Core in 2009
JANUARY
Kyacey Uscola heads to Salt Lake City to get acclimated to the higher elevation before his fight with Hank Weiss on Febuary 20th at the Energy Solutions Arena.
Brian Yamasaki and Brandon Kiser start working on the Ultimate Combat Experience as guest commentators for the long time friend Mike Stidham. Tune in [...]
The 2010 Fight Core shirt line up is in the works
Stay tuned for the 2010 line up of Fight Core shirts and gear. Yamasaki and I have been everywhere from Puerto Rico to Boise pumping our merchandise and sponsoring fighters, wrestling teams, local musicians and models.
The new products will start being released in November 2009.
Brian Yamasaki and Brandon Kiser featured on Hapkido TV
Check out HapkidoTV.com to see Brian and I as we discuss the relationship between MMA and Street Self Defense.
It was fun being on the other end of the interview in a show with a format very similar to ours. Basically Allen Hughes of Hapkido TV goes around and interviews people with mucho bad assness the [...]
And still the reining Welter Weight Gladiator Challenge Champion
After weeks of drilling fight specific combos, Jake Paul went out and KO’d Lee Doss in 5 seconds using the core technique we built for this fight.
A solid training camp was assembled for Jake, Johnny and Jeremy. It brought together the experience of three coaches. Cade Janjira, Brian Yamasaki and Brandon Kiser. Unfortunately for Johnny and [...]
Mushin to participate in Mike Stidhams new reality TV vison
Yamasaki and I are stepping out of our comfort zone to participate in the all new ULTIMATE COMBAT EXPERIENCE.
The show appears to be moving in a slightly new direction by putting more emphasis on the EXPERIENCE. Fighters audition for the show and are assigned to an MMA Gym where they will be prepared for their MMA fight debut by professional [...]
Big things happening in the little old Mushin Gym
Mushin Self Defense barely has 1,000 square feet of training space but that hasn’t stopped the Mushin Crew from makin big things happen.
The gym has a hard core yet cozy vibe with an old school feel to it. Long before the big chain gyms and MMA Super Centers like Throwdown came to town, Yamasaki and I [...]
Introducing the Welter Weight Gladiator Champion – Jake Paul
It was well worth driving 7 hours to Wendover to see Jake Paul defeat Lee Doss in the 2nd round of the Gladiator Challenge Championship.
Due to a crash on I-80 West, the drive from Salt Lake to Wendover ended up taking us about seven hours instead of two. We tried 3 different routes. The 1st two were closed by [...]
2 more W’s for the Bernales institute
Aaron Okura and Paul Roberts both represented the Bernales Institute in the Ultimate Combat Experience.
Aaron Okura went to decision with one of the toughest 135 pounders in the UCE. It was an all out war and a close fight. At times Aaron was able to out wrestle the wrestler by getting take downs and obtaining [...]
Fight Core Shoot
See the pictures from the shoot on the shopping page!
We were slangin a lot of baby oil and hittin mad bicep curls at Mushin for our Fight Core Shoot.
Yamasaki broke out the video camera and captured the dorkiness of me and Jake getting pumped up for the pics. I am sure that footage will end [...]
10th Planet JJ seminar with Ari Bolden
This little weekend adventure to Idaho for a seminar all started when Yamasaki began posting pieces of our old TV show Taking it to the MMAT on the internet. As he was doing this he stumbled across a the profile of a guy who had thousands of members which eventually took Yamasaki to a website called submissions101.com. The site [...]
