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My two most influential teachers are Tom Weissmuller and Frank Shamrock.

   

      

     

One of Tom’s teachers was Matt Hume. Hume founded United Full Contact Federation in order to sanction amateur pankration events that Tom competed in.
Hume is the co-founder and head trainer at AMC Pankration in Kirkland and he’s trained several champions and world-class fighters.

   

One of Frank’s teachers was Javier Mendez who founded the MMA Gym American Kickboxing Academy.
Mendez became the only trainer to have three concurrent UFC Champions; Cain Velasquez at heavyweight, Daniel Cormier at light heavyweight and Luke Rockhold at middleweight. In January 2023, MMAjunkie.com awarded Mendez and Khabib Nurmagomedov as 2022 Coaches of the Year.

 

Testimonial

I was impressed, my first day of class, by the informal atmosphere. Everyone is introduced to the program at their own pace according to their abilities and background. There is lots of encouragement, not intimidation. The class time is well structured and makes good use of the time. The instructor uses a broad range of effective but basic and easy to learn techniques that a student puts into action much more quickly than “traditional” schools. My personal reasons for going to this school is that I can get a brisk workout (about as much or as little as I put into it) and learn a skill at the same time. There are no pressures to get to that next rank level. You’ll know if your skills are getting sharper without a new rank to show your friends. After a bad day at work, this is an excellent way to get out those frustrations and get a good nights sleep.

~ Bill Miller, Maintenance Technician

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