Category: ACAF

While Master Mahan is deployed to Iraq for his 3rd tour, I can be reached using the contact form with any program or  membership questions for Let’s Get Training and The American Combat Arts Federation.  Your email will also reach Master Mahan, but I will be the main contact.

Jim, we wish you a successful mission!

Respectfully,

Matt Munson

Saturday, January 19, 2008

American Combat Arts Federation Holds Weapons Seminar!

Instructed by Master Jim Mahan

Module One will cover:

Basic Single Stick:

• Basic striking angles
• Basic blocking techniques
• Basic weapon disarming techniques
• Basic joint locking techniques
• Basic Single Stick pattern or form
• Training exercises to develop this skill set
• Sparring exercises to develop this skill set

Basic Double Stick:

• Basic Double Stick striking angles
• Basic Double Stick blocking techniques
• Basic Double Stick disarming techniques
• Basic Sinawali patterns

Module Two will cover:

Basic Knife:

• Basic Knife slashing and stabbing angles
• Basic Knife interception techniques
• Basic Knife disarming techniques
• Basic Knife pattern or form
• Training exercises to develop this skill set
• Sparring exercises to develop this skill set

Module 1 will be held 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., cost = $75
Module 2 will be held 3:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., cost = $60
If attending both Modules, total cost = $110

Location: CrossFit Champions, Spring, TX.

Contact Matt (281-636-3087 or use the contact form here) immediately to reserve your spot!

It appears that I’ll be delayed in my deployment to Iraq in December. We have been notified that we will not deploy until after the New Year. Good News!

I’ll be contacting Affiliates and Instructors next week to discuss possible training opportunities.

Talk to all of you soon!

As the saying goes, time flies. I’ll be heading out to Iraq in the next couple of months. I have tried to reach all those of you who are affiliates, independant instructors, and students and communicate goals and strategies for the time that I’ll be gone.

If I have missed you, please don’t be offended; contact me as our member roster may be inaccurate. I’ll contact you immediately once you let me know.

In the time that I’ll be gone you can still contact our VP Master Roger Lewis for guidance and information. For membership and other instructional materials needs, please contact our Secretary General, Mr. Matt Munson. He’ll be able to take care of all your needs.

I hope to be able to talk with or train with most of you before I go. Once I am deployed, I’ll be sending back updates and pictures so interested folks can see what is going on with my third Iraq deployment.

Until then, Let’s Get Training!

We welcome Norman Vaden from Ft Worth, Texas to our Grappling family. He brings a wealth of experience and I for one and very excited that he is with us. He is currently a Level 2 Instructor under Frank Shamrock and works out of the LA Boxing Gym there in Ft Worth.

We will post his contact information on the Instructors page once we get it nailed down properly. Look for it!

Well, I’m back from a long 7 weeks at Ft Benning. It’s good to be back home and at work. I’ll be going back to Iraq (for a third dang time) in a few short months, so it’s very hectic here.

I’ll be going to Matt Munson’s this weekend for some training and to meet some potential members to our organization. Matt and Pam always do things up nice so we will have a great time. If you are up for getting into great physical shape, you owe it to yourself to contact Matt and Pam at CrossFit Champions!

Hello everyone!

As you can see, I have not posted lately. I have been training and in the field with my Army unit. We are preparing for yet another combat deployment to Iraq. I’ll be gone until the end of April and then will be going to a Professional Development course for 6 weeks in May. I’ll be back soon. Until then, keep training and get off the X!

Jim

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