Muay Thai Event

By CHANDLERMMA|2018-07-03T12:13:49-07:00July 2nd, 2018|Categories: Entertainment, Events, MMA|Tags: Chandler MMA, ChandlerMMA, mma, Muay Thai, Sport Fitness|

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We have a Muay Thai main event that will be off the hook!!!!!!

Undefeated @elchingonleon from @chandlermma and @sitangymaz makes his comeback fight on the ROP stage against standout MMA/Muay Thai fighter @cedrickatambwa from @azcombatsports.

They will fight for the WMTA ROP Arizona Middleweight Championship.

We can’t wait!!!!!

September 8th at the @therialtotucson.

Both competitors will have tickets to sell by next week!

#ROP5 #rumbleattherialto @world_muay_thai_allianceRene Leon Cedric Katambwa Chandler MMA Sitan Gym Arizona AZ Combat Sports Sunstreet Mortgage, LLC Clement Vierra The Prime Leaf

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MASTER PAUL MCGOWAN

Owner | Head Instructor

MASTER TREY PRANG

Tae Kwon Do (TKD) & Muay Thai Instructor

ULY NAVARRETE

Kenpo Instructor

J.J. BREWER-SCHELL

Kenpo Instructor

JIM MARTINEZ

Head Wrestling Coach

PAUL LUSE

Fitness Coach

VINNY ARZAGA

Tae Kwon Do (TKD) & Muay Thai Instructor

DERRIC

MMA Instructor

LINDSEY “DAMSEL” VANSANDT

MMA Instructor

KASEY TANNER

MMA COACH

CONNOR MCGOWAN

Tae Kwon Do (TKD), Muay Thai & Hapkido Instructor

CARSON LUSE

Tae Kwon Do (TKD), Muay Thai & Hapkido Instructor

MEHUL SHEKAR

Instructor

MASTER PAUL MCGOWAN

Owner | Head Instructor

CERTIFICATIONS & RANKS

Jeet Kune Do | Instructor

100%

Tae Kwon Do | 7th Degree

95%

HapKiDo | 7th Degree

95%

Muay Thai | Kru

95%

Police Tactics | Certified

100%

Martial Arts Hall of Fame | Inductee

100%

Judo | In Training

25%

Master McGowan continues to evolve as a Martial Artist. He is a 2nd generation Bruce Lee student via the late Richard Bustillo, an authority on Jeet Kune Do Concepts. Master McGowan continues to train annually at The IMB Academy & is currently training in Judo under the tut-tillage of Scott Decker.

He was born & raised in Ireland. He emigrated to NY when he was 18 year old. After 12 years of studying Martial Arts in NY he, his Wife Kara & 2 boys Connor & Declan moved to Arizona to fill his dream to open his own school.

Master McGowan is a Active Ironman & Marathon competitor. He sits on the advisory boards of 2GetherWelive.com & Chandler Tullamore sister cities. He is passionate about bringing awareness to the community about individuals with Intellectual development disabilities (IDD).

Master McGowan who is Originally from Tullamore, bridges a gap between both Chandler Arizona & Tullamore Ireland through cultural, economy & educational exchanges.

MASTER TREY PRANG

Tae Kwon Do (TKD) & Muay Thai Instructor

BIO COMING SOON

ULY NAVARRETE

Kenpo Instructor

Ulysses “Uly” Navarrete, or Mr. Uly as his students affectionately call him, began his martial arts career nearly 30 years ago in 1991 at Robinson’s Taekwondo in Sacramento, California under the tutelage of Grandmaster Clinton Robinson.

Over the years Mr. Uly has studied and trained in ATF and ITF styles of Taekwondo, Ed Parker’s American Kenpo, Jeff Speakman Kenpo 5.0 – a system derived from Ed Parker’s teachings which also incorporates Jiujitsu and Hapkido, and finally Okinawan Kenpo Karate Kobudo which includes open hand and traditional Okinawan weapons forms.

As a student of Okinawan Karate Kenpo Kobudo under Renshi Robyn Rush, Mr. Uly achieved the rank of Sandan, 3^rd Degree Black Belt, in February 2018.

Mr. Uly continues to broaden his mind, body and spirit by also cross training in Muay Thai and participating in boot camp, core and fitness classes.

His proudest achievement has been watching his daughter and son on their own martial arts journeys proving his mantra that “The family that kicks together, sticks together!” They too are students in the Kenpo program at CMMA.

Outside of martial arts Mr. Uly works with school districts all over the country providing online literacy solutions aimed at helping kids become better readers. He is a firm believer that literacy is the cure for poverty and provides the opportunity for every child to change their stars.

J.J. BREWER-SCHELL

Kenpo Instructor

J.J. Brewer-Schell teaches Okinawa Kenpo Karate and Kobudo.

J.J.’s daughter started her karate journey at age 6. While sitting on the sidelines and having only ‘Karate Kid’ as a reference point, she decided to jump into class and has never looked back.

J.J. started her journey in Okinawa Kenpo and slowly started to learn the basics. It never came easy. If someone else had to do a technique 100 times, she says she had to do it 1000 times. This gives her a unique and particularly patient perspective as a teacher.

Upon earning a brown belt in Kenpo, J.J. decided that she needed to improve her sparring game. That brought her to Chandler MMA and Muay Thai. She has trained and tested thru the second level curriculum and has even traveled to Thailand a few times to polish her knowledge.

J.J. is currently ranked second Dan in Okinawa Kenpo and proudly studies under Hanshi Larry Isaac, 10th Dan. Hanshi Isaac is a senior practitioner and a direct student of Odo Seikichi Sensei and Shimabukuro Eizo Sensei.

She is looking forward to the next stage of her martial arts journey and the many challenges that it will bring.

JIM MARTINEZ

Head Wrestling Coach

GRECO ROMAN

100%

FREESTYLE

100%

FOLKSTYLE

100%

CERTIFIED COACH

100%

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Pan American Games, Silver Medalist Greco-Roman Wrestling – 1983, Bronze Medalist – 1985
Olympic Games, Bronze Medalist Greco-Roman Wrestling – 1984
World Championships, Bronze Medalist Greco-Roman Wrestling – 1985
4x World Team Member
5 time National Greco-Roman Champion at 149.5 lbs – 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987
U.S. Freestyle National Championships 1985-5^th place, 1986-4^th place
2x – 3^rdplace finisher in NCAA Division I , 1979 -134 lbs, 1982 – 142 lbs
Big Ten Champion – 1979 – 134 lbs
Minnesota State High School Champion – 1977 – 132 lbs
Cadet Pan American Greco-Roman Team Coach – 2013 – Team Champion
USA Wrestling Developmental Coach of the Year – 2013
Inducted National Wrestling Hall of Champions – Alan and Gloria Rice Hall of Champions (2014)
Head Wrestling Coach Corona del Sol High School (2010-2019)

PAUL LUSE

Fitness Coach

Paul Luse is a Principal Software Engineer at the Intel corporation. He’s been a fitness fanatic for years and teaches his favorite mode of training right here at Chandler MMA – High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT). Paul has the following fitness related qualifications:

Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) from the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA)
Certified Olympic Lifting Coach from USA Weightlifting (USAW)
Certified Track & Field Coach from USA Track and Field (USATF)
Master of Science in Health Science / Sports Performance from The Rocky Mountain School for Health Professions
2^nd Degree Black Belt Hapkido, Chandler MMA
American Red Cross Certified CPR/AED
Advisory Board Member, AZ State Chapter of the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA)

VINNY ARZAGA

Tae Kwon Do (TKD) & Muay Thai Instructor

CERTIFICATIONS & RANKS

Tae Kwon Do | 4th Degree

85%

Muay Thai | Level 3

70%

Hapkido | In Training

Vinny Arzaga started Tae Kwon Do in 2007 at the age of 4. He earned his 1st degree in Black Belt in 2012 at Gilbert Martial Arts where he was also training in Muay Thai. He was a 2nd degree Black Belt when he started training at Chandler MMA in 2014. He is currently a 4th degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do and Muay Thai Level 3 and has competed in Muay Thai tournaments in both Arizona and New York.

Vinny continues to train in both Tae Kwon Do and Muay Thai and is looking forward to working on his Black Belt in Hapkido. Outside of Martial Arts, Vinny enjoys playing video games, spending time with friends and family as well as playing the violin and double bass.

DERRIC

MMA Instructor

BIO TO FOLLOW

LINDSEY “DAMSEL” VANSANDT

MMA Instructor

Started martial arts journey in 2nd grade age 7 (2001) with TKD. Started back up age 12 (2006-7) with Karate. Started taking Muay Thai/bjj 2010. Mma Journey started 2015.

7-4 as a professional mma fighter
She has fought for Bellator, invicta fc, and Rizin
– in bellator I made history winning the first ever atomweight fight
– then I won at Madison Square Garden on the first ever Rizin/ Bellator cross promotional card against Rena Kubota (a 23-0 shoot boxing champion ) and won in the first round
– I also fought on the biggest card of the year in Japan for rizin at the saitama arena
– I am a brown belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. (I started BJJ at 13)
– I started with Tae Kwon do at the age of 7 and earned my second degree black belt
1-1 mma pro
6-1 mma amateur
2-1 boxing amateur
4-2 Muay Thai amateur
Brazilian jiu jitsu blue belt

Fought for:
World fighting federation
2017 2x sub of the night award

Ironboy mma
AZ first ever Strawweight champ for ironboy

Cage fury fighting championship
coaching since 2015
Runner up Austin TX golden gloves 2015
2x karate point fighting champ 2007

KASEY TANNER

MMA COACH

CONNOR MCGOWAN

Tae Kwon Do (TKD), Muay Thai & Hapkido Instructor

CERTIFICATIONS & RANKS

Tae Kwon Do | Master

95%

Muay Thai | Level 3

80%

HapKiDo | 2nd Degree

60%

BJJ |In Training

Connor McGowan started Tae Kwon Do at age 3 under the tutelage of his Dad and ChandlerMMA school owner, Connor graduated the Dragon program and started sparring where he found his true passion. As being a member of the school now for over 10 years, Connor has competed in Muay Thai and wrestling tournaments, loves to take BJJ with his friends and assistant teaches 3 days per week. Connor has built many a great friendship and relationships with our students and loves help others achieve their goals.

Connor has achieved the rank of Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do and Muay Thai and continues his education to one day become a Master Instructor. He has now achieved his Junior Master status February 2018.

CARSON LUSE

Tae Kwon Do (TKD), Muay Thai & Hapkido Instructor

CERTIFICATIONS & RANKS

Tae Kwon Do | Master

85%

Muay Thai | Level 3

75%

HapKiDo | 2nd Degree

60%

BJJ |In Training

Started at CMMA in 2007 at age 4 1/2.

MEHUL SHEKAR

Instructor

Mehul Shekar started Tae Kwon Do in 2012 at the age of 8. He earned his 1st degree Black Belt in 2016 at Chandler MMA. He is currently a 3rd degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do, Muay Thai Level 3, and 1st degree Black Belt in Okinawan Kenpo, Karate, Kobudo.

Mehul continues to train in both Tae Kwon Do and Muay Thai, and is currently working towards his master status in Taekwondo. He loves training with his friends and has forged strong relationships with both students and peers. Outside of Martial Arts, Mehul enjoys playing video games, reading books, spending time with friends and family as well as playing the piano.

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