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The American Kickboxing Academy (AKA) is a mixed martial arts gym based in San Jose, California. It is one of the pioneering schools of mixed martial arts (MMA). In 2014, AKA opened the AKA Thailand gym in Phuket, Thailand. Prominent trainers include Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu master Leandro Vieira, Bob Cook, Derek Yuen, Javier Mendez, and Andy Fong.
Javier Mendez was born in Mexico and moved to the United States with his family at the age of 6. He was raised in San Jose, California and attended Andrew Hill High School. [1] [2] His father spent most of his money on alcohol and gambling and told Mendez that he would never amount to anything which gave Mendez motivation to achieve success. [2]
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San Jose, California, U.S. Team: American Kickboxing Academy: Trainer: Javier Mendez [3] Rank: Brown belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu [4] under Léo Vieira [5] Wrestling: Olympic freestyle wrestling [4] NCAA Division I All-American [6] Years active: 2002–2008 (freestyle wrestling) 2009–2020 : Mixed martial arts record; Total: 26: Wins: 22: By ...
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The American Kickboxing Academy (AKA) is a martial arts gym based in San Jose, California. It is one of the pioneering schools of mixed martial arts (MMA). There are two locations in San Jose, AKA headquarters and their sister academy in South San Jose. In 2014 AKA opened AKA Thailand Gym in Phuket Thailand.
In his final kickboxing match at Moosin II in Seoul, South Korea, on July 29, 2009, Esch KO'd Moon-bi Lam forty-six seconds into round one. On October 3, 2009, Esch lost a four-round split decision to Harry Funmaker whom he earlier beat on two occasions.
The win also helped Cincinnati avoid the unpleasant optics that would have followed a defeat against last-place San Jose, which saw its league-worst record drop to 3-12-2. The victory might end up ...