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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.
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.
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]
The United States National Boxing Championships bestow the title of United States Amateur Champion on amateur boxers for winning the annual national amateur boxing tournament organized by USA Boxing, the national governing body for Olympic boxing and is the United States' member organization of the International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA).
San Jose, California, U.S. Team: American Kickboxing Academy RVCA Training Center Sanford MMA: Trainer: Javier Mendez Henri Hooft Jason Parillo: Rank: 1st degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu [2] under Leandro Vieira [3] and Dave Camarillo [citation needed] Years active: 2007–present: Mixed martial arts record; Total: 22: Wins: 16: By ...
Velasquez began his mixed martial arts career right after college, joining American Kickboxing Academy. Velasquez is a brown belt in Guerrilla Jiu-Jitsu under Dave Camarillo, [ 20 ] a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Leandro Vieira, and an NCAA Division I Wrestler.
Can we imagine ourselves back on that awful day in the summer of 2010, in the hot firefight that went on for nine hours? Men frenzied with exhaustion and reckless exuberance, eyes and throats burning from dust and smoke, in a battle that erupted after Taliban insurgents castrated a young boy in the village, knowing his family would summon nearby Marines for help and the Marines would come ...
San Diego, California, United States Loss 10–4 Jorge Masvidal: Decision (unanimous) Strikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum: June 18, 2011: 3 5:00 Dallas, Texas, United States Strikeforce Lightweight title eliminator. Loss 10–3 Nick Diaz: Decision (unanimous) Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Noons II: October 9, 2010: 5 5:00 San Jose, California, United States