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Matt founded the first Straight Blast Gym in Salem, Oregon in 1992, in an effort to create a gym that allowed athletes to train with aliveness.This was the key organizing concept that Thornton created to tie together the various innovations that he had been developing.
The gym was founded in 2001 by John Kavanagh, who was a black belt in karate. Later that year it became part of Matt Thornton's Straight Blast Gym International (SBGi), a worldwide association of over 35 gyms, after Kavanagh met Thornton at a tournament in Africa.
Kavanagh was welcomed into the Straight Blast Gym International association of gyms in 2001 by SBGi founder Matt Thornton. [4] [5] Today, Kavanagh is known as one of the best MMA coaches in the world, [6] being nominated for the World MMA Awards "Coach of the Year" in 2016, [7] and winning it in 2017. [8]
Matthew Thornton was a signer of the US Declaration of Independence. Matthew Thornton or Matt Thornton may also refer to: Matt Thornton (baseball) (born 1976), Major League Baseball relief pitcher; Matt Thornton (martial artist) (born 1969), martial artist and founder of Straight Blast Gym; Matthew Thornton Elementary School; Matthew Thornton House
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