14951 Chandler Road Omaha, NE 68138 402-813-1721 Email "If you have never failed, You have never really challenged yourself" UPCOMING EVENTS Today's Date: Aug 28 Best of the Best Sep 2 Ring Wars SeptemberFest Sep 4-5 NAGA Chicago Sep 4-5 Master Chai Seminar Tulsa	LABOR DAY WEEKEND SCHEDULE: No classes Thursday (open gym til 6) or Friday (open gym til 4). Closed Saturday-Monday NEW PROMOTIONS Congrats to Marcos Ferreira on his promotion to Blue Belt. Alex Barahona passed his Level 3 Muay Thai test to move into the advanced class. Blake McPherson was promoted to Red Belt! MASTER CHAI SEMINAR - TULSA A group will be headed to Tulsa for a Muay Thai seminar with Master Chai Sept 4-6 (Labor Day weekend). Please talk to Coach Aaron if you are interested. Flyer FAMILY JIU JITSU CLASS Every Saturday at 9:00am. The class is intended for parents and kids to come in an learn BJJ together. All are welcome. WRESTLING PRACTICE Wednesdays 4:30-5:30 with Clayton Grice open to all MAMA students. MUAY THAI CHAMPIONS Congratulations to Brian Houston, Elizabeth Gregory, Kelsey Wisisnki and Melina Caniglia in winning their divisions at the 2010 Muay Thai Classic!!! Oeverall, the entire team performed extremely well. Meeko Spainhower made the finals but was unable to participate due to injury. Chessa Hall lost an incredibly close split decision in her final in what was arguably the fight of the tournament. NEW BJJ PROMOTIONS Congratulations to new blue belts: Luke Schollmeyer, Mike Penny, Andy Johnson, Dan Stocker, Scott Ferriero, Keith Baladeros, and Brian Heavrin. Mike Martin was awarded his purple belt as well!! APPRENTICE INSTRUCTORS Congrats to Jeff Ogg on his promotion to Apprentice Instructor under Sifu Marc McFann. Alysha Klinginger was also received her Youth Apprenticeship! RECENT TESTING ACCOMPLISHMENTS Youth Carrick Casto - Orange Belt Blake McPherson - Red Belt Chandler Behm - Orange Belt Journey Thoms - Yellow Belt Sierra Thoms - Yellow Belt Miranda Fraass - Red Belt Megan Mayville - Red Belt Sydney Engle - Purple Belt Tori Winter - Brown Belt Scot Elliott - Orange Belt Ethan Herazo - Yellow Belt Daniel Sicilian - Orange Belt Conner Sycuro - Brown Belt Kayler Elliott - Yellow Belt Julia Herazo - Yellow Belt John Hare - Yellow Belt Adult Next Muay Thai Testing Saturday Sept 11 Marcos Ferreira - BJJ Blue Belt Barbie Elliott - Level 3 Muay Thai Michele Gray - Level 1 Muay Thai Christina Gregory - Level 1 Muay Thai Riley Meyer - Level 3 Muay Thai Yury Slonsky - Judo Orange Belt Melina Caniglia - Level 5 Master Muay Thai Robert Krause - Level 1 Muay Thai Dan Cunningham - Level 1 Muay Thai David Haith - Level 4 Muay Thai Shawn Swaney - Level 1 Muay Thai Steve Kuhr - Level 1 Muay Thai Denny Sciscoe - Level 1 Muay Thai DJ Ullsinger - Level 1 Muay Thai Ruth Steadman - Level 3 Muay Thai Maggie Skalberg - Level 2 Muay Thai Zipporah Asewe - Level 2 Muay Thai Alex Barahona - Level 2 Muay Thai Matt Milone - Level 1 Muay Thai Sandy Ham - Level 1 Muay Thai Jessi Ham - Level 1 Muay Thai Shawn McPherson - Level 1 Muay Thai Barry Engle - Level 1 Muay Thai Melina Caniglia - Judo Yellow Belt Kevin Elliott - Master Kickboxing Test Jeff Hammer - 5 Round Kickboxing MAMA's BOYZ - COMPETITION RESULTS NWFCGreat job by Levi Handley and Harold Mathews both winning in Falls City Best of the BestCongrat to all our competitors who competed. Special props to our youth competitors for bringing home the Youth Team title!! Sam, Anthony, Johnny, Blake, Chandler, Mike, Diego, Conner, and Nick. Victory Boxing Congrats to Mirsad Bektic on his 2nd round TKO! VFC 32 Great night for MAMA's BOYZ going 4-2, big wins by Levi Handley, Brad Anderson, Steve Lucchino and Drew Dober!! Extreme ChallengeRyan Shell scored a 2nd round TKo victory! Sasquatch Open Big day for our team in Iowa, Drew Dober gold & silver, Tim Chavez silver & bronze, Rob Pilchner 2 golds, Nolan Mack 2 bronze. Best of the Best Drew Dober brought home the absolute gold. Joel Mickells scored gold as well. Overall MAMA brought back the team title! Ring Wars 7 Ruth Steadman, Mike Nebel, and Jobet Roxes scored big wins in their muay thai debuts. Cedric Fagla, Meeko Spainhower, and David Haith came home victorious as well. Melina Caniglia picked up the TBA Featherweight Title in the main event!! NYC BJJ Open Anthony Carlson allowed no points enroute to a gold medal! Bellator Drew Dober scored a first round submission in his Bellator debut in KC! Past Accomplishments MAMA Thanks our Sponsors for the 2010 TBA Muay Thai Classic VFC 32 Video Levi Handley Brad Anderson Drew Dober Steve Lucchino More Videos at purefight.org