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Erik Charlesâ„¢

Walking the streets with a heart full of napalm.

About Me


"Trouble is the fruit of your life." - Jenn Schuurman on Erik "Chainsaw" Charles
I like to take risks and I'm not afraid to put everything on the line. I've done it and won. I've done it and lost. Some call me a dreamer, some call me a genius, and some call me a lot worse (fuck them...lol). I go after what I want and often times I get it. This has put me in the spotlight and made me somewhat of a local celebrity in NY's Southern Tier. All the attention can be good for the ego but it's also a big pain the ass.

What else? ... I'm a certified instructor in two martial arts (Muay Thai and Jun Fan Gung Fu). I've won the WEKAF Eastern and National Full Contact Championships, the NYS Heavyweight Golden Gloves boxing title, and more.
I teach a Boxing and a Muay Thai class at Cornell University and I obviously fight. You can check into my fight schedule below.
I have some more irons in the fire as well but I'll let you know what's up with that when you're ready for it.
I get a lot of questions about training. Where to go, who to train with, etc. There are a lot of good quality trainers out there. On the other hand, there a lot of bad trainers too. Before you give them your money, do your homework and make sure they are legit.
In Central and Southern New York, there is no other school or training center with the teaching experience, professional competition experience, or credentials of the staff at CNY MMA. Between Tamdan and myself, we have over 20 years of mixed martial arts training and teaching experience. In addition, we have competed in almost 30 professional MMA fights in the past 2 years, including the world's biggest MMA promotion, The Ultimate Fighting Championships or UFC.
If you have an interest in training, whether it's to lose weight, compete, or just have a fun workout and get away from the same old boring gym routine, we can help! Give us a call or stop in.


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My Interests

Full contact fighting (martial arts / boxing / etc.), poker, live music, marketing and promotion, movies, Monopoly (I would crush you, trust me), traveling, casinos (poker mostly, sometimes black jack), tattoos, human behavior and psychology.

Erik "Chainsaw" Charles is sponsored by and endorses the following companies and/or products:

I'd like to meet:

I'd like to be abducted by aliens so I can jack their spaceship and fly all over the galaxy.

MR. COOL ICE!!

Movies:

Any film that has gambling and/or gangsters in it. Scarface, Donnie Brasco, Little Caesar, High Roller, Rounders, Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, Res. Dogs, etc, etc. I also like true stories that are about people who beat the odds like Stand and Deliver and Men of Honor. Anything by Quentin Tarantino and/or Tim Burton. Napoleon Dynamite, Saw, Drug Store Cowboy, and American Psycho are some ill movies too. There's more but this is already getting long.

Heroes:

Don't look for a hero, be one.

My Blog

Everyone wants success.

I'm on my way to Atlantic City to be in the corner for a good friend, training partner, student, and teacher for his fight at Ring of Combat. On these trips, I really get to think about things. I'm ...
Posted by Erik Charles" on Mon, 15 Sep 2008 06:53:00 PST

Syracuse New Times Article on me and Tamdan

Mixed Martial Arts may appear violent, but they can actually teach discipline to the next generation By Kevin Almasy Photos by Michael Davis Behold the future, a 30-something who has seen it all, some...
Posted by Erik Charles" on Sat, 12 Jul 2008 12:59:00 PST

You can hate me now.

Everyone gets hurt at some point in their life. If you haven't already, someday you will lose someone that you thought was a friend. If you accomplish anything in your life, someone will hate you f...
Posted by Erik Charles" on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:13:00 PST

A bittersweet weekend.

My fight last Friday was pretty frustrating. We knew he wasn't going to stand there and try to go toe to toe with me. Mike is a stud wrestler and he was going to want to get it to the ground as soon...
Posted by Erik Charles" on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 10:28:00 PST

Chris Horn won't fight me! PUNK!!

So the dude I was supposed to box Friday has backed out and won't fight me. I mean, here we have an undefeated professional boxer that won't fight me in my pro debut. Not only that but to top the sh...
Posted by Erik Charles" on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 09:25:00 PST

The last Harry Potter.

Man, people take this shit pretty seriously, did you know that there are actually tips on how to help kids cope with it if Harry were to die? (serious). When I was a kid, we just had pets to help us u...
Posted by Erik Charles" on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 02:13:00 PST

My pro boxing debut on ESPN2 Friday Night Fights

I'm fighting on the undercard for the Andre Berto vs. Cosme Rivera fight on ESPN2. The fight is July 27 in Saratoga Springs, NY. I'm fighting an undefeated boxer named Chris Horn. If you're interested...
Posted by Erik Charles" on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:28:00 PST

MassMMA Fighter of the Month - Nov 2006

They asked me questions and I gave them answers. Yeah, I probably got a little too personal but that's how it went down so check into it. Figher of the Month Article Talk some trash or leave some love...
Posted by Erik Charles" on Sun, 17 Dec 2006 11:34:00 PST

Who wants to see a clean fight anyway?

I'd like to thank my parents for giving me such a small target in the pants. Jay Dublin managed to hit it anyway.Despite watchin many episodes of The Three Stooges ...... I still haven't mastered .....
Posted by Erik Charles" on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 11:28:00 PST

$1,500 worth of shirts in 3 days?

Aight boys and girls,Here's the deal ... if you ordered a shirt before today, it will ship on Monday, September 25. Any orders from here on out will take about 2 weeks for delivery. The Barn Cat an...
Posted by Erik Charles" on Sat, 23 Sep 2006 10:53:00 PST