Wally "The Weapon" MacDonald, Pat Miletich, and "ZOG"Me and Eddie BravoMy wifey as a school girl for Halloween. Naughty, Naughty!
***PUBLIC NOTICE***The Coaches and Trainers at Empire Academy feel its our duty to our community to help educate others on MMA, Mixed Martial Arts, and Combat Sports. Our sport has a rocky history in New York State, and the following types of people are making it difficult to legalize it here. Due to the rise in popularity of the sport every con-man and charlatan in the martial arts is now claiming to teach, train and fight MMA, when less than a year ago these same “instructors†where clinging to the last fad; Cardio Kickboxing, Kung-fu, Karate, Tae Kwon Do, etc. Just because you spend some money, buy some mats, buy a ring or a cage, it doesn’t make you a good coach, trainer, or a fighter. Safety in training is important, injuries will occur, however these local weasels know nothing of our sport (other than watching it on TV) and are trying to make a buck with slick marketing ploys, at your expense! Please do yourself and our sport a favor, find out information regarding your potential instructors. Real coaches and real fighters have credentials. Don’t be afraid to ask for multiple references, and actually call them. You wouldn’t buy a car or a house without referencing it, do the same for your training. Take your training serious, but do it in a fun and safe environment.
This is me winning Empire State Games 2006, two weeks before ripping my right bicep off... ..
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