Congratulations to the Ironside Martial Arts participants in the 2009 NAGA Texas Grappling Tournament.  The Special Events Center in Garland, TX was packed Saturday May 9th with 1400 grapplers and those who came out to support them.  Our fighter once again represented our school very well.  Brent Casiglio won a gold medal in his division, for the second straight tournament.  Maison Hall won a silver medal in no-gi and a bronze in gi.  Jimmy Morton improved from his previous tournament result with two tournament match wins.

 

Congratulations to Coach Sina, for the second straight year, he returns from California with Pan Am gold.  Competing in this past weekend's International Brazilian Jui-Jitsu Federation's 2009 Pan Am Championship, Coach Sina finished first in the Men's Brown Belt Senior 2 Middle Weight division.

 

Anthony "The Assassin" Njokuani, our former Ironside Martial Arts Muay Thai boxing instructor, will be fighting on an up coming WEC fight card.  This will be Coach Anthony's (10-2)  second WEC bout.  He wil be fighting Anthony Pettis in the 155lb division.  The fight is on the Apr-5-2009 9:00 PM ET WEC card at the  UIC Pavilion – Chicago, IL .  The card will be televised live on VS - Versus TV.  Public Ticket On-Sale Date: Starts Saturday, February 14 – 10 am CT.  We all wish Coach Anthony the best of luck.

 

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing
of Grandmaster Helio Gracie. The 95 year old patriarch of the
Gracie family passed quietly in his home in the district of
Itaipava in the mountains above Rio de Janeiro.

The Ironside Martial Arts family would like to express our condolences

to Grandmaster's wife, Vera, sons and dauthters, Rorion, Relson, Rickson,

Rolker, Royler, Royce, Rherica, Robin, Ric, and all of the extended Gracie
family.

The martial arts world has lost one of the most important and
influential Masters in history. The lives of millions of people

around the world have been affected by Grandmaster and his
lifelong passion for the martial arts and teaching, his dedication to his
family, and for the example he set as a human being.

Check out the new Ironside Martial Arts YouTube channel.  We are just beginning to post videos of Coach Sina, our other instructors, students and fight friends, but be sure to visit the web page ASAP and bookmark it as one of your 'Favorites'. We will be adding more videos regularly.

 

Our former Muay Thai instructor, Anthony "The Assassin" Njokuani, had a temporary set-back at WEC 38. Fighting a different opponent then had originally been scheduled, Anthony lost to Benson Henderson in the second round of their WEC 38, lightweight preliminary bout.

 

 

If you are a high school, collegiate or AAU wrestler, Coach Sina would like to introduce you to a world-class wrestling gym, Star Jiu-Jitsu, Wrestling & Kickboxing.  Located in Carrollton, TX, Star is home to some of the most accomplished wrestlers in the State of Texas. Coach Yousef Alirezaei, and his instructors at Star, have national level and international experience with all styles of wrestling. If you are a wrestler looking to improve specific wrestling skills with private instruction or wanting to roll a few times a week to stay sharp in the off-season or searchng for an AAU wrestling program, contact Coach Sina at 214-529-3020, or sina@ironsidemartialarts.com, for more information.

 

Or contact Coach Yousef Alirezaei at Star directly: