Heavyweight Champ, Alistair Overeem comes to Anderson’s Martial Arts after his win at the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix this past Saturday!

Alistair will be conducting seminars at Anderson’s Martial Arts Academy this Tuesday 6/21 & Thursday 6/23 at 7:00-8:00 pm! Each class is limited to 30 students (of course AMAA students ONLY!)

He will be hanging out with students and signing autographs from 8:00-9:00 pm on Thursday. ALL students & non-students are welcome to come in and take full advantage of meeting the Champ, taking pictures, and getting autographs!

In order to provide the best possible training environment for our students, we recommend that you reserve your spot in advance to all of the Kettlebell Kickboxing classes! We can accommodate up to 30 students for each class! In order to get the most out of this amazing workout, we want to ensure you have the space and equipment to take full advantage of this great class! We take reservations over the phone and through email (Subject: Kettlebell Kickboxing Reservations).

The Kettlebell Kickboxing class scheduled for Wednesday, June 15, 2011 has been canceled! Kettlebell Kickboxing classes will resume on Thursday, June 16, 2011! We apologize for the inconvenience!

Grandmaster spends several days at AMAA! Including coming into classes, teaching Sifu, Simo and the staff in Balintawak Eskrima privetely and hosting an amazing two day seminar. It was an honor and great un to have grandmaster at the seminar. He movement, education and energy proved to be one of the most beneficial and fun seminars of 2010.

There are very few grandmasters left, especially those that have achieved as much and have had such a diverse and valuable background in Filipino Martial Arts.

Grandmaster Atillo is one of the only living master still alive from the days of Kali death matches. His form of Kali is effective and efficient and will mold seamlessly into the Inosanto Kali taught at AMAA.

Balintawak was established in 1952 not only by Anciong Bacon, Delfin Lopez, and Inting Atillo. What is more important is the effectiveness of the art.

Rogelio Castillo wins his past two Muay Thai fights, in November by way of 2nd round TKO and in December by way of decision.

Rogelio has been a dedicated student of Anderson’s Martial Arts for the past three years. He rarely misses a day of training and the only place you can really find him in the Academy is way behind the boxing ring, hitting the heavy bags for what sometimes seems like hours on end.

Rogelio came to AMAA with little English skills and no previous martial art training. Faster then most he was able to advance to the Advanced Mauy Thai class, where he often had to spar with guys two times his size. Besides being a dedicated fighter Rogelio often stays to help with AMAA charity events and jumps into beginner classes to help new students whenever needed. Sifu Anderson, the staff and all the student value Rogelio’s dedication and we consider him a family member, a friend and even an inspiration to new students, Rogelio is only 135 pounds.

We all know that big things are ahead for Rogelio and we cant wait to be there to see him achieve them!

After Sifu Anderson and Dasha Libin’s exposure as New Yorkers of the Week for the Women’s Self Defense Charity, they were contacted by a senior center to conduct a Senior Self Defense workshop.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJFXmSl05mI

Dwight Grant wins the WKA World MMA Heavyweight title in Scotland! He traveled with coach and senior AMAA instructor, Phil Cruz, to Scotland to fight for a world title.

Dwight Grant wins ALL of his MMA bouts in Scotland to come home with a World WKA MMA title. Dwight won every single fight by way of first and second round TKO. Upon his return the NY Daily News (photo above courtesy of NY Daily News) did a follow up story of all of his triumph and success.

Dwight started his career in martial arts with Sifu Dan Anderson at AMAA, and now only five years later he is a world champion and teaching at AMAA, living out and working on his dreams.

If you work hard anything is possible! ANYTHING!

Dwight Grant, Sifu Anderson and Anderson’s Martial Arts is in the daily News today, October 19th, 2010.

Titled: ‘Fighter Martials Energy for Good’
The article written by Mike McLaughlin chronicles Dwight’s life and his dedicated climb to his current status of WKA United States Muay Thai Champion, North Easter Regional Heavyweight Muay Thai Champion and WKA North American MMA Champion.
It also talks about the amazing staff and teachers at Anderson’s Martial Arts and their dedication to educating and helping all of the varieties of people that walk through the Academy doors.
Lastly the article quotes and talks about Sifu Dan Anderson, the man that started the school 16 years ago, supporting all of his students and fighters with his talent, teaching and support.