Fight Training Academy
Encyclopedia
Fight Training Academy is a mixed martial arts
gym based in Santo Domingo
, Dominican Republic
. Opened in 2007, Fight Training Academy was started by Omar de la Cruz
, the country's most prominent mixed martial artist. He works as head trainer in most disciplines and uses it as his personal training facility.
The gym has built up a fight team, and takes part in local MMA events, often including international opponents, as well as participating and organizing Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
and grappling
tournaments. Currently, the facility is home to various gold medalists crowned at the 2010 Central-American Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Tournament supervised by the Federação Paulista de Jiu-Jitsu.
The facility offers instruction in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
, Kickboxing
, Boxing
, Taekwondo
, Judo
and a Capoeira
class is also taught there by Grupo Alemar Capoeira. The gym is also known for its physical training and conditioning classes and routines. The facility features a boxing ring and two dojos in the workout space.
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Mixed martial arts
Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...
gym based in Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River...
, Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
. Opened in 2007, Fight Training Academy was started by Omar de la Cruz
Omar de la Cruz
Jesús Omar de la Cruz, or simply Omar de la Cruz, is a Dominican professional mixed martial artist...
, the country's most prominent mixed martial artist. He works as head trainer in most disciplines and uses it as his personal training facility.
The gym has built up a fight team, and takes part in local MMA events, often including international opponents, as well as participating and organizing Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a martial art, combat sport, and a self defense system that focuses on grappling and especially ground fighting...
and grappling
Grappling
Grappling refers to techniques, maneuvers, and counters applied to an opponent in order to gain a physical advantage, such as improving relative position, escaping, submitting, or injury to the opponent. Grappling is a general term that covers techniques used in many disciplines, styles and martial...
tournaments. Currently, the facility is home to various gold medalists crowned at the 2010 Central-American Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a martial art, combat sport, and a self defense system that focuses on grappling and especially ground fighting...
Tournament supervised by the Federação Paulista de Jiu-Jitsu.
The facility offers instruction in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a martial art, combat sport, and a self defense system that focuses on grappling and especially ground fighting...
, Kickboxing
Kickboxing
Kickboxing refers to a group of martial arts and stand-up combat sports based on kicking and punching, historically developed from karate, Muay Thai and western boxing....
, Boxing
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
, Taekwondo
Taekwondo
Taekwondo is a Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea. In Korean, tae means "to strike or break with foot"; kwon means "to strike or break with fist"; and do means "way", "method", or "path"...
, Judo
Judo
is a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...
and a Capoeira
Capoeira
Capoeira is a Brazilian art form that combines elements of martial arts, sports, and music. It was created in Brazil mainly by descendants of African slaves with Brazilian native influences, probably beginning in the 16th century...
class is also taught there by Grupo Alemar Capoeira. The gym is also known for its physical training and conditioning classes and routines. The facility features a boxing ring and two dojos in the workout space.
Founding
Fight Training Academy was founded by Cruz as his personal training facility, and to fill the void created by a lack of MMA gyms in the country. To this day, it continues to be one of the few mixed martial arts training facility in the Dominican RepublicDominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
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