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Tournament Results 2011
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2011 Tournament Schedule
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Tournament Results (2005 and prior) Click here
Tournament Results
October 16 2011 Battle at the Shore Absecon NJ - Congratulations to our students who competed in the Battle at the Shore Oct 16th 2011 in Absecon NJ. This was one of the largest groups we had at a tournament and the team consisted of many new students who competed against more advanced students from other schools. Our team consisted of
Children:
Kayla - first BJJ no Gi, second BJJ Gi
Jessica - second forms, first BJJ Gi, second BJJ no Gi, second kickboxing
Max - third forms, second BJJ Gi, second BJJ no gi, first kickboxing, tied first stickfighting
Danny - first BJJ no gi, first kickboxing
Ryan - first BJJ no gi, second forms
Rebecca - second forms, first kickboxing
Adults
Guillermo - seconf BJJ gi, second BJJ no gi
Steve - second stickfighting single stick, second forms, second double stick
Juan - third forms
Ross - first knife fighting, second single stick.
Will, first tournament - three fight placed fourth.
Bill, placed fourth stickfighting
Mike - first single stick, second double stick
Congratulations to everyone!
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April 10th 2011 - White Tiger Unity Tournament
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December 05 2010 - Battle of Champions at IMAF
Congratulations to all those students who competed at IMAF's First inter school children's tournament - Battle of Champions this Sunday. There were some hard fought matches and everyone displayed courage and great skill in their fights. I saw improvement in everyone and proud of all my students!
Results: (I) = IMAF; (S) = Satori Academy; (E) = Elite Tactical Martial Arts
Kickboxing
| Place | 5-6 Beg | 5-6 Int | 7-8 Beg | 7-8 Int | 9-10 Adv | 11-12 Int | 11-12 Black Belt |
| First | Kodey Freeman (I) | Hayden Becker (I) | Mike Simon(E) | Amelia Lorenzo (S) | Joesph Marasigan (S) | Kayla Goldman (I) | Gabe Stolar (I) |
| Second | Gerard Buono (I) | Matt Blinderman (I) | Diaro Sanchez (I) | Brandon Guttenberg (I) | Daniel Hu (S) | Nick Paglia (I) | Max Shapiro (I) |
| Third | Josh Kaufman (I) | Lindsay Blinderman (I) | Julien De Rose (S) | ||||
| Fourth | Miabeth G-Edelman (I) | Leor Fishman (I) |
Submission Grappling No Gi (all students are from IMAF)
| Place | 6-7 yr old | 8-9 yr old | 10-12 yr old | BJJ - Gi |
| First | Matt Blinderman | Leor Fishman | Kayla Goldman | Max Shapiro |
| Second | Brandon Guttenberg | Diaro Sanchez | Jessica Lewinter | Jessica Lewinter |
| Third | Lindsay Blinderman | Matt Kaufman | Max Shapiro | |
| Fourth | Nick Paglia |
Stickfighting - Gabe Stolar first place, Max Shapiro Second
Check out our Facebook page for more photos and videos
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Oct 23 2010 - Warriors Challenge at IMAF
Congratulations to Ant Salcedo who fought at the first Warrior Challenge Thai/kickboxing match. Ant showed excellent skill and great fighting spirit is a close match. Ant did an amazing job representing IMAF at this event. The after party was a fun time as we ordered the UFC fights and had plenty of food. Hope you all can make the next event and come to support our fighters.
Thanks to Elite Tactical Martial Arts (Guro James, Joe and Pete and Kru Chris) and to Master Reggie of White Tiger Martial Arts for their support and great fighters!
Also thanks to Chris and Big Ant for a great job in helping to train and coach Ant for this fight - he look great!!
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September 25 2010 - Battle at the Shore
Congratulations to Team IMAF for an amazing showing at the Battle at the Shore tournament this weekend at Absecon NJ. All our fighters did an amazing job and brough home a truck load of medals. Results are as follows:
Steve Grossbard
First Place Single stick - 5 rounds with the last round fought as reduced gear, an amazing fight!
First Place knife fighting
Third Place double stick
Second Place forms
Ross Arnold
Second Place knife fighting
First place men's single stick - Beginners
Second place mens double stick -Beginners
Max Shapiro (fighter of the day). Only IMAf fighter to ever compete in all ranges in one day!
First Place forms (San Miguel Black Belt form)
Second Place single stick (two fights)
First Place kick boxing -children's heavy weight)
Second place BJJ - Gi - won second fight by submission (X Arm bar)
First Place BJJ no gi - wone by submission - X arm Bar
Nick Paglia
First Place children's kickboxing (lightweight) - two fights
Thomas
Second place children's kickboxing (heavyweight)
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Steve and Ross |
Steve Grossbard and Ross fighting for first place in edged weapons division |
April 10 -11 2010 - Doce Pares National Championships - Longmont Colorado
Congratulations to Steve Grossbard and "Little" Mike House for a very successful tournament this past weekend in Colorado. The competition was very tough and everyone fighting hard for a title. IMAF results are as follows:
Steve Grossbard - 3rd forms, 3rd single stick and FIRST (National CHAMPION) in double stick
Mike House - 3rd forms, 3rd single stick and 2nd in double stick.
Fighters had to fight for third place so third place medals were not a given and the fighters had at least three fights in their divisions.
PIMA fighters also had an incredible performance and Ross took 1st in single stick and Jeremy took 1st in double stick (against Mike House)
Congratulations to all fighters from IMAF, PIMA and the other schools that participated!
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Mike, Simu, Debbie & Ross |
IMAF/PIMA after fights |
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Master Steve Wolk and Master Don |
Master Don teaching with Steve Grossbard assisting |
IMAF/PIMA Fighters w/ GM Dong and GM Diony |
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Master Don w/Master Steve and GM Dong |
Steve and Mike drilling at seminar |
IMAF/PIMA w/GM Diony and GM Dong |
March 27th 2010 - Doce Pares Regional Championships - Jersey City
Congratulations to all the IMAF fighters who participated in the Regional Championships this past weekend. All our fighters showed tremendous heart as they all were involved in some very tough fights, often with opponents out of their weight class and age group - children especially!
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Results are as follows:
Dan Font -(Regional Champion) - First Place single stick - mens middle weight,
Tung Chung - Second Place single stick - mens middle weight
Steve Grossbard - Third place single stick mens heavy weight
Alex Covan - won first fight, lost second in a close decision in mens single stick middle weight.
Tung Cheng - third knife fighting
Dennis Mojares - second childrens grappling
James Goldman ( Regional Champion) - first Children's stickfighting,
Gabe Stolar - First Children's kickboxing, Second Children's stickfighting
Max Shapiro - Second children's kickboxing, second children's stickfighting
If I have any results wrong or have omitted some results please let me know. you can see our Facebook page for more photos
Congratulations to all those competitors that fought at this tournament - win or lose anyone who competes and a winner! - Sifu
July 18 2009 - Congratulations to Steve Grossbard for winning two gold medals and one Silver at Joe Parkers stickfighting tournament this weekend. Steve fought 5 great fights showing not only excellent skill but excellent endurance. Congratulations to Steve for a great performance and representing IMAF!
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Stickfighters with SGM Cacoy |
SGM Cacoy with his daughter Master Kitty and Masters Carlos, Cliff Derry, Joe Parker and Don Edwards |
May 2009
Congratulation to Matthew Agnelli for a great performance at the recent Grapplers Quest BJJ tournament in Morristown. Also congratulations to his dad, Carl Agnelli for an impressive performance at the same tournament!
Tournament Results 2008
Grapplers Quest June 29th 2008 - Congratulations to Team IMAF for a great performance this weekend at Grapplers Quest Copa Atlantica in Morris Plains, NJ. Harry, Adil and Ruey all turned in excellent performances. Thanks to all the IMAF students who helped train the team and especially to Andre "Gigueto" Soares for his excellent classes and instruction.
Harry -2nd place Men's Super Heavyweight - won his first fight by 13 to 3. He displayed his excellent half guard game against a very tough opponent. His second fight was against a MUCH larger opponent (drawback of the 210lb and up division.) Harry palyed a great halfguard again but couldn't gain position this time.
Adil's match was an outstanding display of agility and speed. He was up 2-0 then 4-0 then 6-2 until his opponent closed the gap. Both fighters transitions from position to position throughout what was an exciting fight. Adil lost on advantage as the ending score was 6-6.
Ruey also played a good half guard game in a close match. The score was tied , 0-0, through the first few minutes with his opponent sweeping gaining 2 points. Ruey played halfguard and held that position until the end when his opponent passed guard for top mount. It was an excellent match showing good technical ability and fighting ability.
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Harry pulling halfguard |
Transitioning to backmount from electricchair |
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Looking for the choke |
 Twister sidecontrol |
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Second place for his efforts |
Adil- jumping guard |
 Ruey starting a well fought match! |
Tournament Results 2007
NAGA Submission Grappling Tournament Jersey City November 17 - 18th, 2007
Congratulations to Team IMAF an excellent performance this weekend.
Victor Castello fought both no gi and gi in his first tournament. We won his first no gi fight but lost his second. A great first tournament!
Abe Zakhem won his first two fights but lost his third for first place in overtime by an advantage point resulting in second place in Men's cruiserweight. It should be noted that Abe was initially declared the winner for 1st place. Abe tried numerous takedowns and sweep attempts demonstrating superior aggressiveness. After some confusion on the part of the ref, he decided to then reverse his decision and the score card to give an advantage point to his opponent for a submission attempt the ref admitted he did not see. You must always submit the opponent so you don't have to fight the ref!
Jack Wang fought in his first tournament in the 13-15 year old division. Jack won his first fight by submission but lost a very close second fight for first place by 2 points (sweep) in an overtime round.
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Thanks also to John Lodato (and his grandfather Al) as well as Tung Cheng for taking the time out to coach and support the team. I am proud of their commitment to the team!
I'd also like to thank Andre "Gigueto" Soares for his excellent instruction in our BJJ program and to congratulate him on his first place win in the no gi division
WEKAF Regionals, Jersey City October 21, 2007- Congratulations to Team IMAF for a very competitive performance at the WEKAF regionals which were run by grand Master "Dong" Cuesta.
Many IMAF fighters were competing in advanced divisions for the first time against well seasoned fighters and turned in outstanding performances. Most fighters qualified for the WEKAF National tournament to be held in Ca. next February. We have been developing this team for over a year now with an eye toward this current tournament series and our fighters rose to the occasion. Anchored by seasoned fighters Ken Gruber, Tung Cheng and Team Captian Chris Praml Team IMAf has turned out to be a very competitive team.
Special note to Tung Cheng for a spectacular fight with James B. from GM Dong's school in a 3 round reduced gear match.
Thanks to Abe, Harry, Nicole and Ginny and to the parents and family's that came to support the team.
Also congratulations to all of GM Dongs fighters for their usual dominating performance.
Results (Partial)
Chris Praml -2nd Place Mens Light Heavyweight
Tung Cheng -1st Place Mens middleweight (Tung also fought a 3 round reduced gear match)
Ken Gruber - 1st Place Seniors middleweight
Steve Grossbard - 1st Place Seniors heavyweight
Chris Davis - 2nd Place Mens Super heavyweight
Juan Riestra - 3rd Place Seniors Super Heavyweight
Dan Font - 3rd Place - Mens middleweight
Victor Morales - 1st Place
James Goldman - 1st Place Childrens 10-12 yr old - lightweight
Team IMAF Simu Debbie and Nicole
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GM Dong Cuesta with his instructors from the Grace Church era ( early 90's late 80's!)
NAGA Battle at the Beach May 4th 2007- Congratulations to Mindy Raisor for taking 2nd place in the women's middle weight division. Mindy won her first fight by submission, won her second fight by points, and lost in the finals by points.. A great performance, as usual!
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PIMA Invitational - May 6th 2007 -Jersey City - Congratulations again to Team IMAF, the largest team we have fielded yet. With 12 adult fighters and 5 children fighting in a number of events IMAF brought home some heavy metal.
Just a note of congratulations to all the teams that showed up to fight. California, Denver and Md came with a lot of talent. This was a great opportunity for all the fighters to see what the current state of talent is out there. Also congratulations to Sonny Mayo's school and to PIMA for great kids matches (no gi grappling, kickboxing and stick fighting). These were hard fought matches with a lot of skill. Also thanks to Master Dong for a great seminar Saturday and another great tournament Sunday.
Lastly, Team IMAF put in a good amount of training time and it showed. Every fighter has shown improvement in every tournament. Guro Chris, IMAF Team Captian, has done a great job with the training and developing training tapes for the fighters to watch.
IMAF results are as follows: ( I am missing some results so someone please send me the finals)
Adults
Dan - 1st place Men's Advanced single stick - middle weight - second tournament and fighting in Advanced - dominate power and fast movement.
Dennis - 3rd - single stick Men's novice - heavy weight - First tournament - a great effort and competitive drive.
Ken 1st - single stick Seniors Advanced - middle weight - in usual Ken style, he doesn't back up and hits hard - and National Championship possibly in the works.
Steve - 2nd Men's Seniors Advanced single stick , 2nd Seniors double stick - Heavy Weight - despite a bad knee from a fighting injury that halted his training Steve still managed to put on some excellent fights.
Victor - 1st Men's advanced single stick, 3rd Men's double stick advanced - light Heavy Weight. Victor is on a roll (three tournament 1st place wins) and continued to demonstrate great determination and skill.
Mindy - 2nd Women's single stick. First stick tournament - won a hard fought first match and faced an experienced opponent in a second match. She lost this match in overtime on a split decision.
Big "Chris" - 1st Men's advanced Super Heavyweight single stick - Super Heavy Weight - an imposing fight that Chris demonstrated great stick movement and power.
Tung - 1st Men's advanced double stick - won in a hard fought 4 round over time match.
Oliver???
Anthony - won his first fight and lost his second to a very experience instructor from another school.
Adrian - 2nd Men's advanced double stick - Adrian showed fast stick movement and great conditioning
Chris P. - 3rd Place Men's Light Heavy weight single stick - won first fight and lost the second in a very close 4 round overtime match to Gary Gabison of PIMA by a split decision.
Team Fights - IMAF fielded two teams of 3 competitors each . Great job everyone!
Team 1 - Sifu Don, Dan Font (fast and power) and Tung Cheng (excellent technical fight).
Team 2 - Mindy Raisor (fought a guy twice her size and didn't back up!!!), Adrian Biscocho (VERY fast stick) and "Big" Chris Davis (hard hitting match).
Children
James - 1st Children's no gi grappling; 1st Children's stickfighting
Joey 1st Children's no gi grappling
Akiva - 1st Children's no gi grappling
Avi Shai - 2nd Children's no Gi grappling
Jessen - 1st teens no gi grappling
 Team IMAF - adults |
 Doce Pares Instructors (old guard) & Master Dong |
 Children's Team IMAF with Parents |
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NAGA April 21st 2007 - Congratulations to Team IMAF in what was a VERY LONG day at NAGA.. Mindy , Chris, Harry and Anthony C. all turned in some great performances. This was an especially difficult tournament as it ran so late it has a negative impact on the fighters. They all showed determination for being there hand hanging till the end!
Mindy - 3rd Place, Womens White Belt light weight Gi - Mindy had two fights - she won one with another text book cross arm bar submission in a tough fight and lost one on points to the women who won the division. An impressive performance
Chris - 2nd Place Mens Blue Belt light heavy weight Gi - Chris had three fights - starting at after 11PM - Chris had three tough opponents in the blue Belt light heavyweight division. He executed beautiful take downs in each fight scoring right away. In his first two fights, though up on points, he ended the fights with submission. The first was rear naked choke and the second was an arm bar. He lost this third fight, for 1st place, on points. An overall solid performance.
Harry - Men's heavy weight - Gi - displayed a determined fight with some exceptional submission attempts until re-injuring a bad shoulder.
Anthony C - Men's heavyweight - No Gi - His extensive wrestling background showed as after only a few classes he started out with an incredible take down followed by a rear naked choke. In his second fight he again secured another great take down and dominated his opponent, a purple belt, until getting caught in a heel hook.
I want to thank all the family, students etc.that came down to watch and support the team in this long day. We didn't finish up until 12PM in what is becoming typical NAGA fashion.
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PIMA April 14th 2007 - Congratulations to Team IMAF for another great performance at Master Dong's PIMA Invitational Full contact stickfighting tournament. The hard work in training paid off.and will prepare the team for the upcoming regional and national tournaments for a spot on the National Team to fight in Cebu. Special thanks to Anthony Gerber and Chris Praml, both did most of the center ref duties, to Amy for judging the entire day and to the family and friends who came out to support the team!
Results:
Chris Praml - 1st Place single stick - Men's Heavyweight advanced
Juan Riestra - 1st Place single stick - Men's senior Heavyweight single stick
Chris Davis - 2nd single stick - Men's Super Heavyweight Novice
Victor Morales - 1st Place Single Stick - Men's Heavyweight Novice - 2nd Place Men's Double stick
Adrian Biscocho - 2nd Single Stick - Men's Middleweight Novice - 2nd Place Mens double stick
Oliver Lim - 2nd place single stick - Men's Middleweight Advanced - 1st Place Men's Double stick
Dan Font - 1st Place Single Stick - Men's Middleweight Novice
Anthony Salcedo - 2nd Place Single Stick - Men's Middleweight Novice
 Big Chris landing a hand shot |
 Team IMAF with Master Dong |
 Juan after his win |
 Dan taking a tough fight |
 Chris with the gold after a tough fight |
 Victor after another victory |
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Anthony gets the win |
Oliver and Adrian fighting for gold in double stick |
Grapplers Quest - William Paterson University - February 17th 2007 - Team IMAF put on an impressive showing displaying the results of their hard training. We are missing some pictures of competitors so if anyone has some please let me know. - Congratulations IMAF for a great effort.
 Mindy setting up her opponent |
 Mindy - choke to arm bar set up |
 Mindy medal award |
 Ethan trying for a takedown |
 Harry trying to secure his flying arm bar attempt |
 Abe in back mount |
 Abe securing a triangle |
 Abe battling his opponents excellent guard pass attempts |
 Abe after one of his wins |
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Joey going for the take down |
 Joey medal award |
 Kids team - a hard but fun day! |
Children
Joey Dellosso - 2nd Place Childrens advanced division. Joe was up 10 -0 and in the last minute got caught in a Kimura . Joe dominated the entire fight and displayed excellent skill in take downs guard defense sweeps etc..
Sam Bucca - Same also competed in the Children's advanced division where he was up 12 -2 and in the last minute got caught in a choke while taking his opponent down again. Sam also displayed excellent movement especially take downs and dominated the fight!
Ethan Reisboard - Ethan competed in the Children's beginner division as this was his first tournament. Ethan displayed incredible heart and a toughness that got him on to the team. While Ethan lost his match , he showed that as his skill increases he has what it takes to compete successfully.
Teens
John Lodato - John trained hard for this tournament and was expected to medal. His skill on the mat has been impressive and he has shown movement and submission ability at a level above his current rank. John couldn't compete as he broke his foot during a lite warm up with Sifu Don before the start of the matches. John is an important member of the competition team and we wish him a speedy recovery and hope to see him back on the mat soon. Class will be VERY QUITE without John!!
Adults
Mindy Raisor - 3rd Place -Women's Middle weight (Class B) Division. Mindy, a 1 stripe White Belt competed in a division where all women of this weight class were combined, regardless of experience. Mindy put on an incredible performance winning 2 out of 3 fights, both by arm bar submission with text book set up's. He loss was on points to a more experience Blue Belt. Her hard training sessions paid off.
Harry Hunckin Jr.- Men's White Belt Heavy Weight Division. Harry started off with a bang and nearly nailed a flying Arm Bar on an opponent that outweighed him by almost 40 pounds. The fight settled with hism opponent getting side mount with Harry pulling half guard where the fight settled. The weight proved too much and Harry lost on points. I have to say I was VERY impressed at the flying arm bar attempt.
Chris Praml. - Men's Cruiser Weight Blue Belt. - Chris's second tournament as a blue belt ( this first he submitted 3 out of four opponents). His first fight was against a 4 stripe blue Belt. Chris showed excellent movement and skill and out pointed his opponent but as it seem to go in this tournament, got caught in a submission. This fight showed Chris's ability to compete successfully in the Blue Belt Division.
Abe Zakhem - Mens Cruiser Weight White Belt - Abe had two fights and won both of them . His first fight was won quickly by triangle choke with a beautiful set up. His second fight was a tough fight but Abe was up on points and battled a late submission attempt to take the win. During that fight Abe hurt his hand and couldn't close it. The tournament doc suspected he dislocated it. While was willing to try to compete again we decided to call it a day. It was clear that he was a top competitor in that division and had an excellent chance of medaling.
Tournament Results 2006
PIMA Invitational Stickfighting Tournament - Team IMAF, one of the largest teams we have fielded turned in an incredible performance this weekend at Master Dong's PIMA Invitational Tournament in Jersey City. Events included the traditional 3 round tournament style event but included our 6 round "Pro Division".
Team Competitors and results were:
Adult
Chris Praml - Won 6 Round Heavy Weight fight; 1st Place single stick
Tung Cheng - Loss 6 Round - Lightweight Fight
Mike House - Won - 6 Round Middle Weight fight
Victor Morales - 1st Place Single Stick - Men's Middle Weight
Chris Davis - 2nd Men's Heavy Weight (Lost in finals due to a dropped stick in the last round) Super Heavy Weight
Steve Grossbard -2nd Double Stick, 3rd Single Stick - Men's Heavy Weight
Adrian Biscocho - 2nd Single Stick - Men's Middle Weight
Juan Riestra - 2nd Place Men's senior single stick
Childrens (both Allix and Julia decided to compete in the last week. Both students set an outstanding example during the competition and showed an outstanding competitive spirit.)
Allix Chirls - Seconds Place in Stickfighting and Kickboxing
Julia Chirls - First Place forms
Special thanks to the family and friends who came down to support the team and Tanya Biscocho for taking the pics for the team all day, to John Lodato for time keeper duties all day and to Ken Gruber, who's assistance in coaching was invaluable. Ken as a National Champ brings a wealth of experience to the team. Also thanks to Guro Chris for his help in training the team.
Congratulations to everyone on a great performance.
 Allix and Julia with their dad |
Team IMAF |
Senior IMAF fighters after the 6 round "Pro fight" |
 Little Mike (left) |
 Steve Grossbard (right) |
 Tung - 6 round fight |
 Adrian after an impressive win with a tough opponent |
 Chris Praml single stick fight |
 Julia in her forms competition |
 Allix (left) kickboxing |
 Allix (right) stickfighting |
 Chris - 6 round fight |
 "Big Chris" in a tough division |
 Victor on his way to a tough win |
 Victor (right) - a long road to victory & 1st Place |
 Juan doing a great job judging all day after his fights |
Grapplers Quest Clifton, NJ - October 15th, 2006 - Chris Praml and Abe Zakhem competed this weekend at the "Grapplers Quest" submission grappling tournament. Chris competed in the light heavyweight division while Abe competed in the Heavyweight division. Both divisions had 10 people each.
Chris, who recently tested for his Blue Belt under Fernando Sarmento, had four fights and won three by submission. Chris took third place. Abe, who has trained only about 4 months and is a white belt also had four fights. Abe won his first two with fast submissions (I couldn't get pictures of them). He lost his last two fights in close hard fought matches.
Congratulations to both fighters and to everyone who came down to support the fighters including Chris's parents and friends, Adrian, Mindy and Debbie.
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Chris with a tight side control |
Chris on top mount looking to set up an arm attack |
Chris finishing with a triangle |
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Abe going for an arm attack |
Abe setting up a choke from guard |
Abe's version of the "twister" |
 Abe in his first of two wins by submission |
 Abe and Chris |
 Chris receiving his medal |
 Some of the group that came to support the fighters |
NAGA Battle at the Beach - August 6th, 2006 - James Goldman and Sam Bucca, turned another incredible performance at the NAGA Championships this weekend in Wildwood , NJ - here are some results:
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James Goldman - won his first fight by submission - Arm Bar - lost his second by points to take second place in Children's Gi submission. James also fought in a no submission division and won three fights in a row without being scored on to take first place and a Samurai Sword.
Sam Bucca lost his first fight by points and then fought for third place, winning by submission. Sam also fought in a no submission gi division and won both fights to take first place and a Samurai sword.
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Congratulations to both students for a great job. It is important to note that they trained hard during the summer, taking time out from summer activities to compete. Thanks also goes to the parents who took the time to get them to practice and to the tournament and to Eric Goldman his help coaching at the tournament!
PIMA Invitational Full contact stickfighting tournament - June 3rd 2006. Team IMAF competed in the PIMA Invitational Stickfighting tournament in Jersey City. This is one of the premier tournaments and always attended by the best fighters in the area. Team IMAF did a great job with all team members taking first or second place medals. Congratulations to PIMA fighters as well as they always prove to be the fighters to beat!
Chris- Light-Heavyweight division- 1st place.
Steve- Seniors Heavyweight division- 1st place single stick, 2nd place double stick
Jesse- Heavyweight division- 2nd place single stick, 2nd place knife.
Juan- Seniors Heavyweight division- 2nd place single stick.
Tung- Lightweight division- 2nd place single stick, 2nd place double stick.
Pictures will be posted soon.
- IMAF's International Filipino Combat Championships (IFCC)- May 21st 2006 - TEAM IMAF scored big again at the IFCC held in conjunction with the "NJ Open" in both Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Full Contact Stickfighting.
Children BJJ
James Goldman 74 lbs- 1st Place against a 108 lb fighter - James displayed advanced escapes and ability to defend guard.
Sam Bucca 50lbs - 3rd Place (50 lb Sam fought a 108lb fighter for second place. Sam displayed a 500 lb heart and showed tremendous ability)
Joe Dellosso -a close fight against a much larger opponent (Joe could not pass opponents guard but defeated all submission and sweep attempts)
Chase Madorsky - no opponents in weight class. (the toughest part of any tournament is the waiting and Chase had a tough day at this one - as an entire team pulled out along with his weight class)
 Rocco's toughest fight! |
Adult BJJ
Rocco Stinziano - (First tournament) had 1 fight - great job of controlling his opponent - excellent movement and ability to pass opponents guard. Lost by submission in a close of match.
Adult Stickfighting (partial results - info will be updated)
Chris Praml - Single Stick Heavyweight 1st place
Jess Volina - Single Stick 2nd Place Heavyweight
Solomon Wheeler - 2nd Place double stick
Steve Grossbard - Double Stick 1st Place
Juan Reistra - ???
IMAF held it's first 6 round Super fight which tested the fighters endurance to the limit. This was an exciting and action packed match where both fighters emerged as winners. Tung Cheng of IMAF fought in this match and while lost a close decision paved the way in this new event.
Knife fighting - Results will be posted
Special thanks to Master "Dong" Master, Danny Pallo, Master Ralph Mitchell (for a great job as center Ref ), "Big " John for not only taking first place in the Heavy Weight division but helping run the tournament and to Pete Potenciano for judging and helping at the tournament.
PARENTS - Thank you for supporting the team and getting the kids there.
NAGA - March 12th, 2006 - Team IMAF again turned an incredible performance at the NAGA Championships this weekend. - pictures will follow but here are some results.
Sam Bucca - two fights - first place Children's beginner Gi (submissions) Sam, while much smaller than his opponents continues to display a 500lb heart!
Nicolette Minto - had a bunch of fights in a few divisions - Took a first after two fights and a second.
James Goldman - had two tough fights while losing to a very tough opponent who had as good a guard as him. James was up 9 -0 and lost the fight by points in the last few seconds. James still continues to display incredible technique and ability for his level!
Chase Madorsky - Chase also had a few fights and took two second place medals in two divisions. Chase displayed so advanced techniques and excellent flow, back mounting his opponent a few times.
 Team IMAF - Nicolette and Sam (front row) Joey, Chase, Jackie and James. |
James going for top mount in a tough close fight |
Pics and more details will be coming.. Congratulations to all competitors and their families for the turnout! special thanks for Ken Gruber and Simo Debbie for their help in coaching. Additionally, we were paid a nice compliment which I wanted share with all the student s and parents. We were told by another coach, who we didn't know, that we had an exceptional group of children, very respectful and courteous and a standout as compared to some other groups. I am proud of our children and parents in the way they conducted themselves and represented IMAF! Character that competition and training builds is the greatest reward of all, not the medals!
"Battle at the Boardwalk" February 17 - 19, 2006 (tournament results and Living Legends award presented to Sifu Don
Tournament Results: (See some pics below - more to come) Atlantic City Convention Center - IMAF students competed in Full contact stickfighting, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and San Shou kickboxing. Note that it has been an IMAF trait to be able to compete in various fighting styles as our training is so broad. Competitors trained hard for many hours and their training shows through not only in their superior technique but in their superior attitude as well. IMAF's competition team included:
BJJ:
James Goldman - continues undefeated in 5 fights and earned another gold medal and more importantly - the attention of BJJ black belts Jean Jacques Machado and Sensei Johnny Guerrero.
Joey Dellosso - showed much improved technique and movement (great guard defense) that earned him another medal.
Sam Bucca - first tournament - despite being the smallest/youngest competitor there by far, Sam showed the biggest heart and effort that earned him a medal.
Chase Madorsky - first tournament - Chase showed great competitive spirit (winning against an experienced opponent) and fought his way to a medal.
Nicolette Minto - first tournament - 9 year old Nicolette was put in with 13 year old competitors and fought two hard fights earning the respect of her competitors and a bronze medal in a teen division.
Harry Hunckin Jr. - Way to go Harry - beautiful textbook set up to a triangle. Worked the rubber guard flawlessly, old school sweeps etc.. Won his first fight by submission - Lost a close second fight by points.
Chris Praml - jumped from Eskrima to BJJ at the last minute - despite shoulder injury, he won his first fight by submission.- great job.
San Shou kickboxing:
Daniel Goloborodko - Daniel has the distinction of being the first IMAF student to compete in a cage match. Daniel 's opponent was much older and heavier and a Black Belt . Daniel (a blue Belt) accepted the fight any way, refusing chest protective gear while his opponent was fully padded. Daniel fought what had to be one of the most action packed fights of the tournament and while losing the decision displayed heart that even the other coach came over to congratulate him. Daniel definitely earned his SILVER medal. - GREAT JOB!
Stickfighting::
Tung Cheng - single stick - gold, Tournament "Grand Champion", knife fighting - Silver, double stick - Gold
Solomon Wheeler - single stick - silver, and double stick - silver
Steve Grossbard - (first tournament) Gold - single stick
Juan Riestra - (first tournament) bronze - single stick
Ken Gruber - bronze - single stick
I would like to also thank Big John, Pete and Joe, for the incredible support they demonstrated by forgoing the National tournament and coming to AC to help out with this tournament. It is VERY safe to say that having their experience and knowledge there made this a success.
Additionally, thanks to all the family members
and students that came down to support the team and help out with running
the tournament.
Competition Team Moms
 IMAF parents and some competitors before the tournament |
 Some of the Eskrima competitors after the competition. |
 Excellent pic of Daniel in action in San Shou "Cage" match scoring with his patented Muay Thai "jumping punch" |
 Tung (left) and Glenn in an exciting match |
 Solomon (right) and Gary in a hard fought match |
 Ken (right) backing up his opponent |
 Harry - Hands raised by Jean Jacques |
 Kids competition Team and Chris Praml with Professor Jean Jacques Machado |
Chris - Hands raised by Jean Jacques |
IMAF's head instructor, Sifu Edwards, was presented a Living Legends "Certificate of Excellence" and Gold Ring for excellence in Martial Arts. Awards were presented to the "Tournament Directors" responsible for their specific styles/events. Master Edwards ran the Eskrima Full contact stickfighting event at the Battle at the Boardwalk. Directors also included Master Jean Jacques Machado among other noted martial artists. Presenters included Gary Lee, Bob Wall, Jim Harrrison, Jerry Fontanez, Tokey Hill, Joe Hess and Bill "Superfoot" Wallace.
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