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Yes, We’re Open this Morning

The roads are currently (8:30 AM) fine in Staunton, and the forecast says snow won’t start until this afternoon. Forecasts are NEVER wrong, you know, so I will be there at 10AM. Come roll with me!

TDMA Grad Ryan Benitez Credits Jiu-Jitsu in Helping Him Become High School Wrestling Champ

Congratulations to former student Ryan Benitez on his 100th career win in high school wrestling.

Congratulations to former Total Defense student Ryan Benitez on his 100th career win in high school wrestling. Ryan grapples in the 195-pound weight class for Buffalo Gap High School. He won his match at the Riverheads quad on Wednesday.

When he earned his blue belt here at TDMA, Ryan was known affectionately as “D’arce Vader,” for his effective application of the D’arce choke.

The News Leader reports:

Before taking up wrestling, Benitez trained in jiu-jitsu for five years, which, he said, gave him a lot of help in terms of defensive moves on the mat.

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Congrats again to Ryan!

100 wins in less than 3 years of wrestling. Amazing work, Big Fish! #TrustTheProcess #RaisingTheBar #WeGotThatBread pic.twitter.com/KtlxlICDDQ
— A.J. Dobzeniecki (@ajdobz) January 10, 2019

Black Belt Thos Molloy Teaches Self Defense

Last night, we were honored to host guest instructor Thos Molloy, a black belt from HYBRID. Thos taught takedown and self defense techniques from the standup position plus choke attacks from the back mount.