Contributing Guest Blogger Dean Batara Father of Kyra and Dom Batara – Level 4 Ambassadors A Family That Competes As parents of two competitive athletes in MMA Training, we continually strive to offer our children as many experiences as possible to help them evolve into successful adults, push through adversity, learn from life lessons, while finding passions in life to guide them towards a fulfilling future. The comment...
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Parker “The Hydra” Graham competed at the Tennessee State BJJ Championships in Knoxville, TN on 9/1/12. After weighing-in at 109 lbs, he competed in the Teen Expert 100-110 lbs Gi Division and the Teen Expert 109-130 lbs No-Gi Division. Parker represented the Revgear Ambassador Program well, taking first place in both divisions, and not allowing any points to be scored on him during the tournament. This...
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Parker “The Hydra” Graham competed in the NAGA Charlotte on earlier this month. He was entered in the Kids Expert Gi & No-Gi divisions and weighed in at 99.6lbs, but after winning the Kids Expert No-Gi 90-99.9lbs division, he was bumped into the Teen Expert No-Gi & Gi 90-99.9lb divisions and claimed victory in both. He only had three matches on the day, but won...
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The Revgear Ambassador program has an incredible pool of young talent that competing in various levels across many disciplines. Zach Kaina is an incredible talent from Hawaii and has been dominating Jiu Jitsu tournaments left and right. Kaina competed last month in the Gracie Waikiki tournament and scored another victory in dominating fashion. Being very agile plays a huge advantage to Kaina and is able...
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Last month, Ismael Ramirez brought home another first place medal. Ismael, one of Revgear’s newest ambassadors, competed in the pro division. Ramirez, who usually competes in the expert division, but this time a testing his competitive skills was the priority. He faced 7 opponents in the pro division; submitting each opponent in under a minute in each bout—talk about making quick work of the competition. ...
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NAGA has been taken by storm as of late. New Revgear Ambassador Taylor “The Terror” Guerra has dominate every tournament she has entered in. Here most recent victories came on back to back weekend in April. On April 14th at Combat Corner 9 Guerra took first place with 3 submissions in the Expert No-Gi division. The following weekend Guerra went to NAGA in Chicago, taking...
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Revgear Ambassadors come in all different sizes and ages. One of the top ambassadors in the stable of young competitors is Ruben Huron Jr. The 9 year old from Gulfport, Mississippi has been dominating in local tournaments throughout The Magnolia State. His most recent victory came in his hometown of Gulfport, Mississippi where he brought home the first place trophy. Ruben Huron Jr. is looking...
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This sibling duo, Dominic and Kyra Batara may be two of the most active competitors in the RevgearAmbassador program. Over the last couple of months they have compiled a combined 5 first place finished and 6 podium finishes. Here is a list of their most recent tournament results: Twin Cities ADNA Attack Dom challenged himself and jumped up to the 60lb-65lb weight classes despite giving up to 10...
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Contributing Guest Blogger Gary Edwards Head MMA coach at Laurel Mountain MMA, North Carolina Bullies are here to stay. A recent awareness to the bullying outcry in the media won’t completely deter the bully bashing, but it will bring more awareness to the problem. I can’t say I was ever successfully bullied as a child, but the attempts were always there. The difference in my bully...
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Mike Duran of Ceres Karate & Krav Maga in Ceres, Ca, has a very robust youth MMA program. Not only are kids learning the proper mechanics, but they are properly outfitted in top of the line gear; gear that is specifically designed for the size and shape of the youth fighter. Keep up the good work Mike. ...
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