Congratulations to all of our students who tested this past Fall. All of your hard work and dedication paid off.

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Our next 12 week Bootcamp will start Monday September 13th. Classes will remain the same days and times Mon, Wed and Fri 6pm-6:45pm.

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This past weekend The BLAST held its 3rd Annual Muay Thai Camp and it was again a great success. Mike ‘The Volt’ Vaughn taught an immense number of techniques focusing on knees and kicks and ending with some self defense techniques to mix it up and show how MTK is functional. There was a good turn out with students coming from the BLAST and several schools across WI – Unified Martial Arts in Fon du Lac, Royal Court in Wauwatosa. During the camp, Mike awarded his assistant Muay Thai Instructor, Matt Olson, his black sash! Matt has been training with Mike since The BLAST began 6 years ago and has progressed from student to fighter to instructor. He has been teaching the Phase I MTK class for the last 2 years in addition to improving his techniques and skills. Mike was very proud to promote Matt to black belt level, the first black belt under Mike. If you see Matt, congratulate him on all his hard work and dedication to The BLAST.

This is Greg Petz first fight at the TBA Tournament in Iowa this past July. He demonstrated excellent Muay Thai skills and came out on top with this preliminary bout.

THE BLAST will be closed labor day weekend so everyone can enjoy some much needed time off! Academy doors will be close Friday, September 3rd through Monday, September 6th. Classes will resume Tuesday at their normal times.

We would like to congratulate our head Kids/JKD Instructor Josh Prior for earning Instructor Level I under Rick Faye’s Minnesota Kali Group International. Last year Josh set goal to become an instructor under the legendary JKD instructor Rick Faye. With hard work and dedication Josh received just that! Congratulations Josh on achieving a well deserved goal!!

When you see Josh around the academy give him a pat on the back for a job well done!

THE BLAST’s Martial Arts

Kids Summer Camp

Monday, August 16-Friday August 20th
9am to 12pm
Kids age 7-14
Camp Cost: $149.99

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3rd Annual

Muay Thai Kickboxing Summer Camp

with instructor Mike “The Volt” Vaughn
Saturday, August 21st
10am to 3pm
Cost: $75

**kids who attend the August Kids camp will receive $25 off**

Meet at THE BLAST at 10am to be directed to the park where the summer camp will start at 10:30am!
BLAST member appreciation cookout to follow!

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Panatukan Seminar
“Dirty Boxing”
Saturday, Sept. 24
11 am to 1 pm
Cost: $25

Interested in JKD or adding new kickboxing techniques to your Muay Thai game? Come to the Panantukan seminar at The BLAST taught by JKD instructor Josh Prior.

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The BLAST will be closed Friday, July 2 through Monday, July 5 for the Fourth of July holiday. Classes will resume at their normal time on Tuesday, July 6. Everyone have a fun and safe holiday weekend. See you Tuesday.

PERSONAL PROTECTION SEMINAR

July 31, 2010
9:00 to 10:30 am
Open to everyone
Cost: $30 preregistered OR $35 at the door

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Mixed Martial Arts Sparring Workshop Date Changed! We have changed the date from June 12th to June 19th due to Mike traveling for BJJ training!! (more…)

The BLAST will be closed this coming weekend. There will be no classes Saturday, May 29 or Monday, May 31. Have a safe and fun Memorial Day.

The time of year has come again for our kids to perform their skills, testing time has come. The week of June 14th, all of our Warrior Students will be testing. To test, students must have attended 3/4 of his/her classes and testing fee must be paid. If you are concerned with your kids attendance, please see Michelle or Josh and they will let you know whether or not a private lesson is required. Test dates, times, and cost are as follows: (more…)

Summer Session 2010

June 28th — August 19th

The BLAST’s Warriors Program Summer Session will focus on fun martial art classes that are open to NEW and current students. The Summer Session is an 8 week program consisting of 2 classes per week. It will be broken up into 2 different 4 week focuses: the sport of Mixed Martial Art, self defense, and JKD Concepts. (more…)