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ICA DRAGON JAM May 1st 10:00 am (est) At the Pivotal Fitness Center 5000 Old Spartanburg Rd, Taylors, SC
It has been six years since the original jam was held in South Carolina. A lot has changed for many of us since then. Unfortunately friendships have been one of them. The ICA and host Red Dragons, would like to make this a homecoming of sorts. Even then we were putting aside our differences for training. It was a neutral site. Well, it is again. We hope it will re-acquaint some old friends develop new ones. I believe some of the popularity of the jams, is the opportunity it gives to spend personal time with people that the atmosphere of tournaments often prevents. Come for that and the rest will take care of itself. Along with this fellowship, we will be having cross training in: stand up, to include; clinch, point fighting, continuous and ground. There will be no seminars. Just pre and post instruction of your training level competition. This will be invaluable for beginner and advance alike. You will have plenty of time to participate in any or all of the training level competition. Training level is at a pace that does not include full contact. It offers lively matches with control and training benefits. There will be teams and coaches made up from all participants. If you came to the old jams, it was the most fun of anything we did. It is shiai controlled and conducted. We will train until approximately Four o’clock (4pm). You can come for any part and leave when you need to. Kids will be worked in with the adults. We have seen that the kids want and need more time too. There are two maybe three rooms to separate the activities. You can go from room to room as you wish. While one room is sparring the other will be grappling. We will then switch and all join together for the team shiai portion. Uniform is what you want it to be. Just no buttons or zippers on your pants. No gloves or foot covers with exposed fingers or toes. No mma gloves in the point or continuous fighting. 12oz and above gloves only. Headgear must be worn for all stand up matches. No knees or elbow strike or throws during the stand up. Shoes are acceptable as long as they are certified martial arts shoes are acceptable as long as they are padded and from a standard martial arts dealer. No tennis shoes or any other athletic shoes. Bring towels and some water and snack. We have a juice bar with drinks and shakes. They are pricey. We will take a mid day break around one (1pm) to rest and get some carbs. There are also showers and dressing rooms. I will follow up with places to stay and eat. There are several.
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Hope you can make this one. It is free to an ICA Member; 25.00 if you are not. |
