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UFC Champ and inductee to UFC Hall of Fame, Dan "The Beast" Severn is coming to Crestview!

If you are an UFC fan, you surely know the name, Dan “The Beast” Severn.  He was an early pioneer for the sport winning the UFC championship three times and ended up in the UFC Hall of Fame.  There are only five people in UFC Hall of Fame and he was the third one inducted.  http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=fighter.HallOfFame

His resume is pretty darn impressive:

In high school he was a two-time national champion and set eight national records in his career. Dan was inducted into Arizona State University's wrestling hall of fame at the end of his prestigious collegiate career.

After completing his degree program and graduation, Dan continued on a quest to be the best amateur wrestler in the world. Numerous competitions from 1982 to 1994 took him to Japan, Hungary, Cuba, France, and Turkey. On each trip, Severn captured another title. Dan also secured 13 National AAU wrestling championships during those years. The Beast also tried his hand at coaching wrestling at ASU and Michigan State University as he continued to compete and excel after his collegiate career.

After that, he moved to MMA competition and is the only three time UFC tournament champion (before weight classes).  He’s beaten some big names in the MMA world such as Forrest Griffin, Ken Shamrock, Oleg Taktarov, and Tank Abbott.  He’s 50 years old and still fighting with well over 100 professional MMA fights under his belt. 

For the professional wrestling fans out there, Dan wrestled for The World Wrestling Federation.  While doing the professional wrestling career, Dan also held the National Wrestling Alliance heavyweight title in the professional wrestling ranks for longer than any other previous NWA champion.

He has over 95 state, national, and international wrestling titles under his belt, and in 1999, reached a milestone by competing in his 4000th match.

He’s also been on Nash Bridges and played a football player for the movie Rudy.  Speaking of which, he played Semi Pro football for a year. 

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A few questions/comments I've gotten:

What will be covered?

YOUTH & ADULT MARTIAL ARTS SEMINAR
Amateur Wrestling
Take Downs
Submissions
Training Tips
And much more in this unique learning experience

ADULT ONLY MMA SEMINAR
Submission Holds
Chokes
Arm locks
Grappling Techniques
UFC inside information & much more

What should I wear?

I'll be barefoot and wearing comfortable shorts & t-shirt. 

Ages for seminar?

Junior & Adult is open for all ages 10ish and older.  Adult only session is for 15 and older. 

I'm only signing up for the adult session.

Hummm, they are BOTH the adult session.  Second part is arm locks and chokes that we really don't want taught to children.  Don't miss fundamental material!

This is part of our curriculum.

Wow!  Why did you get into martial arts?  To learn curriculum or to learn martial arts?  Yes, I fully understand that test day is generally over curriculum but that's like studying for the FCAT (don't get me started on our government education system).  Come have a good time and train under the tutelage of a true champion.