The Fighting Arts Academy - Muay Thai - Grappling - MMA

205 School St.
Gardner, MA
01440

                                      

  

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Grappling: combo of Judo, wrestling, Sambo and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu:  Techniques include takedeowns, chokes, & joint locks.

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: a grappling art based on leverage. The objective is to control and submit the opponent with a joint lock or choke. Practiced with and with out a gi.

Judo: A grappling art focusing on throws using leverage. Practiced with and without a Gi. Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) combination of: striking & grappling.

Wrestling: A grappling art focusing on taking the opponent down, controlling him or her, and pinning.

Karate: for the traditional martial artist, stresses discipline, and respect. Meditation, bowing, techniques, drilling, and sparring are included.  All students wear a gi. A belt ranking system is used.  

Weapons: fighting techniques using the Bo, Kamas, & Nunchakus

Cardio Kickboxing: This cutting edge workout class will get you into shape in no time flat. You no longer have to throw borring punches and kicks in the air. Now you can put the gloves on, pair up with a partner and hit the pads with the same combinations, world champions use to win in the cage and ring. The class begins with a warm up, stretch, then moves to pad work, abs, and a cool down, all while listening to music. Your coordination, power, muscular endurance, and cardiovascular fitness will improve.

Muay Thai Drills: The stepping stone between hitting pads, and sparring, you'll learn the intricate offensive and defensive technique you will using in sparring.

Muay Thai Sparring: This is where you put your conditioning and your skills to the test in a live situation. The objective is to safely prepare the student for a real fight.

Strenth and Conditioning: With a 2X World Powerlifting Champion in house, who has over a decade of training amateur and professional athletes, the fighting arts academy is ready to help you reach all your fitness goals, no matter if they are simply to trim up and be in better health or to have the mind blowing conditioning of an elite fighter.

Strong Man & Power lifting: If your goals aren't to fight but to just be the king of strength, that's okay too. The Fighting Arts Academy is here to meet your needs whatever they aretechnique-4.

Fighter Training: The Fighting Arts Academy consists of a network of 3 Schools and is home to 34 professional and amateur MMA fighters, boxers, Muay Thai Fighters, and Grapplers. The training programs are put together by 15 experienced coaches. No matter where you are in your career the Fightin Arts Academy will push you to the next level.

Fighter Managing: This is one of the most overlooked areas in the fight game especially for young athletes eager to jump into the fight game. Planning a fighters career to keep them in the best physical and financial state of well being is in the fighter's best interest. Proper fighgter management takes a solid understanding of the fight game, and a true caring for the fighter.

Women: The Fighting Arts Academy is a great place for women to come get in shape, have fun and learn to protect themselves.technique-2

Kids & Tots: Classes are taught in a fun, exciting, and safe manner, using drills and games. Children will learn discipline, and respect. They will learn team work, self-defense, and will improve their balance, coordination, flexibility, strength, power, and endurance. 

Teens: What better way to keep your teens off the streets and from hanging with the wrong crowd? Many young people who have teetered between taking the right path and the wrong one have made the right choice after being exposed to the discipline, respect, and camaraderie the Fighting Arts Academy provides. 

All Levels: Whether you are a seasoned professional fighter or have not worked out in years, the Fighting Arts Academy is just right for you. It is a place where you can feel comfortable and will be encouraged no matter what your ability is.

Rankings: Not a necessity, but every student has the option of pursuing a belt rank in Brazilin Jiu-Jitsu, Muay Thai, Grappling, the Fighting Arts Academy's own hybrid brand of MMA, and Kenpo Karate

Clinics: The Fighting Arts Academy holds regular training clinics, and intensive camps to improve the skills of the student in a fun way  that goes above and beyond that of regular class. 

Seminars: The Fighting Arts Academy holds regular seminars taught by top notch teachers from other schools, many different disciplines, and from all over the world. These seminars have included 2 Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Seminars, 4 Wrestling Seminars, 1 Muay Thai Seminar. The Fighting Arts Academy will continue to host seminars taught by outside coaches to improve the skills of its teachers and students.

Gabriel "Gladiator" Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Association

You now can be part of this fantastic association designed to bring to you authentic Brazlian Jiu Jitu from one of the greats.  As a member you will recieve an identification card, a monthly newsletter about Gabriel and the Association as well as updates on competition team training, seminars, testing requirements, and belt testing. You will recieve discounts on Gi's, seminars, and patches.

Gabriel has spent his life training under Carlson Gracie Sr, who he recieved his black belt from and is now devoted to spreading top notch quality Brazilian Jiu Jitsu to you.

Instructors

 

Mike Gibbs was born in 1979, grew up in Athol Massachusetts and has lived in the area ever since. Even as a toddler he took an interest in combative sports, when he was  first inspired by Rocky and then the Karate Kid. From that point on he watched or read anything and everything on the martial arts that he could get a hold of. Though there were many traditional schools in the area, none of them appealed to Mike. It was as if there was something missing. It wasn't until he watched UFC 5 live on Pay-Per-View that he believed he had found a system of martial arts that really works. Like so many enthusiastic teenage fans of the UFC, he had no idea that what would become MMA would one day encompass the world the way it now does. 

  After seeing the UFC for the first time, he sought to learn the grappling techniques the fighters were winning with at the time. He joined a local school offering a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu program under the Gracie Association. From there he searched for a more complete system and found Grand Masters Shihan Walt Lysak (Co-Founder of ICAT, and Sento Martial Arts), Jr and Charlie Lysak, both of whom he stays in close contact with and holds much respect for. Walt was the first person to teach Mike striking, wrestling, leg locks, and proper street self defense. It was Charlie (founder of Primal Strength Training & Co-Founder of Sento Martial Arts) who taught the training that would produce the kind of animalistic strength and power needed to win a fight. Through Walt, he met Jeremy Libezweski, the man who would be his mentor in the fight game. Jeremy taught Mike his very technical Muay Thai, and MMA system and his advanced philospohy on martial arts, fighting, and coaching. With his life long dream to fight having been crushed by a heart complication, Mike set his goals on coaching and to this day has had no better teacher and admittedly feels he owes his success to Jeremy. To this day, they remain the best of friends.

 -Gym Manager,F.A. Academy Gardner Founder, Head Trainer

  1. Certified Trainer and Cornerman under The Fighting Arts Academy.
  2. Has cornered and trained over 10 professional and amateur MMA fighters including:
  • Ben Young
  • Christian Stickney
  • Paulo Gomes
  • Kemal Banatte
  • EIF Middleweight Champion: Justin "Smash" Torrey http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yun5T0yA70o
  • Hudson Valley Muay Thai Coach: Brendan Weafer 
  • The Fighting Arts Academy Founder & Head Coach: Jeremy Libiszewski. 

     3. Cornered in over 30 Amateur Boxing Fights

     4. Cornered in 2 MMA Title Fights

     5. Cornered in 1 World Title Boxing Fights

     6. Trained over 20 Amateur and Professional Boxers

     7. Trainer of 20 Competitive Grapplers 

     8 Trained 6 Police Officers

     9. Trained 7 Correctional Officers  

    10. Holds two 1st Place NAGA Titles

    11. Member of Former NAGA Tournament Team Winner

    12 Has 12 years of training and teaching experience.

    13. Has learned from and trained with the best: 14 Champions, including 2 UFC Champions, 8 Other MMA Champions, 3 World Class Wrestlers (Olympic Greco-Roman Bronze Medalist, 2X Olympian & Olympic Coach, Rodney Smith), 1 World Kickboxing Champion, 1 World Karate Champion, 1 Mongolian Wrestling World Champion, 2 Nationally Ranked Strenght & Conditioning Coaches, 2 World Class Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belts, 2 World Renowned Reality Martial Arts Masters.

     14. King of the Mat Referee

     15. Graduate of Mount Wachusett Community College where he was on the Dean's List

     16. Former Worcester State College Dean's List Member

     17. Has Taught  Students with Special Needs

     18. Has Taught Troubled Youth

     19. Experience in overcoming adversity brought on by a traumatic childhood experience

     20. Experience in dealing with a Hoarder.

Gabriel "Gladiator" Santos

Gabriel Santos was born in Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and at a very young age got into Jiu-Jitsu of the renowned master, Carlson Gracie. Gabriel is a Jiu-Jitsu black belt, has twice accomplished the State Championship in Rio, is Brazilian Group Championship and holds the Second Place in World Championship.

He is also the Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo State Champion.

In 2001, he started preparing for MMA and throughout the years has been training with athletes such as Ricardo Libório, Murilo Bustamante, Zé Mario Sperry, Amaury Bitetti, Wallid Ismail, Vitor Belfort, Carlos Barreto, Nogueira Brothers, Ricardo Arona and Paulo Filho to name a few.

In 2005 premiered with success at Cage Rage 10, which is the biggest MMA event in Europe.
 
Gabriel Gladiator is nowadays one of the greatest outstanding fighters in the MMA World scenario, in the middleweight division (185lbs)

Gabriel "Gladiator" Santos SPORT RESUME:

JIU-JITSU

National Brazilian Championship (Super League) – 1997/ 185lb/ 1st place I Big Tournament CONDE KOMA – 1997/ 185lb/ 1st place National Brazilian Championship (CBJJ) – 1998/ 185lb/ 3rd place National Brazilian Team Championship (CBJJ) – 1998/ Open Weight/ 1st place World Championship (CBJJ) – 1998/ 185lb/ 2nd place 2 Times State Championship Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (FJJRJ) – 1999 and 2001/ 185lb/ 1st place 8 Times Niteroi Championship – 1999 to 2005/ 185lb and Open Weight/ 1st place Big Challenge Rio de Janeiro versus Niteroi – 2003/ 185lb/ 1st place World Cup (CBJJO) – 2002/ 185lb/ 3rd place NAGA New England – 2009/ 185lb/ 1st place

SUBMISSION WRESTLING (NO GI)

Rio de Janeiro State Champion – 2003/ Open Weight/ 1st place Sao Paulo State Champion – 2004/ 185lb/ 1st place ADCC Trials ( Campos , RJ) – 2004/ 185lb/ 2nd place I Rio de Janeiro Summer Cup – 2004/ Open Weight/ 1st place National Brazilian Championship – 2005/ 185lb/ 1st place Fight Zone (USA) – 2008/ Open Weight/ 1st place Arnold Grappling Championship (USA/ OH) – 2008/ Open Weight/ 3rd place NAGA New England- 2010/189lbs/1st place

MIXED MARTIAL ARTS (MMA) CAREER

Result      Opponent                 Method                               Date                   Round                 Time

Loss      Nate Kittredge       Decision (Unanimous)             9/27/2008                   N/A                   N/A

Win      Jerry Spiegel          Decision (Unanimous)              5/30/2008                  N/A                   N/A

Win      Julio Feliciano       Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke)      5/9/2008                     1                    3:27

Win      Josh Hesser           Submission (Ankle Lock)          2/23/2008                     1                    4:55

Win      Fernando Rivera       Submission (Kimura)             10/27/2007                    1                     N/A

Win      Rigo Dominicci                TKO                            9/29/2007                     1                     N/A

Loss      Vinicius Bhorer               TKO                            4/14/2007                     1                     3:41

Loss       Daniel Aspe                Decision                        10/13/2006                   N/A                    N/A

Loss     Fabio Nascimento         Decision (Unanimous)      8/11/2006                        3                    5:00

Loss      Pedro Santos              Decision                        4/8/2006                         3                     5:00

Win        Mark Weir                 Decision (Unanimous)      2/26/2005                       3                     5:00

Win       Marcao Marcao               KO                           8/14/2004                        3                      N/A

Loss      Michel Tanque         Decision VVT                      4/3/2004                       N/A                   N/A

Win      Raider Soares                 KO                             11/15/2003                       1                     N/A

Loss      Evangelista Santos          KO            

Chris Melanson- Strength Coach

Hold a lifetime drug fee military/law/fire/EMS bench press record in the AAU                                              Four 1st Place Titles at the AAU Worlds in Disney in the 220lbs weight class                                                Three 2nd Place Titles in the Mass State Open in the 220lbs weight class                                                    One 3rd Place Titles in the Mass State Open in the 220lbs weight class                                                        One 2nd Place Title in the AAU Nationals in the 198lbs weight Class                                                       F.A. Academy Certified Strength Coach                      EMT                                                                                                                                           Testimonial: "When it comes to strengtH training, Chris is the best motivator that I've ever worked with and his methods are the best. I personally have improved more with his help than ever before. Thanks Chris!"

Pete Withers - Karate Coach

2nd Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do                                                                                                      2nd Degree Black Belt in Kenpo Karate                                                                                                     Over 12 Years of Teaching Experience                                                                                                      2nd in Nation  for Mens Open Forms 1997                                                                                                   Master Marksmen United States Practical Shooting Association

 Jeremy Libezweski

Founder of the Fighting Arts Academy System

  • Youngest black belt under the Sento Methodbio_jer-1
    having trained under the founder of the
    system, Lyzak.
  • Currently is a 2nd degree black belt under the Sento Method
  • Holds a 3rd degree black belt under the National Jiu-Jitsu Society
  • 18 years experience in martial arts
  • Three time North American Grappling Champion in the Advanced middle and light weight divisions
  • Has a 2-0-0 record in amateur kickboxing competitions
  • World Extreme Challenge veteran, which is one of the largest mixed martial arts events in the world
  • Two time winner of the North American Grappling Championship Team Award. Edged out the Renzo Gracie Academy for the Team Championship

Teaching Accomplishments

  • Trains professional fighters in kickboxing, grappling and mixed martial arts
  • Teaches defense seminars for the police and military personnel
  • Teaches women's self defense programs, specializing in physical and psychological strategies
  • Promotes personalized weight loss training and optimal health
  • Promotes self-respect, discipline, confidence, character, self-esteem in children, adolescents and adults

 

F.A. Academy Ranking Systems

Ranks

Grappling, Muay Thai, MMA      Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu        Traditional Karate Ranks

     White                                                  White                                             White

4 Purple Stripes                                  Blue                                            Yellow

       Purple                                                Purple                                          Orange 

4 Blue Stripes                                      Brown                                          Purple

 Blue                                                     Black                                             Blue

     4 Green Stripes                                                                               1 Green Stripe

Green                                                                                                        Green

      4 Brown Stripes                                                                                    3 Brown Stripes

   Brown                                                                                                 Brown Belt

   4 Black Stripes                                                                                     3 Black Stripes

Black                                                                                                       Black

                                   

The Fighting Arts Academy & Gabriel "Gladiator" Santos Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Team Members 

 

Gabriel "Gladiator" Santos


Justin "Smash" Torrey

Paul Gomes

Abi Mestre

Brenden Weaffer

Kamal Bennate

"Notorious" Nick Newell

Razor Rob

Justin "the Lumber Jack"

Leone

Randy "The Un-natural"

Kendell Amadon

Jake St. Pierre

John Braun

Aaron  Barrett

Zach Alisauskas

Matt Danforth

Alex "Crab"  Santiago

Chad Kelly

Pete Withers

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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413-449-8287

 

   Location:
205 School Street Gardner MA, 01440
Brick Building w/ Green Sign
Phone: (413) 559-8287 or (978) 503-9137 

 

 

    

About Us

The Fighting Arts Academy in Gardner MA is an extention of the original Fighting Arts Academy in Springfield MA, home to Bellator & Shine Fighter the striking sensation Justin "Smash" Torrey and many other amateur and professional fighters (all with impressive winning records). It opened in August of 2008, and in that time has grown to over 65 members. From day one its founder Mike Gibbs and other staff members have been committed to bring quality martial arts instruction to the area. They hold classes in the following areas.

Muay Thai: elbows, knees, punches, kicks.

Boxing: Striking art, using punching technques to defeat the opponent

 

 

 

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