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“Our mission is to inspire a generation of fight athletes ready to protect themselves and family.” Story of the Month: The Mad Ge- ~ Roland Osborne eas are: Music, Unique Fight Warm Ups, Solid Foundation Strikes, Combat Sprints, Fight Club Combinations and the Coaches Huddle. DD: Sounds cool, what type of fighting combinations? Roland: We take sport karate combinations/counters and then combat sparring combinations with takedowns and ground techniques. School owners can choose which style they want to do with students or do both for different levels. We have over 150 powerful combinations from the top teachers 24 Dojo Digest • April 2014 and trainers in the world. We only wanted the best, so we told the pro fight coaches to give us their very best, exactly what they would teach their own kid. Athletes learn the “Ice Blitz” and 25 other combinations from top trainer John Hackleman and The Pit Athletes. DD: Most schools find they lose students when they spar, how are you handling that? Roland: Exactly, you’re right, sparring is a number #1 attrition problem in martial arts. In most schools