Warrior Crucible at Team Tooke Mixed Martial Arts
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HOUSTON, April 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Team Tooke Mixed Martial Arts Academy is preparing for the next installment of the Warrior Crucible. The Warrior Crucible is a 12+ hour martial arts military style event designed to test the stamina, character and inner spirit of all participants. Novice athletes and beginner level martial arts students should consider doing the course only when they have received a higher level of physical stamina. The program is quite grueling at times and students need to be well prepared for about 2 week s worth of workouts packed into a single day! The event consists of:
Jose Llanas wins the Submission Hunter Pro Black Belt Middle Weight Title
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HOUSTON, March 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The Submission Hunter Pro is a Jiu-jitsu event held by Garcia Promotions featuring several matches ranging from kids and teens all the way to black belt adults. In the most recent event, Team Tooke black belt and instructor Jose Angel Llanas took to the stage in the black belt main event. His opponent was the very talented Joe Murphy. Many people had Joe as the favorite to win. However, less than 3 minutes in he was tapping out to a perfectly executed inside heel hook from the 50/50 guard.
Team Tooke Mixed Martial Arts Academy wins in 3 events
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HOUSTON, March 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ This past weekend, Texas was host to a series of martial arts events. These included the IBJJF Dallas Open Jiu-jitsu Competition, Combat Sports Coverage and Fury Fighting Championship. Team Tooke Mixed Martial Arts Academy (www.TeamTooke.com) had students competing in all 3 events.
The Dallas Open held by the IBJJF is one of the largest Brazilian Jiu-jitsu events in the south. Team Tooke students John McCowen and Jose Llanas each brought home gold medals in their divisions. Jose Llanas, competed against some of the toughest black belts in the country. With 3 matches he secured 2 submission victories and won the finals match by points. John McCowen won gold in the brown belt super heavy weight division and placed 2
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HOUSTON, Feb. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Melissa Lozano is a multiple time Pan Am and Jiu-jitsu world champion. Recently, Melissa was awarded the rank of brown belt from her instructor, Professor Travis Tooke. Her first task as a new brown belt was to test the waters in competition. Luckily, it didn t take long for her to receive a special invitation for a match against another female brown belt. The event took place on January 30
th, 2020. It was a Super Fight style card called Submissions On The Shore at Moody Gardens in Galveston, TX.
Although Melissa primarily trains with the gi (Jiu-jitsu uniform), this particular match was a No-Gi match (shorts and compression shirt). This style of competition is very different as each grappler does not have the gi to grip onto. In spite of the change of style, Melissa made short work of her opponent finishing the match by submission (Arm Triangle Choke) in under 2 minutes. Because of her outstanding p
Team Tooke Launches Tooke Talks Podcast
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HOUSTON, Jan. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ 4th Degree Brazilian Jiu-jitsu Black Belt Travis Tooke has recently launched a brand-new podcast called Tooke Talks. The podcast is informational, educational and downright hilarious at times. Most episodes feature Professor Travis and a guest although a few of the episodes have been solo. The guests are usually high level fellow martial artists. The episodes can be found on Apple s iTunes or by visiting https://teamtooke.com/podcasts
Tooke Talks is very popular among Brazilian Jiu-jitsu and Mixed Martial Arts students and athletes. However, not every episode is strictly about Jiu-jitsu and MMA. Because martial arts includes such a broad range of philosophical angles, the conversations often take more nuanced routes. Politics, diet, goal setting, training methods and systems are just a few topics that one might find during an episode. In addition