All the Latest News from Team Lloyd Irvin Annapolis
For the Holidays, we will be closed on the following days:
Monday, 12/29/08
Tuesday, 12/30/08
Wednesday, 12/31/08
Thursday, 01/01/09
We will be holding Fight Team Practice at Crazy 88 Brazilian Jiu Jitsu during the break. Email Danny for more information on the training opportunities.
Classes resume on Monday, 01/05/08 at First Class Gynastics.
Enjoy the break, rest up and recover, and we’ll see you in the new year. Be ready to train hard!
Hello everyone,
It’s that time of the year again, when the weather starts getting colder, Christmas is coming and smoker fights are being held! Once again Ivey League made the trip up to NJ and once again the fighters made everyone proud by putting on an amazing show of heart, technique and conditioning. Here is the rundown of the fight…
Teresa Russin was the first to fight; she fought in a Muay Thai bout. The fight started with Teresa pushing the pace, and anyone that has ever sparred with her knows that she means business when she hits you! Teresa was landing many punches and lots of good leg kicks (her best weapons). This was how it was for all three rounds, Teresa throwing lots of combinations, always moving forward and putting on a show for the crowd. The young lady that Teresa was fighting was also game, and had an “always attacking” style, so it made for a very exciting bout. In the end, Teresa won all three rounds and got the judges decision. Congrats to Ms. Teresa!
Next up was Danny “Red” Heath. This was Danny’s first smoker fight in MMA. Danny was coming off of a Thai Boxing victory from the last smoker fight so we were all very pumped up to see him perform with takedowns and Jiu-Jitsu in the mix. The fight started out more like a brawl and Danny had to weather an early storm. It was back and forth punching for the first
round, and let us tell you, it was a war and Danny showed a lot of heart. The second round was much like the first, lots of boxing and some kicks. Danny scored a takedown at the end of the round and was working his BJJ skills when time ran out. In the third round, Danny was taken down and it was just about all ground fighting with not too much stand up. In the end, Danny lost a decision but gained much more. He learned that MMA is not easy and that you’ve got to take tough fights in order to get better. Danny will learn from this and come back better than ever!
Up next was Matt Brannon. Matt is a raising star in the Annapolis area. He has a fast-paced, hard-nosed style that the fans can’t seem to get enough off. The fight started off with Matt throwing some awesome head kicks. His opponent didn’t seem to like that too much so he tried to take Matt to the ground, but Matt’s good wrestling skills made that tough. Matt stopped the first takedown and they went back to the fight. His opponent tried to take him down again but this time Matt was ready and slapped on a tight guillotine choke from half guard (or as we call it a “JVB” choke). It took only a few seconds and his opponent tapped out. Matt won in 1:25 of the first round by choke.
Now, most of the time at events like this a contender gets to fight one time and that’s it. Well, Matt wanted more fights so Coach Danny talked to the promoter and indeed got Matt another fight. The only catch was that the opponent was in the next weight class up from Matt at 170LBS. Now since most reading this probably don’t know Matt let us fill you in on something, Matt has no fear, he would fight superman if they put him on the other side of the cage.
So here we go, fight 2 for Matt. Matt started off with some headkicks again (shocking right!). He scored an early takedown with an insidetrip. His opponent had good Jiu-Jitsu as seen by his good guard skills. They scrambled back to the feet and the round ended. In the second round, Matt started off with some great combos but was taken down. This opponent was on his toes because he had Matt’s back for a moment, but Matt as always is very coachable and listened to Danny and Jason, he was able to escape and get back to his feet. It was at that point that Matt threw out his brutal right hook and cut his opponent very badly over his eye. The ref looked at the cut and stopped the fight at 1:30 of the second round, declaring Matt the winner by TKO. Awesome job by this superstar in the making!
So now we have the heavyweight fighter for Ivey League, Big Charles Cherry. This was Charles’ first MMA fight, so of course we were all very hyped up to see him in there and the big man did not disappoint! The fight started off with some dirty boxing. Charles looked to take advantage of his great Judo and wrestling skills, so he hit a beautiful “polish” takedown. From the ground, Charles was hitting his opponent’s body and attacking his arms for paint brush and kumura holds (submission holds). The first round ended on that note. The second round was more of the same, with some dirty boxing followed immediately with the “polish” throw again as soon as Charles could get his hands on the guy. At about 1:30 into the second round, Charles locked up a Garcia choke. His opponent was giving the thumbs up saying he was ok but that was not the case as Charles put the other big man to sleep! The ref stopped the fight and Big C was declared the winner by Choke/TKO victory. A great debut for this very gifted fighter!
Finally, the last fighter of the day to go was John Foster. John fought in a Muay Thai bout. The fight started with lots of boxing, both on John’s part and his opponents’. The two exchanged punches and kicks back and forth for the first round. The second round was pretty much the same, with some more push kicks. John was getting into the old “give one, take one” type of fight and by the end of round, both fighters were exhausted. The third round slowed down a lot and there was more brawling in the corners of the ring. In the end, John lost by Judges Decision, but just like Danny Heath, he’ll learn from this and move forward.
Again, congrats to all the Ivey League fighters and a big Thank You to all the Ivey Leaguers who came out to the fights to support the team!
Just letting everyone know that we will be keeping all the class times the same as before, Monday Through Thursday, basics practice is at 7:45pm and Advanced practice will be at 8:45pm.
Attention Students and Prospective Students:
Ivey League has relocated to a new location, 1st Class Gymnastics! Classes will be held at the new location starting Monday November 3, 2008. Please note the new class hours/days as well. The addditional classes will offer students more training opportunities.
1st Class Gymnastics
451 Defense Highway
Annapolis, MD 21401
New schedule is:
As always Ivey League Owner and head trainer Danny Ives is always looking for training opportunity’s and to learn more things that he can bring back to teach the students. Well Danny thought that it would be a good idea to work on his wrestling skills and to pick up a few new moves so he drove four hours to Lehigh University and got a killer workout, training with great wrestlers like Dave Nakasone and Jon Trenge. Enjoy the pics..
Everyone at Ivey League just wanted to give a big thanks to Joe for giving another great seminar. Joe showed some great Boxing skills and drills and some very good guard passing techniques to help bring every one’s game up. After the seminar we had some open sparring and the girls were treated to getting a workout with world champion Hillary “Ruff Rider” Witt and the guys got to do some live wrestling with EIWA champion David Nakasone. We think it’s safe to say that everyone had a great time and learned a lot.
Coach Danny brings back Joe VanBrackle for a new hard hitting seminar
Oct. 17th at 7pm. Ivey League is excited to host Joe after the great
success of the first seminar back in May. In October, participants can
expect to learn jiu jitsu, wrestling, and boxing moves from one of the
top trainers in the sport. The seminar will emphasize the most
effective sweeps and guard passes. Defensive and offensive skills for boxing such
as slipping, ducking, sholder rolls, and combinations will also be a
focus. Students will get 2 hours of instruction on technique and half
an hour for sparring or answering specific questions on the material
covered. As an added bonus, jiu jitsu world champion Hilary Witt and
EIWA wrestling champioin Dave Naksone will join Joe. Coach Danny and
the other trainers hope to see everyone there.
Charles Cherry made history this past weekend, becoming the first blue
belt for Ivey League. This was after Charles placed 1st in the white
belt Masters division, Throwing everyone he faced and submitting all
his opponents. Charles was originally supposed to compete in the
adult white belt division but instead he wanted tougher matches so he
jumped into the adult blue belt division and won that too! Beating a
very tough opponent in the finals 3-0. Keep in mind that Charles is 37 years old! After the match Danny got
Master Lloyd Irvin’s and Coach Julius Park’s blessings to promote the
big man to the rank of Blue belt! Congrats Charles!!!
Also right there in the cut was Jason Milton, another tough
heavyweight. Jason Took 3rd in nogi advanced and than jumped into the
White belt heavyweight division were he placed 2nd, losing in the
finals on points.
Also competing were Julian Beverly, Sean Cabrey, Phil Higgens and Antoine
Allen. Great job to everyone that came out and fought hard!
Ivey Leauge MMA head coach Danny Ives and student
Teresa Russin traveled to Philadelphia to hone their boxing skills.
Danny called his long time friend and professional boxing trainer
Robert “The Wiz” Hill. The Wiz has been training boxers in Philly for
the last 30 years and is a former Golden Gloves Champion himself. His
professional fighting career was cut short due to injuries sustained
fighting in Vietnam, but he continues to train top level fighters.
To say the least, Danny and Teresa picked up some great boxing
techniques to bring back to Ivey League while getting a great workout.
Coach Danny said he was inspired by training with a legend in a
legendary boxing city. The Wiz helped Teresa by fine tuning her skills
and adding some new combinations to her game. It was a great
experience had by all. Below are some photos from the trip.
This past Sunday Team Lloyd Irvin held it’s all female team training session at 88bjj. It would be an understatement to say that it went well, it was amazing! All in all we had 30 girls show up to train, share technique and just have a good time. Master Lloyd Irvin showed some great chokes with the gi and Miss Sharon was also there to coach and give some of her thoughts. After a short warm up and some skill development work it was time to roll and boy were there some tough matches! Some of the girls that were training was Nyjah Easton, Jen Flannery, Miss Wynona, Aarae Alexandra, Mrs. Cathy, Jasmin Maribal, Miss Crystal and of course Ivey League’s girls Jeano “Black eye” Binney and Teresa Russin were right there in the mix. Coach Danny said he was tired just watching it!
Thanks to all who came out and supported the women of Team Lloyd Irvin!!!!
