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Tyrell Pless KO’s Zac Miller

July 17, 2011

  Big win for Family Martial Arts Academy at Rumble at Roseland 58 and for our own Tyrell Pless. Tyrell is in our evening MMA program and he proved Team Qwest’s formally undefeated Zac Miller was no match for Tyrell’s devastating right hook. The fight was over by a knockout in the first few seconds […]

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Ray Bovaird, An Example of Black Belt Leadership!

May 22, 2011

From Sensei Ray: It was a very good race albeit a little slower than last year (but by choice, read on for details)!!  I could have easily knocked a couple hours off last year’s time (even with the rain and thunderstorms), but fate had an different job for me this year.  A rookie 100 miler […]

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Khan Academy: Revolutionizing Education and Learning

May 13, 2011

What makes in part the learning experience incredible is Khan’s understanding of how we learn and how important the teacher is in helping a student gain a solid fundamental understanding. As in math or most anything one piece of knowledge builds on another and in many of our classrooms today students are passed to the […]

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Zen Habits from Leo Babauta

May 13, 2011

From Leo Babauta Zen Habits: 38 Lessons I’ve Learned in My 38 Years 1. Always swallow your pride to say you’re sorry. Being too proud to apologize is never worth it — your relationship suffers for no good benefit. 2. Possessions are worse than worthless — they’re harmful. They add no value to your life, […]

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FMAA Instructors Perform Their Outstanding Forms For Nike

December 16, 2010

Click above to watch 10 minute video of the performance at Nike. Family Martial Arts Academy Instructor’s Michael Alcobendas, Danni Verona and Bryce Verona gave an outstanding performance last night at Nike Headquarters in Beaverton, OR.  The special event took place at the Tiger Woods Building for Nike’s IHM staff, friends and family.  Bryce Verona […]

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MMA Instructor Pete Conover

October 26, 2010

Pete Conover has returned to Family Martial Arts Academy to head up and teach our MMA Program.  Classes are held Mondays and Wednesday from 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm.  Pete began Cage Fights in 1998 and was undefeated through 2005 Pete’s experience includes: •     9 years experience in Greco-Roman Wrestling •     National Champion […]

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