UBC MIXED MARTIAL ARTS

MEET OUR INSTRUCTORS 

 

KWAN JANG NIM DENEEN RAYSOR

Master Instructor & Co-Founder  UBC Strike Force Martial Arts Academy & CrossFit NE Philly

Deneen is the 2012 Southern Shoalin Mixed Martial Arts Tournament Women's Grand Champion. In 2010, she won a Gold medal in both the 2010 Naga Jiu-jitsu tournament and Hassetts in-house tournament.

Deneen has over twenty years in mixed martial arts and is a 4th Dan Black in Tae Kwon Do and a blue belt in Gracie Jiu-Jitsu.  Deneen has competed in many open style martial arts tournaments since she was a green belt and Jiu-Jitsu tournaments as a white belt. She is also experienced in boxing, kickboxing, and self-defense.

Deneen served as a Sargeant in the United States Army.  She holds a degree in Master of Science in Kinesiology/Exercise Physiology  with a concentration in Sports Performance Enhancement & Injury Prevention. Deneen is certified as a:

  • Performance Enhancement Specialist through the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM)
  • Speed and Explosion Specialist for Sports Competition through the National Association of Speed and Explosion (NASE)
  • CrossFit Level 1 Coach
  • TRX Suspension Training Coach 
  • Mixed Martial Arts Conditioning Coach

 

SAE BUK NIM JO ANN RUNEWICZ

Instructor & Co-Founder  UBC Strike Force Martial Arts Academy & CrossFit NE Philly

     Jo Ann has a 1st Dan Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do and a blue belt in Gracie Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.  In 2010, she won a Bronze medal in  Hassetts in-house tournament.  She also studies and instructs Tae Kwon Do and Boxing under her mentor, Deneen Raysor, Head Instructor- UBC Strikeforce.  Jo Ann is experienced in boxing, kickboxing, and self-defense.

Jo Ann is a Certified Personal Trainer, Core Strength Specialist, and a Registered Nurse. She holds a Master of Science in Nursing and a Doctorate in Education.

 

SAE BUK NIM RYAN GRAVES

Instructor

Ryan has a 1st Dan Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do. He studies and instructs Tae Kwon Do under his mentor, Deneen Raysor, Head Instructor- UBC Strikeforce.

 

MIXED MARTIAL ARTS

Our mixed martial arts academy host a variety of martial arts styles including Tae Kwon Do, Boxing and Ground Fighting (Basic Grappling Skills).

  • Tae Kwon Do is the way of kicking and punching. Our curriculum consists of a mixture of some traditional Tae Kwon Do and modern Urban Combat Skills (USC). Urban Combat Skills include elbow strikes, knee strikes , knife fighting, and other combat survival skills for self protection.
  • Boxing. In this class the students will learn the boxing basics, foot work and body movement; punching combinations; and boxing conditioning. The class ends with  light to moderate sparring.
  • Grappling (Ground Fighting) Worst the place that you want to be is on the ground especially when you don't know what to do and your life is hanging by a thread. In this worst case scenario, we teach basic life saving techniques that will imoblize your attacker and get you home safely.  Basic techiques include takedowns, pressure points, joint locks and submissions.

                                   

 

Black Belt Promotion 2012 

Deneen 4th Dan

Jo Ann 1st Dan

Ryan 1st Dan

Black Belt Promotion

Ryan 1st Dan 

 2012 Southern Shoalin Mixed Martial Arts Tournament

 MIXED   MARTIAL  ARTS