State College Martial Arts Academy
Titan Fitness



Instructor: Ryan Gruhn
 

Instructor
Sifu Gruhn started martial arts at a young age, where he would attend Sifu Bill Gebhardt’s backyard workouts with his father.  He continued through high school, and was an advanced student under Sifu Gebhardt.  He is a certified Sifu/Instructor under Sifu Kevin Seaman in the art of Jun Fan/Jeet Kune Do, a certified Guro/Instructor under Sifu Kevin in the Filipino Martial Arts, has his Level 1 Thai Boxing shorts from the Thai Boxing Association of America via Sifu Seaman and is a certified coach/instructor under USA Boxing.  Sifu Gruhn has taught literally hundreds of students over his martial arts carrier and currently heads the advanced boxing class, teaches the weapons portion of the advanced JKD class, instructs the Filipino Martial Arts - Kali/ Dog Brothers class and is the head instructor for the Youth Martial Arts Program.  He is an instructor and the Pennsylvania State Representative for Dog Brothers Martial Arts and competes on a national level in the art of Real Contact Stick Fighting.  Currently Guro Gruhn holds the rank of International Champion in the Maryland Open National Martial Arts Tournament in stickfighting under the World Kali Federation, headed by Guro Dan Inosanto and Tuhon Leo Gaje Jr. of which he won 1st place on April 3rd 2005 and by default 2006.  He also fights in the Dog Brother's world famous "Gathering of the Pack" where he not only tests his skills in one area of fighting but all (weapons, empty hand, etc).

Styles: MMA, NHB, JKD, CSW, FMA, Thai Boxing, Boxing, Dog Brothers, Knife Defense, Weapons, Self Defense, Women's Kickboxing, Youth Martial Arts, Grappling, Kali-Escrima-Silat

Lineage:  - Guro Dan Inosanto – Kevin Seaman / Bill Gehardt / Marc Denny – Ryan Gruhn

About Us
This highly sophisticated and comprehensive martial art from the Philippines is weapons based, but ultimately an empty hands system.  Developed for “mass attack” as well as single opponent confrontations, the training heightens students’ awareness of their surroundings and teaches them to use their environment as tools of combat.  Students will learn to use single sticks (representing a bladed weapon), double sticks, short sticks (to simulate knife training) and, later, everyday objects, such as keys, cell phones, flashlights, umbrellas, bottles, books, shirts, etc., as an effective means of self-defense. Use of both the left and right hand develops coordination. Drills and techniques taught in a fluid, non-restrictive manner allow students to enhance their natural attributes and improve their sense of timing, speed, awareness, balance, agility, and confidence.   Practitioners of these arts are noted for their ability to fight with weapons or empty hands interchangeably.

The Instructor - Guro Ryan Gruhn

In our Filipino Martial Arts class we focus on what the ancient kali warriors of the Philippines once focused on; fighting. My class consists of working through the many weapon yielding techniques while also giving much importance to the realm of empty hand combat. Both in all their individual respects (different weapons, punching, kicking, grappling, etc). I credit each an every style that we know of today but want to point out that this class is not for “show.” We don’t try to be flashy or commit to training that we don’t find useful to better ourselves as fighters and more importantly, individuals. In other words “If you see it taught you see it fought. ™” Everything that is trained in our curriculum comes from experience in some form or another. I choose to test the techniques I bring to my students in events such as the Dog Brother’s ~ Gathering of the Pack along with other various Real Contact Stick Fighting events. My instructors before me have also done similar events.

In a day and age where Martial Arts Combat is taking a whole new level of meaning; an example being the explosion of the UFC. I choose to take the arts several steps further and add real, live, damage inflicting weapons along with the option for the fight to have an empty handed aspect as well (punches, elbows, knees, kicks, head butts, etc). Why do I do it? It’s not for the money; to this day I don’t think there has ever been one paying event in my field. Is it for the fame? I wear a fencing mask when I fight; no one has a clue who I am. Is it for the passion of knowing that every single technique I train has merit in a real live battle situation; 100%.

I often get asked “Is combat required if I wish to take your class?” No, Real Contact Weapons fighting is dangerous and not for everyone! But rest assured, everything you will learn in my class comes from battle tested scenarios where I myself or people before me are confidant in saying that what is taught can and is also fought!

TRAINING LOCATION
 
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State College Martial Arts Academy
Titan Fitness
1210 West College Ave
State College, PA 16801

Telephone: 814-769-6092

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Homepage: http://www.titanfitness.com

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