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Welcome Master Duncan and Lion’s Pride Dojang

Jim — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:12:09 +0000

I want to welcome Master John Duncan and the Lion’s Pride Dojang in Mount Olive, North Carolina. Master Duncan is a Police Officer who trains both Law Enforcement Officers as well as civilian students in the Sil Jeon Taedkwondo Program as well as Hapkido.

Update and pics from Iraq

cfcmatt — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 17:49:16 +0000

Jim wrote recently and sent a few recent pics from Iraq.

“One is me smoking the pipe with two local security leaders, one is of me being made an honorary sheik of the Al-Jabouri tribe and the last is of a real combat pull-up.”

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Update from Jim in Iraq.

Jim — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:38:07 +0000

“It’s month 8 here in the Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq. The last few months have been spent developing informants and pulling alternative reconnaissance on identified IED making cell members as well as Shia intimidation special criminal gang cells. The work is long, tedious and sometimes pretty hairy. Once we gather enough information to make their dentention stick we conduct a raid called a cordon and search. And most of the time we get them. For the most part the Iraqi people are tired of the violence and want these criminals out of their neighborhoods but are in fear for their lives if they are found to be helping the coalition forces and Iraqi security forces. So, that makes it hard for us to get information, but it is being done.

I have the fortune to be operating with a great platoon of warfighters and am very proud of their patriotism and sacrifice. What little time off we have, we take the chance to go to our little gym and workout crossfit style. We also do combatives and there are a few that train with me personally in SJMS.

Only a couple of more months left in this deployment and we’ll be on the road home. Keep us in your thoughts and prayers. Let’s Get Training!”

ACAF Memberships and Programs

Jim — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 13:52:58 +0000

Attention:

I am back from Iraq! American Combat Arts Federation Membership and Program enrollments are back in full swing.

For questions on Programs and Enrollments, please contact me through my contact form.

Thank you.

Jim Mahan

Deployed

cfcmatt — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 01:04:19 +0000

While Master Mahan is deployed to Iraq for his 3rd tour, I can be reached using the contact form with any program or membership questions for Let’s Get Training and The American Combat Arts Federation. Your email will also reach Master Mahan, but I will be the main contact.

Jim, we wish you a successful mission!

Respectfully,

Matt Munson

American Combat Arts Federation Seminar – 1-19-08

cfcmatt — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 05:40:55 +0000

Saturday, January 19, 2008

American Combat Arts Federation Holds Weapons Seminar!

Instructed by Master Jim Mahan

Module One will cover:

Basic Single Stick:

Basic striking angles
Basic blocking techniques
Basic weapon disarming techniques
Basic joint locking techniques
Basic Single Stick pattern or form
Training exercises to develop this skill set
Sparring exercises to develop this skill set

Basic Double Stick:

Basic Double Stick striking angles
Basic Double Stick blocking techniques
Basic Double Stick disarming techniques
Basic Sinawali patterns

Module Two will cover:

Basic Knife:

Basic Knife slashing and stabbing angles
Basic Knife interception techniques
Basic Knife disarming techniques
Basic Knife pattern or form
Training exercises to develop this skill set
Sparring exercises to develop this skill set

Module 1 will be held 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., cost = $75
Module 2 will be held 3:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., cost = $60
If attending both Modules, total cost = $110

Location: CrossFit Champions, Spring, TX.

Contact Matt (281-636-3087 or use the contact form here) immediately to reserve your spot!

Delay in Deployment!

Jim — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:24:24 +0000

It appears that I’ll be delayed in my deployment to Iraq in December. We have been notified that we will not deploy until after the New Year. Good News!

I’ll be contacting Affiliates and Instructors next week to discuss possible training opportunities.

Talk to all of you soon!

Tempus Fugit

Jim — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 15:21:58 +0000

As the saying goes, time flies. I’ll be heading out to Iraq in the next couple of months. I have tried to reach all those of you who are affiliates, independant instructors, and students and communicate goals and strategies for the time that I’ll be gone.

If I have missed you, please don’t be offended; contact me as our member roster may be inaccurate. I’ll contact you immediately once you let me know.

In the time that I’ll be gone you can still contact our VP Master Roger Lewis for guidance and information. For membership and other instructional materials needs, please contact our Secretary General, Mr. Matt Munson. He’ll be able to take care of all your needs.

I hope to be able to talk with or train with most of you before I go. Once I am deployed, I’ll be sending back updates and pictures so interested folks can see what is going on with my third Iraq deployment.

Until then, Let’s Get Training!

New BJJ / Submission Grappling Program member

Jim — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 01:45:14 +0000

We welcome Norman Vaden from Ft Worth, Texas to our Grappling family. He brings a wealth of experience and I for one and very excited that he is with us. He is currently a Level 2 Instructor under Frank Shamrock and works out of the LA Boxing Gym there in Ft Worth.

We will post his contact information on the Instructors page once we get it nailed down properly. Look for it!

I’m back

Jim — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 01:42:17 +0000

Well, I’m back from a long 7 weeks at Ft Benning. It’s good to be back home and at work. I’ll be going back to Iraq (for a third dang time) in a few short months, so it’s very hectic here.

I’ll be going to Matt Munson’s this weekend for some training and to meet some potential members to our organization. Matt and Pam always do things up nice so we will have a great time. If you are up for getting into great physical shape, you owe it to yourself to contact Matt and Pam at CrossFit Champions!