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A new martial arts gym opened the doors to the public on Saturday September 25, Raw Academy Vancouver. Naturally I had to take up the invitation to see what kind of gym it is going to be. I was impressed to see that Raw Academy already had its high school wrestling program in place for 3 months, and the large mat space is lined with a wide variety of heavy bags and two boxing rings along the North side.

I originally heard about RAW Academy through ‘Tricky’ Nick Marinos, local MMA fighter. I then noticed that wrestler and grappler Frank Mensah was an instructor, awesome and super high energy Muay Thai Instructors A. Kru Williams and Tony Strong would also be offering courses at Raw Academy. Earlier in the year, I took a couple classes with them at the Stand Up Muay Thai Gym in Coquitlam and loved the classes. As well Local fight promoter Gerry Gionco and my good friends at MMASucka.com have office space down there.

…was RAW Academy just a gym for MMA fighters? Paul assured me no, that was not the case at all.

Saturday’s guests were treated to a demo of high school wrestling program and cake and a nutrition seminar by Charles Holmes. I had a chat about RAW Academy with Boxing trainer Mike Wiese and Paul, another of the wrestling coaches. Both trainers have over 15 years of experience training, and they are there because they love what they do. With people like Gerry Gionco, MMA Sucka, and Nick Marinos at the gym, was RAW Academy just a gym for MMA fighters? Paul assured me no, that was not the case at all. He is working to establish wrestling programs in all of the high schools in Vancouver, having already established wrestling in many of the schools. “We arent into the hype of MMA just because there are a couple of fighters at the gym… that’s no way to run a business at all. We are about establishing sport programs throughout the community. With out core sport programs in Vancouver like high school wrestling, there would be no MMA fighters in the city&#! 8221;.

Three months open and RAW Academy, by all appearances, has been busy planting its roots into the community with its great youth wrestling program, and already announcing other fitness programs from Yoga, to Hip Hop, Senior Fitness, and more. Visit their site for a the full program schedule.

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