Ernie Verdecia's Shootbox Academy is dedicated to promoting excellence in the Martial Arts and the personal development of our students.
In conjunction with the Lil Abner Foundation we strive to keep our students motivated through self discipline and self control, we emphasize in the four cornerstones of morality:
Dignity, Respect, Honor and Courtesy !!
Lil Abner Foundation is a non-profit organization that works with the under privaledged children of Sweetwater, giving them the opportunity for personal growth through mentoring and positive re-enforcement.
Chief Instructor Ernie "The Heat" Verdecia has over 30 years experience in the Martial Arts. He has a Fourth Degree Black Belt in Kenpo -Jiujitsu, First Degree Black Belt in Brazilian Jiujitsu and a Level Three Instructor in Commando Krav Maga. Ernest has been studying Traditional and Brazilian Jiujitsu for over 20 years. He has competed in several Shoot Fighting and Sport Jiujitsu tournaments, winning a gold medal in the 1995 Pan-American Brazilian Jiujitsu Championship in the Masters Division. Ernest learned first hand the importance of grappling and learning the ground game, by competing in the Ultimate Fighting Championship in 1995.
Since his loss to Oleg Taktarov, European & Asian Jiujitsu champion, during UFC V, Ernest has learned every aspect of the grappling game. He has combined the best of both worlds, striking with his Kenpo background & Jiujitsu with the grappling. He believes that all styles of martial arts have their individual & collective benefits. However, he also believes that all styles have their individual weaknesses. Dealing with these weaknesses increases reality in street combat.
As an example; Ernest has a black belt in American Kenpo Karate, which practices kicks & hand strikes as an art form. The kicking and striking (hands) are realistic (=benefit) whiles the forms, though traditional, are not realistic in street situations (=weakness). He’s not saying there is not a reason to practice the forms but that cross-training and sparring other styles is more important and (should carry more weight) when promoting (belts) to individuals. Cross-training helps a person to truly know his potential in the art he has chosen.
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