Derek Garcia New Wrestling coach at C3!

We are proud and honored to welcome Derek Garcia as the new Head Wrestling coach of Charlie’s Combat Club. Coach Derek’s many accolades include:

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-Fila Cadet national champion

-ASICS cadet national champion

-ASICS junior national champion

-4-time state champion

-Dave Shultz High School Excellence award winner

-ASICS First team All-American

-ESPN RISE Cover Athlete

-Ranked in the world (juniors)

-Ranked in the nation (seniors)

-Ohio State varsity wrestler, starting as a true freshman

-Part of the Ohio State national championship team

-Coached Ohio State wrestlers

-Coached Ohio high school wrestlers

-Formerly Head coach at Greg Jackson’s MMA Gym

-Traveled/trained/competed overseas in Germany and Bulgaria. Coach Derek’s coaching tree is unique and unmatched:

- His youth wrestling coach for 6 years was Andy Cook, who is currently an Olympic Coach for India.

- His middle school and high school coach Jay Breckenridge was a nominee for National Coach of the Year, and currently in the Coaching Hall-of-Fame

- As a middle schooler, He spent time training with Oklahoma state under Eric Guerrero and Coleman Scott - He Spent time as a freshman and sophomore training at the training center under then Olympic Coach Kevin Jackson.

- He Became the youngest resident athlete wrestler at the Olympic training center as a junior in high school where He would be coached by Zeke Jones who was the Olympic Coach, Brandon Slay who was also Olympic Coach, and Bill Zadick who was his developmental coach and is currently an Olympic Coach. Resident athlete from 2008-2011

- Coach Derek Excelled greatly, convincing the OTC to start an Olympic Developmental Program for athletes coming out of high school. We are so happy to welcome Derek as an official coach and part of the C3 family.

Two 1st Round Finishes for C3 in Philly!

Coach Chris Vasil scored a 1st round TKO landing a beautiful hook-cross combo after dominating his opponent with leg kicks.

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Tycen Lynn defeated a top ranked, former DWTNCS participant with a beautiful head kick to RNC in the 1st rd. This victory could put Tycen in Line for the CFFC World title!

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Both fights are available on UFC FightPass

C3 opens June 29th!

We are very excited to welcome everybody back to the gym on June 29th! We are currently in phase 2 of Gov. Inslee’s “Safe Start” and we will need to adhere to certain protocols. Here are the details:

Monday:

3:00pm: Kickboxing

4:15pm: Family Submission

5:30pm: Kickboxing

6:45m: Grappling

8:00pm: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Tuesday:

3:00pm: Kickboxing

4:15pm: BJJ

5:30pm: Family Kickboxing

6:45pm: Grappling

8:00pm: Combat Conditioning

Wednesday:

3:00pm: Kickboxing

4:15: Family Submission

5:30: Kickboxing

6:45: Grappling

8:00pm: BJJ

Thursday:

3:00pm: Kickboxing

4:15pm: BJJ

5:30pm: Ladies Kickboxing

6:45pm: Grappling

8:00pm: Combat Conditioning

Friday:

3:00pm: Kickboxing

4:15pm: Family Submission

5:30pm: Kickboxing

6:45pm: Grappling

Saturday:

10am: Ladies Kickboxing

11:15: BJJ Fundamentals

Please observe the following changes/guidelines:

-No spectators; we ask that students please leave their kids and family members home. Killer Bee parents can walk their kids to the building then pick them up after class.

-Please read and sign an updated waiver of liability before training.

-All students must sign in at the membership kiosk located at the front desk.

-All students will wear masks into the building and then have their temperature checked before joining class. If your temperature is elevated, you will be asked to leave.

-Use of the sauna is suspended until further notice unless you are a member of the fight team with a fight coming up. The weight room is also closed except for use by the fight team.

-No loitering after class! If you aren't staying for a second class we ask you to please exit as quickly as possible to help keep building occupancy down. If you are staying, we ask that students remove themselves from the mats for 15 minutes so that the staff are able to clean and sanitize for the next class.

-We ask that students provide their own sanitizing wipes if possible.

-All students must sanitize their hands before entering the building, AND their feet before stepping onto the mats to train.

-If taking multiple classes, you must change into a fresh, dry set of clothes.

-Students in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu class must wear a shirt or rash guard under their gi top.

-Do your part! Be sure to wipe down any gear that you use during classes (focus mitts, thai pads, dumbbells, etc). Every little bit helps!

-All gear and belongings must be taken home after training. Any gear or clothing that is left behind will be discarded.

We will resume our normal tuition payment schedule on the 29th. We ask that any student who wishes to close out their membership with us to contact Coach Jake as soon as possible (either via email at jfurneyc3@gmail.com or by phone at 425-299-6221).