Team Renegade is led by Anthony Sansonetti, recent winner of the Master's Division of British Open sambo tournament. Rolling with Anthony is always a treat, even when he's gently subbing you out. In the following video, Anthony rolls with Team Renegade members. To be the best, you need to roll with the best! Here's the vid:
As Team Renegade progresses on its journey, the members have all learned the basics and will be moving on to some more intensive training. In this video, head trainer Anthony Sansonetti puts the team through a series of one minute drills on moves they've learned. These drills are a great way to teach muscle memory and to warm up for some hard sparring and rolling.
Also, check out the tab at the top for Team Renegade, where you can track all of there progress. And make sure to check out their YouTube channel and Team Renegade website.
Last week, Team Renegade did some team grappling matches ahead of the ACOM Sports NY grappling tournament held in Fishkill on Saturday. Several team members won first place, and there were a few second and third place finishes as well. Overall, the team did well and you can definitely see an improvement in their technique (and mine) since this program started in May.
Here's the video of team members competiting with each other in the gym. After the jump, check out Anthony Sansonetti and the team meeting and a highlight video of the tournament itself.
About half a dozen members of Team Renegade will be competing this Saturday at a grappling tournament in Fishkill, NY. In preparation, the guys have been grappling hard. Here's a video of Tim and Taylor having a match.
After the jump, check out a video of Tim, who is in the Army and will be competing in the Army Combatives event in October.
There is a grappling tourney happening in upstate NY on July 17, and several Team Renegade members will be competing. To get them ready, Anthony Sansonetti has them doing extra grappling. Here's a video showing the guys working out on the mat, and after the jump is the team meeting video.
Anthony Sansonetti demonstrates single-leg take down defense in week 7 of training. Excellent progress is being made by the team as the work both their ground and stand up games. Check out RenegadeMMA.tv for more.
Good progress is being made by members of Team Renegade in their quest to become MMA fighters. In just six weeks you can already see the improvement in their technique, as Anthony Sansonetti puts them through his innovative MMA drills.
In the team meeting this week, Sansonetti reminds the team members of the importance in training seriously. He is correct in pointing out that in MMA, if you are not prepared, you could be leaving the cage on a stretcher.
For your viewing pleasure, today we have the team meeting and also two sparring drills videos, including takedowns. And be sure to check out RenegadeMMA.tv for all the latest Team Renegade MMA news.
All right, another week in the books for Team Renegade. Nineteen aspiring mixed martial artists all training for their first amateur fight. Each week I post videos of the team meetings and training sessions so you can track all the progress. Joe Jennings, our IT whiz, is going to create a tab for Team Renegade where you'll be able to browse all the videos and articles.
I will be back at Tiger Martial Arts tonight, training with Anthony Sansonetti and the team and filming them working out. Here are the videos from Week 5. Part 1 of the team meeting here, part 2 and clinch drills after the jump.