We collected donations for charity!

On June 9, 2019 Scranton MMA hosted MMA for a Cause! With the help of our students and the community, we filled up an entire van plus more to donate to the Catherine McAuley Center in Scranton, PA. The center aims to help poor families in our area by providing safe, affordable housing, household necessities, and medical resources. We’re so happy we could help an organization like them. They truly make a difference in our community! We started the day by showing some basic striking techniques. Steve, our head striking instructor, showed the jab, the cross, and some basic footwork. These techniques are widely used in Muay Thai and boxing. Students had a great time hitting the pads and learning new striking techniques! We then moved on to the grappling portion. One of our jiu jitsu instructors, Jess, showed everyone how to close the distance, get the hip toss takedown, and finish with the arm bar submission. These techniques can be used in jiu jitsu and judo competitions, MMA fights, and even in a self defense situation! Finally, four of our judo and jiu jitsu instructors showed more advanced techniques so our current students could get a good workout! Tom showed takedowns, Dom showed guard pulling, Steve showed guard sweeps, and Tyler showed armbar variations! After the seminars were finished, students jumped in to help us fill the van that would be taking donations back to the Catherine McAuley Center. Their help is truly appreciated! Thank you to Jenny Blanchard of the Catherine McAuley Center for helping us organize this event. If you would like to learn more about the Center or make a donation, visit catherinemcauleycenter.org. To learn more about the classes at Scranton MMA, visit scrantonmma.com.
https://youtu.be/BPQZroKCGYk
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Scranton MMA Show Episode 36

Scranton MMA Show Episode 36! Congrats to our striking students who made it into the advanced striking program! Info on new merchandise, upcoming events, and hangouts. AND we talk about seminars, why we like them, what we don't like about them, our favorite ones, and we ask what kind of seminars you want to see next!
https://youtu.be/uXVR_jhWzVU
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Scranton MMA Show Episode 32

Scranton MMA Show Episode 32 Lots to talk about this week! First off, huge thank you to all of our veterans whether we know you or not! Congratulations to Frank Alogna for earning his jiu jitsu black belt this weekend! Skip to 21:30 to hear how he got his start in jiu jitsu! Tom talks about how well everyone did in the Yonezuka Cup judo tournament this weekend! Also, some events coming up are the jiu jitsu promotions on November 18 and Lucas' MMA fight on December 1!
https://youtu.be/byzID8Txja4
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Scranton MMA Show #30

Scranton MMA Show Today we have Tyler, Steve Wilson and Steve Polito Joining us! So we talk a lot about Muay Thai. How did Steve & Steve get started, their thoughts on self defense, MMA and much much more on this great striking art.
https://youtu.be/soc1W0WGpo4
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Scranton MMA Show Episode 29

Scranton MMA Show Episode 29! Congrats to Steve W, Christine, Lucas, Steve R, and Matt who all killed it in the tournament scene this weekend! Also, don't forget about our free kids self defense seminar on Oct 10 at 6pm! We talk about McGregor v Khabib AND about the people we would like to have a chance to train with! Let us know who you would like to train with!
https://youtu.be/456WgHFZ6Mc
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Scranton MMA Episode 28

Today we talk about our Halloween party, bjj promotional, a judo tournament last weekend and an upcoming tournament. Plus some other interesting topics :) Please keep all the questions and topics coming we really appreciate it!
https://youtu.be/BRY6BxVDzcI
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scranton mma show 27

Scranton MMA Show Episode 27! We talk about our upcoming FREE kids self defense seminar, The benefits of martial arts training for kids and adults and much more. Please keep the questions, comments and topic suggestiong coming. Feel free to just post them in the comments
https://youtu.be/Ov_vxhGbQiw
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