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Know where you are going and be fit when you get there.

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Strength and Conditioning Classes

Ron Neagle, Instructor

Ron Neagle is a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, who is well versed in the striking arts and take downs as well. 
 The classes have their foundation in punching/kicking movements as well as stretching and yoga exercises. 
 (There is NO contact made doing these movements, and anyone can do the movements, regardless of age or training experience.)  
Classes are designed to build coordination, strength, and endurance.
  Proper punching/kicking techniques are taught for personal knowledge and interest.
  Everyone is encouraged to work to their own ability level for individual improvement.
  For those looking for a more vigorous fight regimen that would include real take downs (jiu-jitsu and striking), those classes are developing and will be available in both group and private lessons. 
 Ron has taught martial arts since 2005. 
 The school organization where Ron taught put 7 fighters in the UFC’s T.V. show.
  Ron also taught jiu-jitsu to military Special Operations personnel as a contractor at MacDill AFB in Tampa, Florida.  

Classes are held at the Sin Bar upstairs at 8:30 am Monday through Friday for one hour.  Come out and have fun and get fit at the same time!!

Mats and workout area

Sin Bar is hosting the classes

Instructor and student

Providing instruction

Look this way for a complete demonstration!

He did not fall off his mono cycle.

Cost of the classes

                              The cost is $15 per month per person for conditioning and strength.

                               Martial arts training will be group or private instruction based
Private lessons  are $15.00 per hour for one, $10.00 per person for two persons an hour.

                                Group lessons may be purchased by a group of 4 or more at $25.00 each person, for a batch of 20 sessions.

Class size is limited to 12 -14 students on the day.

Strength and Conditioning Classes

Instructor,  Ron Neagle

This month

February 13, 1635 - Boston Latin School, the first tax-payer supported (public) school in America was established in Boston, Massachusetts.

February 13, 1945 - During World War II in Europe, British and American planes began massive bombing raids on Dresden, Germany. A four-day firestorm erupted that was visible for 200 miles and engulfed the historic old city, killing an estimated 135,000 German civilians.

Birthday - American artist Grant Wood (1892-1942) was born near Anamosa, Iowa. Best known for his painting American Gothic featuring a farm couple.

February 14

February 14th - Celebrated as (Saint) Valentine's Day around the world, now one of the most widely observed unofficial holidays in which romantic greeting cards and gifts are exchanged.

February 14, 1849 - Photographer Mathew Brady took the first photograph of a U.S. President in office, James Polk.

February 14, 1929 - The St. Valentine's Day massacre occurred in Chicago as seven members of the Bugs Moran gang were gunned down by five of Al Capone's mobsters posing as police.

February 15 Return to Top of Page

February 15, 1898 - In Havana, the U.S. Battleship Maine was blown up while at anchor and quickly sank with 260 crew members lost. The incident inflamed public opinion in the U.S., resulting in a declaration of war against Spain on April 25, 1898, amid cries of "Remember the Maine!"

February 15, 1933 - An assassination attempt on newly elected U.S. President Franklin D. Rooseveltoccurred in Miami, Florida. A spectator deflected the gunman's aim. As a result, Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak was shot and killed instead. The gunman, an Italian immigrant, was captured and later sentenced to death.

February 15, 1989 - Soviet Russia completed its military withdrawal from Afghanistan after nine years of unsuccessful involvement in the civil war between Muslim rebel groups and the Russian-backed Afghan government. Over 15,000 Russian soldiers had been killed in the fighting.

Birthday - Astronomer and physicist Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) was born in Pisa, Italy. He was the first astronomer to use a telescope and advanced the theory that the sun, not the earth, was the center of the solar system.

Birthday - Inventor Cyrus McCormick (1809-1884) was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia. He invented the horse-drawn mechanical reaper, a machine that freed farmers from hard labor and contributed to the development and cultivation of vast areas of the American Great Plains.

Birthday - Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906) was born in Adams, Massachusetts. A pioneer in women's rights, she worked tirelessly for woman's suffrage (right to vote) and in 1872 was arrested after voting (illegally) in the presidential election. She was commemorated in 1979 with the Susan B. Anthony dollar coin, thus became the first American woman to have her image on a U.S. coin.

February 16

Birthday - Entertainer and politician Sonny Bono (1935-1998) was born in Detroit, Michigan. Following a career as a popular singer, he became mayor of Palm Springs, California, then became a Republican congressman, serving until his accidental death from a skiing mishap.

February 17

February 17, 1865 - During the American Civil War, Fort Sumter in South Carolina was returned to the Union after nearly a year and a half under Confederate control. The fort had been the scene of the first shots of the war.

February 17, 1909 - Apache Chief Geronimo (1829-1909) died while in captivity at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. He had led a small group of warriors on raids throughout Arizona and New Mexico. Caught once, he escaped. The U.S. Army then sent 5,000 men to recapture him.