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	<description>Straight Blast Gym - New York City</description>
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		<title>Sidney for the gold (x2)!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve finally gotten our hands on some video of RONIN ATHLETICS&#8217;s own, Sidney Negron, in his 7-0 victory journey @ the 2008 NAGA World Championships!
Here are two short videos of his final, gold medal matches:

Sidney Negron - gi finals (video)
Sidney Negron - nogi finals (video)

To see the entire 20 minute video of all 7 matches, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.roninathletics.com/2008/05/05/sidney-for-the-gold-x2/</link>
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		<title>Congrats to our new blue belt, Vinh Hua!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Huge congratulations to our latest blue belt, Vinh Hua!
Vinh has been training with RONIN ATHLETICS for under two years and was recently promoted to blue belt by our good friend and one of our BJJ Black Belt mentors, Dave Ginsberg (who Vinh also trains with in his hometown of Boston, Mass).
Congrats, Vinh!!!
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		<link>http://www.roninathletics.com/2008/04/16/congrats-to-our-new-blue-belt-vinh/</link>
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		<title>Ronin Athletics @ NAGA World&#8217;s 2008</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I would like to congratulate all the guys from Team Ronin Athletics who competed last weekend, April 5th and 6th, at the NAGA Worlds tournament in Newark, New Jersey. We had a couple a lot of first time-ers and some of our more experienced athletes compete, notably &#8230;
Roger Dardas and Josh Bonacci both going 2-1 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.roninathletics.com/2008/04/11/ronin-athletics-naga-worlds-2008/</link>
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		<title>Congrats to Ryan Elsasser!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Big congrats to RONIN ATHLETICS&#8217; own Ryan Elsasser on his taking second place in the ACOM Sports submission grappling tournament in Rahway, NJ.
Ryan just got back to training this week after having been away since his school&#8217;s winter break and decided at the last minute to compete. Because of a large turnout, Ryan&#8217;s beginner, 170 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.roninathletics.com/2008/03/30/congrats-to-ryan-elsasser/</link>
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		<title>Roger Dardas wins @ Arnold&#8217;s NAGA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Huge congrats to RONIN ATHLETICS&#8217; very own Roger Dardas for winning his division at the Arnold&#8217;s NAGA tournament this past weekend in Ohio.

Roger won 1st place, Men&#8217;s Beginner (surely his last time in this division) - winning 6 matches overall!
2 wins via points
2 wins via armbar
1 win via triangle
1 win via triangle-armbar
Congrats Roger!!!
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		<link>http://www.roninathletics.com/2008/03/12/roger-dardas-arnolds-naga/</link>
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		<title>David Ginsberg workshop</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many thanks to our good friend — BJJ black belt and multiple-time Pan American jiu-jitsu champion, David Ginsberg — for the impromptu workshop Saturday evening.
Dave went over his incredible inside-hooks game, some half-guard top strategies, and then proceeded to roll with everyone in attendance giving individual tips &#038; advice.
Dave is currently teaching at Wai Kru [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.roninathletics.com/2008/03/03/david-ginsberg-workshop/</link>
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		<title>Body by Choke Hold</title>
		<description><![CDATA[RONIN ATHLETICS was recently featured in an article by Matthew Lynch for COLUMBIA News Service.

On a recent rainy Saturday afternoon at Ronin Athletics, a mixed martial arts school in Midtown Manhattan, Ruthie Niebla, 26, punched a padded wall target. She had just spent an hour in Kickboxing 101, sparring with a man much larger than [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.roninathletics.com/2008/02/24/body-by-choke-hold/</link>
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		<title>Ronin Athletics / 1stLook NY</title>
		<description><![CDATA[many thanks to everyone at 1stLook:NY. we had a great time and think that the segment was really well done.
check it out! (click the image to view the segment)

be sure to check out their website and a short article on Ronin Athletics at: 1stlookny.com
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		<link>http://www.roninathletics.com/2008/01/26/ronin-athletics-1stlook-ny/</link>
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		<title>Ronin Athletics on NBC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The NBC show, 1st/Look:NY recently visited Ronin Athletics to do a segment on training MMA as an alternative to a regular gym workout. 
They&#8217;re featuring the gym, have shot interview footage of Christian, and also had him teach, train, and lightly spar with one of their correspondents.
Also featured in the segment will be some class [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.roninathletics.com/2008/01/23/ronin-athletics-on-nbc/</link>
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		<title>Matt Thornton Seminar 1/19-1/20</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Straight Blast Gym President &#038; Founder, Matt Thornton, will be holding a two-day Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Mixed Martial Arts Seminar at RONIN ATHLETICS! 



Dates: Saturday Jan. 19th and Sunday Jan. 20th.
Times: 11am-5pm (with a lunch break).
Space will be limited so contact the gym to reserve your spot!
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		<link>http://www.roninathletics.com/2008/01/03/matt-thornton-seminar-119-120/</link>
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