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Business Seminars
Athletes & Coaches Seminars
General Interest Seminar
Session: Build Sustainable Growth for your MMA Gym
Description: Gym owners who have succeeded in maintaining sustained membership growth have not done so by chance; it is achieved through hard work and the right tools. Learn from successful gym owners who have been through the trenches and have come out on top.
Session Take-Aways:
- Learn how to utilize social media marketing
- Find the right database technology for your membership files
- Identify key factors when hiring front office staff and instructors
- Learn to create student retention programs
Session is applicable to:
- Gym Owners
- Certification Programs
- Personal Trainers
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Session: Discover Untapped Revenue in Your MMA Gym
Description: When financial times get rough, the tough find other ways to create revenue. Gym owners who have successfully found ways to utilize their gym space for new financial opportunities will share their secrets with you.
Session Take-Aways:
- Learn how to create a front-desk retail shop
- Create space rental agreements for outside trainers and coaches
- Discover how to get your gear and apparel lines started
- Develop cost-cutting practices & immediately benefit your bottom line
Session is applicable to:
- Gym Owners
- Certification Programs
- Personal Trainers
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Session: MMA Injuries: Treatment and Prevention
Description: Nothing is more unsettling than the moment you realize an injury you just experienced won't heal with an ice-pack and a few days rest. Whether it's a torn muscle, broken bone, concussion, or laceration, serious injuries happen to the best of us.
Learn from athletes and medical professionals how to treat and prevent the most commonly experienced injuries in MMA.
Session Take-Aways:
- Learn how to recognize serious injury versus the ice-and-rest type
- Plan a course of action when seeking medical advice
- Learn what prevention practices work best
- Understand the injury-to-healing timeline
Session is applicable to:
- Gym Owners
- Certification Programs
- Personal Trainers
- Athletes & Coaches
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Session: Nutrition for the MMA Fighter
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Description: The physical rigors of mixed martial arts training are unparalleled in today's sports world making nutrition paramount in enabling the MMA athlete to compete at 100% and recuperate sufficiently. In this session you will learn several tactics in applying an intelligent approach to your athletic diet and nutritional needs. The panel discussion will be comprised of leading health and diet gurus, sports nutritionists and supplement companies.
Session Take-Aways:
- Learn when to eat to achieve peek performance
- Create a check-list of must-have pre- and post-training foods
- Get to the bottom line on supplements and discover what works for you
Session is applicable to:
- Gym Owners
- Certification Programs
- Personal Trainers
- Athletes & Coaches
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Session: Future of MMA in New York
Panel Members Include:
- Dr. Sheryl Wulkan, MMA/Muay Thai Physician for the NJ State Athletic Control Board
- Nick Lembo, New Jersey Athletic Commission Executive
- Jim Genia, Author, Raw Combat, The Underground World of Mixed Martial Arts
- Justin Klein, a partner of the law firm Satterlee Stephens Burke & Burke in New York City aka The Fight Lawyer and founder of the New York Mixed Martial Arts Initiative
Description: MMA WORLD EXPO will conduct an in-depth panel discussion on the legalization issues surrounding MMA in New York State . State officials, reporters, practitioners, coaches, and fans will gather in an effort to pave a pathway to MMA legalization in New York .
Session Take-Aways:
- Learn the history of the sport's sanctioning in other states
- Understand the medical concerns regarding legalization
- Discover MMA's potential economic impact on New York
- Learn what next steps must be taken now to get MMA legalized in NYS
- Find out what you can do now to help
Session is applicable to:
- Gym Owners
- Certification Programs
- Personal Trainers
- Athletes & Coaches
- Fans
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Session: Training to Compete
Description: The road to competing in mixed martial arts takes discipline in every aspect of the game: pre-fight dieting, conditioning, mental sharpness, weight-cutting and fight-game strategy to name just a few. If you do not have a concise approach to your pre-fight preparation or are just in need of new tips than this session is for you. Learn from the fighters and trainers who have the know-how and experience to get you ready for your next fight.
Session Take-Aways:
- Develop a fighter's mind and stamina
- Learn benefits of incorporating breathing exercises into your training
- Find the pre-fight diet plan that works for you
- Discover new strength and conditioning programs to elevate your game
- Learn how to find the right training partner
Session is applicable to:
- Gym Owners
- Athletes & Coaches
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Session:
The Underground Fight Scene in New York: Good, Bad or Just Ugly?
Description: Is there an underground MMA scene in New York? What's it like? Has its existence helped or hindered the sanctioning of MMA in New York? These questions and more will be addressed in this session as insiders on both side of the sanctioned and unsanctioned fence sound off.
Session Take-Aways:
- Learn the history of the underground fight scene in New York
- Meet some of the fighters who've competed there and hear from them what it was like
- Get to know the most prominent underground promoter in New York, Peter Storm, and hear things from his perspective
- Learn what industry insiders from the world of sanctioned MMA think of the underground scene
- Discuss what will happen to the underground scene if and when MMA is sanctioned in New York
Session is applicable to:
- Gym Owners
- Athletes & Coaches
- Fans
- Media
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MMA WORLD EXPO 2011 ... The Mixed Martial Arts Expo of The Year!
