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UFC Legend leads Wrestling, Self Defense and MMA camps in Manassas
Pro wrestler Dan Severn is teaching several camps and seminars this summer with three-time Virginia State champion and new wrestling coach for the Stonewall Jackson Raiders, Tim Tibbs.
Dan Severn entered the cage for his first “No Holds Barred” match over a decade and a half ago at Ultimate Fighting Championship 4, and went on to win two tournaments and a super fight championship.
Mike Chapman, the curator of the Wrestling Museum and Hall
of Fame, said when Severn was inducted, “In one night, Dan Severn took the sport of wrestling and turned it into a martial art.” He’s been in over 100 MMA matches and was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame in 2005.
A four time All-American out of Arizona, Dan pioneered wrestling as a base for mixed martial arts and has been competing and training other fighters including UFC champions for over a decade.
This July, Dan brings his years of wrestling and fighting experience to Manassas, teaching several camps and seminars with three-time Virginia State champion and Manassas Park wrestling alumni, Tim Tibbs. Tim has recently been named the new wrestling coach for the Stonewall Jackson Raiders.
All programs will be held at Stonewall Jackson High School, 8820 Rixlew Lane Manassas, Virginia, and a portion of the funds will benefit the Stonewall Jackson Wrestling team.
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- Dan Severn's INTENSE AMATEUR WRESTLING COMMUTER CAMPS July 11th-16th 20112 day Elementary School Camp 4 day Middle and High School Camp
- WOMENS SELF DEFENSE CLASS July 11th 2011 from 7:00p.m-9:00p.m.
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- UFC HALL OF FAMER DAN SEVERN MMA SEMINAR July 12th 2011 from 7:00p.m-9:00p.m.
- SECURITY/DEFENSE TACTICS July 14th 2011 from 7:00p.m-9:00p.m.
Contact Tim Tibbs for more information and applications at
TIBBSTIMOTHY@HOTMAIL.COM
Dan’s Mixed Martial Arts promotion, The Danger Zone, came to the Manassas area last September. Wrestling alumni and fighters from all over Virginia, Michigan, Maryland and Pennsylvania competed in amateur MMA bouts at the Manassas Park Community Center. The Danger Zone plans to return to Manassas Park again this
year in October and December.
Live MMA returns to Northern Virginia with Operation Octagon 15 on July 30th at Dulles Sportsplex in Sterling, Virginia. For more information, go to www.operationoctagon.com and be sure to come back to the Patch for an event preview.
