On June 16th Tom Stauffer, a student in Sifu Gruhn’s Advanced Boxing Class made his amateur début against Brian Dankis of Pinnacle Boxing club. The event was held at the Pittsburg Athletic Association and sanctioned under USA Boxing. We congratulate Tom and wish him luck in the rest of his competitive amateur carrier!

Congratulations to Mr. Fusco for winning his fight at Extreme Fighting Challenge XIII against Jerime Rodgers with an Arm Bar @ 1:01 into the first round. We wish you luck Mike in your future fights! HIT HARD!

On November 20th Guro Gruhn fought in the Dog Brothers – Gathering of the Pack. Original Productions the creaters of “Monster Garage” amongst many others were shooting for an up and coming reality show that Guro Gruhn was asked to be part of. What follows is their promo for the show that includes clips of one of Guro Gruhn’s fight.

“No judges, no referees, no trophies. One rule only: Be friends at the end of the day.”

On November 20th Guro Gruhn had the privilege to fly out to Los Angeles and fight in the Dog Brothers’ Winter Gathering of the Pack. The day started off with knife fights and soon led into single stick fights of which Guro Gruhn fought in. The day was full of fun and friends. For more information and pictures please feel free to visit www.DogBrothers.com .

On April 3rd, 2005, Mr. Gruhn fought in the first national championship under the World Kali Federation in Baltimore, Maryland. He brought home first place in the advanced Full Contact Stickfighting division! Aside from Full Contact Stickfighting, the event consisted of a plethora of martial arts competitions such as Kickboxing, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and Weapons Forms. Guro Dan Inosanto and Grandmaster Leo Gaje were two of Mr. Gruhn’s judges, along with “Sled Dog” an original Dog Brother, as his referee. The fight lasted a round and half with Mr. Gruhn ending the fight 20 seconds into the second round with a series of knees to his opponent.

WATCH THE FIGHT!

Guro Dan Inosanto and Mr. Gruhn

Grandmaster Leo Gaje and Mr. Gruhn

Please also check out what the MD Pit Bulls had to say about the stickfighting tournament at: http://mdpitbulls.tripod.com/id10.html

With Rich Franklin as his referee, Mr. Fusco dominated his March fight in Cincinnati, Ohio at ICE 13 against Ricky Cain ending the fight by tap out!

“Pennsylvania fighter Mike Fusco displayed his submission talent while his opponent Ricky Cain displayed his ability to take pain in the 10 th fight of the evening. Cain escaped two deep armbar attempts by slamming Fucso’s head onto the floor, the third attempt was the charm as Fusco was finally able to lock in an armbar forcing a very game Ricky Cain to tap at 1:49 or round 1.”