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HEAD INSTRUCTOR

Ryan Gruhn

Ryan is a VETERAN competitor, has over 30 fights and is a multiple time black belt champion.  He is a 2° brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt, ajarn/Black Arm Band in muay thai and full dog brother/guro in dog brothers.  Ryan is also an instructor in Catch Wrestling under the prestigious gotch lineage.

about ryan:

Ryan Gruhn is a veteran competitor and has been studying the combat arts for over two decades starting his training in 1993. In this time he has achieved instructor status in seven different martial arts.  He is the head instructor at Central PA Mixed Martial Arts teaching the Striking/MMA, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Women’s Kickboxing, Reality Based MMA, and Youth Martial Arts classes.  He is the Central PA and PA State representative for the World Thai Boxing Association, Dog Brothers and Erik Paulson’s Combat Submission Wrestling.

To date, Ryan is the only person ever to hold a Black Belt in Jiu-Jitsu while simultaneously holding the title of Ajarn in Muay Thai and Guro in Dog Brothers Martial Arts.

Ryan is a 2° Black Belt Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and has competed in countless Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournaments placing in the majority of tournaments he has attended.  He has competed at every belt level and is a multiple time champion at Black Belt.

He is one of ten individuals world wide who have been certified as a “Guro” in Dog Brothers under Punong Guro Marc “Crafty Dog” Denny and also a member of the Dog Brothers tribe receiving the name of “Guard Dog.”  CPAMMA is considered a “Den” of the Dog Brother’s Pack and goes by the name of “Guard Dog’s Den.”  Ryan’s main instructor as a child into his teen years was Bill Gebhardt, owner of the State College Martial Arts Academy.

Ryan is a certified coach with USA Boxing, a certified Full Instructor in Jeet Kune Do & Filipino Martial Arts, and one of less than fifty people worldwide who have obtained the rank of Ajarn in Thai Boxing under Ajarn Surachai “Chai” Sirisute 

Ryan is one of the highest ranked instructors on the East Coast in Catch Wrestling under Erik Paulson and the prestigious Gotch Lineage.

Competitively Ryan has been fighting in Real Contact Stick Fighting events since 2005.  With over thirty fights to his name he has ended a number of fights by submission, KO and TKO. Ryan fights in the Dog Brothers ~ “Gathering of the Pack” on a biannual basis in Los Angeles, California and Toronto, Canada. Ryan has competed in Jiu-Jitsu at every belt from white to Black belt, has won tournaments at every belt level and is a multiple time champion at black belt.

Ryan corners fighters, both male and female in Boxing, Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Real Contact Stick Fighting and Mixed Martial Arts on a regular basis. He has led a number of fighters to successful competitive carriers in their respective style producing multiple Golden Gloves State Champions and title holders in Boxing, Muay Thai and MMA. Several of Ryan’s previous students have reached the Ultimate Fighting Championships (UFC) and Bellator and Invicta Fighting Championships.  Ryan’s Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu students have earned countless tournament wins under Ryan’s guidance at all belt levels and all divisions.  Ryan has helped multple CPAMMA fighters bring home Championship Belts at the “Tournament of Champions” in Iowa.  Ryan has also led multiple fighters to the Dog Brothers Gatherings some of which earning the title of “Dog” and “Candidate Dog.”

rank/certifications:

Muay Thai – Ajarn

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu – 2° Black Belt

Dog Brothers – Guro / Full Dog Brother

Catch Wrestling – Representative

Jeet Kune Do / Kali – Full Instructor

CSW/STX Kickboxing – Instructor

Certified BJJ Black Belt

bjj black belt

Ryan is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt under Erik Paulson & Rigan Machado

Certified Catch Wrestling Instructor

Certified Instructor

Ryan is a Certified Instructor under Erik Paulson.

I can’t say enough about this gym! I Whether you are are just looking for a great way to stay in shape or to train for a fight, the team at CPAMMA will help you get there. I joined with the intention of just wanting a new form of cardio exercise and later became interested in fighting. CPAMMA welcomes and works with all students to achieve their goals. Now, as an expectant mother, they have again adjusted to my needs and ensured classes are safe while still advancing my training. Plus, you can’t find a better community of teachers, students, and friends to be a part of.”

Kellie Marin

I’ve had a very great experience with this gym. The teachers are very friendly easy to talk to and ask questions. The instructor at CPAMMA doesn’t mind spending time explaining the technique and helping you work on it. I feel like I have improved as much as I possibly can in the amount of time that I’ve spent there, would still be attending hadn’t I moved from the area.”

Ed Ruth

3X NCAA Freestyle wrestling champion from Penn State, Bellator MMA Fighter

Ryan is world class trainer and a great mentor as well. Now that I’m training up here in Minnesota many of the same techniques and principles I practice everyday with Greg Nelson “a sought after world class trainer himself,” are the same principles I learned from Ryan while living in State College for this past year.”

Paul Bradley

Professional MMA Fighter 10-1, "The Ultimate Fighter" Season 7, currently fighting for Bellator/WSOF

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