This is my son Jackson, age 6, doing an interactive drill, “The Matador”, taught by Joe Lewis.  The interactive drills Mr. Lewis created are brilliant!  They are modern day katas utilizing a set pattern to work your techniques and I teach them in my Elite Kickboxing classes.  Students pair up and take turns at being the ‘trainer’ – blocking and counter punching.  We only teach modern and effective real life self-defense.
Jackson got to demonstrate this for a local t.v. show.

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I recently found a videotape of when I worked out with Joe Lewis in North Carolina (I will be posting highlights of the video soon). He invited me up to prepare for my world title fight. It is the most amazing video, Mr. Lewis is talking directly to the camera about how I should approach the fight from a strategic and mental standpoint and what I should do in each round. We then shadow fight inside his garage and work each round late into the night.

It also shows us sparring at the boxing club and working different strategies, plus sparring local boxers. This is incredible stuff and really shows why Joe Lewis is the smartest martial artist ever. He mentally prepared me for that fight so I could not lose. I won with an 8^th round knockout of Bruno Capiglia in Palermo, Sicily.

Joe made me feel like I owned that ring even though it was in Italy and in my opponent’s back yard. Joe made me feel like ‘how dare you walk into my backyard’ because I felt like I owned the ring no matter where it was.

Watching this video brought tears to my eyes. Joe was so giving – inviting me to stay with him and his family and never asking anything in return. He had  done this for me for over ten years when he lived Florida. We would workout and spar, but it was more like a training seminar than a workout. He would just keep on teaching. I will be forever grateful.

Joe Lewis is having some serious health issues right now and we are actively working to help with some of the huge financial burden that such a serious illness can create. Joe Lewis is the most giving person I have ever met. There are some “so called” Grand Masters, who don’t even deserve to carry Joe Lewis’s jock strap, charging hundreds of dollars an hour to train someone privately, and then there’s Joe, considered by many to me the greatest American martial artist ever – always giving of his knowledge so unselfishly.

So, in his time of need, I ask everyone to please help the founding father of American kickboxing, a man who truly deserves the title of a legend, the great Joe Lewis.

There are many ways you can help. One is to just attend the 12^th annual Joe Lewis Research Conference In Tampa, FL October 6-9^h. You can go to Register online at Joe Lewis Fighting Systems or send in registration to Mike Allen at 17802 Greybrook Dr Tampa FL 33647   to Joe.
We will also be conducting fundraisers throughout Tampa Bay at local martial arts schools. There’s an auction on Facebook that has all the proceeds going to Joe Lewis. You can also go to www.joelewisfightingsystems.com   and make a direct donation to Joe.

Get ready for the 12th Annual Joe Lewis Research Conference in Tampa, FL this Oct. 6-9th. It has the highest quality of instruction of any event I’ve been to. We’d like to get a group of M.A. Fitness and UBC students attending so let us know if you’re interested.

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