{"id":4592,"date":"2014-05-10T10:22:17","date_gmt":"2014-05-10T16:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/?p=4592"},"modified":"2014-05-10T10:25:54","modified_gmt":"2014-05-10T16:25:54","slug":"team-syndicate-mma-invites-female-fighters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/2014\/05\/10\/team-syndicate-mma-invites-female-fighters\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Syndicate MMA welcomes Female Fighters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Syndicate welcomes female MMA fighters<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re trying to build our group of women here at Syndicate, so I&#8217;m writing this blog entry to tell a little about the training environment.  I moved from Japan and choose Syndicate for good reason.  I love the MMA team practices, lead by Coach John Wood and assistant coaches John Gunderson and Mike Pyle.  Chaz Mulkey runs a fantastic Muay Thai class, as does Master Nope and Shawn Yarborough.  Vinny Magalhaes (former UFC vet) heads the jiu-jitsu program. We have a strength and conditioning program, too.<\/p>\n<p>We have classes in the morning, afternoon, and evening, for those who need to juggle work or school. (Team MMA practices are from 11:30- 1 every day, though. You have to have basics down to join the team MMA practices)<\/p>\n<p>The pro girls at the gym are myself, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Liz-McCarthy-75916\" target=\"_blank\">Liz McCarthy<\/a>, who just started training with us recently.<br \/>\n(click on all pictures to enlarge)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/revgear-at-syndicate.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/revgear-at-syndicate-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"revgear at syndicate\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4585\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Sofia-Bagherdai-21251\" target=\"_blank\">Sofia Bagherdai<\/a> has been coming regularly.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sofia-and-roxy2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sofia-and-roxy2-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"sofia and roxy2\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4561\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wombatsports.wordpress.com\/2014\/04\/02\/tuff-n-uff-strawweight-tourney-preview-jamie-moyle\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jamie Moyle<\/a> is a tough-as-nails amateur who&#8217;s fighting in June to win the Invicta pro contract.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/meili-shorts.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/meili-shorts-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"meili shorts\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4588\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nMichelle (next to me in house pic) is preparing for her first amateur bout sometime soon, and Brittany (below, red shirt) is our resident Tae Kwon Do\/ Hapkido black belt transitioning into MMA. Fanny (next to Brittany) is our Muay Thai girl transitioning into MMA.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/syndicate-women.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/syndicate-women-256x300.jpg\" alt=\"syndicate women\" width=\"256\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4593\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Different weights, different points in our careers, all getting along choking each other and punching each other on a daily basis. Come join the fun. \ud83d\ude09 There&#8217;s no special class for women &#8211; we train right along side the guys, who are very cool and supportive. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/team-practice-4.14.14.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/team-practice-4.14.14-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"team practice 4.14.14\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4594\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n(click to enlarge)<\/p>\n<p>Syndicate has a two fighter houses where people can rent a room monthly.  Some people come from out of town to do a camp, or possibly stay longer.  Spaces are limited, so you can contact Syndicate to check availability.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/crew-over-johns-for-ufc-3.15.14-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/crew-over-johns-for-ufc-3.15.14-2.jpg\" alt=\"crew over johns for ufc 3.15.14 -2\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4595\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n(watching the UFC at coach John&#8217;s house)<\/p>\n<p>Or contact me!  basilisk875@yahoo.com  Whether you&#8217;re just starting out, or you&#8217;re a pro or ammy or whoever. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Syndicate welcomes female MMA fighters We&#8217;re trying to build our group of women here at Syndicate, so I&#8217;m writing this blog entry to tell a little about the training environment. I moved from Japan and choose Syndicate for good reason. I love the MMA team practices, lead by Coach John Wood and assistant coaches John&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-training","category-4","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4592\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}