News and Events

4/16/11 - The 2nd Shin Kakutogi event was a huge success, bringing in a crowd of 200 to the SUDA MMA Academy in Joliet, IL. Congratulations to all of the participants.
3/29/11 - Team USACGA brings home 3 silver and 2 bronze medals from the 1st Russian Hand to Hand Fighting World Championships
USA Combat Grappling Alliance fields the US Team for 1st Russian Hand to Hand Fighting World Championships in Moscow - March 2011.
10/3/10 - TEAM USACGA SUCCESSFUL AT FIRST RUSSIAN HAND-TO-HAND FIGHTING WORLD CUP IN THE USA

 Team USACGA traveled to Philadelphia, PA to represent Team USA for the first Rukopashni Boi (Russian Hand-To-Hand Fighting) World Cup to be hosted in the United States. Though the rules were quite different and limited in comparison to the styles the team members normally fight, they performed very well against seasoned athletes of the sport from Canada, Russia, Kazakhstan, Bulgaria, and Kyrgyzstan. USACGA was represented by Efrain Vazquez (2nd Place), James Fritz (3rd Place), James Brady (4th Place), and Zac Vincent (2nd Place).

4/18/10 - THE HILL BROTHERS TO COACH TEAM USA AT THE SPORT ACCORD COMBAT GAMES IN BEIJING
This coming August/September, Ron and James Hill will coach Team USA at the largest, most prestigious martial arts event ever. Some are calling it the martial arts Olympics, which is pretty accurate. The games are backed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and will take place every 4 years. The competition will be held in some of the same venues as the 2008 Beijing Olympics. This is a huge step for international martial arts competition. View the video below for more infomation: