This Saturday Academy Student Jason Huntley, at 34 years of age will take part in his first mixed martial arts bout in downtown minneaplolis.

Recently Jason took a few minutes of his time away from his kids,wife, and his training to answer a few questions for me.

1. Why did you join the academy (specifically mma program)?

Jason:” It was the best gym based on reviews and the academy had the ability to teach me what I wanted quickly, efficiently, and with the possibility of a great results.”

2. You are taking an amatuer fight at age 34, why?

Jason: ” It’s the soonest I’ve been able to take a fight. I had a couple of medical issues to fix before I could train at the level I knew I wanted too. I actually first contacted the academy almost 5 years ago”

3. What are your goals as a competitor?

Jason: “I would like to be in A position to be able to at least try out for the next season of the ultimate fighter at 135lbs”

4 . What/who has helped you the most with your development?

Jason: “The most help has come from  the coaches obviously. Coaches Ryan, Erik and of course Greg have all been extremely helpful. The team members have also been great at pointing out things here and there as well which in my opinion is just as important as the coaching”

5 What do you feel are your strengths and weaknesses?

Jason: “I walked In thinking that’s wrestling was going to be a strength. Turned out that my striking is my strength and my BJJ is clearly my weakest aspect , when i started here I never even had so much as 1 hour of BJJ class”

6. What is something you see from your teammates/coaches that makes them successful in this sport?

Jason: “Both my teammates and coaches have a drive and an honest passion for martial arts. Not just MMA. Martial arts as a whole. Most everyone I see, is good at more than just 1 of The arts.”

Everybody here at the Academy, fight team and student body combined wish jason all the luck in the world in his fight.