Ian Stonehouse is the main instructor for the kickboxing program at Trybz Martial Arts. Ian is an accomplished MMA fighter and kickboxing champion. He was featured on MTV's True Life and has been a contender to be on the "Ultimate Fighter" program. Please see the "about us" section for more information.
8 years of wrestling
5 years of kickboxing/muay thai
4 years jui-jitsu
Competing in MMA for over 4 years
13 MMA fights (9-4 overall with 8 Ko’s/Tko’s and 1 submission)
Undefeated amateur career
Two-time ISKA Lightweight Champion
Defending Kickdown Lightweight Champion
Silas Beaner is one of the owners and instructors for the kickboxing and "Ring Ready Fitness" classes. Please go to the "about us" section to learn more.
5th Degree Black Belt Akumu Ryu Bujutsu
Akumu 1st Degree Black Belt Goshinjutsu
Wilderness Training Instructor
Head Instructor for the Trybz Children's Program
Professional Mixed Martial Arts trainer
Admissions Director - TRYBZ LLC
We have one of the best records of any MMA Team in Colorado. Our fighters have been featured on MTV, fought in Japan and been invited to compete in the UFC. We have trained MMA, Muay Thai and Grappling champions. We teach MMA classes for both the professional and amateur fighters as well as the complete novice. We pride ourselves on being friendly and maintaining a safe and fun learning environment. Some of Our Champions
Rocky Mountain Brazilian Jiu-jitsu Championships
Josh Cole: First place in 2010 Men's 195 lb. Advanced Division of the Rocky Mountain brazilian Jiujitsu Federation's 5th US National, 3rd in the 2010 No-Gi Advanced Openweight Men's Division, 2009 1st in State, 2008 2nd in State
Ryan Dore: First in the Men's 195 lb. Beginner Division , 2010 1st in State Men's No-Gi Novice
Sam Denunzio: 2009 1st in State
John Steed: 2009 1st in State
Grant Overmoyer: 3rd in State Men's Gi Blue Belt Division
Pancrease World Submission Championship
Annie McLaughlin: 2010 Queen of Combat Grappling World Absolute Champion
Danielle Riley: 2010 Women's Advanced Middleweight World Champion
John Steed: 2009 2nd Place
Kayle Hoehn: 2010 2nd place Men's Welterweight Novice
Ryan Dore: 2010 2nd Place Men's Middleweight Novice
TRYBZ Martial Arts and Mixed Martial Arts of Fort Collins, Colorado
Long before the UFC and mixed martial arts hit the scene, there were groups of fighters already practicing their own versions of mma. A few examples would be Jim Arvanities and his Mu Tau (martial truth) group from New Hampshire. As far back as the 1970's these men were kickboxing and wrestling and causing quite a stir among traditional martial artists. Then there was Tai (transitional arts incorporated) master David German, who combined boxing, wrestling, judo and chin-na into a formidable mix. His students regularly grappled and tapped visitors to his school. The Jeet Kune Do boys were also venturing into a personal blending of full-contact striking and grappling.
Let's not forget there there were also tournaments of an MMA nature. Two in particular come to mind. Benny "The Jet" Urquidez a famous kick boxer competed in a mixed martial arts styled tournament in Hawaii. It was reported that he fought experts in many styles (grappling and striking) and ultimately won the event. Benny came from a karate - wrestling background and was so skilled, that on one occasion a rival of his actually poisoned him rather than meet him in the ring (or so the story goes). And then there was the infamous Count Dante', a self-proclaimed master who challenged boxers, wrestlers and the like to establish his reputation. In what was called "The Chicago Bloodbath", Dante' held a full-contact tournament that pitted art against art, street fighters against experts.
Now let's go back even further, say a couple of thousand years or more. The Thai art of Muay Boran and the Khmer art of Bokator were no safety gear, no rules, no limits fighting arts. Not only did they use striking and grappling, weapons were also part of their training competitions. Muay Boran was so viscous, that roughly a mere 20 percent of it's techniques were suitable to be used in the sport of Muay Thai boxing. In the ancient Greek Olympics, there was the fighting event of Pankration, which was described as "the terrible contest of all holds". This was the closest thing to the modern MMA competition.
Brazilian Jiujitsu is very similiar to the Koshen judo practiced at the Kodokan before WWII. Mitsuyo Maeda who took judo to Brazil and the Gracie family, was a Koshen judo expert. Koshen judo has been around since the late 1800's. The wrestling we see in the Octagon can be seen in one of it's many forms as far back as ancient Egypt (2000-1085 BC), but wrestling as we know it was popularized somewhere around 1100 AD.
Tribal arts are the forerunners of the arts used in MMA competition. The major difference is in their applications. MMA is sport with rules and regulations (howbeit one of the meanest sports since Greek Pankration). Tribal arts have no rules, and were used to defend villages, tribes and individuals in life or death battles. The MMA fighters that have seen what we do at Trybz are generally surprised when they recognize older variations of their fighting techniques.
Tribal arts are in my opinion, the past and future of the martial arts.