TY: “I’m from the generation that grew up watching 3 Ninjas,Ninja Turtles… I wanted to be a Ninja! I grew up practicing Tae Kwon Do in Mexico, all the way to my black belt. 在年龄 18, I ventured to practice Aikido and Judo in El Paso, 得克萨斯州. I loved learning and I always wanted to be a rounded student, which is why I always looked for different arts to offset the weaknesses of the other.”
TY: “I was really looking for a place I could introduce my daughter to Martial Arts. I was looking for a more rounded self-defense Martial Art but not a fight club. I was introduced to the sport of MMA by a good friend and pioneer of the sport, Chris Luttrell. I was immediately bonded to the sport, since that is what at one point all Martial Artists are looking for.”
you expect this sport to grow as much as it is now?
TY: “I have been privileged to see the evolution of MMA since 1993 作为一个少年, 一直到现在, becoming the first Pan-American Division President in the most important Regulation Organization for MMA in the world.”
TY “My biggest function is to introduce simple business principles to the sport of MMA and keeping Martial Art in MMA. What I mean by that is, the common denominator for every individual Marital Art are (Respect, Loyalty, Honor) and the mixture of martial arts should not represent what people perceive MMA is today. It should be a mixture of Respect, Loyalty and Honor. It should be a much more admired sport.”
TY: “很好, as an entrepreneur, I’m never satisfied, I always see ways to do things better but the reality is that, 在 25+ years MMA has been evolving and becoming not just a mixture of Martial Arts but also a true blue sport. Many people have tried to add value to the sport with no real success until this past two years with the WMMAA.”
TY: “This question has a long and complicated answer! The number one obstacle is pride, pride to admit that past performance or formulas to add value didn’t and won’t work. Pride to admit that working together will pave a new path. The number two obstacle, is UNDERSTANDING, understanding the big picture, like Micro and Macro economics really being two different worlds.
Prague?
TY: “The fact they were there, that’s what really stands out! Some countries were participating for the first time. The level of mental competition for some countries was amazing. I can’t wait for the 2016 World Championships.”
TY: “The number one focus for PANAM is the roll-out of our new initiative on ‘Global MMA Officials and Licensing’ to standardize the sport worldwide, but also standardize the officials looking out for the sport.”
TY: “2015 was a year of foundations, recruiting, and preparing for the volumes of growth coming our way this year.”
TY: “I have always said that in every sport there is a business behind it, 相信: ‘Till this far, MMA is like Capital… it goes where it is welcomed and it stays where it’s treated well'”
are not yet WMMAA members. Why should any local Federation apply
for WMMAA membership?
People keep asking: why should we use SportID and SportData. Can you
repeat why it is so essential?