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Family and Community

Izzy Sakamoto tells us what it’s all about while representing on West Cliff today.

Kaijin has its roots in the rich and long lasting martial arts community of Santa Cruz. That makes us, by dint of both tradition and the people who make up Kaijin, members of the greater Santa Cruz community. And it [...]

TKO

 

A huge congratulations to Kaijin MMA’s boxing sensation Cody “the Kid” Warden on his 2nd round TKO at the recent inter-collegiate fights held in San Jose. This was Cody’s first amateur fight. One for one is a pretty good start.

Great work Cody.

Santa Cruz’s Introduction To BJJ

 

This is photo from the first BJJ in Santa Cruz, a Rickson Gracie seminar in 1994. How many Kaijin instructors can you find in the photo?

Santa Cruz has always had an incredibly rich martial arts community and the seminar that this photo is from set the stage for the jujutsu powerhouse that [...]

Pauly Silva–In Memory

A prominent member of the Santa Cruz martial arts community and Kaijin MMA passed away late last Friday night. In strange, confusing, and still not understood circumstances, Pauly Silva was shot to death outside a downtown restaurant/bar. The reasons behind this horrible act are not really known—mistaken identity, random happenstance, or some [...]

Monster!

Buakaw Por Pramuk (now Buakaw Banchamek) is one of the most feared fighters in the world. See why.