Our 20-week program allows you to step into
the cage and test your skills against a fellow Alta Warrior in an
amateur #MMA
bout! pic.twitter.com/MTkQfhkEtZ— Alta (@trainalta)
May 4, 2022
The next installment of the transformative mixed martial arts
program formerly known as Wimp2Warrior is set for the end of May,
and a few familiar faces will be at the helm.
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Daniel
Cormier, Gilbert
Melendez and Jessica-Rose
Clark are among those who will serve as head coaches for what
is now called Alta’s “Warrior Training Program,” a 20-week journey
that begins with basics of the sport and ends with a three-round
amateur MMA bout against someone from the program.
Cormier will coach athletes at the Daniel
Cormier Wrestling Academy in Gilroy, Calif.; Melendez will work
out of the El Nino Training Center in San Francisco and Clark will
lead athletes at the Combat Sports Academy in Dublin, Calif. The
program will also be held at Xtreme Couture in Las Vegas.
“It is so awesome to see the parents who attend kids’ classes come
off the sidelines and say ‘I wonder if I can do this,’” Cormier
said in a release. “The spirit of this program lives within the men
and women who are looking to make a dramatic change in their life
and confront a challenge that they could not imagine only to
prove to themselves they can do something that they felt was
impossible and reap the benefits for years to come.”
All told Alta has secured 58 — 48 in the U.S. and 10 in Canada —
gyms to participate in its North American Summer Series. Thirteen
of those will be first-time participants. Former Bellator
matchmaker and Alta vice president Rich Chou announced the series
on Tuesday.
“The scope of partners we continue to bring into the Alta family is
a testament to what this program stands for,” said Chou. “We have
built an incredible foundation of gyms whose leadership will be
creating life changing experiences for our participants that
transcends fighting, and instilling a new level of self-confidence
that can only be obtained by putting yourself in uncomfortable
situations where you grow mentally and physically.”
It is estimated that some 500 men and women will participate in the
program this summer.