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Level Up Boxing and Fitness Bowie, MD
Coach
Jason Farrell, after being
the head striking coach at
two MMA gyms for five years,
building both programs up
from the beginning, was
ready to start his own
program. He believed that it
would allow him complete
control over what was taught
and where and when fighters
competed. “I’m a detail guy.
To me it’s all about
technique and strategy. I
teach my students HOW to
fight, I teach them how to
be able to think and adjust
in the ring. You can go to
any Martial Arts school in
the world and they can teach
you every move there is, but
if they can’t teach you how
to put them together you are
wasting your time.”
Having opened in August
2013,
Level Up has successfully
past its one-year benchmark.
Level Up has three top
fighters who will all be
making the transition to the
professional ranks next
year. Luther Smith, 3-1 in
Muay Thai/Kickboxing won the
209 lb. Open Class WKA GLORY
Rules division at the 2014
WKA North American
Championships. He is also
4-0 with three knockouts as
an amateur boxer and holds a
State title in boxing as
well. Jared Tipton is 6-1 in
Kickboxing/Muay Thai and won
the 125 lb. Open WKA GLORY
Rules division at 2014 WKA
North American
Championships. Jared is also
1-0 in boxing. Patrick
Rivera is 5-2 in Kickboxing/Muay
Thai and is coming off a win
at Lion Fight. Pat won the
2013 165 lb. WKA North
American Championships. All
three will be fighting at
the WKA World Championships
in Italy at the end of this
month. Level Up also boasts
Erin Jimenez, who will be a
force in the 118-125 lb.
divisions next year. Erin is
currently 2-3 in her amateur
career. Farrell anticipates
that Jimenez will rise even
higher after complete
recovery from a knee injury.
Level Up believes in
training fighters as
individuals, taking all the
variables about each fighter
and determining how to guide
them to being their best.
Thus, fighters are able to
reach their potential
naturally.
Level
Up is also a big family,
supporting each other and
helping each other get
better every day. Committed
to fellow teammates’
success, Level Up students
and fighters show up to each
other’s events to cheer and
encourage, whether it be a
fight, or a fitness
competition, or adventure
race. As Coach Farrell
firmly believes, “If someone
from the team is involved,
you have the team’s
support.”