Specializing in Real No-Gi Submission/Catch Wrestling, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu & Judo for MMA, Fitness & Self Defense. Email Coach at [email protected] for scheduling/rates and any other additional info. Thank you and we hope to see you on the mats! BIO:
Coach Bane brings 25+ Years of Mixed Martial Arts, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Judo, Catch Wrestling, Amateur Wrestling (Greco/Freestyle), Boxing & Muay Thai experience to the team as our Head Coach. As the founder of Snake Pit U.S.A., the affiliation has won 22 Team Submission Grappling Championships, sold over 23K Training DVD’s and conducted 165+ seminars and camps with over 400K fans around the world.
3rd Degree Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Legendary 8th Degree Red/White Belt, Master Rigan Machado. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Lineage:
Mitsuyo Maeda > Helio Gracie > Rolls Gracie/Carlos Gracie Jr > Rigan Machado > Joel Bane
1st Degree Black Belt in Judo: Under 3 x National Heavyweight Judo Champion, Coach John Saylor (former U.S. Olympic Training Center Head Coach)
3-Time United States Air Force Heavyweight Champ, 2-Time Team Captain & former 2-Time Assistant Coach of the United States Air Force “All Air Force Wrestling Team,” (2013 – 2017 International, Greco Roman/Freestyle) Under the expert tutelage of 2X U.S. Olympic Wrestling Coach, Floyd “Bad News” Winter
Fully Certified Catch as Catch Can Wrestling Coach: Under legendary Coach Billy Robinson (Trainer of Kazushi Sakuraba)
13th KHAN/Senior Kru Ranked in Muay Thai by The United World Muay Thai Association (UWMTA)
USA Boxing Certified Coach
Former CSW Coach (Combat Submission Wrestling): Under Coach Erik Paulson (Shooto Lightweight World Champion) Founder, Combat Submission Wrestling
USA Wrestling Certified Coach: Copper and Bronze levels certified
President, International Catch Wrestling Federation (ICWF) and USA Catch Wrestling
Founder/Creator, Catch Wrestling Magazine
U.S. Rep & Member of the “International Network of Wrestling Researchers” (INWR) The world's largest scientific support group for an international sport
Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach: American Sport Education Program (ASEP)
Certified Modern Army Combative Program (MACP) Instructor: Levels I and II
Member of USA Wrestling, “New Jersey State Wrestling Association”
Coach Bane has attained multiple Legitimate Catch Wrestling Lineages that lead directly back to the Legendary Catch Wrestling Coach, Billy Riley, Founder of the original Snake Pit in England.
1st:
BILLY RILEY>KARL GOTCH>YOSHIAKI FUJIWARA>MASAHARU FUNAKI>KEN SHAMROCK>SEAN DAUGHERTY>JOEL BANE
2nd:
BILLY RILEY>BILLY ROBINSON>JOEL BANE
3rd:
BILLY RILEY>KARL GOTCH>SATORU SAYAMA>YORINAGA NAKAMURA>ERIK PAULSON>JOEL BANE
Achievements:
Former Competitive Mixed Martial Artist: “Reality Fighting” and “Combat in the Cage”
Won or placed in USA Wrestling’s U.S. Open & Armed Forces Wrestling Championships, NAGA, Grapplers Quest, U.S. Grappling, Mission Submission and Good-fight (expert/advanced No-Gi divisions) including North American and World Championships. World Grappling Team Heavyweight alternate, No-Gi and Gi divisions, 2013 FILA World Championship
Heavyweight Champion & Captain of The United States Air Force “All Air Force Wrestling Team” (2013, 2014 & 2015)
U.S. World Team Heavyweight (Senior) Alternate Greco Roman (2013 U.S. Military World Championship U.S. Military Heavyweight Alternate for both Greco & Freestyle (2014 CISM)
Assistant Coach, United States Air Force “All Air Force Wrestling Team” (2016 & 2017)
MILITARY:
Combat Sports and self-defense instructor to U.S. Army MACP Instructors (2008-2011)
Has taught Grappling/Combative techniques to over 560 U.S. Military and Coalition Force members in the United States, and Afghanistan
Completed Krav Maga Personnel Security Detail (PSD) Combative training, (Afghanistan 2005)
Coach Bane is a 3 x Veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan) and 1 x Iraqi Freedom along with two other middle eastern deployments. He was a USAF Security Forces Senior Non-Commissioned Officer (Master Sergeant), now retired having served over 20 years Active-Duty Military service. While deployed he led counterintelligence operations including, but not limited to counter IED missions, personnel security details, weapons cache seizures, raids, apprehensions and convoys. Joel is one of very few certified U.S. Air Force Sharpshooters in the history of the program and is a highly skilled small arms weapons expert. He served proudly alongside his U.S. Army counterparts for the greater part of his career attending specialized rigorous schools while being repeatedly assigned to Combined Joint Task Force units in Afghanistan.
