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Ryan Gruhn has been studying the combat arts for around two decades starting his training in 1993. He fist trained with Erik Paulson in 1996.  In this time he has achieved instructor status in six different martial arts; Muay Thai, Filipino Martial Arts / Dog Brothers, Jun Fan / Jeet Kune Do, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Boxing.  He is the head instructor at Central PA Mixed Martial Arts teaching the Muay Thai, Boxing, MMA, Women’s Kickboxing, Reality Based MMA, and Youth Martial Arts classes.  He is the Central PA representative for the  and Combat Submission Wrestling and is the only certified Muay Thai instructor in the area. Ryan is the founder and head instructor for “Youth Martial Arts”, a system of multiple styles catered to children and young adults.  Ryan is a certified coach with USA Boxing, a certified  in Jeet Kune Do & Filipino Martial Arts under Sifu Kevin Seaman, and less than fifty people who have obtained the rank of  in Thai Boxing under Ajarn .  He is one of less thantwenty individuals worldwide who have been certified as a “Full Instructor/Black Dog Tag” in Dog Brothers under Guro Marc “Crafty Dog” Denny and also a member of the tribe receiving the name of “.”  CPAMMA is considered a “Den” of the Dog Brother’s Pack and goes by the name of “Guard Dog’s Den.”  Ryan’s main instructor as a child into his teen years was Sifu Bill Gebhardt, owner of the State College Martial Arts Academy.  Ryan is currently a  in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and has competed in numerous Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournaments placing in the majority of tournaments he has attended.  Competitively Ryan has been fighting in Real Contact Stick Fighting events since 2005.  With over thirty fights to his name he has ended a number of fights by submission, KO and TKO. Ryan fights in the Dog Brothers ~ “Gathering of the Pack” on a biannual basis in Los Angeles, California and Toronto, Canada.

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