Ramsey "Danger" Dewey
If you've actually made it this far into my website, I'm genuinely impressed with your patience!
I grew up in a small farming town in rural Idaho (USA) where my first interest in martial arts began when I was terrorized by the school bully as a child. Yep, I'm one of those guys who learned how to fight because I got picked on when I was young. Years later, I became a professional fighter out of pure financial necessity. I fought to pay bills, plain and simple. |
After college, I relocated to Salt Lake City, Utah (USA) where I ran a small gym called Murray Mixed Martial Arts (formerly the Murray Kickboxing Academy sanctioned under the World Kickboxing Association) and trained a few other pro fighters.
In 2009, I moved to China and started teaching the sport of MMA in Shanghai, as well as competing across China, Mongolia, and Singapore against some of the top fighters on this side of the world including BJJ World Champion & UFC veteran Leandro "Brodinho" Issa, and Chinese national sanda, Muay Thai, and K1 champion, RUFF MMA champion, and UFC fighter "The Dongbei Tiger" Wang Guan. I believe training for MMA should be approached as a unique combat sport, and not simply a combination of other striking and grappling sports. My classes focus on sport-specific gameplans to take the fighter from start to finish. My students have included career fighters, as well as many martial arts enthusiasts, wrestlers, and boxers who have gone on to compete professionally and win in the sport of Mixed Martial Arts. Since moving to Shanghai, however, I've been coaching a lot of adventurous people trying out the sport for the first time in their lives, and loving it. Below you'll see a list of some of my experience and accomplishments in combat sports and the fitness industry. |
I have 18 years of martial arts competition experience in multiple combat sports including: MMA, Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Sanda, K-1 kickboxing, American Kickboxing, Taekwondo, Full Contact Karate, Catch-Wrestling, and Boxing.
-I also study judo, taijiquan, capoeira, kobudo, and kenjutsu.
-Professional MMA fighter (verifiable sanctioned record) fought in the USA, China, Singapore, and Mongolia.
-3rd degree black belt in taekwondo (World Taekwondo Federation, 10 years of competition experience)
-Blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu (+11 years of grappling experience)
-2 time gold medalist at 2013 Shanghai Open BJJ tournament: 84kg blue & purple belt masters division, gold medalist open-weight open class masters division.)
-2 degrees in fitness related fields: Health & Human Performance (Brigham Young University, USA) and Fitness Technology & Exercise Science (Salt Lake Community College, USA)
-Certified bare-foot training specialist (under Dr. Emily Splichal)
-Personal fitness trainer (9 years of experience)
-Expert pad holder (focus mitts & Thai pads, for boxing, kickboxing, and MMA)
-Sparring partner for numerous professional MMA fighters, kickboxers, and boxers.
-Registered affiliate of the World Kickboxing Association, The Jiu-Jitsu Federation of China, the Wrestling & Judo Association of China
-Experienced cornerman, and referee (MMA, boxing, kickboxing) under the Pete Suazo Utah Athletic Commission. (USA)
-Coach of 8 professional MMA fighters (verifiable sanctioned records), 1 state Muay Thai champion, and numerous grapplers.
-Coached the Jiangsu Province special police force in hand to hand combat.
-Taught numerous civilian self-defense seminars, including situational awareness, hand to hand combat, and weapons.
-Trained under the following coaches & masters: Marc Brewer (Jiu-Jitsu & Wrestling, currently at University of Grappling, USA), Shane Brenner (MMA, The Human Potentialist, USA), Michael Pease (Jiu-jitsu, Champion Martial Arts, USA) Khru Channon Sinsub (Muay Thai, Phuket, Thailand) Master Kim Han, Master Phalkunarith Him, Master Malanie Moras, Master Sejin Seol, Grandmaster Burton Sparks, and Grandmaster Marie Louise Zeller (Taekwondo, USA) Master Paul Sucher (Shotokan Karate, USA) Jason Chen, Chris Xiong, Paul Clemet (Boxing, Shanghai, China) Master Yu Dao Shui (Taijiquan, Jiangsu Province, China) Zhang Xiang (Judo, Chinese national team)
-I also study judo, taijiquan, capoeira, kobudo, and kenjutsu.
-Professional MMA fighter (verifiable sanctioned record) fought in the USA, China, Singapore, and Mongolia.
-3rd degree black belt in taekwondo (World Taekwondo Federation, 10 years of competition experience)
-Blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu (+11 years of grappling experience)
-2 time gold medalist at 2013 Shanghai Open BJJ tournament: 84kg blue & purple belt masters division, gold medalist open-weight open class masters division.)
-2 degrees in fitness related fields: Health & Human Performance (Brigham Young University, USA) and Fitness Technology & Exercise Science (Salt Lake Community College, USA)
-Certified bare-foot training specialist (under Dr. Emily Splichal)
-Personal fitness trainer (9 years of experience)
-Expert pad holder (focus mitts & Thai pads, for boxing, kickboxing, and MMA)
-Sparring partner for numerous professional MMA fighters, kickboxers, and boxers.
-Registered affiliate of the World Kickboxing Association, The Jiu-Jitsu Federation of China, the Wrestling & Judo Association of China
-Experienced cornerman, and referee (MMA, boxing, kickboxing) under the Pete Suazo Utah Athletic Commission. (USA)
-Coach of 8 professional MMA fighters (verifiable sanctioned records), 1 state Muay Thai champion, and numerous grapplers.
-Coached the Jiangsu Province special police force in hand to hand combat.
-Taught numerous civilian self-defense seminars, including situational awareness, hand to hand combat, and weapons.
-Trained under the following coaches & masters: Marc Brewer (Jiu-Jitsu & Wrestling, currently at University of Grappling, USA), Shane Brenner (MMA, The Human Potentialist, USA), Michael Pease (Jiu-jitsu, Champion Martial Arts, USA) Khru Channon Sinsub (Muay Thai, Phuket, Thailand) Master Kim Han, Master Phalkunarith Him, Master Malanie Moras, Master Sejin Seol, Grandmaster Burton Sparks, and Grandmaster Marie Louise Zeller (Taekwondo, USA) Master Paul Sucher (Shotokan Karate, USA) Jason Chen, Chris Xiong, Paul Clemet (Boxing, Shanghai, China) Master Yu Dao Shui (Taijiquan, Jiangsu Province, China) Zhang Xiang (Judo, Chinese national team)