ILLAWARRA MERCURY: Plenty of future champions are training out of Reflex Martial Arts and Fitness in Wollongong.
Cracking talent coming through martial arts ranks in Wollongong
Battle of the Businesses - Coming in 2024!
Battle of the businesses
Jamie Pereria trains with Dom Lavalle to fight in Battle of The Businesses corporate fight night raising funds for the I98FM Illawarra Convoy.
2014 - Jake Lavalle a champion in Brazilian jiu jitsu, athletics, football
ADVERTISER: It comes as no great surprise that Jake Lavalle is now a junior black belt in reflex combative martial arts.
2014 - Wollongong's Mitch Holden after another Muay Thai title
Wollongong fighter Mitch Holden is eyeing a Muay Thai kickboxing bout in December after collecting a gold medal at the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Oceanic Championships.
2012 - Dominic Lavalle - Gold Medal in Cebu
2012 Won the single stick gold medal in the middleweight men’s division! In Cebu city! Philippines!
Dom Lavalle and Jaron Ponce - Gold Medal Performance
Published in The Illawarra Mercury
Alyssa Lavalle - Blackbelt
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Training in Thailand
Master Dominic, Sensei Rosanna, Alyssa and Jake, “Lavalle family” spent Christmas in Thailand training with Sinbi Muay Thai Camp “Phuket” and also at WMC Muay Thai Camp in “Samui”. Both camps have a lot of talented trainers so we enjoyed mixing it up with hard training and holidaying! A great experience for my kids Alyssa 10 and Jake 7 to train and learn Muay Thai, and see the Thai culture.
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Stick Fighters Mix It With The Best
WOLLONGONG martial arts teacher and player Dominic Lavalle led a successful team from the Reflex Martial Arts Centre to the full contact World Cacoy Stick Fight Championships at Cebu City in the Philippines last month.
Published in The Illawarra Mercury
Ring return a winner
PITTING one's self against an opponent is just like riding a bike for Reflex Martial Arts Centre's Rosanna Lavalle.
Lavelle, from Fernhill, recently won a unanimous points decision over Jenny Lau in a full contact Thai kickboxing bout at Manly League Club. The bout was Lavelle's first in eight years.
Lavelle, 33, took a break from competitive bouts to raise her two children and complete her third degree black belt in combative martial arts. She is no stranger to competition " Lavelle is an Australian Black Belt Champion, and two-time NSW Black Belt Open Martial Arts Champion.
She is training for a bout on October 19 at Dapto Leagues Club under the tutelage of her husband, Dominic Lavalle. "I was introduced to kickboxing at 17, by Dominic," Lavalle said. "It was initially for fitness but I wanted to learn more of the art so I started studying Dominic's training style called "?Combative Kickboxing'. "I started to compete in open martial arts tournaments and challenge other female fighters from different forms of martial arts. "I competed in over 10 tournaments over 2 years and returned home with either first, second or third place each time."
She is training for a bout on October 19 at Dapto Leagues Club under the tutelage of her husband, Dominic Lavalle. "I was introduced to kickboxing at 17, by Dominic," Lavalle said. "It was initially for fitness but I wanted to learn more of the art so I started studying Dominic's training style called "?Combative Kickboxing'. "I started to compete in open martial arts tournaments and challenge other female fighters from different forms of martial arts. "I competed in over 10 tournaments over 2 years and returned home with either first, second or third place each time."
Published in The Wollongong & Northern Leader
Reflex Stick fighter’s team 2013, all came home with gold, silver and bronze medals
Master Dominic Lavalle led a team from the Reflex Martial Arts Centre Wollongong, to the full contact Australasian StickFighting Titles held in South Australia, the city of Adelaide.
Reflex Martial Arts Centre Training Camp trip
In Phuket: "Sinbi Muay Thai" the month of April 2013
December 2013 Training at BJ Penn UFC gym (Hawaii)
“Lavalle family” training in California & Hawaii. We enjoyed mixing it up with hard training! And a great experience for my kids to train and learn from the House of Champions (CA) and BJ Penn UFC gym (Hawaii) and to see and train in arts of Muay Thai Kickboxing, Jiu Jitsu and MMA.
Training at House Of Champions California
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