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In 1998, he has competed in
full contact kickboxing matches; with a record of
9 wins, 1 loss, 1 draw, many of these matches appeared on cable-TV channels
and
as well as ESPN. He has had write-ups in several national Martial Art Magazines.
In 1999, Shihan Ingargiola was inducted into the
"United Martial Artist Hall of Fame"
for his contributions to the art of "Shaolin Kempo Karate" and was also placed
on their
evaluation board to evaluate future inductee's. Shihan Ingargiola extended his record to
12 wins 2 loses and 1 draw during 1999
on November 19, 1999 at "Superfights IX"
He ended his professional competing with an outstanding challenge. He agreed to
fight
in 2 matches back to back. The first fight was a 4 round full-contact kickboxing
bout
and the second match was a 8 minute submission grappling bout. Shihan Ingargiola
won both of these matches, to a standing ovation from the sold out arena.
On November 19, 1999 he won the "Professional
USKBA
Welterweight NYS" Title
Belt and the "Lightweight Grappling Submission" Championship. Competing in these
2 matches back to back with "no break" was a first in the Martial Arts World. Since
retiring from competing professionally, Shihan Ingargiola still keeps his
skills
honed with daily training and keeps up on his progress of Shaolin Kempo
Karate. During the year 2000, he
helped produce three amateur world title holders in
three different weight classes in full contact kickboxing. His
students continue
to fight throughout the country in kickboxing, submission, muay-thai, regular
boxing, point fighting and sabaki as well as traditional katas, breaking, weaponry
and self defense. During the first half of 2001, his students have
gained several
local and national titles in a wide array of events. Everlast Inc. even
helped
sponsor 2 fighters to go to
Greece for some World unification bouts.
On June 9th, 2001, Sensei Kadir, a
personal student of Shihan Ingargiola's
for over a decade won the USA EXTREME FULL CONTACT CHAMPIONSHIP.
This is basically a bare-knuckle anything goes competition. In one day he
fought four bouts with four
knockouts.
On June 30th, 2001 Sensei Kadir fought the European
champion and won the USKBA International title and successfully defended
it against the Canadian champion. On Nov. 30th, 2001 Sensei Kadir
continued his busy fight schedule with the bout of his life. A 10 round
World
Cruiserweight Title bout against Veteran Kickboxing Champion Michael
'Fighting Irish' Ryan.
Sensei Kadir dominated the bout with a score of
99 to 91 with 3 knockdowns! To
read the write up on this 10 round bout
as well as others, checkout our
message board or visit www.uskba.com. His
next venture is a "No Holds Barred" cage match at the
Tropicana Hotel
in Atlantic City on Jan. 18th, 2002, as well as a World Unification bout
against
Louis "Bad Boy" Ruiz who owns the title in a different
organization. The winner
walks away with both belts, (the loser walks home empty handed).
He also
has a bout tentatively scheduled against Don "The Dragon"
Wilson for the
Spring of 2002.
The current school record is 164 wins 54 loses and 10 draws, Our Nickname
in
the full contact circles is SHAOLIN SHORT NOTICE as well over 70%
of our bouts have been accepted on very short notice, sometimes only a
week other
times only a day or two, we have even gone down to the 1/2 day and the
hour mark!.
This has been accomplished in just 4 years!! from the weight classes of
Bantamweight
(118 lbs) to Super-Heavy Weight (220lbs +) in both the Amateur and
Pro divisions.
We have amassed Local
(12) titles, Regional
(7) titles, National(5)
titles,
World(5) titles
in both the Amateur and Pro divisions. This has been the work
of over 30 of our students including:
Jason Kurdziel,
Raymond Cooney, Emily Barnes,
Ryan McKenna,
Fermin Nunez,
Josh Foley, Jason Baxter,
Steve Sarbak, Michael
Kaiser,
Michael Giordano, Michael
Ehling,
Joe Pelligrino, Dean Thorton,
Kyle Murray,
Dorian Murray,
Chris O'Brien, Tom Southard,
Jenny Nedell, Dawn Pinetta,
Steve Castelli, Corin Mangan,
Michael Loquerico, Paul Deritis,
David Grossman,
Paul Peskett,
Michelle Stein, John Hayes,
Ron Murray, Robert Pastorino,
Tom Kehoe., Brittnay
Farah,
Tom Gioai,
Al Jordan,
Brad Lemley,
Adam Ernst,
Anthony Barranta,
Brian D'Ambriose,
Brian Rochford.
*2006 update
from Shihan Ingargiola*
A Kempo Gathering was conducted in Cape Cod ,MA . The seminars went off
quite well
and the banquet was fantastic as well as the opportunity to train along with
Master Jesse Dwire
and Master Chris Hatch with Professor Kimo . Congratulations are in order to
Master Jesse Dwire
who was presented with his 5 th degree blackbelt at the start of the seminar
day and I guess
I should mention at this point that Professor Kimo along with Professor
Nancy Cerio presented
me with my 9 th degree blackbelt and named me the sole inheritor of his
organization during the
banquet. It is my privileged and honor to accept this from him and I hope to
continue my Kempo
learning and progression under his tutelage for many many years to
come. Since becoming a
certified Kickboxing Referee in 2005 and also recently expanding my
Kickboxing floor space & schedule I also have been granted permission by
the New York
State Athletic Commission to run my own Kickboxing events. Shihan Ingargiola
understands that the bouts in the ring are not reality, but
it is a great place to test the concepts of Shaolin Kempo Karate. A
PLACE
TO PUT THEORY INTO ACTION. Competing at such intense & high
levels is not for everyone, nor is it expected to be done to achieve high
ranks,
but the regular Shaolin Kempo Karate student should feel quite excited that
their art has been put to the test and has passed with flying colors. SUMMER 2006
** Update ** ~NATIONAL KARATE CHAMPIONSHIP~
Shihan Ingargiola entered the Open American National
Karate Championship
and won the Men's Open fighting division as well as placing 2 nd in Traditional
Hand forms and 3rd in Weapons .
When asked why he decided to enter the tournament his answer was:
"to quiz myself and see how my training has been progressing" Congratulations to
Shihan Ingargiola!! By the way his entire DVD collection is
now available through Century Martial Arts Supply , the leading supplier of martial
arts equipment and training aids in the entire country .
FALL 2006 ** Update ** ~
Pro World Kickboxing Title~
Sensei Kadir , a long term Shaolin Kempo
student and personal student and
friend of mine for many years won the ISKA Professional World
Cruiserweight
Kickboxing title by Knockout last night in San Jose , CA .
Sensei Kadir is a 4th
degree blackbelt and trains diligently all year long.
On monday at 1:20 pm he found out he was fighting . On friday night he was
in the ring by 10 pm. The action went back and forth with both fighters
trying
to gain the upperhand . Kadir landed an outstanding back kick in the
2nd
round which dropped his opponent to his knees. Travis Johnson was
able
to rebound and came back with a vengenace.The action continued
into
the middle of the 6 th round , until Kadir caught Johnson with a
straight
right as Johnson was attacking .
This sent Johnson
back up against the ropes. Kadir followed with another
right which landed just as effectively as the first one.Kadir faked
another hard
right and Johnson went for the fake and left himself exposed to
Kadir's
legendary left hook . This was the last strike of the bout .
Congratulations to Sensei Kadir. His performance is a testament to his
skill level and his accepting this bout on short notice is a testament to
his dedication to the warrior / bushido code in each and everyday of
his life
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