BJ PENN ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF LIVE LIKE A CHAMPION PROJECT

BJ Penn Invites 300 Martial Arts Teachers to Join Him for a Year of Intensive Training
March 17, 2009, Hilo, Hawaii – World Champion mixed martial arts fighter BJ Penn has been fighting on the mat, in the ring, and in the “cage” for more than a decade; now the popular Hawaiian-born fighter has decided to take on the world, the martial arts world that is. Penn has announced the launch of a one-year martial arts teacher training program called “The Live Like a Champion Project”, set to begin January 1, 2010.
Penn, the first non-Brazilian to ever win the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu World Championships, a former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Welterweight World Champion, and the current UFC Lightweight Champion of the World, will lead 300 hand-picked martial arts teachers, of all styles and from around the world, through an experiential training program that will include martial arts and fitness training, meditation, philosophy, a strict dietary regime, anger management classes, and extensive community involvement. Penn’s goal is to improve the way martial arts instructors learn and practice their craft.
“Fighting is just one part of the martial arts,” says Penn. “Half of The Live Like a Champion Project is about expanding the public’s awareness of what martial arts are about, beyond fighting and self-defense; the other half to expand the kind of education available to people who love teaching martial arts.” Participants will diary in on-line written journals and via video a year of their life as they work with Penn and a team of experts to upgrade their knowledge and live in a way that sets an example for their students –and the international martial arts community.
“The ring is small and the world is big,” says Penn, “knowing how to fight like a champion has its value, but living like a champion is the ultimate aim of the training; and to teach it you have to live it first.”

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Comment by Chris Grant on December 27, 2009 at 5:52pm

It would be an honor and a blast but time is not on my side in this one.

Comment by Laura Michler on December 21, 2009 at 3:12pm

I wish I had the funds to afford this - I am in - in body mind and soul

Comment by jake akamine on November 23, 2009 at 2:18pm

i want in want too get back in shape like i was before.i am exicted too attend this event.i hope everybody will get involve in this event.it will be good fun.dat is my saying to everyone.mahalo

Comment by Everett Beck on September 21, 2009 at 11:29am

I want in so bad... I have dedicated my life to training, I eat drink and sleep the the way of martial arts... I am ready for anything and want to show the world what I can do