Press Release
MMA Referee School (MMARS) announcing the first Shadow Official Seminar with Herb Dean Oct 24, 2010 at “Soboba Casino” with Gladiator Challenge. Event is at Soboba Casino, 23333 Soboba Road, San Jacinto, CA.
MMARS is recognized by the ABC (Association of Boxing Commissions).
Follow the same career path as Herb! He started officiating MMA with Gladiator Challenge and other event promotion companies. This is an opportunity to build officiating skills at a live event and become a part of the expanding pool of working officials. Prerequisites are MMA Judge and MMA Referee seminars available October 16 & 17 2010 at Fight Academy, 61 West Valley Street, Pasadena, CA 91105.
Here is how the MMARS program works:
There are 3 seminars in the complete program – Judge, Referee and Shadow Official. Each seminar is unique and none of the material is duplicated. Everyone is welcome to take any of the seminars!
Course descriptions are as follows:
Shadowing Official Seminar (for either Judge or Referee):
Attend an event shadowing Herb for a day. Get practical in the field training and witness all aspects from the rules meeting to debriefing at the close of the event. Transition smoothly from the classroom to the cage while having the most experienced official on hand for any questions.
Judge Seminar: (available October 16 in Pasadena)
Classroom time covers Unified Rules, judging criteria, scoring guidelines, and techniques. Video review to judge fights with discussion. Written and video tests.
Referee Seminar: (available October 17 in Pasadena)
Classroom time covers Unified Rules, ethics, duties, bout results, and techniques. Video review to referee fights with discussion. Written, video and technique tests. Physical demonstration of MMA technique.
Information and registration available now at www.HerbDean.com/RefereeSchool.html If you are unable to join us in October, there will be future seminars in CA scheduled soon. Also Herb is available for private seminars.
For more information please contact MMARS at 916.635.2831 or [email protected].