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The Seymour wrestling program received some big news prior to the turn of the new year. In 2019, the high school and middle school program will each get new mats.

Dollamur Sport Surfaces (Dollamur) – the world’s leading manufacturer and distributor of high-performance sport surfaces for wrestling, martial arts, gymnastics, cheerleading, and fitness – was selected and served as the Official Mat supplier to USA Wrestling’s new championship series, Final X.

Dollamur was excited to exhibit at the 2018 Climbing Wall Summit in Loveland, CO during the Climbing Wall Association’s 12th annual summit. Having worked with indoor climbing gyms over the years providing bonded, padded indoor climbing gyms, Dollamur was looking forward to participating in the event. Indoor Sport Climbing is exploding in US and will only gain momentum as Sport Climbing will now be an Olympic event in Tokyo 2020.

Rock It uses this space for sled tracks, exercise, weights and agility training workouts. Rock It combined the GymTurf® Tracks with Dollamur FIT-TECH™ Rubber Roll Flooring to maximize their workout space for multiple activities. GymTurf® Tracks are portable or can be installed semi-permanent as Rock It chose for a wall-to-wall dedicated area.

As part of the announcement for Dollamur being named the Official Mat of USA Judo, Mike Swain gave a live interview with Rick Tittle, Sports Byline.com. Listen to the interview below. See the Facebook Live mat demo at: CLICK HERE

LISTEN TO INTERVIEW: CLICK HERE

Dollamur Sport Surfaces (Dollamur) – the world's leading manufacturer of high-performance sport flooring for martial arts, wrestling, fitness, gymnastics, cheerleading and yoga – has been named “official mat” of USA Judo.

Alan “Gumby” Marques, owner of Heroes Martial Arts in San Jose has three words to sum up the atmosphere at his state-of-the-art facility downtown: cooperation, competition and challenge.

With the FLEXI-Connect, there are fewer seams and not tape required. Gracie Barra, the largest Brazilian Jiu Jitsu organization in the U.S., uses these mats,” says Swain. “We introduced our hybrid mats in 1988 and they are used in major tournaments, globally.

When asked about his favorite Brazilian Jiu Jitsu technique, Alan “Gumby” Marques uses his best closed guard to deflect the question.

With a fun-loving nickname like “Gumby,” Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) legend Alan Marques doesn’t let on he’s one of the martial art’s most skilled and respected teachers and practitioners.