If you will be in New York City for the MMA Expo at the Jacob Javits Center this Friday (as an aside, I think the last time I was at the Javits Center was to take the bar exam), please stop by for a panel discussion, "Past, Present and Future of Mixed Martial Arts" -- I will be one of the guests.
Here are the details:
Friday, November 12th, 2010
Room 1-C03 (Outside exhibit hall)
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
The panel guests are:
• Eddie Goldman, MMA Reporter, NHB News
• Justin Klein, Attorney, Satterlee Stephens Burke & Burke LLP, The Fight Lawyer
• Edward Anthony, President & CEO, New York Jiu Jitsu
• TBD Guest MMA Fighter
The purpose of the session:
• To give a historical outline of the evolution of the sport of mixed martial arts
• To discuss current legal issues and public-opinion obstacles that are preventing legalization in NYS
• To discuss how athletes and school owners are currently managing their MMA curriculum and how it will change once NYS MMA legalization finally takes place.
It should be a great panel and I look forward to meeting and talking with the other panelists.
We are also, through the New York Mixed Martial Arts Initiative, trying to bring some of the students from East Harlem to the Expo to watch some of the many seminars that are being offered and otherwise gain exposure to the sport.
Looking forward to it.
Fight Lawyer
