“There is Nothing Routine about Training” (or at least there shouldn’t be). That is the slogan of a newly formed company in rural Ohio. Steel Scout Team LLC is the brain child of Doug Sharpless and Mike Lemke. Doug is a prior USMC Close Quarters Battle instructor with Certification from Los Angeles Police Department Special Weapons And Tactics (LAPD SWAT), Special Operations Training Group (special missions section USMC), Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team (USMC) and U.S. Army Special Warfare School to name a few. Mike Lemke is an extremely talented designer. Together they have created "THE CLINCH CAVE" (pictured below)
Patent Pending
Co Creator Doug Sharpless above
The boys from Vander Fighting Systems above
We provide three elements in our trainers (Form, Function, and Fundamentals)The first of several products to be released is the “Clinch Cave” which is designed for training in the Muay Thai Clinch/Dirty Boxing (for MMA) and CQB (for Military and Police). The Patent Pending creation allows individuals to engage (hand to hand) with as much force as they can muster while getting constant resistance in any direction from the target, (just as combatants receive in a “Real World “ conflict. Unlike a “Heavy Bag” that relies on gravity, the Clinch Cave has resistance beyond that of gravity. “It contantly fights back” says Sharpless. It forces you to “shorten and follow though” on all of your strikes, you will not have the luxury of waiting on this to swing back like a pendulum (as with traditional bags and trainers), the force is constant, and it never gets tired” said Sharpless. "If you dont have good balance to start, you will by the time you are done with this thing"said Lemke
“We took this to “Fight Fest” in Canton Ohio and not even Doug and I were ready for the Response that we got,”said Lemke (co creator). The fighters were fascinated, that something so simple could be so effective. Because there is nothing like the “Clinch Cave” in the world even seasoned fighters were commenting on all of the different muscles that were being engaged and how quickly fatigue set in.
Sharpless and Lemke are certain that they are on to something great. “Athletes continue to get better and somebody has to step up and give them innovative training tools”. “Just putting shinny new stitching on the same old Heavy Bag is not gonna get it done” “REAL FIGHTERS and Life and Death Combatants such as Military and Police are much more concerned about the STEAK and couldn’t care less about THE SIZZLE” says Sharpless. (That is one reason why Steel Scout Team are amped up about success.
Sharpless admits that he mostly trains alone, and that it is very difficult to simulate the “clinch” without a training partner, until now. Lemke and Sharpless suggest that the “Clinch Cave” not only lets you train effectively but it will certainly reduce the chance of injury.
Steel Scout Team’s website is www.steelscoutteam.com and until you take a look at this three headed beast (Fighting, Football, and Core Training) in action you cannot really appreciate it. And don't forget that this is just the "Tip of the Creative Iceberg"
