Will Aston
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Will Aston
Will is a coach of multiple disciplines, American Wrestling, Judo, Sambo, Boxing, and Kickboxing. His credentials are of a lifespan of learning performing and teaching with great effort and direction. He harbors safe passage for all who care to conduct themselves with control and leadership in mind. Those willing to learn will achieve great feet under Will’s Stuart ship.
Coach Crest
Celtic, Nordic, Native- coming to harbor with honor and good nature. Will’s Crest is a sum of the parts that make the man. He’s in a class of his own with the discipline he shares and the understanding he forms with each of his students. Uniquely him, he cherishes helping others achieve their goals, facing doubt and finding strength in the lessons provoking them.
WOMBAT BOXING
Wiley and whimsical. Clever and Crafty. These are but a few words to describe Coach Will. He’s a problem solver and a joker. Boxing is a thinking man’s sport, and he has that in spades. He constantly searching for better ways to teach and instill good habits for every athlete that approaches his class.
to design a mascot that encapsulates his character and the way in which he approaches such a complex sport garnered a deep dive into the strongest aspects of a wombat and demonstrating intellect over brutality of the art of boxing.
Wombat Boxing represents the strength in the fundamentals and the dynamism that is a result of the responses developed to move forward and never back down.
Sambo (Cambo)
Russian Sambo, not traditionally taught or learned by Americans, was founded to teach the Russian military forces to dismantle opposition under high stress situations.
How did a Californian who moved to Texas come to teach such a brutal martial art. Some would say this was the original mixed martial arts. Will grew up wrestling and was then subsequently taught by a Russian instructor to learn combat. This was his teachings; thus, Will carried on the torch to a local San Antonio gym for nearly 10 years.
Me, one of his initial disciples, grew accustomed to his clever approach in teaching the ways leverage and vantage points for optimal controls.
I designed this to mirror those lessons, using reference of a renowned Sambo Practitioner, Khabib Nurmagomedov, and my knowledge of the art to show the focus of what this style of combat has brought to the culture MMA.
Black Forge Gym
The Future of Will’s efforts. The way in which he hones his craft and the iron he sharpens within every one of his students.
Black Forge is a symbol assembled from Nordic Culture and craftsman that build the armor of warriors alike. Bold, brave, and hardened through trial. Black Forge Gym is the sum of character constructed under harsh conditions facing fear and exceeding doubt.