Fort Irwin full‑contact seminar
Natan Levy shared highlights from a U.S. Army seminar at Fort Irwin with Carlos Machado — the event included full‑contact grappling qualifiers and finals for base championships. — useful intel if you’re tracking how military programs are staging competitive no‑gi formats. (x.com)
Fort Irwin’s public events calendar lists a recurring “Desert Warrior Week” that has included multi‑day combatives competitions with weight‑class brackets and posted day‑by‑day results. (home.army.mil) The Fort Irwin Grappling Club is run as an MWR offering that advertises both gi classes and separate no‑gi sessions on its official Facebook page. (facebook.com) The garrison’s social feeds have previously published video coverage titled “Fort Irwin Combatives Championships,” documenting staged matches and bracketed finals on base. (facebook.com) Carlos Machado’s organization operates a “Machado Method Tactical” program explicitly marketed to military and law‑enforcement units for control, restraint, and high‑retention motor‑skill training. (machadomethodtactical.com) Natan Levy’s public schedule shows he continues to run paid MMA seminars off‑base, including a March 1, 2026 seminar in New York listed on Eventbrite. (eventbrite.com) Fort Irwin Grappling Club appears on competition platforms as an active installation club with MWR listed as the organizing body and a posted base contact, indicating an institutional structure for hosting qualifiers. (smoothcomp.com)
