What is Spaniard™?
Spaniard™ is a unique, tailored training system built from the ground up by world-class coach and athlete, Jorge Blanco. While simultaneously completing a degree in Law, Jorge’s lifetime passion for boxing and martial arts led him to become the Spanish National Kickboxing Champion and a member of the Spanish National & Olympic Boxing Team.
His skills as a professional coach and sparring partner continue to be in high demand and he has worked intensely with many elite fighters such as UFC Welter weight champion George St Pierre GSP, former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Rashad Evans, former Light Heavyweight Champion Vitor Belfort, Tyrone Spong a five-time World Kickboxing Champion. So what is Spaniard™? Spaniard™ is your opportunity to access the one-on-one training and hard-earned knowledge usually reserved for top professional athletes.
Wilson NHL, Washington Capitals
Working with Jorge last summer was a really worthwhile experience. Every time I stepped foot in his gym, Jorge always put me through hard workouts. More importantly he showed me how to be efficient in my work. Learning to control my breathing and introducing me to the component of relaxation during highly intense workouts was something I hadn't touched on anywhere else and I found it really improved my overall performance.
Montador Former NHL, Chicago Blackhawks
I've worked with Jorge for almost 3 years and I've benefitted from his expertise in combining the mind, breath, and body as a whole. His awareness of the connection between all three made it easy for me to learn quickly and effectively, enhancing my overall training as a hockey player.
Cammaleri NHL, Washington Capitals
I have always enjoyed the benefits of strength and endurance training off ice. Working with Jorge Blanco for the past few years has added another dimension to my off-ice training. I find his workouts exciting, challenging and beneficial. It is easy to realize his vast experience and understanding of elite-level fighting sport.
Mittrione UFC Heavyweight Contender
Jorge is an excellent instructor. His ability to teach a striker to fight long & with fluidity is rare. Creativity with power is what I picked up from him. Looking forward to getting more time with him!
Shields UFC Heavyweight Contender
After 12 years in the sport and a few world titles I've worked with several coaches but Jorge is without a doubt a game changer, his different approaches to my game have helped me big time. I continue working with Jorge every time he is available and I totally recommend working with him.
Winnik NHL, Pittsburgh Penguins
Training with Jorge is beneficial to me as a hockey player because of three simple aspects: Relaxation, Speed, Agility. The combination of the three meet all of the needs to help me get better on the ice, and provides me with a unique workout that improves my footwork and reaction time. I plan on keep training with him for a long time.
Cogliano NHL, Anaheim Ducks
Working with Jorge has given me the opportunity to try new and useful aspects of training. It has brought my conditioning to a new level, and I've enjoyed learning from his knowledge and experience. He makes things fun, he's a great communicator and most importantly he takes a lot of pride in detail and making sure I leave the gym with a great workout. Every summer, as I train for my hockey season I will for sure work with Jorge.
Booth NHL, Toronto Maple Leafs
I have had the pleasure of working with Jorge for two years. In glad I have had that privilege. I use to think I was strong fast quick and powerful. Jorge quickly addressed many deficiencies that were keeping me from reaching my potential. With just a few training sessions I could already see a difference in my power and quickness. I've always tried to 'muscle' my way through workouts. Jorge taught me how to relax.
St-Pierre 3x Canadian Athlete of the Year
12x UFC Champion
I am very thankful I’ve been able to work with Jorge. He’s been an incredible asset to help me reach my highest potential. His attention to detail and work ethic are very rare to find. One of the things that I loved about working with Jorge (beside his technical knowledge) is that he’s very passionate about his work. He’s always willing to go the extra mile to get me where I need to be to perform at my best.
Evans Former UFC Heavyweight Champion
I have trained with Jorge as a coach, and he's on another level. I am talking about teaching you movement, teaching you angles and he has such an eye for detail but more importantly when he teaches these things he's teaching them to the point of why we should do A B and C. He breaks down why, so you really need to think about it. A lot of coaches coach so you don't really understand what you are doing and then one day you are like; "Oooh! I should do it because of that."
Our Programs
Our programs offer a highly customized, one-on-one experience that will help you aggressively pursue your goals and achieve and elite level of athleticism and skill.
These programs are designed to grow with you, providing the right amount of added challenge and development along the way, so you can achieve the premium results you're looking for.
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Think Like a Fighter to Perform Like a Thinker
The fundamental principle of effective fighting is self-control. Self-control requires awareness and clarity of mind.
Elite Coaching for Corporate Excellence
The effective fighter is not aggressive but decisive, knows when to push and when to yield. Our method, built on this timeless principle, trains you to strengthen your own mind-body connection, increasing your self-awareness, helping you to tap into your inner strengths and empowering you to master the self-control needed to succeed in any environment.
We offer professional, hands on, in-house and off-site coaching at our studio in downtown Toronto. Safe, controlled and open to all fitness and experience levels, our exhilarating, dynamic, eye-opening workshops will energize your staff with a sense of power, fun and balance. More than just individually empowering, our programs will help strengthen the bonds between staff members, creating a stronger, more effective team.
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Power Workshops
Spaniard Education and Events
We do provide single-session options to energize and embolden your staff, whether it be a stand-alone workshop or part of a lunch-and-learn series or larger staff development event.
Beyond Power
Spaniard Complete Development Program
Our 3-5 session programs have been carefully crafted and curated to enable your staff to experience the complete transformative power of Spaniard's programs, providing them with the tools to achieve their personal best in and out of the office.
These one-on-one group sessions allow you to train like the best, with the best regardless of your current physical condition. You have never experienced the rush, fun and power that you will during these exclusive sessions.
Through learning and practicing strategies and techniques based on the martial arts principle of mind-body connection, you will immediately see increased productivity, confidence, cooperation and calm.
Our Training
Take staff to new heights of self-awareness
Relieve tension and stress
Spike individual and team confidence
Help accelerate response-time while improving decision-making
Increase focus and concentration
Increase mental and physical activity
Now, for the first time, unparalleled professional training that has been reserved exclusively for world champions and elite competitors is available for you and your team.
By providing new approaches to breathing, self-awareness and relaxation gleaned from decades of elite-level martial arts training, our programs enhance both mental and physical strength.
Whether you're coordinating exclusive executive gatherings or are looking to uplift a large group of staff, our program will help both individuals and teams recognize stress, reconnect with breath, and focus on achieving success.