Team Praxis Trainers
Each of our trainers is skilled in a multiple disciplines as well as having areas of specialization. Because of this, our students can not only benefit from a wide knowledge base from all arts represented but can also obtain in-depth training in specific arts.
Our trainers are experienced in areas ranging from submission grappling and wrestling to muay Thai and Western boxing as well as escrima and jujitsu. In addition to detailed and knowledgeable guidance for competetive preparation, our trainers are also qualified to confer rank in a number of arts as well. Please contact us for a list of qualified areas.
Cam McHargue
 Cam began his martial arts career by participating in a few "Toughman" type competitions back in the late 80s/early 90s. These were kickboxing events because in the early days of these type of competitions in the Columbus, GA and LaGrange, GA area they allowed kicking.
Having no formal training and ultimately being unsuccessful, Cam gave up martial arts altogether for a few years and concentrated on his musical career. After seeing the first few UFCs Cam had renewed interest in the martial arts and diligently pursued ground fighting and submission grappling teaching himself entirely from instructional video tapes.
Having been disillusioned by the state of the music industry Cam started focusing his free energy toward MMA competition. He entered many MMA tournaments on the local GA scene between 1998 and 2001 and enjoyed quite a bit of success. After being introduced to Matthew Waller and Joel Chavous of The Submission Fighting Open tournaments that he had participated in, Cam began to train occasionally at the Academy of Fighting Arts in Griffin with Joel and John Wehby and signed on under the management of Waller's Gauntlet Productions.
Cam quit his job as a computer graphics designer and moved to Griffin in 2001 (originally from Valley, AL) to train and teach full time. He got his black belt under Joel in June of 2002 and under the guidance of Joel and Matthew managed to capture a few professional titles in that same year. Cam is also an official MMA referree for The International Sport Combat Federation.
Cam has experience in both striking and grappling arts and has trained a number of successful fighters. Cam is still an active competitor and though he maintains an active personal training schedule, he takes time to ensure that al fighters receive the guidance and instruction they require.
Among Cam's wins are:
Submission Fighting Open 2 Middleweight Tournament Champion
Submission Fighting Open 4 Middleweight Superfight Champion
1999 Gauntlet Trials Southeastern Regional Middleweight Champion
1999 Extreme Trials Middleweight National Champion
Underground Fight Club Alabama State Middleweight Champion (Sept. 2000-Nov. 2002)
2001 1st Annual GA State Grappling Championships Middleweight Champion
International Sport Combat Federation United States Light Middleweight Champion
World Extreme Fighting Championship Lightweight World Champion (June 2002-May 2003)
Scott Harper
 Scott is the had instructor of Team Praxis South in Douglas, GA. In addition to being a successful MMA competitor and instructor, Scott is also a law enforcement officer. Scott has competed both in professional MMA and in submission grappling events and is well versed in striking and ground grappling.
John Wehby
 John is also originally from the Jacksonville, FL area where he grew up wrestling in high school. He moved to Atlanta in 1996 to attend college. He works as an architect and was the coach for the GA Tech wrestling club. Wehby started training at AFA with Joel in 1996 and competed in the first few SFOs. Wehby has a MMA record of 11-8 and has numerous titles to his name.
Chad Coggin
 Chad Coggin has been involved in various martial arts for over 25 years. His background includes muay Thai, jujitsu, escrima, and other combative and sportive arts. Chad was the owner and operator of a martial arts training facility for approximately 10 years before relocating from South Carolina to Georgia. Though no longer actively competing, Chad has fought in both muay Thai and MMA.
Shane Holley
 Shane is currently the combatives/self defense instructor for Team Praxis. Shane's background ranges from the Filippino arts to Indonesian arts to modern American combatives. Shane is constantly searching for new and innovative ways to enhance the reality of combative training.
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