Team
Americas "World Martial Arts Show Team"
An American ICON in the Martial Arts
The
driving force behind Team Americas "World Martial Arts
Show Team"
is found in head coach Danny Zaino
and his love for the martial Arts. As a child he was
continuously involved in competitive sports such as wrestling,
football, baseball, and karate from the early age of 14 to
present. In 1979, his last year of high school, a US Army
recruiter convinced him to join the service and after boot camp
he was first stationed in Korea. With his interest in the
martial arts he began studying Moo Do Kwon Tae Kwon Do. His next duty station was Ft. Bliss Texas where he then joined
the US Army Karate Team studying the style of Japanese GoJu-Ryu.
His experience and love for performing came about when he was
hired to travel with the team competing and performing
throughout the states of Texas and Oklahoma. When he left
the military life in 1982 he moved back to Palm Beach Gardens,
Florida where he met his wife Theresa in 1983 and began training
her in the martial arts. In 1988 they became involved with
throwing martial arts events and started up their own state
circuit called the
"Florida Palm Coast Karate
Events" which is still going strong today along with
their "National Promoters League"
World Event Division".
Danny
& Theresa Zaino
7 Time Hall of Fame Promoters
First
born National
Team Pepsi "Show Team" in 2000 at the
24th Battle of Florida
hosted by
Danny and Theresa Zaino
and
sponsored by Pepsi Palm Beach Ft. Lauderdale,
now
Pepsi
Americas,
head coach
Danny Zaino
decked the Zaino
clan out in Team Pepsi uniforms as a thank you to
Scott
McDullen,
then
Team Pepsi Representative
during the teams Night Show performance.
The show was a big hit an caught on like wild fire with the
Zaino's being bombarded with phone calls around the state with
competitors wanting to join the hottest new team around the
United States. The original team consisted of 80 members
total hitting every competition venue possible within the next
two years dominating the tournament scene and clobbering rival
teams in their path.
Danny
& Theresa Award Scott McDullen of
Pepsi Americas Palm Beach / Ft. Lauderdale
Soon
becoming a financial and logistic nightmare coach Zaino made the
decision to run the team on a smaller scale strictly through his
own school with a squad of only 7 to 10 members at a time.
This turned out to be a successful decision as every team member
including his own talented children, Tony, Joey, and
Dominique Zaino
had at least 10 years of experience in the
martial arts and the team soon became sought after around the
country performing at Martial Arts Hall of Fames, tournaments,
and various entertainment venues with the demand for their
performance growing by leaps and bounds. By 2005 with the
continued growth of the team additional sponsors came on board
along with their Corporate Sponsor "Pepsi Americas"
such as "5 Time World Kick Boxing Champion" Steve
Shepherd's company
"Ringstar" Products
who
became the teams official equipment sponsor, and media sponsors
"FightZone"
Magazine &
T.V., the "Action Radio
Network", and
"World Martial Arts
Magazine".
The Zaino
Family "National Team Pepsi" with
equipment sponsor Steve Shepherd of RingStar
In January of 2009, after a successful eight year run, Corporate Sponsor "Pepsi Americas" made the economic decision to leave the team along with equipment Sponsor "Ringstar" Products. Having come so far and not wanting to end the teams success head coach Danny Zaino made the decision to keep the team going and on June 5, 2009 Team Americas "World Martial Arts Show Team" made their debut performance at the Action Radio Network & World Martial Arts Magazine Hall of Fame "Martial Arts Choice Awards" in Clearwater, Florida. Always taking performing to the next level, coach Zaino's new team (in name only) was a big success with their patriotic demonstration taking the crowd to new heights of excitement. Today the team is sponsored by the "Action Radio Network", "World Martial Arts Magazine, "FightZone" Media, "Martial Arts Entertainment Radio", "Action Star Media, and "Martial Arts Entertainment Magazine.
"Team Americas"
A Big Success at the ARN & WMAM
Hall of Fame
if you would like to bring in Team Americas to your next venue you can contact them by calling 561-575-KICK or email: teamamericas@comcast.net
Team
Americas
"World Martial Arts Show Team"
was Formerly National Team Pepsi
"Show Team"
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