Hawkstorm Academy

Hawkstorm Academy Chief Instructor - Lance Burton: Providing elite MMA training, Military Prep, Olympic Weightlifting, HawkFit, Strength and Conditioning, and Firearms.

Elite Mixed Martial Arts and Conditioning with classes for beginners or advanced students. No experience required...just motivation to work hard and achieve your best!

Stay the course! One of the worst mistakes we can make when searching for our life’s purpose is to think that we have to...
08/11/2021

Stay the course! One of the worst mistakes we can make when searching for our life’s purpose is to think that we have to know exactly where we are going before we put full energy into our work, our training, or our calling. One advantage that a professional solider has regarding this (if they will use it) is that we learn right out of the gate that understanding an order is not a prerequisite for following an order. God works in the same way many times: He is our General, and sometimes God has an order for us that is leading somewhere specific, but it won’t be clear until we are further down the path. This actually gives us a chance to exercise faith and when things seem unclear, we put our head down and say, “okay Lord, I don’t know what you’ve got in mind here, but I’m trusting you and charging ahead.” In moments like that, I’ve heard that still small voice of the Spirit whisper, “Lance, your job is to stay ready…I’ll let you know when I have something for you to do.” So, at times, I just do that: stay ready. Train, study, work, do the basics of life, and be ready for the day the call becomes clear. THAT can be your mission. Have faith. Stay ready my friends. Clarity comes in time. 🦅🙏🇺🇸

Public Service Announcement (PSA): your happiness is primarily determined by YOUR attitude…and in addition, when this li...
08/05/2021

Public Service Announcement (PSA): your happiness is primarily determined by YOUR attitude…and in addition, when this life is over God isn’t going to care one but how much money you made, how popular you were, how many likes and followers you have, or how many cars/boats/toys or whatever you’ve acquired. It won’t matter to Him ONE BIT. If God blesses you with money, do something good with it and leave it at that. I’ve told friends for years I wouldn’t trade places with Jeff Bezos or any other Billionaire. Not a chance. Why would I? I’m blessed with an amazing daughter, great family, gifted athletic ability that lets me still outperform guys in their 20’s at almost 50, I’ve had a wild career with opportunities to do things almost no one else gets to do, and I’ve got a beautiful, talented, and amazing girlfriend who accepts my wild dreams and ideas and jumped on the train while it was still moving at full speed. Haha. (And doesn’t mind that I sleep like a bear at times…lol). As an entrepreneur I’ve had big highs and big lows but always stayed in the fight to keep learning and growing. Don’t envy these people out there who SEEM like they have it all…if you’re walking the path God wants you to walk, then you’ve got more than any Billionaire in the world. Love hard, train hard, follow your dreams no matter how wild they seem to others, and seek people who will either do it with you or at least cheer for you when you make it. 💪🙏🇺🇸
1 Timothy 6:6-7 KJV
“But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.”

07/23/2021

Power wins! I’m general, when it comes to unarmed combat with striking, the warrior who can hit the hardest has the advantage. That doesn’t mean skill, defense, and creativity can beat the opponent with more power, just that they have an inherent advantage - this is why there are weight classes in the UFC and all combat sports. In Close Combat, any kind of weapon can mitigate this advantage, whether a blade, baton, or any equivalent - this is because the weapon can deliver the damage with less emphasis on strength, particularly with a blade. Anyhow, in my system I’ve been developing over the last few decades - Iron Hawk Karate - I emphasize the ability to deliver forceful strikes. This video is at the end of 5 hard rounds and I like to practice throwing bombs under fatigue to train my ability to hit hard when I’m tired. Try adding a couple mins of this at the end of your heavy bag session and see what happens! 👊🥋⚔️🇺🇸🇯🇵

07/02/2021

“Train relentlessly, seek perfection in all things, and never underestimate your opponent.” The path of the warrior is arduous and at times, tedious. You will have moments of wariness, you will face doubt, struggle, and danger at every turn. But, the pursuit of an ideal, something perhaps greater than actually is achievable, can provide the fuel which will allow you to push past old limits, both mentally and physically. For me, studying the history of legendary warriors and soldiers, the Spartans, the Samurai, and even fictional heroic characters have fueled my drive. And in the end, God is always faithful and will sustain you if you choose to trust Him. In this clip I’m shooting my Sig Sauer 5.56 SBR with ACOG mounted and running my Ronin Tactics Senshi War Belt. Fire it up…no limits. 🦅🔱🇺🇸 🇺🇸

Surviving Mann World Premiere coming soon! In this shot our team, Fire Team 3, were getting ready to film the final miss...
06/26/2021

Surviving Mann World Premiere coming soon! In this shot our team, Fire Team 3, were getting ready to film the final mission of the show. Over the course of the 9 days together, the whole cast grew as an overall team, but our 4-person Fire Team truly came together. All three of my teammates are amazing and very accomplished people, but beyond that all had a spirit of cooperation and desire to learn from each other that is unique amongst people who just met and are working under pressure. I’ve studied leadership and built teams of various kinds for over 30 years now and I can say that this crew was truly one of the best. Honored to have worked together with them on this show and faced the challenges together. Go check out Amazon TV, Hulu +, or whatever your favorite channel is and don’t miss Episode 1. Fire Team 3! 🦅⚔️🇺🇸 🇺🇸

Did someone call for a .50 cal? Out here filming Surviving Mann at the legendary Front Sight Fi****ms Training Center an...
05/10/2021

Did someone call for a .50 cal? Out here filming Surviving Mann at the legendary Front Sight Fi****ms Training Center and we got to shoot one of the latest custom .50 cal sniper rifles out there. It was super smooth and machined perfectly. It was running a Sig Sauer Tango 6 optic which is one of the best on the planet in my opinion. Anyhow, we fired it off the standard bipod setup but sometimes you just have to take things by the horns and shoulder the beast. Plus, it made for a badass photo and good TV. Haha. Fire it up! 🦅⚔️🇺🇸 .d.mann

First football game! So, I know this was just in my story yesterday, but I wanted to share some details and context abou...
03/23/2021

First football game! So, I know this was just in my story yesterday, but I wanted to share some details and context about it. You see, Jade was the only girl on her team, a fact I knew would be the case. It’s a flag football league and even though she could handle tackle, it’s a cool way to focus on the real things I want her to get from it: continued development of hustle, teamwork, and being aggressive. She’s strong and fast, but can become much stronger and much faster. Even so, without hustle and learning to channel your energy into every play, you can’t play at your best. These early lessons apply for the rest of our lives, so I hope to keep ingraining them over and over. Anyhow, she almost got a touchdown as a running back and might have if she wouldn’t have hesitated, twice almost stopping because she thought they got her flag. Lesson: don’t stop just because you think you’re done, stop only when the mission is complete. Lastly for now, she really does crack me up. Before the game she says, “I’m gonna show them how fast I am and if any of those boys get in my way...POW!” Haha. I actually wanted and prayed for a girl, and I got the best one I could have ever gotten. 💪🏈💥💥

Texas Snowstorm 2021: I grew up in a small country town in Illinois called Taylorville and so lots of snow, ice, and bel...
02/19/2021

Texas Snowstorm 2021: I grew up in a small country town in Illinois called Taylorville and so lots of snow, ice, and below freezing temperatures was normal. One of my favorite memories is when my close friend and SEAL Sniper, now retired Senior Chief Johnny H., took me on an hour run through a blizzard with a -10 degree wind chill while home on Christmas leave from the Naval Academy as a test of willpower and toughness. “Strip off that F***ing shirt and let’s go” he said with a bit of disdain. I was a good runner for a bigger guy, but Johnny was one of the best runners I ever saw in the military and could do our standard 4-Mile timed run on the beach in combat boots in 22 minutes. If you don’t know...that’s fast. Anyhow, I passed his test and many that came after it and we still laugh about it from time to time. It’s always good to give yourself a reminder of how much discomfort you can handle and suck it up...the cold can do that in ways almost nothing else can. So, here I am in Dallaska getting some cold training done. When life gets tough...be tougher. Prayers to those who are facing a hard week this week, check on people in your circle, and help if you can. Stay strong - no limits. 🦅🙏⚔️🇺🇸

Happy New Year my friends! The only truly proper way to bring in 2021 is with a kick ass training session. With 2020 off...
01/01/2021

Happy New Year my friends! The only truly proper way to bring in 2021 is with a kick ass training session. With 2020 officially behind us, look ahead to new horizons and remember old dreams...and make them new again. Push past old limits, mentally, physically, and spiritually. Rekindle the fire. Fight to become everything you are made to be. No matter how many setbacks or obstacles we face and no matter how many times we are knocked down...get back up. Keep going. Your greatest breakthrough is on the other side of your choice to not quit - ever. Go conquer the day and prepare for everything God has in store for you. No limits. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Good morning my friends, I just wanted to take a quick moment to remind you all that despite all the chaos and uncertain...
12/02/2020

Good morning my friends, I just wanted to take a quick moment to remind you all that despite all the chaos and uncertainty in the world, one thing remains unchanging and unshakable: God’s love for you. Last night after training Jade and hitting two workouts, I got ready to finally crash around midnight and did a little of my normal evening studying. As I thought on life, I remembered something my dad told me before he died: “an easy life is not to be sought, but rather a life of hardship, struggle, and victories which only come through great effort and courage against all odds...this is a great blessing, and is God’s way of showing you that His hand is upon you for great purpose.” No matter what you may be facing, it is all part of the path to prepare you for great things! Our greatest strength is not in our muscles or our wealth or our “status” in life...it is our mind, our heart, and in our faith. In the battles ahead, let this truth be our guide. You are unique and capable of more than you may know - don’t let anyone make you forget it. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 Psalm 144:1 KJV
“Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight.”

So, I got my first batch of Afterburner by Jocko Fuel in yesterday and gave it a test flight. Official SITREP: I basical...
12/01/2020

So, I got my first batch of Afterburner by Jocko Fuel in yesterday and gave it a test flight. Official SITREP: I basically PR’d everything. Haha. It was solid. I loved the energy. I’m a big time caffeine ju**ie, which is basically my only vice, and I can say it worked exceptionally well throughout my lift, which by the way, was a heavy emphasis on heavy legs and heavy back work with some heavy bag at the end for endurance. That’s a lot of heavy stuff for one workout. Anyhow, go give it a shot - I can’t guarantee you’ll be able to fly an F-22, be one of the best fighter pilots on the planet, or get every good deal possible in your career like my friend , but you’ll get some damn good energy to crush a workout. Get some. 🦅🥋⚡️⚔️🇺🇸

Then and Now: 2005 to 2020. The photo on the left was taken 15 years ago when I was the head striking instructor for an ...
11/23/2020

Then and Now: 2005 to 2020. The photo on the left was taken 15 years ago when I was the head striking instructor for an MMA gym in Vegas. On the right is this year after a hard core garage gym workout. Today I write this with the hopes that someone out there will begin to shift their perception of what is possible as we get older. Our main limiting factor is our MIND. Quit accepting other people’s definitions of who you are and what you are capable of achieving. I’ve been hearing BS for years about “he’s not this or he’s not that” kind of thing - ignore them. Every time people say that it is originating from their own Ego and a desire to put you into the box THEY think you should fit in. Thankfully, God doesn’t see it that way. Stay the course, re-ignite your dreams, if you’ve been knocked down - get back up and start again, and most importantly...BELIEVE you can. If the Lord has called you to a specific mission, He WILL equip you to do it as long as you are willing to do the work. No limits. You have more value than you know. By the way, which shot do you think is better, 2005 or 2020? 🦅🥋⚔️🇺🇸🇯🇵🇧🇷 Mark 10:27 KJV
“And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.”

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Tuesday 9:30am - 7:30pm
Wednesday 9:30am - 7:30pm
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Friday 9:30am - 7:30pm
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