Gender
Female
Training
As a child, Kru Prairie studied Tae Kwon Do. Through her teenage years, she played soccer on an all boys team, Drum Point Warriors. At the age of 20, she was looking to lose weight and that is when she began training in Boxing and Judo at the Brick Police Athletic League. At 22, she was introduced to Muay Thai kickboxing and fell in love with the art. She dedicated everyday to Muay Thai and was awarded her Black Armband in 2005. Her dedication landed her a position, as a Program Director/Asst. Instructor, in Toms River's 1st Muay Thai school, Vichai Academy. Through the years, Kru Prairie has trained alongside many fighters & trainers, which inspired her to want her own school. In 2009, she opened America's 1st all-female Muay Thai & MMA academy, Girl Fight. Kru Prairie is currently a NJ State Atheletic Inspector for Professional/Amateur Kickboxing & MMA. Kru Prairie currently trains with Eric Colon of Tong Dragon in Bayville, NJ.
Past trainers include: Master Kum Sung, Andy Ruggerio, Brick P.A.L. boxing coaches, James Wellington, Jon Delorenzo, Tom DeBlass & Eric Colon.
Below is a list of Kru Prairie's other accomplishments:
2012 ~ 1st female Muay Thai fighter to be inducted into the NJ Martial Arts Hall of Fame: Female Muay Thai Fighter of the Year.
~ 1st female to fight Muay Thai at Madison Square Garden.
~ 1st Muay Thai Fighter to win a title belt at MSG.
~ New York State WKA Featherweight 120/125 lbs Title Champ.
2011 ~ Opened Girl Fight in Toms River, NJ.
2009 ~ Established Girl Fight, NJ's 1st all female Martial Arts school, at Brick P.A.L.
2005 ~ NJ Licensed Realtor (to present day)
2005 - 2007 ~ "Off-Ice" Trainer for the Youth Brick Hockey League through the Maximum Performance.
2002 - 2005 ~ Program Director/Asst. Instructor at Vichai Academy.
1999 - 2006 ~ Youngest Field Supervisor for the Toms River YMCA Y-kids program.
Certification
Girl Fight is NJ's 1st and only all Female Martial Arts academy & America's leading All Female Muay Thai & MMA academy. We offer an award winning program: In 2010 & 2012, Best Martial Arts school in Ocean County by the Asbury Park Press Readers' Choice. In 2011, Most Creative Program by the American Society of Internal Arts.
Office Staff
Owned & Operated by NJ Martial Arts Hall of Famer & WKA title belt champ: Kru Prairie Rugilo