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2026 WAKO Champions | TCB Fight Factory

Chapter One · The Pit

It Starts In The Basement

Rogers, Arkansas · Aaron's gym · Where champions go to bleed

Long before anyone wore an Arkansas patch on a national mat, somebody was running stairs in the dark. Doing rounds when nobody was watching. Eating clean while the rest of the world was eating wings. The work that wins national medals starts in the part of the day nobody films.

That's where this story begins. Not in Colorado Springs. Not under arena lights. In a basement gym in Rogers, Arkansas, with a pit bull on the wall and a coach who won't let you fake it.

TCB fighter throwing a round kick into a coach's pad in the gym, the rest of the team in the background — The Round That Built Him

A million round-kicks before anyone knew his name. The work that wins national medals starts in the part of the day nobody films.

Three TCB Combat Sports men posing arm in arm, the leftmost wearing a 'Trust The Process' pit bull tee — Trust The Process

Three of the men who built this. Coaches, cornermen, brothers. The shirt isn't a slogan — it's a contract.

The women of TCB Combat Sports posing with the team flag at sunset in front of the Colorado mountains — The Women of TCB

Front of the flag, mountains behind them, sun on their faces. Every one of them earned this picture.

Chapter Two · The Drive

A Thousand Miles To Plant A Flag

14 hours west · Snow on the Front Range · Game faces by sundown

Vans full. Kids in the back. Coffee gone cold by Tulsa. Snow on the Rockies by Pueblo. The road to a national championship doesn't take an Uber — it takes a caravan of people who decided this matters more than their weekend.

The Front Range came up at sunset on the second day of driving. Nobody said a word for the last hundred miles. You don't need a halftime speech when you can see the mountains.

TCB team standing arm-in-arm at a Colorado mountain pass overlook with snowy peaks behind them — The Mountain Pass

Hardware in the bags, snow on the peaks, a coach who took them up the mountain after the work was done.

Coach hugging Kimie after a hard session on the soccer field at sunset, Colorado mountains in the background — Sun On The Grass

Coach and fighter, alone in a moment the camera barely caught. Some hugs are paid for in months of work.

We didn't drive a thousand miles to compete. We drove a thousand miles to leave a mark.

A Coach In The Front Van

Chapter Three · The Coliseum

Two Thousand Fighters. One TCB Flag.

50+ states · 8 disciplines · One Northwest Arkansas family

You walk into a venue with two thousand fighters and you find out fast whether you brought enough. The TCB pit bull flag went up at warm-up and stayed up for three days. Every fighter in our colors who walked toward a ring walked toward it knowing the whole crew was at their back.

The youngest TCB kids set up at the hotel lobby with iPads and Arkansas patches on their sleeves. They watched every walkout. They went home knowing exactly what it looks like when you decide to be one of these people.

The full TCB Combat Sports fight family lined up at the 2026 WAKO USA Nationals venue, Colorado Springs — The Whole Pack At The Coliseum

Every coach, every fighter, every corner. Lined up at the 2026 WAKO USA Nationals venue in Colorado Springs.

The full TCB Combat Sports team holding the pit bull flag before flying out to Colorado Springs — The Flag Goes Up

The TCB Combat Sports flag flew at the warm-up area for three straight days. The whole story of this team in one piece of cloth.

The TCB Fight Team gathered inside the ring at the WAKO USA Nationals venue with the team flag held wide — Inside The Ropes

When the fighting was done for the day, the whole pack climbed inside the ring to plant the TCB Fight Team flag. The pose says everything.

The Itinerary

Four Days On The National Mat

March 26–29, 2026 · Colorado Springs Event Center

Day 01

March 26

Arrival & Weigh-In

Long drive in. Bags dropped at the hotel. Weigh-ins by sundown. The first time the team saw the venue, the room got quiet.

Day 02

March 27

First Bell

Opening rounds across multiple disciplines. Point Fighting and Light Contact start the bracket. First TCB walkouts. First TCB hand raises.

Day 03

March 28

The Grind

Quarter-finals. Semis. The corners get busy. Kick Light, K-1, Full Contact. The day rounds get won in the recovery room as much as in the ring.

Day 04

March 29

Finals & Hardware

Championship bouts. The medals get earned, the photos get taken, the brothers get hugged, and the flag comes down.

Chapter Four · The Corners

The Work Nobody Sees

Tape · Ice · NormaTec · Eye contact

Cameras love the hand raise. They don't love the part where someone is pulling tape across a kid's wrist twenty minutes before the bell. They don't love the legs in NormaTec boots between rounds. They don't love the look a coach gives a fighter when he wants them to remember they belong here.

That's where rounds get won.

TCB coach taping up a female fighter in purple TCB jersey and blue head guard before her WAKO bout — Last-Second Tape

Last-second tape, last-second words. The work nobody sees that decides every round nobody saw.

TCB female fighter in USA Boxing tee using NormaTec recovery boots between bouts at the 2026 WAKO USA Nationals — NormaTec & Hydrate

The work between rounds nobody posts about. NormaTec on the legs, water in the hand, brain locked in for the next bell.

Two TCB fighters resting and icing down between bouts at the 2026 WAKO USA Nationals — Ice On The Shins

Ice on the shin, towel on the head, phone to the family. The quiet minutes that hold a tournament together.

Two TCB fighters in matching team gear waiting in the warm-up area at the WAKO USA venue, one wearing a red bandana, the other with purple hair — Before The Walkout

Bandana down, headphones in, mat ready. Two TCB fighters waiting on a draw at the warm-up area. The minutes nobody clocks but everybody remembers.

Close-up of two TCB fighters with arms crossed and tournament credentials around their necks at the 2026 WAKO USA Nationals — Locked In

Arms crossed, eyes ahead, tournament IDs around their necks. The look of two fighters who already know what they came here to do.

Chapter Five · The Bell

When The Bell Hit

Point Fighting · Light Contact · Kick Light · K-1 · Full Contact

Three days of action. Multiple rings. Multiple disciplines. Multiple weight classes. TCB fighters across every category WAKO USA puts in front of you.

The fights that mattered weren't the ones the highlight reels grabbed. They were the ones where a kid you've coached since he was twelve walked across a national mat and looked back at you for the answer.

TCB fighter Ryan Manuel flexing in red Boon shorts after his bout at the 2026 WAKO USA Nationals — Ryan Manuel

Hands wrapped, mouthguard in, mission accomplished. Ring Sport on the WAKO USA stage.

TCB fighter in blue head guard and purple shorts with arms raised in victory inside the ring at the 2026 WAKO USA Nationals — Arms Raised, Ring Won

Blue corner. Purple shorts. Two arms in the air and a corner already running in.

TCB fighter wrapped in a flag with arms raised in victory, referee holding his wrist after a win at the 2026 WAKO USA Nationals — The Hand Raise

Flag on the back, ref on the wrist, gym on its feet. The split second every fighter trains for.

A TCB Fight Team fighter walking out toward the ring with shin guards laced and corner team behind him at the 2026 WAKO USA Nationals — The Walkout

TCB Fight Team tee. Camo shorts. Shin guards laced. Cornermen at his back. The walk from the chairs to the mat is the longest 30 feet a fighter ever takes.

Papa Pit cornering a TCB female fighter in red headgear and purple shorts in the ring at the 2026 WAKO USA Nationals — In The Corner With Papa

Red headgear, red corner, last words from Papa Pit before the bell rings on her round. The whole sport is one shoulder squeeze and a sentence.

Chapter Six · The Hardware

Medals That Were Earned The Hard Way

Gold · Silver · Bronze · And rounds nobody scored that meant just as much

Every medal in this gallery represents months of work nobody saw. Some of these fighters were ranked when they walked in. Some were unknown. They left Colorado Springs known.

The hardware is in the bag now. The story is in the photos.

Three TCB female fighters posing together with fists raised at the 2026 WAKO USA Nationals venue — Three Across The Mat

Different weights, different styles, same flag. The TCB women showed up to the 2026 WAKO USA Nationals deep — and stuck together every round.

TCB fighter biting his WAKO USA gold medal, Arkansas flag jersey draped over his shoulders — Bite The Gold

Arkansas flag on his back, WAKO USA hardware in his teeth. The way a champion poses for the camera.

Chapter Seven · The Family

Family Business

The hugs · The huddles · The hands stacked in the middle

This is the part TCB always wins, win or lose. The hugs after a hard fight. The huddles before they call a name. The hands stacked in the middle of a hotel-ballroom carpet because somebody is about to walk to a ring and needs to feel the weight of the whole gym at their back.

You can't fake this. You either have it or you don't. TCB has it.

TCB fighter embracing teammate after his WAKO USA bout, the room erupting around them — The Embrace

Lip split, eye watering, brother in his arms, room going crazy in the background. Some moments only happen because the rest of the team is right there to catch you.

TCB team members stacking hands in the middle, laughing in celebration after a WAKO USA win — Hands In, Family Up

The huddle that says everything. Laughter, hands stacked, the breath you let out when the round bell becomes the final bell.

TCB fighters in matching black-and-white tracksuits celebrating after a WAKO USA win — Black & White Together

Matching jackets. Mismatched hair colors. One team. The TCB warm-up walk after a podium run.

TCB Combat Sports team gathered on the bleachers with the team flag, woman in '2032 Trust The Process' tank top in foreground — Trust The Process

The whole crew on the bleachers behind the flag. The "2032 — Trust The Process" tank in the foreground is the long bet — and the kids in this picture are the ones who'll cash the check.

Papa Pit hugging a TCB female fighter in blue headgear at the corner of the ring after her bout at the 2026 WAKO USA Nationals — Whatever The Result

Win or lose, the round ends and the coach is right there at the corner with arms wide. This is what TCB looks like before the cameras get to it.

We don't have a roster. We have a family. The medals are how we tell people the family is real.

A Coach At The Hotel Bar

The Celebrated Papa Pit, head coach of TCB Combat Sports, surrounded by celebrating fighters at the 2026 WAKO USA Nationals

Hands on the shoulders. Room going crazy. The loud side of leadership.

The Quiet

Papa Pit sitting beside a TCB fighter on the venue mats, both watching the action at the 2026 WAKO USA Nationals

Sitting cross-legged on the mats beside his fighter, watching the next ring. The quiet side of leadership.

Chapter 08 · The Leader

Champions Are Made Through A Leader

"Champions aren't born in the spotlight. They're forged in the pit — one round, one rep, one rep more."

He's not the loudest in the gym. He's the steadiest. The man the team calls Papa Pit has been quietly turning kids and adults into Team USA representatives longer than half this team has been alive.

Every medal in this gallery has his fingerprint on it. Every fighter in these photos can tell you the exact thing he said when they wanted to quit. The pit bull on the wall is just the logo — the man behind it is the standard.

Two pictures. The same coach. The hug after the win — and the quiet hour before the bell. This is what leadership looks like when the work pays off.

Chapter Nine · The Future

Already On The Way Back Up The Hill

2030 podium · TCB names already on it · The next pack is already in motion

While the medals were getting passed out upstairs, the youngest TCB kids were in the hotel lobby and at the venue with their tournament credentials around their necks. They watched every walkout. They cheered every hand raise.

They went home knowing exactly what it looks like when you decide to be one of these people. The next pack is already in motion. The 2030 podium has TCB names on it — they're just learning to spell them.

Two TCB youth female fighters in matching team gear with WAKO tournament credentials at the 2026 WAKO USA Nationals — The Sisters Up Next

Two TCB youth fighters at the venue between bouts. Tournament lanyards on, jackets matching, the look on their faces says they belong here. Because they do.

Older TCB female fighter with purple braids hugging a young child in matching purple team jacket at the 2026 WAKO USA Nationals — Big Sister, Little Sister

Same braids, same TCB colors, one is going to be the kid in the ring next year. The legacy moves through hugs like this one.

Three young TCB kids in matching team jackets with Arkansas patches smiling at the WAKO USA hotel — Watching The Walkouts

Matching jackets. Arkansas flags on the sleeves. iPads on the coffee table. Already taking notes. The next pack already in motion.

Verified Credentials

Officially On The Roster

This isn't a back-room story. Aaron Kimball — the man this team calls Papa Pit — is officially listed as a Bronze Level Certified Coach on the WAKO USA national coaches registry. The TCB Combat Sports trip to the 2026 WAKO USA Nationals was sanctioned, scored, and recognized at the highest level the United States kickboxing community has.

Coach Aaron Kimball WAKO USA Bronze Level Certified

Gym TCB Fight Factory 303 W Hudson Rd, Rogers, AR

Event 2026 WAKO USA Nationals Mar 26–29 · Colorado Springs Event Center

Source: wakousa.org/usa-kickboxing/coaches · Verified March 2026.

About WAKO USA

RING & TATAMI ON THE NATIONAL STAGE

The WAKO USA National Kickboxing Championships is the official qualifier for Team USA across the World Association of Kickboxing Organizations' Ring & Tatami sport disciplines — Point Fighting, Light Contact, Kick Light, Full Contact, Low Kick, and K-1. The 2026 edition was held March 26–29 at the Colorado Springs Event Center on Palmer Park Blvd, where the TCB Combat Sports team represented Northwest Arkansas on the national mat under WAKO USA Bronze Level Certified Coach Aaron Kimball.

It Starts In The Basement

The Round That Built Him

Trust The Process

The Women of TCB

A Thousand Miles To Plant A Flag

The Mountain Pass

Sun On The Grass

Two Thousand Fighters. One TCB Flag.

The Whole Pack At The Coliseum

The Flag Goes Up

Inside The Ropes

Four Days On The National Mat

The Work Nobody Sees

Last-Second Tape

NormaTec & Hydrate

Ice On The Shins

Before The Walkout

Locked In

When The Bell Hit

Ryan Manuel

Arms Raised, Ring Won

The Hand Raise

The Walkout

In The Corner With Papa

Medals That Were Earned The Hard Way

Three Across The Mat

Bite The Gold

By The Numbers

Family Business

The Embrace

Hands In, Family Up

Black & White Together

Trust The Process

Whatever The Result

Champions Are Made Through A Leader

Already On The Way Back Up The Hill

The Sisters Up Next

Big Sister, Little Sister

Watching The Walkouts

Watch The Whole Trip

Train Where Champions Get Built

Officially On The Roster

RING & TATAMI ON THE NATIONAL STAGE

Train Where Champions
Get Built