I’m sure that I speak for everyone at the classes in wishing Lorna and Adrian the very best wishes and congratulations for their Wedding Day this coming Saturday.
The grading today was a tough session for all the students. Everyone battled through in spite of a couple of minor knocks and the instructors were delighted with the overall standard of the syllabus work and the attitude displayed throughout the grading.
Well done to Michael, Patrick and Rhuirdh for the well deserved result at the IAKSA Wishaw competition - one 2nd place and two 3rd places between all three. It is a great result for a squad of fighters relatively new to the competition circuit.
The Discovery Channel broadcast an excellent (though very American) series of programmes about two martial artists investigating all different types of fighting styles. The programmes below follow them learning about Krav Maga, training in Israel with some pretty hardcore guys (and girls).
Very well done to Ryan for completing his charity event for Comic Relief and raising £174 for a very worthy cause. Ryan looked exhausted by the end of the 30 fights, though I couldn't help noticing that he managed to dig deep whenever he fought one of the instructors to dish out that little bit extra. Thank you also to everyone who sponsored Ryan and offered themselves as sparring partners at the class.
As promised tonights class started with a “progressive bleep test” – or shuttle runs back and forth across the hall to a progressively faster pace set by a pre-recorded “bleep”.All you’ve got to do is keep up, ha ha....
Speaking for myself I can only say that I had a great time today doing the fitness test.The route, chosen by Suzi, was fantastic and the scenery around Loch Leven was beautiful.
Well done to everyone who took part in the Kickboxing grading on Sunday 01 March at Dalgety Bay.We are delighted to advise that everyone passed and can confirm that the average pass mark was the highest that we’ve seen in some time.
What a difference a fortnight makes to the weather. Two weeks ago it was cold and bleak with a snow fall whilst today we were greeted with mild temperatures and bright clear blue skies. The party of fighters was: Aime, Patrick, Rhuirdh, Ryan, and Stephen.A big thank you also the supporting spectators.
It was a frosty journey through to Wishaw for the WKA Open Qualifier Competition. Patrick was our solitary fighter from the kickboxing. He was joined by Gary from the Krav Maga class who had been dared, bullied and coersed into taking part in the competition by his daughters (who were also competing with their Karate club).
Gary was first up to fight and did exceptionally well for his first competition losing by a small margin to a more experienced fighter. Still for a someone who doesn't train specifically for competition fighting it was a respectable performance.
Patrick was next on the mats and fought and won his first fight. The second round was a tough call fighting Colin Ritchie. He fought well but was well beaten by a far more experience competitior. Thinking that was him done for the day Patrick had his jacket on when he was called to fight the third place fight off. Profanities ensued whilst kitting up but we think it was worth getting back on the mats for this...
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