Chris came down and did a seminar for the kids and adults. He worked loads of drills for pulling and timing the opponent. Everyone loved the session and we had great fun and learned a lot of good tips that we will put into practice in the next tournaments.

Thanks Chris,

Well done Erin for passing her first grading. After completing basic techniwues, combinations, defences and bagwork to a high degree she was awarded the belt.

Congratulations

We took a large squad to the |Bristol Open. There were many new faces fighting and we entered the light con and Points divisions.

So many fights took place On Saturday the light con and team fights were on. Cat and Szymon fought well in their first tournaments and got to the semi finals. The Browns were in the tag teams but were unable to progress farther than the quarter finals. George joined with Callum from the Falcons and they fought as the Wessex warriors In the semi final they met the American team and after a hard fought bout it went to extra time. The Warriors narrowly lost and had to settle for third.

Kat and Mitch fought in the Ladies vets and advanced gaining bronse medals in both.

Next day saw the points fighting. 
Charlotte got a silver  and  Maggie Robbie and Rossi got Bronzes. Alex was the fighter of teh day reaching teh final of the beginners under 10s aection where  he had a great fight with a far more experienced fighter. It was all even till the last 10 seconds when he gave away a point and  got Silver

Jasmine and \Belle also fought in the pee wees section, With Jas getting silver

There were no intermediate sections in teh adults, so most of our middle grades fought in the advanced sections to gain experience. Nicolle gave a great account of herself and as a green belt against a world champion she fought well and was happy, but not expected to win.

Win of the Day was Rory who along with Andy E and Mark W fought in the vets sections. Mak had a tough fight and Andy ganed a good 3rd. Rory fought through to the final winning a close bout against teh world champ on the way. In the final he remained composed and ran away the victor. Brisol open champion. 
George also had some great bouts against very tough opponents  He fought to the semi final  with a wonderful sudden death score. \In teh final he was against a very good itaian kicker and was fatigued by all the fighting. Near the end of the last round he took a head kick and had to chase which left him too much to do Bronze for George. Another notable fight was Adanm who, although he lost showed great timing strenght and improvement and was unlucky not to progress further.

Well done team 

Well done John Ayres for getting his Purple belt in light con discipline.
He had to perform all of the past grading techniques plus new ones. and rounds on bags and pads and many rounds of sparring to achieve this result Congratulations