What an amazing weekend at the French open!!!!

Tears of laughter everyday!! ??
From singing loudly in the car, to trampoline ball (greatest game ever invented) it wa definitely a trip I will never forget.

We took a team to Hands down tournament at Chessington today
Maggsie  was suffering from sickness today, but still managed and 1st, in points and a 3rd in light con
Rossi  Worked hard and scored some good backfists in his bouts. 4th, 4th.
Bob  once again showed his strength in both points and light con.1st, 3rd.
Liz  was also under the weather and was having a run out  today 1st, 3rd.
Mitch did well in her first tournament  back after a lay off. 3rd.
Paige demonstarted her strength and power in her punching and kicking. winning both the Juniors and adults sections. 1st, 1st
Abbi fought well, but had a hard  fight in the final against Paige. 2nd

Robbie Beat an opponent that he was losing to by 10 clear last year. A graphic demonstration of his improvement. Also tried light con for the first time.1st, 3rd

George Fought everyone and looked good in the light con.2nd, 2nd, 3rd
Kamilla first time out for Kamilla. Great fighting and she won a couple. 4th
Crystal  is going from strength to strength and using her kicks and backfist to good effect. Now needs to keep her head forward.4th
Kat has come back strong especially her light con . Jabs were kats strength toady, 2nd, 2nd
Belle fought in a combined group with the heavier weights, but that didn'faze her. The usual gutsy performance.3rd
Jaz Also in the combined section. Showed no fear and aws always in the fights.4th
Katrina Had a good  blitz today and was unlucky in the final.2nd
Rory  Kept it calm and clinical and it showed in the result.1st

Ellis. Emulating her dad Rory. A clean and thought out performance with some great reverse punches. 1st

Remi First time up for Remi. No fear. Enjoyed every minute. Managed to stay on  his feet (Mostly) and secured a win .4th

Jenn Lots of aggression in the final. She calmed it down in the second round  and showed her strong technique.2nd.
Some great performances today and most importantly loads of improvement. Well done to all the first timers.

On Sunday we took 10 people to the WAKO GB squad training at Bisham Abbey.

The session ran from 12-4pmand included warm ups, drills and loads of sparring.

With the World championships coming up for kids and the European championships for 

Adults there was all to fight for.

It looks like . Maggie, George, Liz, Kat, Rob and Paige are in the final squad this year

Rossi, Adam, Charlotte and Andy E are knocking onthe door though.

The next squad session is in May and is open to all. We are hoping to bring a lot more people along

as the training is excellent even if you are not in the final team.

well done those who took their Orange belt grading last night. Basics. bagwork. focus pads. defences and sparring all completed with skill. Congratulations.

NEXT TOURNAMENT FOR ALL GRADES. HANDS DOWN AT CHESSINGTON. 
Round Robin points and light con.

BKO League.
10 tournaments completed so far this year. Here are the top 10 fighters
Liz is topping the league with Maggie 2nd . Both are way out in front at the moment. George and Robbie chasing hard in third and fourth place. Page is still strong in 6th and Andy Evans has fought his way to 7th. followed by Charlotte in 8th. Our highest youngest fighter is Katrina 9th and Mitch holds on to 10.
Have a look and see where you are.
Different points scored for the difficulty level of each tournament. For example Winchester scores 8 for a win and Point fighting cup 15.
Next tournaments 
22nd Chessington
29th France.

Double tournament for BKO today.
Point fighting cup In Milan Italy.
Maggie 3rd X 2
Charlotte 3rd
Robbie 3rd
Rossi 4th. 

George reached the quarter finals in the mens open weight where he lost narrowly to the eventual overall winner.
Awesome achievement against the best in the world well done . :)
At the other end we took a little team of beginners, first timers and restarters for an enjoyable day to Winchester Grand slam. This is the smallest tournament we attend and is great for first timers or people gaining mat time.

        

The junior beginners kickboxing course started last week Tuesday 6-7pm. We got straight into the training and exercisises and  and everyone really enjoyed themselves. A couple of the kids stayed for  the next kids class and a few also turned up to the Saturday class. The course is £25 and includes all the other kids classes free. There is still plenty of room for new comers to join. Just message me.

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Next tournaments for BKO will be Winchester April 8th and some of the team will be travelling to Points fighting cup in Milan, Italy. I know where I'd rather be!. Oh well! :)

Next BKO beginners course starts on Weds 4th April 6-7pm.
Get fit, Have fun, Learn a great sport, defend yourself, meet new people
£40 for 6 weeks plus any other BKO class free for the duration of the course. Red belt grading on completion.
What are you waiting for?
Message me to reserve a space.