Tag: ASBBA

Sunday 19^th February saw the 1^st Lordswood Open of the year. Considering the event was on the same day as the WAKO British Championships, we had an excellent turnout by a number of clubs. It was a near capacity event with some cracking fights that were close to call. A big thank you to all the clubs in attendance:

• Antonio Santorelli’s Black Belt Academy (ASBBA)
• Dines Green Freestlye (DGF)
• Kiel Tidman’s Black Belt Academy (KTBBA)
• Oldbury School of Black Belts (OSBB)
• Tamworth Kicboxing Academy (TKA)
• Copps Cobras Wales (WMA)
• Phoenix Kick Boxing Nottingham (Phoenix)
• Target Martial Arts (Target)
• WOMMA Wales (WFKO)
• Solihull Combat (Gilmores)
• Codsall Lau Gar (CLG)
• Gorilla Freestyle Stoke (Gorilla)
• British Sports Martial Arts (BSMA)
• Ultimate Martial Arts Centre (UMAC)
• Solihull School of Kickboxing (SOKK)
• Kobushi Shokukai Karate Association (KSKA)

 The results:

Semi Contact:

4-6 year olds

1. Harley Johnson (TKA)
2. Kamer Orhan (ASBBA)
3. Myles Price (DGF)

Under 4ft 2 Beginners

1.  Jack Ross (TKA)
2. Connor King (TKA)
3. River Baker (Phoenix)

 Under 4ft 6 Beginners

1. Blake Gadd (WFKO)
2. Nathaniel Rabette (TKA)
3. Morgan Seals (TKA)

 Under 4ft 6 Advanced

1. Blake Gadd (WFKO)
2. Pierce Shaw (Phoenix)
3. Whitney Stevens (DGF)

 Under 4ft 10 Beginners

1. Blake Gadd (WFKO)
2. Jack Dawson-Sullivan (Gilmores)
3. Cian Day (WFKO)

Under 4ft 10 Boys Advanced

1. Caden Copp (WMA)
2. Thomas Devenny (ASBBA)
3. Ethan Harris (?)

 Under 4ft 10 Girls Advanced

1. Rosie Emmerson (WFKO)
2. Tsiyan  Ashifa (Target)

 Under 5ft 2 Boys Advanced

1. Zac Smith (OSBB)
2. Arun Sharma (Gilmores)
3. Nathan Gillespie (Gilmores)

 Under 5ft 2 Girls Beginners

1. Lucie Orton (TKA)
2. Adile Orhan (ASBBA)

 Under 5ft 2 Girls Advanced

1. Liberty Smith (OSBB)
2. Rosie Emmerson (WFKO)

 Over 5ft 2 Boys Beginners

1. Armando Nurke (KTBBA)
2. Ben Johnson (OSBB)
3. Shivum Desai (Gillmores)

 Over 5ft 2 Boys Advanced

1. Daniel Lowe (OSBB)
2. Shane Elley (ASBBA)
3. Liam Rees (WMA)

 Over 5ft 2 Girls Beginners

1. Chantelle Kavannagh (ASBBA)
2. Sophie Lawrie (Gilmores)
3. Sarriyah Codling (Gilmores)

 Over 5ft 2 Girls Advanced

1. Kasey Sampson (BSMA)
2. Demi McFarlane (UMAC)
3. Emily Moran (SSOK)

 Men’s Beginners

1. Jake Bonham (Gorilla)
2. Matthew Calvert (Gorilla)
3. Kevin Davenport (ASBBA)

 Men’s Advanced

1. Caie Copp (WMA)
2. Ryan Mason (WMA)
3. Daniel Howes (KTBA)

 Ladies Beginner

1. Emma Gadd  (WFKO)
2. Jeni Saville (TKA)
3. Liz Slater (TKA)

 Ladies Advanced

1.  Angela Blakeman (TKA)
2. Nicole Aylott (Phoenix)
3. Samantha Moore (CLG)

 Light Continuous

 4 to 6 year olds

1. Harley Johnson (TKA)
2. Sam Dilloway (TKA)
3. Alfie Tromans (ASBBA)

 Under 4ft 6 Boys

1. Blake Gadd (WFKO)
2. Pierce Shaw (Phoenix)
3. Kian Davenport (ASBBA)

 Under 4ft 10 Boys

1. Caden Copp (WMA)
2. Ryan Gough (OSBB)
3. Jack Dilloway (TKA)

 Under 5ft 2 Boys

1. Zac Smith (OSBB)
2. Lewis Higgs (DGF)
3. Cian Day (WFKO)

 Under 5ft 2 Girls Beginners

1. Chantelle Kavannagh (ASBBA)
2. Liberty Smith (OSBB)
3. Rosie Emmerson (WFKO)

 Over 5ft 2 Boys

1. Liam Rees (WMA)
2. Tegan Holehouse (Phoenix)

 Over 5ft 2 Girls

1. Demi McFarlane (UMAC)
2. Emily Moran (SSOK)

 Mens -75kgs

1. Caie Copp (WMA)
2. Ryan Mason (WMA)
3. Ryan Davis (OSBB)

 Mens +75kgs

1. Alex Kingsley Smith (Phoenix)
2. Ryan Ellis (ASBBA)
3. Jake Bonham (Gorilla)

 Ladies -65kg

1. Amy Alger (WFKO)
2. Angela Blakeman (TKA)

After a gruelling 6 hours examination, for those that were not on hand to witness the event, then you can now see some of the pictures in our gallery. As you can see the grit and determination on her face shows only the physical pain and determination. The mental side of any black belt grading could never be captured on camera as different people handle it in different ways. Either way, Tina's focus and discipline resulted in her achieving her black belt but paid the price physically by being out of action for a couple of weeks through injury.

Sunday 15th May, saw us take a small team to Leicester at the Totally Korean 2 competition. Our squad was small on the day but the results were huge. Kian, the newest member to the squad, made his debut on the circuit (excluding asbba held competitions) and had no-one to fight for his age group so he stepped up to take on the 7 year olds. Unfased to the situation he executed a perfect fight strategy to gain 1st place in his category. Next up saw Thomas taking up some 'leggy' fighters. Worked well under pressure, utilising the mat and countering all the kicks that were being thrown at him to win his section. Shane then got moved up a category as well as he was taller than the others in his age group. Fighting guys older than him, shane accepted the challenge and listened to instruction as well as reacting well to shots being called mid fight. A great improvement in attacking especially with that speedy back fist of his. That made 3 fights, 3 wins for team asbba. Final fight saw tina being persuaded at last minute to attend the comp. In a gutsy performance, tina came up short in the final to come 2nd. However lots of positives from her performance were taken and a great increase in her speed and confidence. A good competition with great performances by all. Well done team asbba.

A quick thank you to all the asbba members who have started using the easy fundraising website to help us raise funds for the club. We received a cheque for £20 today which will be put towards some equipment. It doesn't sound like much but so far we have 15 members signed up. If we all signed up to the cause then the funds would increase at a faster rate. The previous cheque was put towards the gladiator pugel sticks that we used in class a couple of months back. Don't forget that you can still help raise funds by using easy search. So even if you do not shop on line, you can do your part whilst using the internet.

An excellent tournament with the best fighters in the country. ASBBA took 2 members of its fight squad to the championships. The event was over 2 days and had 6 areas and 1 boxing ring to accommodate all the competitors. The results unfortunately didn't go our way but Shane and Adam did themselves proud against tough opposition. Each fight comprised of 2 x 11/2 minute rounds. Some good points to work on for the next competition. If you are looking to get into the tournament circuit then don't forget to get yourselves to sparring on Wednesdays (semi contact) and Saturdays (light continuous). We are also running a sparring workshop for all ASBBA and Dines Green Freestyle students on March 20th.