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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)

How refreshing it was to take the fight squad to a small comp with top world class fighters present. Yes the results didn't go all our way however all our fighters learnt great things from those more experienced fighters around them. With more practice, dedication, attitude and determination to succeed, then im sure that the fight squad will achieve great things. All said and done, i must conratulate Chantelle on her Silver in points, Sam on his Bronze in points and Ryan for his Bronze in Light Contact. Considering Ryan was heavily dazed in his first round fight, he managed to pull his way through to the win. He came up short in his semi final bout but bounced back to win his final fight for bronze. The rest of the team also did well, Will, Thomas, Brandon and Michelle.

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.

We now have mma classes on Saturdays at 10am. The 1st class was a great success and you all have started to learn the aspect of ground figting. These classes will continue to be taught by Mick Broster, a highly respected grappling coach in the country. In these classes you shall be learning techniques that are demonstrated on shows such as the UFC, BAMMA and other larger shows that you may have seen on TV. There will be wrestling drills, striking, takedowns, throws and submissions. So come down, classes only cost £5 per session and for July only, they are totally free.