31st Janaury 2012 - First months training of the year complete!!

A great start to the year, with new and old members throwing themselves into the training 100%.  Looking forward to a great year all round!

Tuesday 20th December - Presentation Evening - Gorseinon

A great evening was had by all - particularly me.  Details of our award winners are detailed in the presentation day page.  Photo's to follow...

Sunday 18th December - Supergrade - Swansea LC2

A great day at the office for Team G&K with a massive number of distinctions.  The many children making the transition from Lil Dragons to Kidszone did so brilliantly with some excellent marks.  The marks were excellent and I am very proud of you all.  As is the custom, Each club announces the Student and Junior Student of the Year at this event.  Congratulations to Carl Burchell and Brython Caley-Davies as the recipents this year.  11 more awards to give out at Presentation Day on Tuesday!!!

Tuesday 13th December - Lil Dragons Grading - Gorseinon

Another outstanding grading for the Smallest of my students with 76% of my students achieving the highest mark possible - Distinction.  With so many Dragons moving up to Kidszone in September it provided for a much calmer grading experience for Mr Parker and Miss Matthews who once again graded the the students.  An awesome performance by this superb class of students.  Well done.

 

Swansea Sports Awards 2011 - 2nd December 2011

Many congratulations to Daniel Huxtable who was awarded the Junior Sports Personality of the Year Award for his acheivements last year in Karate and Kickboxing.  Pictures will be posted shortly of the evening.  Also many congratulations to the Junior Fighting Team who were shortlisted - some of who attended the event. Thanks also to my other fighting Team coaches, Mr Evans and Mr Jones for their help throughout the year and on the evening.

 

WCKA Gorseinon and Killay 1st Club Championship - 30th October 2011

On a wet miserable October day, over 50 competitors, supported by family friends and non competing club mates attended the inaugural Club Championship.  A results page will be added to the website shortly.  Pictures have been uploaded to Flikr and the link is provided below to view them.  A full report of the day will follow in the next few days.

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Catch Up Grade - Llantrisant Leisure Centre - 23rd October 2011

Just one student attended - Yasmin Evans - taking her green belt.  On a day where distinctions were few and far between, Yasmin despite being ill yet again came away woth top marks.  Well done Yas.

Black Belt Grading - Module 3 (Sparring and forms) - Waunarlwydd -       9th October 2011

The six members of G&K taking their black belts took their final module today.  All performed well and it will be a very proud moment when I see my six students receive just rewards for their efforts when they are presented with their belts at the Supergrade.

WCKA Interclub Grand Prix - Round 3 - Aberdare 8th October 2011

A great performance from Team G&K as we rebuild the fighting squad for next year.  First places in fighting, forms and Lil' Dragons.  Full results are on the Interclub page.

Lil' Dragons Grading - Gorseinon - 27th September 2011

A fantastic display by the Dragons resulting in 31 Distinctions, 11 pass plusses and a pass.  The Dragons held up the long tradition of excellent gradings with Mr Parker from Penlan club, giving them loads of praise.  Well done team!!

Kidszone and Main Grade Grading - Penlan - 25th September 2011

Despite the summer holiday, the grade which is typically the most difficult for Students, returned the highest results ever seen at the club.  74 students took their next grade of which 48 acheived a distinction with the remaining 26 all receiving a pass plus.  Outstanding results Team G&K, I am a very proud Instructor.

Black Belt Grading - Waunarlwydd - Module 2 - 18th September 2011

The same six members took the second of three modules in front of the panel.  This module is the most complex and difficult and all 6 students coped brilliantly.  One more module to go.....

Black Belt Grading - Waunarlwydd - Module 1 - 10th July 2011

Six club members took part in the first of three modules to gain their back belt.  All six performed well to the grading panel of 7 Senior Instructors.  Well done to Bethan Cairns, Grace Edwards, Ian Evans, Lewis Howells, Emma John and Thomas Jones.

Lil' Dragon Grading - Gorseinon - 28th June 2011

Not to be out done by the older members of class, over 2/3rds of the Lil' Dragons acheievd distinctions in their grading.  Fantastic stuff guys.

Main Grade and Kidszone Grading - Penlan - 26th June 2011

For the second grading running, well over 50% of students grading acheived the higherst mark of Distinction. Pictures will be uploaded shortly.  Well done everyone.

WCKA G&K at Pen Y Fro School Fete

A strong team from the club attended the school fair where quite a few of our younger members go to school.  We had a great day and the demonstration was well received by an appreciate crowd.

4th Anniversary Curry Night - Miah's Restaurant, Swansea

A great night was had by all attending to celebrate the 4th anniversary of the club.  food and company was as good as ever.

WCKA G&K at St Hilary's Spring Fair

The club returned to its original home in Killay to undertake a demonstration at the Spring fair.  Many thanks to all who attended - it was a great day.

WCKA Interclub - Round 2 - Caerphilly

A smaller than usual squad attended the second round of this event but the team as usal put in some excellent performances. Results will be posted on the Interclub Page of the website as soon as possible.

Lil' Dragons Grading - Gorseinon - 15th March 2011

Our youngest members of the club graded and again did the club proud.  Mr Parker from teh Penlan club paid tribute to the Dragons saying how good they were.  Well done guys!  Thanks to Mr Parker for grading them.

WCKA Grading - Main Grade and Kidszone - Penlan - 13th March 2011

Our best ever grading with with an outstanding number of distinctions - well over 50%.  Also my first ever students took their Junior Black belts - these guys have been training with me for four years.  So many congratulations to Grace Edwards, Lewis Howells, Emma John and Thomas Jones.

WAKO British Open - Nottingham - 26th and 27th February 2011

Day one involved me refereeing all day until 7.30pm, with our two competitors taking part in this event, Thomas Jones and Emma John arriving late saturday for the points divisions on Sunday.

On Sunday, Emma was unfortunate to Draw the fantastic fighter that is Charlie Maddocks.  Emma did her best but was beaten by the older and taller multi World Champion.

Thomas Jones progressed through to the Semi Final where he also came up against a formidable opponent - Tom Gould.  Whilst our Tom lost, the score was closer than the last time they fought.

A great weekend and a bit of silverware for the club also.  Well done both of you.

WKA Welsh Qualifiers - Aberdare - 20th February 2011

6 fighters took part in the qualifiers for the Welsh Team to travel to Germany in August 2011.  Daniel Huxtable took first place in points and third in continuous,  Cameron Griffiths took second place in continuous and 3rd in points,  Emma John took 2nd place in points,  Thomas Jones took third in points, Tomas Inkson-McNally took 3rd in continuous and Richie Garner took 3rd in points.  All have qualified for the Welsh Team - Congratulations to you all.

CIMAC Superleague - Windsor - Sunday 13th February

Cameron Griffiths was our olly representative at this event and again our Junior Student of teh Year did the club proud.  HE took a 2nd palce in the Light Continuous marginally losing to multi World Champion DeReece Williams.  Well done Cam - A phrase I enjoy saying!!

Interclub Grand Prix - Event 1 - Swansea - 30th January 2011

A great day for the club with good results again for Team G&K.  Check out the full results on the Interclub page.

Presentation Day - Gorseinon - 21st December 2010

A great day celebrating the fantastic successes this year.  Pictures will be added to the site once received from the photographer.  I am immensely proud of the achievements this year. 

Lil Dragons Grade - Gorseinon - 14th December 2010

Mr Bevan travelled from Caerphilly to grade our Lil Dragons and the little guys did well to come away with 14 distinctions, 19 pass plusses and 7 passes. Excellent work guys!!!

WCKA Supergrade - Aberdare - 12th December 2010

In a hall where even the brass monkeys were wearing fur lined coats, students from all over South Wales came together for the once a year event which is Supergrade!!

48 students from the club graded - 5 of which were going for brown belts. All 5 of these students passed (Pass or fail at this level only) and I am very proud of them as they have been with me since I opened my club.

The remaining 43 also did me proud with 31 gaining distinctions, 11 receiving pass plusses and 1 receiving a pass. I am so proud to be your instructor. Roll on Lil' Dragons grading on Tuesday!!!

WKA World Championships - Edinburgh - 23rd - 30th October 2010

3 members of the club represented Wales at these pretigious World Championships, Myself, Daniel Huxtable and Sianed Burrow. Over 5 days of fighting Daniel came away as World Champion in traditional kunite, a bronze in the Light Continuous division and was cho...sen to represent Team Wales in the Team event and added another Bronze to his collection.

I fought in the Tradional kumite and took Silver, narrowly missing out on Gold.

Sianed fought in teh executive continuous u 60KG category and fought brilliantly to take a bronze medal in only her first year of competitive fighting.

Well done to all three of us - we did the club proud.

Bristol Open - Bristol - 17th October 2010

4 fighters attended this prestigious tournament - and had some excellent results. First up was Cameron Griffiths who on the day didn't add to his excellent haul of silverware for the year but fought well nevertheless. Next up was Emma John who took an excellent 2nd place beat...ing two very good opponents on her way to the final. Then came Thomas Jones who fought brilliantly and lost in the final after three excellent fights onhis route to the last two - losing by one point. Finally Sianed Burrow fought strongly losing in the semi finals to the eventual winner. Well done all of you - you were awesome.

WCKA Interclub Grand Prix Finals - Penlan - 15th October 2010

The Club had 18 finalists and walked away with 5 Grand Championships - Well done to Daniel Huxtable, Chloe Davies, Leighann Evans (two titles) and Richie Garner.

WCKA Welsh Championship - Cowbridge - 9th October 2010

A smaller than usual team went to the tournament with the two Dan's - Huxtable and Hopkins representing the club.  Dan Hopkins fought in the Mens Continuous against much higher belts but did very well and claimed a very credible third place.  Dan Huxtable fought in points and continuous in the over 5 foot category and took 1st place in both.  Thanks also to Sianed Burrow for working on the tables, timing and scoring the points.

CIMAC Superleague - Dorking - 3rd October 2010

Cameron Griffiths continued his excellent run of form with a second place at this top notch competition to secure the Grand Championship for his category for the year.  Well done Cam - the club is very proud of you.

BKC National Championships - 26th September 2010

Again two fighters from the club - Dan again (who was under the weather today) and Cam Griffiths.  Dan lost in the quarter finals despite a valiant effort. Cam however really stepped up to the mark, winning his semi final with ease before taking the final in a close match.  Well done Cam - your first National Championship.

ECKA Open Championship - 25th September 2010

Two fighters from the club attended this event - Daniel Huxtable and Sianed Burrow. Dan fought in both light continuous and points, winning both his categories.  Well done Dan.  Sianed despite suffering from a heavy cold progressed to the final with ease and there fought an opponent 20 KG heavier.  Sian was awarded 2nd place.  Having watched the fight on video, Sian...You were robbed!!  Well done Sian.  Thanks to Rob Burrow for driving down and coaching.

Lil' Dragons, Kidszone and Adult Grading - 19th & 21st September 2010

An outstanding day for the club with our best ever results.  Everyone did themselves and me proud.  47 students acheived the highest pass mark of distinction - well done to all who graded.

Cimac Superleague - 12th September 2010

Great performances at this prestigious event from three club members.  Cameron Griffiths took a 3rd Place, placing him in 1st place in the league for his category.  Daniel Huxtable fought really well  but lost in the quarter finals.  Sianed Burrow fighting in her first Cimac fought superbly and lost in the semi finals to Jodie Lee on a split decision.  Well done to all three!!

3rd Year Anniversary Meal and Amy's Leaving do - September 5th 2010

65 people from the club met at Miah's restaurant for a celebratory meal and a great time was had by all.  The Anniversary of the club was in June but due to Amy's A Levels the celebration was postponed until September.  The club will be losing an outstanding Instructor as she sets off to University to study medicine and she will be missed.  Thank you Amy for everything you have done.

Round 3 Interclub Grand Prix - 24th July 2010

A fantastic set of results were seen from the competitors of Gorseinon and Killay - full details to be given on the interclub page.  I am very proud of all of you.

June Gradings 15th and 27th June 2010

Outstanding results in the June gradings for all classes with 42 students attaining the highest pass mark of distinction.  Well done to all.

Judgement Day - Sheffield - 11th April 2010

The long trip to Sheffield was made for this top tournament with a small team taken due to the distance and Daniel Huxtable's broken arm (playing football!).  First up was Cameron Griffiths - to great fights in points and continuous against a multi world champion meant Cam did not pick up any prizes this week but he was very unlucky not to get the decision in the continuous fight.

Richie Garner fought in the novice men section also in points and continuous - Despite a back injury, Richie fought brilliantly to secure two bronze medals, coming from a deficit of 8-1 to win 10-9 in his points quarter final.

Sianed Burrow fought in the novice female section and took first place in the continuous and second place in the points section.  Outstanding in the continuos category she dominated a much larger opponent from the off, with excellent combinations.

Well done to all my fighters.

 

CIMAC Superleague - Wales - 21st March 2010

The fighting team from G&K depleted through illness, exams and family committments took part in the CIMAC superleague.  Two fighters were left to attend.  Cameron Griffiths and Thomas Jones.  Cameron was up first and fought brilliantly to take 1st place - An outstanding performance from one of the rising stars of the WCKA.  Up next was one of the exisitng stars - Thomas Jones.  Tom lost in the Semi finals to multi world champion Tom Gould, but took the 3rd place fight off with ease.  Well done to both fighters - two excellent performances.

Lil' Dragons Grade - Tuesday 16th March 2010

26 lil dragons took their next belts, with Mr Parker visiting from our Penlan club to grade the youngest of our martial artists.  An outstanding display by the dragons resulted in 23 of them gaining the highest level of pass - Distinction.  The other 3 members all gained a pass plus.  Fantastic effort by everyone over the two grades, Sunday and Tuesday.

 

Main and Kidszone Grade - Sunday 14th March 2010

A fabulous day at the grading in Pentrehafod - 23 distinctions, 30 pass plusses and 8 passes.  The best results the club have ever had - well done to all.

 

Good Luck!

Good luck to everyone grading this week - Main Grade and Kidszone on Sunday and Lil' Dragons on Tuesday - I know you will all do well.

 

Interclub Grand Prix 2010 - Event 1 - Swansea

A superb event - the largest interclub ever with a strong contingent from our club. 

We achieved 10 first places, 7 second places, 7 third places and  4 medal positions.

Thanks to fighters, coaches, helpers and supporters who helped make the day a fabulous success.

 

Presentation Day - January 2nd 2010 - Loughor Welfare Hall, 3pm to 5pm

A celebration of an outstanding year for the club - Awards and Demonstrations.  For further details contact Mr Huxtable on 07787 154409.

 

WCKA Supergrade - Sunday 13th December

A fabulous day at the Supergrade which sees all the clubs across the WCKA grade together just once a year.  Once again the club obtained  an excellent number of distinctions with all members doing themselves and me proud.  The Day was capped by WCKA Gorseinon and Killay being named "Club of the Year"

World Championships - Huelva, Spain October 27th - November 3rd

5 memebrs of the club represented Wales at the WKA World Karate and Kickboxing Championships and between them returned with 4 Bronze medals.  The Welsh Team of over 40 fighters had great success at the championships with 11 Gold Medals, 14 Silver and 24 Bronze.  Well done to Amy, Daniel, Emma and Thomas.

CIMAC World Cup - Maidenhead - Sunday12th July 2009

The WCKA took a very strong team to this prestigious competition, and WCKA G&K contributed 7 members.  Cameron Griffiths continued his excellent progress but couldn't quite reach the semi finals, with Emma John succumbing to the eventual winner in her category, Amy Huxtable losing to an outstanding German competitor, Daniel Huxtable losing 3-2 in his quarter final after beating the highly ranked Jordan Brace in the previous round and David Huxtable losing his quaarter final battle with multi world Champion Dave Maddocks 7-3.

Megan Evans, fighting in the same category as Emma won her quarter final match convincingly only to lose to the twin sister of the winner, in the Semi Final - Megan Earning a bronze medal for her excellent efforts.  Finally, Thomas Jones who was on top form throughout the tournament eased himself into the final with a convincing win in teh semi finals but met muchstiffer opposition in the final.  After two 90 second rounds the scores were tied at 14-14, a fabulous fight had taken place with the momentum changing direction many times.  Thomas knew what he had to do.  Whoever wanted it most would take the title - World Cup Winner.  Overtime startered 30 seconds to take the title - within 10 seconds we knew Tom had it - two head kicks took him 4 points clear, and he didn't ease up - his opponent tried to come back but Thomas was too strong.  Well done Thomas, you and all the other fighters did the club proud.

 

Quarterly Grading - Sunday 21st June 2009

77 of our students took their next belts between the lil dragon grading on the previous Thursday taken by Mr Parker of the Penlan club, and the Kidzone and Main grade students on the above date.

An outstanding performance by all students resulting in 38 passing with distinction, 36 receiving a pass plus 3 receiving a pass and no failiures.  Our best results ever with positive comments received from each of the examiners grading our students.

Well done to you all - I am very proud.

 

WKA 5 Nations Open - Birmingham - Sunday 17th May 2009

A team of 6 fighters travelled to this event from WCKA Gorseinon and Killay as part of a large team across the whole of the WCKA.  Mr Huxtable won the Mens +89KG black belt category with his son also winning his category, Juniors -145cm black belt.  Thomas Jones fought superbly to take second place in the Junior Boy intermediate + 155cm category and Emma John had yet another good tournament taking third place, despite a nose bleed in the Junior Girl Intermediate -155cm.

Both Megan Evans and Cameron Griffiths fought very well and both narrowly missed out on a third place.  Megan had to fight in the black belt category, and cameron lost his semi final by one point and then lost the 3rd / 4th place fight off by the same margin.

Overall a great day for the WCKA as well as this club.

 

KMA Celtic Open - Sunday 26th April 2009

A good day at the Office for Thomas Jones.  Thomas took a very strong 3rd place in the individual category, and was then entered by our Chief Instructor, Mr Clarke, into the Tag Team event with David Grady from WCKA Rhondda Fach.  They fought their way to the final where after 1 minute 20 seconds, Tom was yet to be tagged and enter the fray.  With 10 seconds to go and losing 4-1 David Tagged Tom who flew onto the mat and placed a perfect head kick to his opponent - leveling the scores at 4-4.  Thomas tagged David straight back and David completed the job with his trade mark backfist - WCKA win 5-4.  Well done to Both Thomas and David.  A great team effort from all of the WCKA Superfit Squad.

 

Interclub Grand Prix - 1st Event Swansea - 18th April 2009

A great day at the Grand Prix with the club's biggest entry so far.  Our Lil' Dragons team performed brilliantly as did our individual lil' Dragon.  Our Junior Fighters all fought well with everyone picking up a placing from 1st to 3rd.  Junior Team also took a third place - well done to them, but the highligh of the junior fighting was Ben Nulty's win in his section.  Well done Ben.

In the forms section, Megan Evans took 1st place in the Junior section - A fantastic effort Meg.

In the adults sections, we had several fighters in competition but the highlight of the day was Lisa Rosser winning the Continuous section in great style.

Finally the Adult team took a credible 2nd place behind Pontypridd to round an excellent day off.  Well done to everyone who competed and to all the winners whichever club they came from.

 

Grading - Sunday 22nd March

Another outstanding grading with17 members of the club receiving a Distinction for their new belts.  A further 42 achieved a pass plus and the 4 remaining students all passed.  Attention now turns to the Interclub Championships in April.

 

Lil' Dragons Grading - Tuesday 17th March

Mr Parker, Head Instructor of teh Penlan Club visited our club to grade the Lil' Dragons and what a fabulous session we had.  9 little dragons earned the top mark of Distinction with six achieveing a Pass Plas and two achieving a Pass.  Well done to everyone!!

 

Watford Open Competition - Sunday 25th January

The first tournament of the year, and a good one for the club.  Lisa Rosser took an excellent first place, Megan Evans excelled to take 2nd place in her category, Daniel Huxtable and Mike Checker just missed out on a trophy both losing the third / forth place fight offs, and great performances came from Stuart Matuschke, Thomas Jones and Emma John in their first ever external tournaments.  Well done to the whole of the team.

 

Presentation Evening - Loughor Welfare Hall - Friday 2nd January 2009 - 6.30pm

Don't forget the presentation evening!!!  Students to meet at 6.15pm.  Full kit and belts please.

Anyone viewing this website is more than welcome to come along and watch.  There will be a few demonstrations and of course awards to be handed out.  It has been an absolutely superb year for WCKA G&K with a phenomenal grading performance throughout the year, 8 Grand Champions, and many more fighting successes, none moreso than Daniel's second place at the World Championships in November.

I hope to see you all there.

 

Grading Success at the Supergrade - 21st December 2008

At what has become known as the Supergrade, where East meets West once a year and everyone grades in the same venue, we had an outstanding day, to top off our outstanding year at WCKA Gorseinon and Killay.

All I ever ask of my students is that they achieve a pass, and once again the students have surpassed themselves.  Of 48 people grading today, 3 had passes, 29 had a pass plus and 16, (yes 16!!!) had distinctions. An absolutely tremendous result.

I hope that all the students can make it to the final class for 2008 in Gorseinon and to the presentation day to be held in Loughor Welfare Hall on the 2nd January 2009.  Well done Team, I am proud to be your instructor.

Distinctions

Ben Nulty, Brython Caley-Davies, Luke Ward, Rhys Checker, Lauren Nulty, Kyle Davies, Thomas Jones, Jessie Rosser, Emily Ward, Ross Baglow, Emily Pennock, Mike Checker, Hatti Boulding, Lisa Rosser, Stuart Matuschke, Iza Akhtar.

Well done to everyone, not just the distinctions.

 

Black Belt Success

Congratulations to both Amy and Daniel Huxtable who have been awarded their First Degree Black Belt.  The formal presentation will take place at the Supergrade on December 21st.

 

Interclub Championship - Finals day - Merthyr  - Saturday 13th December

What a day!!!  With three guaranteed champions following the first two rounds, I was hoping that the fighting squad would deliver a couple more Grand Champions.  They didn't disappoint.  In a day of great fighting from across the whole Association, we delivered 8 winners on the day, and 8 Grand Champions. 

On the day, Stuart Matuschke won the Mens points competition, Lisa Rosser won the Ladies points and continuous fighting,   In the childrens section, Thomas Jones, Emma John, Megan Evans won their respective points divisions and Dan Huxtable won both points and continuous.

Grand Champions for 2008 Interclub Series

Lisa Rosser - Ladies Beginner to Orange belt - points and continuous

Daniel Huxtable - Boys under 145cm Advanced - points and continuous

Thomas Jones - Boys over 155cm Novice - points

Megan Evans - Girls over 155cm Novice - points

Jessie Rosser - Girls under 155cm Novice - points

Emma John - Girls under 145cm Novice - points

Well done to Joel Matushcke also, who put in a great performance today and will be one to watch in the future. 

 

Lil' Dragons Grading - Tuesday 9th December

The club welcomed Mr Daniel Parker, Head Instructor of WCKA Penlan to grade our first 4 Lil' Dragons.  All of the students performed brilliantly which resulted in 2 distinctions, one pass plus and a pass.  A fantastic performance for children so young.  I am very proud of you guys. 

WKA World Championships 10th - 14th November 2008

Both Daniel and Mr Huxtable Represented Wales at this year's World Championships - this year held in Disneyland Florida, USA.  Mr Huxtable fought well but lost in the quarter final to the world champion 2-1, however Daniel fought brilliantly to fight his way through to his final where he lost to Paulo D'Oliveria from Brazil.  Well Done Daniel - Silver Medal from the World Championships.

Sunday 28th September

Another superb grading day with a further 9 distinctions, 33 with a pass plus and 1 with a pass.  A fantastic result from a fantastic class.

Sunday 13th July 2008

Grading day - suffice to say the boys (and girls!) done good.  2 passes, 24 pass  plusses and 12 distinctions - congratulations to all my students I am very proud to be your instructor.

Saturday 12th July 2008

David and Daniel travelled with a strong squad from the WCKA to fight at the ECKA NAtional Championships, Where David was hoping to defend the title he won last year.  Daniel was hoping to progress past the quarter finals where he fell last year.

Dan fought first and progressed to the final without too much trouble where he met his good friend and adversary Cobi Jones.  In a tense final, Daniel took the honours.  Congratulations to him for taking his first national title.

The junior team event then took place with Dan, Cobi and Levi Jones chosen to represent Wales.  The boys did the association and the Country proud by not only winning the title but also by winning every fight in every round on the way to victory.

Finally it was Mr Huxtable's turn to step onto the mat.  Despite feeling unwell and nearly not travelling, he fought well to beat his good friend Bob Grady in the semi final and his old adversary and all round nice bloke Steve Rhodes of ECKA in the final.  So for the second year running Mr Huxtable is National Champion, with this event last year seeing him return to competitive fighting for the first time in 12 years.

Well done to all the WCKA team - a picture has been uploaded to the gallery for all to see.

Saturday 5th July 2008

Guess who the Huxtable's met in Swansea?  Danny Ball - one half of the Britain's got talent martial arts duo STRIKE!  Too good an opportunity to pass so the photo of the Dan Amy and me is now up on the site. 

Saturday 28th June 2008

A small yet select group of our members were invited to provide a martial arts demonstration at St. Hilary's church fete.  A good time was had by all and a picture of those who helped is included in the gallery.  Thanks guys.

Saturday 14th June - Interclub Tournament

Full details to follow.....

Sunday 18th May 2008

The WAKO Woesh Open was held at The Newport Centre and attracted fighters from the UK and Europe.  The two Mr Huxtable's were fighting on this occasion, with hopes that by next year a least another 5 or 6 students will be on the tournament circuit.  Dan fought first but the weight categories (as opposed to the usual height categories) which usually work in his favour certainly counted against him this time.  Dan's weight of 29.8 kgs was slightly above the lowest weight category of 28 kgs which left Dan fighting in the under 37 kgs!!!!  Some of Dan's opponents would be over a stone heavier and so he withdrew from the Continuous fighting.  In points, he fought his good friend Kyle Young a multi British Champion and World Championship bronxe medalist - this is the first time they have been in the same category and Kyle's two years and extra 15 pounds of weight proved too much so Dan had to settle for 3rd place.  Mr Huxtable senior fought well in the +34 years category, reaching the semi final and losing to the eventual winner 6-5.  Another 3rd place for the club though.  Roll on the interclub !!!!!!!!!!

Sunday 20th April 2008

KMA competition in Cwmbran.  Fighting with the WCKA Superfit squad were Mr Huxtable, Jon and Dan.  For once Dan came away without any silverware, placing 4th.  Dan's semi final was against the eventual winner and he was unlucky to lose a fight that swung both ways.  The third place fight off was a game of cat and mouse.  Dan lost the fight by a single point scored in the last three seconds off the contest.  Jon fought his first external contest and fought his fights very well, using his good legs to great effect.  An excellent result to take 2nd place, beating a black belt on his way to this placing.  Finally Mr Huxtable fought in the over 35 category and took 2nd place in a hard fought final against Huw Jenkins of the KKAW.  Well done to the three competitors.

Friday 18th April 2008

Fight night in Cwmllynfell.  Several of our fighters appeared for the first time and did well. Joel, Emma, Jessie, Katherine, Cameron, Daniel, Thomas and Jon.  Some awesome performances and £850 was rasied for the WKA welsh Team travelling to the World Championships in Florida.  I hope to have several other members of the club in the welsh team by 2009.  Well done guys!!!

Sunday 13th April 2008

Grading time!!!!  What a day!  Fantastic results.  Of the 29 gradings my pupils took, 11 had distinctions, 17 had a pass plus and one person had a pass.  Since the club started our results are 26 distinctions, 48 with a pass plus and 3 passes.  Fantastic guys, you shoud be very proud of yourselves.

On a more sombre note our thoughts are with our friend and clubmate Jordan who was run over last week and was unable to grade due to a broken foot.  Jordan we wish you a speedy recovery and look forward to seeing you again soon.

Tuesday 1st April

Classes this week will be held in Pontybrenin and St Hilary's.  Amy queries please give me a call.

Sunday 30th March

Both Daniel and I fought at the CIMAC Superleague in Newport, and whilst we did not return with any silverware this time, we both aquitted ourselves reasonably well.  Mr Matuschke and Leanne, and Mr Quinn came up to support and saw what a high standard of competition this was.  Outside of the WAKO Britsh Open, I would think that this series of events is the toughest in the UK.

Both compertitors took part in the points categories.  Dan Lost by a single point and on another day would have progressed further, and Mr Huxtable lost to three times world champions Peter Markland 4-1.

Monday 24th March 2008 - Venues for training during Easter Holidays 

Tuesday's training will be at Gorseinon Institute in Lime Street and Thursday will be in St Hilary's Church in Killay.   Any queries please call Mr Huxtable

Sunday 24th February 2008 - KMA Championship Series - Pontypool

Daniel was the only member of the club to fight and fought a fabulous series of fights to take second place in a large category fighting a thirteen year old in the final.  Our second trophy of the year.  Well done Daniel.

Sunday 17th February 2008 - WAKO British Championships - Mr Huxtable returns with a medal

Both Daniel and I have been to the WAKO British Championships over the weekend, with Dan competing in both points and light continous and myself in the points category.

Dan did extremely well, reaching the quarter finals in both disciplines, losing to World and British Champion Scott Rankin in continuous on Saturday, but certainly giving him a run for his money, and missing out in a semi final place and consequently the bronze medal by the smallest of margins and almost had the opponent disqualified as Dan had placed so much pressure on him that he had left the fighting area three times - had he been forced out one more time, Dan would have been through to set up yet another meeting with the World Champion Scott.

I fought in the +94kg category and was pleased to come away with a bronze medal.  Despite suffering a heavy defeat in the semi final to Lee Mathews of Team Top Ten, who went on to beat the world Champion Michael Page - I am delighted.

This will be my last year competing and it was pleasing to gain a placing at these prestigious championships.