CLUB NEWS

Profile:
Name: Kiran Hartley
Age: 10
Lives: York
Style: Wado-ryu Karate
Grade: Blue belt
Years training: 3+ Years
Present club: York
Instructor: B Dixon & M Dixon
Favourite technique: Roundhouse kick
Hobbies: Karate & Swimming
Likes: Music, sport, singing & dancing
Dislikes: Football, tennis, wasps
Favourite martial artists: Jackie Chan
Ambition: To get my 10th Dan black belt
Best moment: When I got my first red & silver star


YMAA on Facebook:
Please checkout our new Facebook page: Yorkshire Martial Arts Academy Facebook.


Xmas raffle winning numbers :
Yellow tickets.
381 384 387 390 392 395 402 404 413 439 453 459 460 481 496 504 511 524 526 544 572 599 602 605 609 610 611 616 617 620 622 638 643 653 693 703 723 742 751 757 761 778 780 797 802 808 810 811 816 823 827 829 831 832
Orange tickets:
123 124 126 147 151 158 165 170 183 186 187


New Black Belts:
Congratulations to the following people who graded on Sunday 16th October.
Karate:
Bev Dixon 3rd Dan, Ryan Garbutt 2nd Dan, Chloe Garbutt 1st Dan, Murray Wood 1st Dan,
Phil Wood 1st Dan, Ethan Payne 1st Dan.
Kickboxing:
Dominic Curran 1st Dan, Steve Kirby 1st Dan, Michaela Batty 1st Dan, Katy Walters 1st Dan.



Courses
Sunday 23rd October: Harrogate sports centre 1am-1pm
Sunday 20th October: York, Acomb primary school 11am-1pm

Sensei Mark Dixon Breaking Demo
On Sunday 25th September Sensei Dixon did a breaking demo in front of his Brown & Black belts, breaking 8 roof tiles with a hammer fist, then attempted 14 roof tiles with a straight punch, also breaking 2 house bricks with a knife hand strike, then finishing with a concrete block!

Xmas Party:
If you are interested in going to our xmas party at the Cairn Hotel in Harrogate on Saturday 10th December then we need your name asap and a £5 depostit by the end of October. Menu selections and payment are to be paid in full by 30th November. The cost is £20 for students & £22 for guests/parents, it is open to all students (18 years +), partners and also any parents of students are welcome.

Xmas Raffle:
Every lesson in November you train you will receive a free raffle ticket to win various martial arts goods and other prizes, the raffle will be drawn on 1st December and you can collect your prizes in December.

Bill Wallace Seminar:
On Sunday 1st May Bill 'Superfoot' Wallace held a seminar at the Metrodome in Barnsley, 10 members of Yorkshire Martial Arts Academy went along and had a fantastic time training with Bill, he put everyone at ease with his jokes and showed some fantastics kicks despite being 67 years of age.


Chesterfield Competiton:
On Saturday 26th March Yorkshire Martial Arts Academy was invited to the ‘Spire Classic’ competition in chesterfield, there was around 200 competitors in total including 4 of our fighters. First up was Kata sections Henry Snowden performed Chinto and came 1st, next was James Snowden in his brown & black belt section – James performed Bassai kata and beat his nearest rival by 0.01 point for 1st place, well done boy’s. Next up was the point sparring sections and first up was Henry again, he lost 8-12 in his first fight and unfortunately was just pipped for 3rd place. James was next he lost his first match 4-6 and won in the next match 7-0 to come 2nd, Rory Dobson from Harrogate club was up next for kickboxing, he fought well to begin with getting in quite a few shots but his opponent was bigger and got Rory with a side kick which took Rory’s breath away and had to struggle for the last seconds. Trevor Elsy was up for the Mens kickboxing beating both of his fights with a majority vote from all 3 judges. I would just like to say well done guys thanks entering and representing our club and thanks for the people who went down to support them.

E Mail address.
If you have an e mail address and would like club information sent to you then either fill out the slip on the club news sheet or send Mark an e mail informing me of your name and e mail address:

New DVD
While in Spain we recorded a DVD for Self Defence & Sparring, Self Defence includes some Defences for all grades. Sparring includes a selection of sparring techniques from fighting stances, attacks, counter attacks and free sparring, this is available now at £7.

DVD
While in Spain we recorded a DVD for Karate & Kickboxing, Karate includes all Katas at different angles and full speed and all pair work. Kickboxing includes all syllabus work for all grades. Watch out for the bloopers, this is available now at £7.

 

Yorkshire Martial Arts Academy supports the NAKMAS 'Safe kids' Campaign