An 11 year old boy has become a Tae Kwon Do champion for the age group of 10 – 12. Daniel who has been active in martial arts since he was 5 uses kickboxing and hand and foot sparring techniques to beat his opponents.
After a fantastic weekend Daniel came out the victor beating many people older than him on the way. He did get injured at one point but brushed himself off and continued to victory.
Daniel had recently become a second degree black belt that involved him doing 10 minute sparring, 30 minute warm up, 15 minutes of star jumps and 150 press ups.
Daniel brought home the trophy after being seen by paramedics twice during the competition and fighting infront of 400 people.
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The Kickboxing association of Zimbabwe is to hold for the first time the National Martial Arts games.
The games that are held in December will feature Wrestling, KungFu, Judo, Taekwondo, Boxing, Karate and Kickboxing.
The games are being held to try and unify the different sports with events for men and women being held for the first time in the country. The competition will edicate people on the differences of the different types of martial arts which a lot of people cant tell the difference between.
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An increased number of women in Bangalore have started to become trained in martial arts.
The women are doing it because its a great way to keep fit but more importantly for them it is teaching them how they can react to certain situations and stay safe.
One lady commented that that martial arts had become a necessity for her as she now feel supremely confident in her day to day life because she knows she can walk down the street feeling safe that she can protect herself.
Violence in Bangalore against women has increased in recent times and with that there has been an increased awareness that women need to have martial arts training.
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Jeffers Hill Elementary School in the USA is to start teaching martial arts to its students. They hope to teach valuable life skills as well as respect for them self and others. The workshops that are to be set up will develop skills in concentration, communication and non violent conflict resolution.
The initiative will also help the kids stay healthy and physically fit as well as helping their overall behaviour. The guidance will be given by a member of the schools PTA who is also the owner of a martial arts school. Sessions have been given in the past with overwhelming feedback from the students and the teachers.
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Amir Khan has beaten his latest opponent in a lightning 76 seconds to get his winning campaign back on track.
Dmitriy Salita his opponent was unbeaten in 31 fights before Khan knocked him to the ground with some devastating blows as soon as the fight started. His legs were buckling within a minute and the fight was over seconds later with Khan leaving the referee with no choice.
The fight took place in the Metro arena in Newcastle which meant it was a long trip for Salita who had flown over from the states to fight Khan. Khan himself is now flying to the states to train and help Manny Pacquiao take on the powerhouse that is Floyd Mayweather. While he is there he will be weighing up who to fight next.
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Leon Rattigan is a promising contestant, professionals are judging after his recent achievement of winning a gold medal at the British Senior Championships. Last World Championships were not too good, but he still managed to reach TOP-20 in Denmark. The GB’s Wrestling director is hoping to see him at the London Olympics among all contestants.
“As a team, we finished 17th out of 51 countries in Denmark, and bearing in mind that at the last Worlds, two years ago, we were down in the 30s, overall we are making great progress.”
Let’s hope that the next World Wrestling Championships we will perform much better that two years ago, and with Leon I think this is really possible.
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James Waithe, 47, has been put up in front the Bristol Crown Court as he has taken part in helping smuggle cocaine to the UK. Being a part of gang which at its height was earning more than 1m a day from the drug selling. Waithe represented Barbados at the 1988 Olympics and he fought for England at the 2006 Commonwealth Judo Championships.
Police have found a cocaine factory in his flat along with a nice arsenal of firearms, of course illegal, including shotguns, pistols and rifles. There was no explosives at the place apart from the stun grenades.
The jury is still waiting for the verdicts against Waithe for illegal possession of firearms .
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“I’m a better fighter now.” – says Khan who has been defeated last year in Manchester by Prescott. He mentioned, that this fight let him become a man, and he’s definitely ready now to defend the title against Dmitriy Salita on 5th of December at Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle.
Salita was unbeaten for 31 fights and knocked-out 16 opponents which is pretty impressive. He claimed that he’s not afraid and will make use of the vulnerability that was exposed in 2008 by Prescott. Salita also explained that he admires Khan because of his achievements that he accomplished during his very short career.
Bolton fighter says that he’s not concerned about Salita, as he has “slow, sticky feet”. We will see about that on 5th of December!
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Barack Obama is well known for his dance skills as well as the basketball thing. Now he had a chance to show the world his more violent part by demonstrating his taekwondo skills after receiving the uniform and a belt fromt he South Korean president Lee Myung-bak.
The president has studied the martial arts for four years between 2001 and 2005 while he was a junior senator in Illinois. Apart from this he and the Korean president took a very firm stance against North Korea to pressure them to fall back in line and return to the nuclear talks.
North Korea is capable of doing some weird things, first returning to the talks and then getting back to where they were with the nuclear weaponry.
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Robbie Leaning definitely has something to be proud of. At the age of nine, after three years of training and going through different belts he finally was given a chance to join his sister, Micha in the final test for the black belt in taekwondo. Robbie is one of few youngsters who achieved the black belts on 21st of November.
Micha mentioned that it’s really amazing and she is willing to start competing in tournaments to prove herself as a fighter. They still have a lot to learn and let’s hope they won’t stop on these black belts, as this is a really big opportunity.
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