WAKO Junior National team We have just returned from the Junior World Kickboxing Championships in Italy (Naples) where the NZ National team won two Bronze medals. Sam Rist of Te Awamutu Phantom Kickboxing gained the Bronze medal in the +89kg Semi-contact division, and Cody Brooks of Huntly Kickboxing won the Bronze in the 'K1style' -81kg […]
The NZ Kickboxing team attend the WAKO World Kickboxing Championships in Portugal November 26th to 2nd December 2007. Myself as Coach/Manager (Te Awamutu) Neil Fynn Assistant Coach (Kihikihi) Shaye Brooks Huntly. Clint King Hamilton. Nick feisst. Cambridge. Georgie Tutaki Te Kuiti Wiki Tutaki Te Kuiti. Carl Cowley Whakatane. Nick Schwarzer Whakatane Leith Trail Tauranga. Steve […]
WAKO Fighter Georgie Tutaki has been selected to fight in Great Britain next August for the Professional World title. Georgie of Te Kuiti, King Country, Co-Instructor of King Country Kickboxing under the Phantom Kickboxing academy, signed a contract on Sat 27th October 2007, with Husband Wiki and her Manager and WAKO(NZ) President Rick Dobson as […]
Te Awamutu close to Hamilton was the venue for the WAKO Judgement day tournament. 13 fights were on the crad for this prestigious WAKO event. A series of tournaments are held through the year with the annual finale held in Te awamutu. This years event was to host two National title fights, and one Regional […]
WAKO New Zealand recently run two major international tournaments to end their 2006 tournament run. The first was a Semi-Contact & Light Continuous competition, followed one week later by the Full Contact tournament which not only included a national title but three World titles organised by the WFKKO (World Freestyle, Karate & Kickboxing Organisations) Master […]
On the 19th August 2006, WAKO will hold its first ever Oceania Championships in Te Awamutu near hamilton. This event will also host three WFKKO world title fights between Great Britain and New zealand. Sue Latta of Muay Thai World title fame will fight her first WAKO style kickboxing tournament fighting for the vacant WFKKO […]
6th of May was the 2006 date for the World Association of Kickboxing Organisations (NZ) National Semi-Contact & Musical Forms championships. This Championships had been eagerly awaited by a number of clubs as this was to be the final selection day for the cadet & Junior National team to compete at the WAKO World cadet/Junior […]
The WORLD ASSOCIATION of KICKBOXING ORGANISATIONS (WAKO) held its 15th World championships in Szeged Hungary from 28/11 to 04/12. New Zealands WAKO National Kickboxing team attended this competition for the first time, it was also the first time WAKO had members from all Five continents present for the World Championships. World President Ennio Falsoni was […]
The WORLD ASSOCIATION of KICKBOXING ORGANISATIONS end of year Fight Night was a great spectacle to end a fantastic year for WAKO. In 2005 WAKO (NZ) have organised five Full Contact tournaments in the Waikato , two Semi-Contact Tournaments and developed the first ever New Zealand WAKO team to enter the WAKO World Championships. WAKO […]
The WORLD ASSOCIATION of KICKBOXING ORGANISATIONS National team will be heading off to Hungary for the world Championships on November 27th. The Competition held in Szeged, Hungary will host approximately 2500 competitors. WAKO world Championships are so large they are actually split into two competitions. The Muay Thai and Low Kick along with Musical Forms […]