June 24th the Tamaki Recreation Centre on Elstree st Glen Inns (Auckland New Zealand) will be pumping with the "PrimeTime end of Season finale". This event will be an expose of martial arts styles showing the fighting skills of some of New Zealand and Australia's best talent. PrimeTime focus mainly on "Combat Submission Fighting" for […]
Once again the Avondale Performing Arts Centre in Auckland is the venue for a female combat tournament. Women Sportsfighters Gym in conjunction with Flat Rock Productions is hosting Female Fight Night at the center on June 10th. Doors open at seven o’ clock and the first Fighters enter the ring and lock horns around seven- […]
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 […]
Everything that we do, see, feel, experience and think of is energy. At the most basic levels we all have this exact same energy in common, and with the proper training and focus we can begin to affect this energy in various ways. This is NOT myth or supposition. If you follow the exercises that […]
On the 13th May 2006, 6 of our adult fighters went to partake in the United Martial Arts 2006 NZ Championship. They were James, Blake and Troy Harbottle (Black belt to 2nd dan ). Maree Thompson and Mihana Nelson (Womens Yellow belt Divsion) and Tauira Ponga (Mens Yellow belt Division). All in all a very […]
Geelong’s light heavyweight Paul Murdoch put the PABA championship hopes of Fijian Birbal Junior into perspective when he stopped him in two rounds at the Ellerslie Racecourse Reception centre on March 26. Birbal pressed forward relentlessly in the first round but it was all over in the second when Murdoch opened up finishing proceedings with […]
Journeyman boxer Kelly McBride sensationally knocked out former NZ amateur champion Brad Milner in the first round of their welterweight bout at the Hornby Workingmen’s Club (Christchurch) on April 12. Milner, who had made a successful professional debut in Melbourne recently was heavily favoured to beat the 38-year-old McBride, who had put in a 12-hour […]
This is a follow up to the article Sifu McInnes Retires from Coaching Pro Fighters. My name is Si Hing Charlie Tamati. I am Chief Instructor for the Auckland Region for Sir Gee Dorr Kung Fu, New Zealand , trained by Sifu McInnes. At present I have a school in Fowlds Park, Mt Albert, Auckland. My […]
May 6th 2006, 8 fighters and their supporters ventured to Te Awamutu for the WAKO semi-contact Nationals 2006. Our small group contained 5 novices to semi-contact fighting and 3 from last years WAKO event. Our first fighter was Rebekah Hammond. She was in the under 15 years (she's only 13) under 54kg group. It was […]
Photos by Tabitha Woods. Coverage of this momentous annual event can be found on this site (www.nzwpw.co.nz) and on www.nzwpi.co.nz However, here’s the view I had from ringside. Mark Tanu steamrolls through the opposition at the NZ Open Sumo Championships 2006 The Lower Hutt Town Hall was the venue for NZWPW’s massive event “Powerplay III”. It […]