The Academy of Combat in Christchurch has been very busy over the last few months. One of our most promising female fighters, Karen Lynch, won the recent World’s first 8 Women’s Kickboxing K-1 style Tournament (WKB-1) on Saturday July 31, in Taupo promoted by Scotty Thompson. Karen began by KO’ing her quarterfinal opponent in 30 […]
Mania sportfighting techniques were developed by trainer John Brotchie, and are a combination of Judo, Jujitsu, Akido and Wrestling. All of which he holds high merit in. John developed this form of fighting because he wanted a style of self defense to teach his wife and other women. He felt most existing forms were not […]
What kind of build up did you do for the Olympics? (Lollo) We spent a week camping at the USA, another week in Vienna, and then Austria acclimatising before we went to Athens. Who did you use for sparring and where did you do your build up? (Doug) We did most of our sparring using […]
Plates 57 and 58 Plate 57 Pivoting Under: If you feel it is risky of losing a good position by trying to make hold shown in Plate No. 50 out of Plate No. 49, then using the hold of Plate No. 49 and pivoting under you will come to the same finish as Plate No. […]
What a fantastic array of Kyokushin Karate spirit. As most of you might already know, full contact karate is the absolute forte of our style. Back in the day when Sosai Masutatsu Oyama the creator of Kyokushin Karate was alive, Kyokushin is referred to as the 'Strongest Karate' in the world and in this day […]
To prepare a fighter for war the training methods used must reflect the violent and relentless nature of the sport -making the fighter 'BE' the part not just look the part. Training with CRITICAL MASS™ and the Tornado ball (refer previous articles) can be barbaric in its application, but they ensure that efforts in the […]
How does a Canadian from North Bay, Ontario, end up in Japan studying one of the most unique martial arts known to man? The roots of that answer go back some thirty-seven years to when Stephen Ohlman was six weeks old and diagnosed with meningitis. Stephen's mother was presented with two impossible options: allow the […]
Saturday 24th July was the first Semi Contact and Forms Regional championships for WAKO in New Zealand. The day commenced with junior hard style forms, which includes both Korean patterns and Japanese Kata. The judges were selected for their experience in all areas. Chief Judge was WAKO National President Rick Dobson, 3rd Dan Karate, 5th […]
The road trip to the 2004 Junior World Champs kicked into high gear in February this year with the selection of the team. Twenty-four competitors made it the largest ITFNZ World Champs team ever. The young men and women (and their parents) would put in much effort over the next few months, multiple training sessions […]
The WORLD ASSOCIATION of KICKBOXING ORGANISATION Full contact evening held on Saturday 21st of August went off with a bang. A fight card of ten fights and a demonstration by Hamilton Capoeira was organised by the WAKO New Zealand President and Promoter Rick Dobson. Fighters from all over the upper North Island met to test […]