KO'd 3 Fight Day 2003 Review
by Sensei Martin Blakeway

The day show 11am - 6pm Chongshin Do V The rest !!
49 fights - all but a small handful, had a Chongshin Do member fighting against another kickboxing club - Fantastic support from you all - Oh and I don't want to say I told you so - but who was buzzing for hours after with the adrenaline rush from hearing your name announced and being ushered into the ring with cornermen, taken through a short briefing with the Ref (Steve) to having 3 mind blowing adrenalin pumping minutes. ?
Yep thought so ! -
Thanks to Arron Dovey who was taking these shots throughout the day

Richard Abbott - Sutton	Getting trophies	A. Derbyshire fight	Young Ben docker with his dad Tony
Richard Barrett - Blox	Richard Barrett has another fight!	Winner!	Bev Higgins - Sutton
Bloxwich boys-Dave & Peter	More lads take to the ring	Derek & Peter - Sutton	Dave Roe - Victorious
Young Girls get their medals	other MAAS members	other MAAS members	K Star Kickboxers

Well done to you all - you not only put on a great show but did yourselves and the club proud and conducted yourselves in very sportsman like way with the correct spirit for such an event - well done
For those who could not make it the show started around 11.30 after registration and matchmaking - first up were the kids - all enjoyed the experience very much and what a thrill for them with a great crowd giving them the atmosphere of a championship show. Right from the start Sensei Steve Pride managed the fights superbly and kept the kids fights light and enjoyable for all.

K Star Kickboxers		Lauren Fitspatrick - Sutton		Bloxwich member gets medal		Shelly Fitzpatrick recieves medal
Shelly blocks kick		and takes a hit!		winner		SCI members
Steve hand out medals		Adam Saunders- Sutton		Referee ALL day - Steve Pride		Trophies

The adults were a mixture of novice bouts and competitive bouts - once again the contact level was kept to the required level by Steve and our fighters put up some great fights with most successfully beating their opponent. I am especially pleased with the lower grades who competed - some only training for a matter of weeks - yet willing to test themselves against more experienced members- I hope you learned from the experience -
you don't know what to think until you experience it - now you have - what do you think?
The Docker brothers did a superb job cornering for many of our fighters. Other Black Belts and senior grades were doing key tasks in running, time keeping and judging. The show went like clock work! And to the audience - it was seamless.

Consider this - We are NOT just a kickboxing club -
Consider this - We ARE a multi style Martial Art - we have much more in our syllabus than kickboxing -
So how come our fighters can do battle with full-time kickboxers and beat them at their own game -
I put it down to the Spirit within the group - everyone who attends wants to enjoy themselves but train hard -
The Way of the Spirit certainly is a group respected within the Kickboxing clubs out there!! -
Look out cause they ain't seen nothing yet!