April / May Newsletter 2007

Sensei Gary took 20 Fighters from Sutton and Walsall to one of the countries top Combat JuJitsu clubs. Please read the report by Gary below and the fantastic results.

Combat Ju Jitsu Tournament Peterborough: By Sensei Gary
The long awaited tournament finally took place on Saturday 12th May, 20 fighters from Walsall and Sutton made the trip to Peterborough. An early start saw us all arrive on time, even with a few car problems on the way. The day started with a different warm up to what we are used to, Sensei Roy had specified to me a good level of break falling is essential in this style of competition.
I think we all picked up a few drills that will be very useful in improving this area of our training. After separating the juniors from the seniors, we proceeded with a 2-hour seminar with Sensei Roy at the helm introducing us to some of his athletic takedowns and chokes. For those that have never trained with or seen Sensei Roy fight, his athletic ability is really quite amazing.
A quick run through the rules and it was time to start the tournament, starting with the lightest juniors all the fights took place on the same square. The junior divisions are based on kick boxing and position grappling only, no submissions, which was a good thing as some of our juniors had to be muzzled before the event, just joking, they all showed respect to the opposition and made us very proud of them.
The junior division fights usually go the distance, as there is a no submission rule. For the seniors it is quite the opposite not many fights went to the bell. Plus the kickboxing level of contact was semi-heavy, which was a shock for some first timers. The Tournament finally came to an end just on 5pm with virtually no injuries just a couple of bruises and dented prides. Considering this is our first Combat Ju Jitsu tournament, we won Gold in 2 of the junior categories, and a clean sweep in the male adult categories, winning Gold’s in all 4 weight divisions. I think you will agree it was an absolutely incredible achievement. Hopefully in the near future we will arrange for Roy to come up to our club and show him and his Association the same kind of hospitality as they showed us.

Some of the Members of Delves club with their Trophies.
                                                                         

Medals Gold : Ben Vowels Pete Dutton Jak Ryan Gary Taylor Clarissa Byng, Steve Byng, Aneeka Basi
Silver Robert Cox, Matt Thomas, Phil Carter, Holly Taylor, Steve Byng, Samarun Bassi, Arjun Sehmbi, Chloe Taylor.
Bronze.: Richard Jones, Emily Byng, Josh Devey, Chloe Walker, Kyle Hall, Aman Sehmbi.

                     Martial Arts Festival – Walsall Sunday 13th  

Jujitsu, Thai Boxing, Judo, Taekwondo, Aikido. Were demonstrating and holding short seminar workshops. Some of our Sensei’s and students attended and although not attended by many people – those who made it had a great time sampling the other Martial Arts on offer. Our demo was the best of the day (sorry but it was) – we demonstrated just how varied and vast our syllabus is with pad work, forms, Kickboxing, Jujitsu and now we will be working even more on the Combat Jujitsu side of our Martial Art.
Thanks and well done top all that attended.    – Especially the few who had fought the day before and made the time to attend both parts of this very busy weekend.  
                 
Grading dates – The following dates are set – be prepared
Thursday 17th May – 6-7pm -  Kids only 10th-7th Kup @ Arthur Terry Sports Centre.
Wednesday 6th June – from 5.30pm - Kids & Adults 10th-7th Kup @ Delves Gym Walsall
Wednesday 13th June – from 5.30pm Kids & Adults 6th & 5th Kup @ Delves Gym Walsall
Thursday June14th – 6-7pm - Kids 6th-5th (Green & Blue Tag) Kup Arthur Terry School
Wednesday 23rd June - all ages -  10th-7th Kup @ Plantsbrook School – Sutton