HKA News 2009
December Grading
HKA at AKA Karate Tournament
Battle of Kent 6
When in Rome
Zeus gym sponsors HKA
Battle of Kent 5
Refereeing
Course Goes from Strength to Strength
Instructor Gets England Call
Grading
December Grading
Congratulations to all those who took part.
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HKA at AKA Karate Tournament
Congratulations to all those who took part.
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Battle of Kent 6
Hastings Kickboxing Academy produced their best record to date,
12 of Carl Denne’s skilled fighters went to Club 442 in Gillingham
for the 3rd time this year, to compete in the semi-contact show.
Seph O Gorman debuting for the club, fought fantastically, Dominating from the start recorded a somewhat surprising draw in a fight we believe he actually won. Steve Mabb took two fights on the day and easily won both, using foot sweeps to his greater power in the second fight.
Lorraine Ashby had 2 hard fights during the day against harder opponents resulting in two close fought loses. Also having hard fights were Curtis McDonough and Coach Ian Jarvis, after pushing for all 3 rounds they were just beaten by their opponents at the final bell.
Amy Campbell, as her confidence grows so does her skill, once again completely owning her opponent from the off, gaining her yet another win to her great record. This was also true of Mark Briton who in his normal Tasmanian devil style attack punished his man from start to finish.
Luke Kowalzckipoinski also took a tough fight getting a well earned draw against a local fighter.
Debbie Martin (spoke person) took to the ring for her first time, although fairly nervous before the bought, as soon as the fight began those nerves disappeared and she battled hard against a strong opponent and came out victorious.
Linden Aslett and Matt Braybrook both battled hard and again came home with yet another victory to their names.
The last fighter into the ring, Gee Denne rained supreme again for all 3 rounds by picking his shots with pin point accuracy with his fast punching and a barrage of controlled heads kicks. His opponent didn’t know were to turn, scoring the last win of the day for HKA.
Head Coach Andy Chambers who helped Carl though out on the day, Said “This was a fantastic day for the club, a huge thanks has to go to Carl for all the constant hard work and dedication to the club and fighters making the job easier to get in the ring, everyone worked well as a team to come out with a great group of wins”
Carl “I am extremely proud of all the hard work everyone has put in though the weeks leading up to the show and want it to continue for the rest of the year.”
Out of the 12 fighters HKA received 8 Wins 2 draws.
For more information on Kickboxing with HKA (Sponsored by Zeus gym) contact Carl on 07949 221946, or click here to contact us.
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When in Rome
Carl Denne Instructor of HKA sponsored by Zeus gym, travel to Monterotondo Rome Italy for the European Championships 2009.
Around 450 competitors from 19 Countries participated over four days in all disciplines of Martial Arts. The British team with over 100 athletes took the show by storm.
ISKA World president Mr. Cory SCHAFER /USA was invited as guest of
honor and officially opened the event and said ‘’The Championship
was a nice event and the level of the fights was in a good standard’’.
Carl has been working closely with the Warriors gym (based at Herne
bay) that took control of the K1 and MMA divisions.
The 6 months of hard training and dedication from the team really paid off through the week with a fantastic result, the Warriors getting 3 golds, 3 silvers and 2 bronze out of 11 fighters.
In total England winning 120 medals overall. 68 gold, 25 silver, 26 bronze
In the final day of competing the medal ceremony was held, with the English national anthem rung all day.
Carl said. “It was a truly fantastic week, I learnt so much about every aspect of the competition and I hope to bring back this knowledge for my own fighters who also have 3 or 4 shows of their own towards the end of this year.’’
For more info on Kickboxing with Carl and his international skills contact HKA on 07949 221946 or click here to contact us.
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Zeus Gym Sponsors HKA
Carl Denne from HKA is being sponsored by Zeus gym in helping the England squad. Owner Sue Kennedy of Zeus gym has said “Carl has been given a great opportunity with helping the England team, Zeus Gym is behind him all the way.”
Carl along with coaches Ollie Hancock, Andy Chambers, Ian Jarvis and Amy Campbell went back for the 5th training session with the squad. After a few team building exercises the squad started a hard 40 minute warm up followed by an hour of drilling on the focus pads. This helped to develop their skills on how to set up an opponent.
The group of fighters then run through an hour of sparring focusing
on sniper shots, re-setting and setting up their competitors to help
come out ahead.
Carl is very grateful to Sue for becoming the main sponsor for the England
trip to Rome later this year.
Any other sponcership is gratefully received.
HKA are now running 9 classes a week and is one of the active clubs around the town for all ages and abilitles, For Kickboxing with HKA contact Carl on 07949 221946 or for training at ZEUS Gym call Sue on 01424 446677.
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Battle of Kent 5
HKA took 18 of its fittest fighters to Gillingham’s Battle of Kent for the year’s second semi-contact show.
The event which attracts participants from many clubs means competition is strong, and for many of the HKA members, it was there first time in the ring.
Gee Denne was the first into the ring with a great start to the day, his overwhelming speed and power saw Gee take control of the fight from start to finish, making yet another strong win for Gee’s record.
Lindsey Ashby, Luke, and Steve Mabb all first timers took to the ring under close supervision from Carl, underwent some hard fought bouts coming out with some equally hard decisions from the judges.
For Lucy Martlew it was her first time in the ring, using her fantastic hand speed, Lucy put her opponent on the back foot straight away and dominated the fight. In the second round Lucy used her legs to full ability to score a great controlled round house to the head, stopping the bout as her competitor was unable to continue, getting Lucy’s first win of the day
In Lucy’s 2nd bout she was able to use her control once again to ensure a clean technical fight, unfortunately, the ref sitting on the fence, called the fight a draw.
For coach Andy Chambers, it was the first time back in the ring for over 4 years, fighting with a broken thumb, he used all his semi contact skills to keep his distance from his opponent, but his fighter, coming in far too heavy was warned a few times by the ref saw Andy lose the bout with an unfair win going to the opposition.
Lorraine Ashby and Curtis Mcdoungh were in next; again both there first time to the ring. With both sadly losing their bouts, due to bias decisions from the ref and awarding the win to local fighters.
Dave Brady, due to fight was sadly withdrawn from the competition with an conscious decision made by Carl, although it was a shame, Dave knew it was best to rest rather than risk further injury.
Coach Ian Jarvis, who managed a great knock down in the first of his rounds drew his bout, after a very hard contest which was made even harder by receiving 2 hard kicks to the groin early on, he battled on in pain, however, the ref called it a draw due to a fairly even fight.
In the afternoon the day turned into an HKA onslaught, Mark Britton, with what can only be described as super hero speed hands received a well earned win for HKA. Whilst Lewis Gaster starting with a well controlled superman punch dictated the fight for the next 3 rounds secured yet another win for HKA.
Matt Braybrook, also first time to the ring managed to show off some great controlled head kicks whilst Will Toal’s first competition under HKA, also demonstrated some of the best semi contact control for a heavy weight fighter Carl has seen for years, secured yet more victory for HKA.
Stuart Bentley always giving away a reach advantage, and Linden Aslett also both having great bouts. Showed just why HKA entered these fighters into the competition.
Amy Campbell starting off strong swamped her fighter from the out set, and as the overwhelmed fighter weakened, Amy lighted up to give her some space, but Amy was just too strong for her opponent, being victorious over her experienced fighter forcing her opponent to give up in the 2nd round.
Finally, coach Ollie Hancock finished the day off was a thunderstorm of kicks for all 3 rounds, his fighter didn’t now what to do as he was left on the run throughout. Giving HKA 8 consecutive wins.
Academy spokesman Debbie Martin said: “The quality of the fighters
that are being produced from the academy is outstanding; once again
Carl is proving what an excellent instructor he is. HKA continues to
grow and representing the martial arts scene in Hastings to the best
of its ability.”
HKA instructor Carl Denne, who would like to congratulate everyone who
fought added: “At HKA we try and mix a friendly environment with
some hard training so everyone enjoys being there, and at the same time
we get the best out of our students.
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Refereeing Course Goes from Strength to Strength
Carl Denne and Andy Chambers, meanwhile, have completed a refereeing
course at the Warrior’s Gym in Herne Bay.
In the next step for Carl in his England squad training, he and Andy
were taught the rules and guidelines for the Thai-boxing show, and refereed
all of the day’s fights.
More than 40 fighters from the South competed in the open tournament,
and it was a great chance for Carl to learn more about K1/Thai-boxing
and to develop his on going coaching skills to a greater standard.
For more information contact us or call 07949 221946.
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Instructor Gets England Call
HKA’s very own Kick-Boxing Instructor Carl Denne has been invited to help coach the country’s team in an international tournament.
Carl will be training the English K1/Kick-boxing team which consists of five instructors along with more than 35 fighters from five different clubs across Britain, chosen by the ISKA (International Sport Kickboxing Association).
Debbie Martin, spokesman for HKA, said “This shows how well respected Carl is within the kick-boxing community”.
HKA continues to grow, due to Carl being an excellent instructor with the ability to teach all levels.
“To be invited to help train with what will be the English team comes as no surprise”.
An English team will be chosen from the 35 fighters who will go on to Rome in October this year to fight for the European titles, which is the first step of two, followed by the world titles in 2010.
For more information on HKA, please contact us.
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Grading
Congratulations to all those who graded recently. It was a great turn out & you did yourselves proud. It was also great to see such high pass marks, well done.
The next grading will be announced soon. Some pictures from the grading can be seen below. If you have any yourself and would like to contribute them to the site, please see Carl. Many thanks.
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