Recruitment for Town vs. Gown 2012 closing soon

We are happy to announce that the minimum number of 20 candidates for the second Town vs. Gown Kickboxing tournament has recently been achieved.

Nonetheless we would like to have more members of the university clubs to increase the Gown aspect of the show.  We would like to stress that this is a great opportunity for all members of all clubs at any level of fitness and experience to try their first fight in a friendly and safe environment where all fighters are well known members of the three clubs.

Please Email Massimo (replacing <at> with @ before sending), no later than Tues 31 Friday 20 January 2012, indicating the following details:

  • Full Name
  • Date of Birth
  • Weight (that will have to be the same weight on the day of the fight)
  • Years (months) of experience in Kickboxing
  • Years (months) of experience in other martial arts
  • Number of fights to date

Please invite all of your friends to the fight by advertising this Facebook Event. Spectators will pay £5 upfront or £8 at the door.

CARISMA Town vs. Gown 2012

Happy New Year to everyone! As previously announced on Facebook CARISMA is announcing the second Town vs. Gown Kickboxing tournament to be held in CAMBRIDGE at the Manor Community College on 18 Feb 2012, starting at 2:00pm sharp.

The town represented by CARISMA will be challeging members from both university clubs: Cambridge University Kickboxing Society and Anglia Ruskin University Kickboxing Club.

Each fight will be pre matched, taking into account gender, weight and experience, following the Wako international weight categories and Kickboxing Light Continuous rules. Each fighter will take part in a 3 x 2 min fight in the ring.

This is a great opportunity for all members of all clubs to experience their first fight in a friendly and safe environment where all fighters are well known members of the clubs.

We are looking forward to members of all these club to come forward and take part is this uniques opportunity: please Email Massimo (replacing <at> with @ before sending), no later than Friday 20 January 2012, indicating the following details:

  • Full Name
  • Date of Birth
  • Weight (that will have to be the same weight on the day of the fight)
  • Years (months) of experience in Kickboxing
  • Years (months) of experience in other martial arts
  • Number of fights to date

Please invite all of your friends to the fight by advertising this Facebook Event.  Spectators will pay £5 upfront or £8 at the door.

Christmas Break 2011

We would like to inform everybody that the last lesson for 2011 will be on Thursday 22 December at Kelsey Kerridge.

The first session of 2012 will be on Tuesday 3 January at Kelsey Kerridge.

CARISMA, its instructors and the committee wish Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all members and their loved ones, looking forward to seeing you all back for a fantastic beginning of 2012.

Christmas Dinner 2011

Another year is about to finish and again many of us thought it was a good idea to go out and celebrate.  Here are some of the pictures that Duncan (who has full copyright on these pictures and let us kindly using them) took on the night; more are available on his site: