Massimo Gaetani awarded 6th Dan

Massimo Gaetani 6th DanIt’s with great pride and pleasure that we announce our head coach and founder, Massimo Gaetani, to be awarded his 6th Dan Black Belt on the 14th on May.  Massimo received his 1st Dan in June 1989, when still training in Italy. Achieving the 6th Dan 35 years later is the result of many years of consistent and relentless dedication to training and teaching martial arts to many thousand of students during the last 25 years at CARISMA. Peter Edward, president of Kickboxing GB (formerly WAKO), awarded Massimo his 6th Dan by stating “the club is very good, all students are very good, the way the class is run is very good, everything is very good“. Massimo added: “I am honoured to receive this as a recognition of my work and efforts in practicing and teaching kickboxing and martial arts; now the counter resets and I am looking forward to my 7th Dan in 7 years”.

CARISMA Cup – Friendly Fight January 2024

Following up on the success of the previous event CARISMA is announcing a friendly fight open to all members of CARISMA, ARUKBC and CUKBS, to be held in CAMBRIDGE at the North Cambridge Sports Centre on 29 January 2024, starting at 6:30PM sharp. This is the ideal chance for total beginners to test their skills in a totally safe and  fairly informal setting. Each fight will be pre-matched, taking into account gender, weight and experience, following the Wako International Kickboxing Light Continuous rules.  Each fighter will take part in a 3 rounds bout fight in the ring (beginners 1 minute, intermediate 1.5 minutes and advanced 2 minutes). We are looking forward to members of all these club to come forward and take part is this unique opportunity. Please click on this link to fill up the application form and enter your details.   All applications should be in by end of day Thursday 25 January. The fights will be strictly light contact to ensure everybody’s safety and enjoyment.  We’ll apply the same rules and regulations as per our Town Vs Gown fights. Please read careful all rules and regulations also in terms of kit and uniform required.

CARISMA Cup – Friendly Fight 2023

CARISMA is announcing a friendly fight open to all members of CARISMA, ARUKBC and CUKBS, to be held in CAMBRIDGE at the North Cambridge Sports Centre on 27 November 2023, starting at 6:30PM sharp.

This is the ideal chance for total beginners their skills in a totally safe and informal setting.

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 rounds bout fight in the ring (beginners 1 minute, intermediate 1.5 minutes and advanced 2 minutes).

We are looking forward to members of all these club to come forward and take part is this unique opportunity. Please click on this link to fill up the application form and enter your details.   All applications should be in by end of day Thursday 23 November. 

The fights will be strictly light contact to ensure everybody’s safety and enjoyment.  We’ll apply the same rules and regulations as per our Town Vs Gown fights. Please read careful all rules and regulations also in terms of kit and uniform required.