There is CKA light contact continuous competition scheduled for 9 December in Bury St. Edmunds. All fights will be pre-matched with people of same gender, similar experience and weight. If interested we need to collect personal details (Full name, Date of birth and experience) and the fighter’s fee of £12. Spectators are very welcome at £6 each.
Due to the unavailability of the venue at Kelsey Kerridge the lesson on Tuesday 2 October 2012 will not take place. Instead we will run a lesson on Wednesday 3 October 2012 at the function room at Squeaky Gate, 47 Norfolk Street, CB1 2LD. See map below:
As we need to weigh in between 9:30 and 10am I would suggest to leave at 8:30 (sharp) from the club’s registered address, 222 Histon Road cb4 3hj. In case of any problem please ring me on 07879 610111.
We need more cars please, none of the fighter apart from Alan (to the best of knowledge) has a car so it would be great if we could get some spectators, best if with own car so they can carry some of the people. I would prefer to leave the only car we have to my family so if there are 1-2 cars please let me know.
Fighters must have a full kit of pads: mouth guard, 10oz Gloves with hand wraps, separate foot pads that covers toes and hills, shin guard, groin guard CARISMA T-Shirt (or a plain black) and long black trousers. We have a couple of head guards that you can borrow.
Please make sure you bring a towel, change of clothes and a bottle of water. Usually snacks are available of side but bring your onw food and avoid eating or drinking excessively both Friday and Saturday to be in best shape.
We have finally decided to cancel the second day of the BIG WEEK END and our Kickathon; the weather, once more, played against us and the organisers. Here is a short report about what happened yesterday.
Everything started very sunny indeed and I had an initial regret for not bringing a gazebo and sun screen. By 11am I was considering that a gazebo would have been good but against the rain. Luckily the College of West Anglia allowed us to use part of their shelter.
We managed to successufully run our demonstration at 2:30pm: we under the rain for the whole time so with a total of about 4-5 spectators 🙁
Big thanks to Daisy, Anna, Simone, Dom, Alex, Jarek, Theo, Heley, Sanyia and Penka who joined and helped for the day. Please come and see us today and help us to raise more funds: so far we raised £188.50 so we feel confident we can break the expected barrier of £200.00 we previously anticipated.
The amount of kicks performed on the day was just 150 due to weather conditions so, at the current balance, further 1735 are due and will be completed during classes.
I had a chat with the organisers from Cambridge City Council and suggested that a large roofed area would have helped to keep all sport clubs under shelter and helping them to connect with passers by, promoting our activities. However, as it is raining, very few people are on the park and very little can be done about that.
Join us today and tomorrow, together with many other sports clubs from Cambridge to celebrate sports and promote our club. This ia a 2 days initiative organised by Cambridge City Council where we will have a small stand to make demonstrations and allow people from the general public to experience what training with CARISMA is about.
Come and support us during the two featured demonstrations on stage at 2:30pm Todayy 7 July and 2pm on Sunday 8.
We are collecting funds of behalf of EACH so please come along and donate some money: one of our athletes will perform 10 kicks for each £1 donated. Do far we raised (to the best of my knowledge) £106 so 1060 kicks are already in the pipeline.
All Sunday sessions between 1 July and 26 August 2012 inclusive will be held at the Histon Road Recreation Ground (see map below) at 5:00-7:00PM when the weather allows it.
In case of rain (or if the grass is wet as it rained previously) we will post a message on this site to indicate the training venue that will be visible under the schedule category please check it if in doubt.
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Join us, together with many other sports clubs from Cambridge to celebrate sports and promote out club. This ia a 2 days initiative organised by Cambridge City Council where we will have a small stand to make demonstrations and allow people from the general public to experience what training with CARISMA is about.
We need volunteers to help with demonstrations and answer inquiries as well as running two featured demonstrations on stage at 2:30pm on Saturday 7 July and 2pm on Sunday 8.
We’ll also run a Kickathon where all members from the club will be invited to get sponsored to perform as many kicks as possible at the rate ogf £0.10 per kick. Encouraged sponsorship is either £5.00 for 50 kicks or £10.00 for 100 kicks. All money collected will be donated to EACH (East Anglia Children Hospice). Please join us; let us know by commenting on this post or RSVP on our Facebook Event.
Due to the Golden Jubilee celebrations around the country our training will be as follows:
Please keep an eye on this website for last minute updates.
Happy Jubilee to everyone!
To celebrate the social as well as martial aspects of our club we are going to have the annual BBQ on 16 June 2012. Please contact us to book your place before Tuesday 12 June.
Every year CARISMA is celebrating its anniversary (13th this year) with a BBQ extended to all members (and family/partners) and we hope many people will be able to make it.
As usual we ask a small contribution of £10 (£5 for people that just drink soft drinks) to all members to cover for their food and drinks that will all be provided. The club matches all monies collected so effectively all guests get a treat of food and drinks worth twice the money they pay. Partners and Family members are welcome and will be asked to pay an extra £5 to the standard contribution (e.g. £10 for people that just consume soft drinks and £15 for the others). As usual we consider members those who are currently training and paying monthly fees to the club. People that no longer train with the club is welcome but will be charged the partner/family fees.
All bookings must be done in advance and paid for; payments are non refundable. Please RSVP a.s.a.p.!
There is also a Facebook event to help with RSVP and giving us an idea of people coming along.
A total of 5 athletes, combining members of CARISMA and Cambridge University Kickboxing Society will be attending the competition in Bury St.Edmund organised by Combat Kickboxing Academy.
Venue:
STANTON COMMUNITY VILLAGE HALL
OLD BURY ROAD
STANTON IP31 2BX
Date/Time: 15 April 2012 registrations at 9:30am.
Departure will be at 8:45am from the club’s registered address.
Please let us know if you are interested in spectating, particularly if you have a car and willing to drive ther as we have shortage of cars.
