A new automatic calendar has been added to the events page so from now on every event that gets annouced will be included in the official calendar of events.
Please have a look at the Events page.
New look for the Events page
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CARISMA at Cambridge Cultural Olympiad Celebrations
CARISMA will take part to the Cultural Olympiad Celebrations held at The Corn Exchange theatre as shown on their web site.
A small group of CARISMA member will be selected to represent the club in the half hour shows to be held on Sat 25 July between 11:45 and 12:15. Please express you interested in being part of it (minimum technical standard and rank required) or if you would like to visit. Those intending to be part of the show should consider to be busy on the Sat, between 11 and 12:30.
CARISMA AGM 2009
We would like to invite every member of CARISMA to the annual General meeting to be held on Tuesday 21 July 2009. The AGM will be held at the Snug Restaurant and Bar (on East Road, formerly known as “the vine”) at 8:30 for a 9pm sharp start. Agenda for the event will be:
- Welcome and Introduction
- Financial Report and attendance figures
- Review of the past year and plans for the future
- Election of new committee members positions
- A.O.B.
- Summary and conclusion
Please try your best to be there as we value your opinion as a member and as a possible candidate to relevant position in the committee. We aim at finishing the whole meeting within an hour in order to allow people in a hurry to leave: please try to be on time.
Beginners Course July 2009
CARISMA is running a new beginners course, starting on the 21 July to run for 4 consecutives Tuesday and Thursday classes (e.g. 21, 23, 28, 30).
If you would like to join (or you know somebody who would like to) please do it on the 21st.
If you would like to advertise our beginners course at your company or your social club please feel free to download and print our flyer at this page.
There is no need for booking for beginners: please just turn up at 6pm at Kelsey Kerridge Sports Hall, Queen Anne terrace, Cambridge.
Coaching session of arm only strikes
Massimo coaching Heley in arm only (boxing) strikes:
CARISMA for the club of the year 2009
We would like to ask all members and viewers of this site help us to win the award “Club of the year 2009“.
If you think CARISMA is well worth this award please download this form, print it, fill it up and send it to the address indicated on the form itself.
Training on Sunday – Summer 2009
All Sunday sessions between 5 July and 30 August 2009 inclusive will be held at the Histon Road Recreation Ground at 5:00-7:00PM if 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.
Great free EBook from Ikigaiway blog
Matthew Absokardu the author of Ikigaiway blog has recently released a free EBook titled “Surviving a Traditional Dojo” that I suggest to all members of CARISMA.
The EBook describes in great details what a novice should expect when entering a traditional dojo with a lot of information about etiquette, behaviour that people in the dojo will expect from you, as well as what you should expect from them and from the master running the dojo itself.
I believe this EBook will also be interesting for people that are already part of a non traditional martial arts club, like ours, to understand what and how other martial artists live their training.
If you are interested, and you should really, please go to the download page of the book and simply download it: as I said it’s free but it has a great value!
10 Years Celebration
CARISMA 10th Anniversary
I would like to thank personally the over 30 people that took part to the celebration of the 10th anniversary of CARISMA on Sat 20 June.
Starting at 3PM the party went on till late evening with a few guests that resisted all the way to the early Sunday morning 🙂
Some pictures of the events are availabile at this page and others will be added at a later stage under the tag BBQ.
A short clip with some of the relevant moments of the events is here:
And finally, as a tradition from previous years I’ll add for those interested in statistics what 24 actived eater and drinkers managed to consume on that day:
- 2 Kg of Lamb
- 3 Kg of chicken,
- 7 Kg of beef
- 1 Kg of Salmon
- 4 Kg of fruit
- 3 Kg of bread
- undisclosed amounts of olives, dips and other nibbles
- 2 cakes
- 6 litres of coke
- 2 litres of chardonnay
- 2 litres of merlot-cabernet savignon
- 6.75 litres of cava
- 37 litres of beer
- over 1 litre of palinka
- some water and coffee
Light contact sparring
Massimo and Georgios in a demonstration of light contact sparring during a Sunday lesson:
