Grading Mar 2014 – Picture courtesy and copyright Duncan Grisby 2014
Another succesful grading session on Sunday 16 March 2014. Two Green second, 2 Green, 2 Orange second, 3 Orange and 1 Yellow belts awarded to members of CARISMA, ARUKBC and CUKBS.
It is with great pride and pleasure that I can announce that on Saturday 8 March the Cambridge University Kickboxing Society (CUKBS) won, once more and for the 4th consecutive time, the Varsity Kickboxing tournament against Oxford University Kickboxing.
We will add details about the individual fights at a later stage but I feel it is important to write this little post just to officially state our victory, already strongly celebrated on Facebook.
Congratulations to all fighters Anna, Francesca, Prithvi, Tim, Raz, Dom and Kostas that all contributed to this victory. A great thank you to all members of CUKBS, ARUKBC and CARISMA which helped with training and preparation for these fighters. A super special thanks goes also to Duncan, Georgios, James and Jarek which all helped and contributed, with their expertise and efforts, to train and prepare these fighters. Videos and further information about the fights will follow in due course.
Join us on 27 March for this unique opportunity of training with Bill Wallace. The seminar is open to Kickboxers (or martial artists practicing similar disciplines) at all levels, minimum experience of a few weeks is expected, as well as basic knowledge of stances, kicks and punches. CARISMA members will enjoy a discount, please ask at the classes.
Bill “Superfoot” Wallace is one of the legends and founders of Kickboxing; training with him is a great experience.
Places are strictly limited to 40 people including instructors and organisers on a first come first served basis. Book your place with the form below:
Here are the results in the order the fights eventually took place. All fights were clear, unanimous decisions, apart from one:
| Club | Full Name | Club | Full Name | Winner | |
| AR | Cindy Ogidi | vs. | CA | Kaya Jabar | Kaya |
| CA | Beth Colman | vs. | CU | Rachel Tulley | Beth |
| CA | Alexey Kravets | vs. | CA | Felix Schmitten | Felix |
| AR | Ryan Marcano | vs. | CU | Max Larkinson | Max |
| CU | Cenan Djenan | vs. | CA | Mark Robinson | Cenan |
| CU | Lirane Boumard | vs. | CA | Max Larkinson | Max |
| CA | Jethro Akroyd | vs. | AR | Wu Oimolade | Wu |
| CA | Massimo Gaetani | (demo fight) | CA | Anna Gaetani | Anna |
| CU | Dominik Lentrolt | vs. | CU | Tim Williamson | Tim |
| AR | Hugo Kingsley | vs. | CU | Matt Clarkson | Hugo |
| CU | Anna Lappala | vs. | AR | Navy Varatharaja | Navy |
| CU | Francesca Benzi | vs. | AR | Giulia Pilleri | Giulia |
| CA | Theo Morton | vs. | AR | Chris Jones | Theo |
| CU | Konstantin Semeniuk | vs. | CA | Ollie Osunkunle | Konstantin |
Total wins by club:
CARISMA: 7
ARUKBC: 4
CUKBS: 3
The fourth CARISMA Town vs. Gown that took place yesterday at the North Cambridge Academy Sports Centre and it was, once more, a great success. It surely exceeded my own expectations as well as the ones of the people that took part to it, among fighters, organisers or spectators.
Once more the simple idea of offering the possibility for beginners and first timers to experience fighting in the ring while in a friendly environment proved to be a winning one. Numbers speak by themselves:
I did a lot of thinking during the last 24 hours, between the amazing rush to get everything done on time and last night when I was as tired as if I took part in every single bout and yet I could not sleep because of the adrenaline released… Here are a few random considerations about the whole event:
I would like to thank, personally and on behalf of a very successful Town vs. Gown 2014, in random order:
Results, pictures and videos of the show will be available as the various people involved will be in the position to supply them: just keep following the TG2014 tag on this blog for any further development.
If you were there I would like to know your impressions: please leave a comment to this post.
