Newsletter December 2010
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KA-CHI
MIXED MARTIAL ARTS
DECEMBER 2010
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DATES TO REMEMBER
January 5
Seniors First Class Back
6:15pm
January 31
Juniors First Class Back
4:00pm
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CONGRATULATIONS
To the following students for recently grading
1st level BJJ/MMA
• Riley Mallet
2nd level BJJ/MMA
• Johl Briggs
4th level BJJ/MMA
• Reece Mclaren
• Elijah Kennedy
• Melissa Dixon
Blue level Will/Machado BJJ
• Darrin Pearson
• David Rodgers
Black level BJJ/MMA
• George Jukes
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Hi Everybody,
Well it's nearly Christmas time again! Here at Ka-chi we've had a busy few weeks of gradings and comps.
November 13th was BJJ Queensland's Submission Wrestling comp, where we had 5 juniors and 3 seniors
representing the club. We had 2 junior gradings the first on the 6th and the second on the 27th of November, it's
been great to see just how much our juniors have progressed over the last year. I also had the pleasure
during this grading of presenting Josh Wilson with the first ever Ka-chi Junior brown belt.
We held our last senior grading of the year on the 11th of December, I was impressed by the standard of
wrestling that our seniors showed at the grading and awarded the first ever KMMA full black belt to
George Jukes, and BJJ blue belts to both Darrin Pearson and David Rodgers, this was an extra special
presentation as these are the first ever Will/Machado BJJ blue belts to be awarded by me at KMMA, previously Ka-chi club
member receiving belts under the Will/Machado BJJ system were graded by my brother Vincent at his club
PUMMA on the Gold Coast.
Unfortunately our Christmas party was rained out, so I'll have to take this opportunity to wish you all
a Happy and Safe Christmas and New Years, enjoy your holidays everyone and we'll see you back at training
fit and healthy in 2011!
Joe Perry with new BJJ blue belts Darrin Pearson and Dave Rodgers.
♦♦♦♦ UPCOMING EVENTS ♦♦♦♦
JANUARY: 5th First Senior class back for 2011.
26th Rickson Gracie Seminar on the Gold Coast.
31st First Junior Class back for 2011.
Keep Up, Keep Fit, and have a great holiday season!
Joe
0408 790 641
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Upcoming Social Gatherings
Christmas Party
11th December 11:00am
at Highfields Pool
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KA-CHI
MIXED MARTIAL ARTS
NOVEMBER 2010
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DATES TO REMEMBER
November 6
Junior Grading
8:00am
November 27
Junior Grading
8:00am
December 4
Senior Grading
8:00am
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CONGRATULATIONS
To the following students for recently grading
1st level BJJ/MMA
• Johl Briggs
• Sarah Gordon
• Michael Adams
2nd level BJJ/MMA
• Tom Rasmussen
3rd level BJJ/MMA
• Reece Mclaren
• Justin Behan
1st level Kickboxing
• Nathan Hair
• Tom Rasmussen
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Hi Everybody,
October has been a busy month for us at Ka-chi, On Saturday the 30th, eight club
members made the trip down to the Gold Coast to participate in a JOhn Will seminar, it was a great experience
for all those involved. For the whole month our juniors have been training hard with extra weekly
training sessions to prepare them for the competition which took place on Sunday the 31st. Brandon and
Tonisha Woodall and James Collins travelled down to compete for our 6-12 year old class and Josh Wilson, Clayton Hegarty, Ben Collins,
Grant Graving, Dylan Clarke, Jake Gosley and Jordan McIntyre competed for our 13-16 year olds.
CONGRATULATIONS to everyone who competed on the day you did the club proud!
Ka-chi juniors at their competition on Sunday October 31st.
♦♦♦♦ UPCOMING EVENTS ♦♦♦♦
NOVEMBER: 13th Submission Grappling Qld Gi and No Gi comp for Adults and
BJJ comp for juniors to be held in Brisbane, entry via online entry form
by 6pm November 12th 2010, discounts apply for booking before November 10th.
20th Cage fights on the Gold Coast several Ka-chi club members are looking to participate.
JANUARY: 26th Rescheduled date for Rickson Gracie seminar has been announced.
Training Tips:
Here's a tip to help you get more out of watching a fight on TV.
When you fight, you're (generally) trying to process what your
opponent is doing and react based on that.
However, when you watch a fight on TV, you're trying to process and
analyze what 2 people are doing... at the same time! Guess what?
That's too much info! It's enough of a job just analyzing just one
opponent.
When you fight, you're fighting one (or more) opponent... but not 2
opponents who are fighting each other!
So instead, try focusing on just one of the fighters at a time. If
you were facing him, how would you respond to his tactics? Can you
spot weaknesses? Opportunities?
If you haven't done this before, I guarantee you'll get much more
useful information just by watching from this perspective.
Try it out and let me know how it works for you.
Keep Up & Keep Fit.
Joe
0408 790 641
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Upcoming Social Gatherings
October 1st from 6:30pm
At the Gladstone Hotel.
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KA-CHI
MIXED MARTIAL ARTS
OCTOBER 2010
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DATES TO REMEMBER
October 11
Junior Classes Begin
6-12 Years 4:30
13-16 Years 5:15
October 12
Junior Comp Training
5:00 Tuesdays until competition date
October 16
Senior Gradings
November 6
Junior Gradings
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Hi Everybody,
This month we have to start with CONGRATULATIONS to Jordan McIntyre and Reece Mclaren
who made the trip down to nationals in Melbourne in September all three of us had the honour
of placing in our fields. Jordan and Reece both won silver medals in their divisions and I won
the gold in mine.
Jordan McIntyre, Joe Perry and Reece Mclaren with their medals.
♦♦♦♦ UPCOMING EVENTS ♦♦♦♦
OCTOBER: John Will is holding a seminar at PUMMA on the Gold Coast on the 30th. Cost is $65 and payment is required by
the 20th of October if you wish to participate.
30th October Queensland Brazilian Jiu Jitsu League State Championship and the first Women's Brazilian
Jiu Jitsu League Australian Championship both being held at the Nerang PCYC
On the 31st the Junior QLD Open Jiu Jitsu championships are being held. At this stage there are around 10 juniors from the
club planning on attending. For those who are attending we will be holding extra training sessions on Tuesdays at 4pm from
the 12th of October until the competition to help prepare you. These sessions are not just for the competitors all juniors
are welcome to attend in order to improve their game and help out their training partners who will be competing.
NOVEMBER: Wednesday the 3rd Rickson Gracie will be holding a seminar at the Gold Coast. Zowie Mcgrath, Melissa Dixon
and myself will be attending.
Keep Up & Keep Fit.
Joe
0408 790 641
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NEXT GRADING DATES
Senior Gradings will be held on Sat 16th October
Junior Gradings will be held Sat 6th November make sure you come along
and support the gradees.
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KA-CHI
MIXED MARTIAL ARTS
SEPTEMBER 2010
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Training For QLD Open
Tuesdays from 12th October until competition 4-5pm
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CONGRATULATIONS
To The Following Students For Recently Grading:
1st level BJJ/MMA
• Tom Rassmussen
• Mauricio Alamos
2nd level BJJ/MMA
• Zowie McGrath
• Steven Blows
3rd level BJJ/MMA
• Elijah Kennedy
4th level BJJ/MMA
• David Rogers
1st level Kickboxing
• Shannon Abbott
1st level Juniors
• Jordan McIntyre
• Dylan Clarke
• Grant Graving
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Upcoming social Gatherings
UFC Movie Night
Saturday 25th September at the gym from 6pm til late RSVP by 18th of September (food provided)
October 1st from 6pm At the Gladstone Hotel.
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Hi Everybody,
A lot has happened since our last newsletter, first off, CONGRATULATIONS to George Jukes who received his BJJ purple belt on
the 26th August. George has been training with us at Ka-chi MMA since 2003 and this belt is the culmination of 7 years of
effort and consistent attendance at training.
Vincent Perry, George Jukes and Joe Perry on George's grading night.
Club members have bussed down to a few events at the Gold Coast in the past few months. On the 29th of May a group of club
members attended Rize 5, and on the 31st of July members attended a John Will seminar at PUMMA followed by Rize 6.
If you haven’t already, make sure to go and take a look at our updated website at www.kmma.com.au
♦♦♦♦ UPCOMING EVENTS ♦♦♦♦
SEPTEMBER: BJJ Australasia Championships are being held on Saturday the 11th. 3 Ka-chi club members will be going
down to participate, Jordan McIntyre from the juniors and Reece Mclaren and myself from the adults. Good luck to all everyone
competing.
Evolution 21 will be held on the same day in Brisbane with two well known Australian Muay Thai fighters JWP and Preacher
competing for the title.
OCTOBER: John Will is holding a seminar at PUMMA on the Gold Coast on the 30th. Cost is $65 and payment is required by
the 20th of October if you wish to participate.
On the 31st the Junior QLD Open Jiu Jitsu championships are being held. At this stage there are around 10 juniors from the
club planning on attending. For those who are attending we will be holding extra training sessions on Tuesdays at 4pm from
the 12th of October until the competition to help prepare you. These sessions are not just for the competitors all juniors
are welcome to attend in order to improve their game and help out their training partners who will be competing.
NOVEMBER: Wednesday the 3rd Rickson Gracie will be holding a seminar at the Gold Coast. Zowie Mcgrath, Melissa Dixon
and myself will be attending.
Keep Up & Keep Fit.
Joe
0408 790 641
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NEXT GRADING DATES
Senior Gradings will be held on Sat 27th June make sure you come along
and support the gradees.
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KA-CHI
MIXED MARTIAL ARTS
MAY 2010
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CONGRATULATIONS
To The Following Students For Recently Grading:
1st level BJJ/MMA
• Zowie McGrath
2nd level BJJ/MMA
• Elijah Kennedy
• Reece McLaren
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Hi Everybody,
♦♦♦♦ COMPETITION RESULTS ♦♦♦♦
Congratulations go to Reece McLaren, Jordan McIntyre, Dylan Clarke & Grant Graving
who competed in a comp in Brisbane, Saturday 1st May
The boys enjoyed a very successful day bringing home their share of the medals.
Reece winning Gold in the Gi division and Gold in the No Gi division, Jordan winning Gold in the under 14 year old division, Dylan
winning Silver and Grant just missing out on bronze in a very closely contested match. Congratulations also go to George Jukes & Zowie
McGrath for competing.
♦♦♦♦ UPCOMING EVENTS ♦♦♦♦
MAY: Saturday 29th Rize MMA Fight Show in Brisbane. We will be taking a bus down, if anyone is interested let me know.
JUNE: Saturday19th Queensland BJJ Tournament is to held on the Gold Coast.
JULY: Saturday 10th One of Qld’s most innovated coaches of MMA & BJJ, Vincent Perry
(BJJ Black Belt ) will hold a Seminar in Toowoomba. There will be two seminars run one for each style – Other clubs are welcome to
attend. Seminar costs are 45 for one style & $15 for second. Payment for seminar is due 16th June
AUGUST: Sunday 1st No 1 BJJ Coach in Australia John Will will hold a seminar on the Gold Coast.
SEPTEMBER: Saturday 11th Machado National BJJ Competition held in Melbourne. This event is the largest BJJ event run in Aust & showcases
the highest level of talent going around. At this stage Ka-chi is taking a team of 5 down. Jordan McIntyre from our juniors and from the adults
there is Reece McIntyre, Elijah Kennedy, Zowie McGrath and myself will be competing in the respective divisions. On the Sunday they will be
attending a Rigan Machado Seminar. Rigan is ranked the best BJJ’er out of both the Gracie and Machado families (for those who didn’t know). These
families are the leaders in taking BJJ to the Western world from their home country of Brazil.
Keep Up & Keep Fit.
Joe
0408 790 641
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NEXT GRADING DATES
Juniors will grade 9am Saturday 20th March.
Senior Gradings will be 9am
Saturday 27th March.
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KA-CHI
MIXED MARTIAL ARTS
FEBRUARY 2010
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Two of our students – Justin Behan & Elijah Kennedy are competing in the Underground
MMA Cage Fight Series
event
being held at USQ 6pm Saturday 26th February. This fight series will
also be held at Gladstone, Hervey Bay & Mount Isa
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There will be a
John Will Seminar
held at the Gold Coast on 27th February – For
Bookings see David Behrendt.
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Enemy On The Floor Saturday 13th March at the PCYC come and support the guys
Competing
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Hi Everybody,
Welcome back, hope your Christmas & New Year break was enjoyable.
♦♦♦♦ JUNIOR CLASSES ♦♦♦♦
Great to see how much our Junior classes have increased this year; we have gone from
12 Students in the 6-12 yr class to 19 & from 5 to 14 in the 13-16 yr class. We only take a maximum of 22 per class, eventually we will have a waiting list for enrolements.
I would like to welcome the following members to our club:
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6 - 12 YEARS CLASS
♣ Connor Vayro
♣ Matthew Rode
♣ Kale Ross
♣ Jaydan Shanks
♣ Sebastian Mould
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13 - 16 YEARS CLASS
♣ Jordan McIntyre
♣ Dougal Ferguson
♣ Alarna Massey
♣ Jacob Collins
♣ Ben Collins
♣ Zachary Harvey
♣ Mitchell Fitzgerald
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♥♥♥♥ WEDDING BELLS ♥♥♥♥
Congratulations to Melissa Logan & Bobby Dixon who were married on Saturday
23rd January 2010.
♥♥♥♥ NEW ARRIVAL ♥♥♥♥
Congratulations to Gerard & Gina on the safe arrival of their beautiful baby girl “Amelia”
born on the 21st January. Mum and bub doing very well, poor Dad is still recovering.
Keep Up & Keep Fit.
Joe
0408 790 641
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KA-CHI
MIXED MARTIAL ARTS
DECEMBER 2009
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CONGRATULATIONS
To the following junior students for grading on:
Saturday 28th Noveber 09
Orange Level
♦ Charlotte Logan
♦ Hannah Logan
♦ Jeremy Harris
♦ Nelson Shears
Green Level
♦ Kristy Vayro
Blue Level
♦ Kaylena B
Probationary Brown
♦ Josh Wilson
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CONGRATULATIONS
To The Following Students For Recently Grading:
1st level BJJ/MMA
• Matt Hand
• Steve Prigg
• Ashly Costidell
• John Alexander
• Reece McLaren
• Steven Blows
• Josh Ryan
3rd level BJJ/MMA
• David Rogers
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Hi Everyone,
JUNIORS CHRISTMAS PARTY held on Saturday 4th December went well,
we had 18 juniors that played had fun, ate heaps and then we watched
“Ice Age 3”; which I enjoyed. The New Year is shaping up well for the
Junior class with only six places left in 6-12yr classes to reach the cap
of 22 students.
ADULT CLASSES: There won’t be any formal times, but there will be
training organized and run by George 0419 361 323 & David
0405 357 201. If you want to do some training ring to find out when
a class is running. Our 1st day back is Wednesday 6th January 2010
CONGRATULATIONS JAMES McKAY
WINNER
QUEENSLAND FREE STYLE WRESTLING TITLE
UNDER 66KG
AND ALSO WINNING THE UNDER 74KG DIVISION
SUBMISSION WRESTLING COMP SATURDAY
12TH DECEMBER 2009
TOOWOOMBA PCYC
Congratulations to the seven club members that competed, with
everyone getting a WIN in the 1st round John Alexander, Steven Blows, Josh Ryan, Sam Holmes, Matt Hand,
with Justin Behan being very unlucky not to go onto win a medal.
Elijah Kennedy WON GOLD in a well contested 70 – 80kg division all
by leg lock except one by a guillotine choke. In my eyes they are all winners by just putting themselves
out there under comp pressure
BIRTHDAY WISHES FOR DECEMBER:
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♣ Darin Volger 6th
♣ Brenton Lee 10th
♣ Jason O’Brien 31st
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♣ Justin Behan 8th
♣ Matt Westhead 25th
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BIRTHDAY WISHES FOR JANUARY:
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♣ Trevor Ensor 11th
♣ Guy Bradney 16th | |
♣ Nick Flanders 11th
♣ Stewart Hinz 28th
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DIRECT DEBIT STUDENTS: Please be aware the your fee is
Calculated over a full 12 month period, therefore your
Payment will continue over the Christmas break
Keep Up & Keep Fit.
Merry Christmas and I’ll see you in the
new year.
Joe
0408 790 641
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COMING EVENTS
♦ Adult Gradings
Saturday 5th Dec
♦ Junior Gradings
Saturday 28th Nov
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KA-CHI
MIXED MARTIAL ARTS
NOVEMBER 2009
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Happy Birthday
♣ Tim Edge 2nd
♣ Aaron Flanders 4th
♣ Kane McLaren 14th
♣ Kaylena Behrendt 20th
♣ Tristan Sorenson 22nd
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Juniors Christmas Party Movie & Games Night
Sat 5th Dec
From 6pm to 9:30pm
BYO Drinks and a plate to share.
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CONGRATULATIONS
To The Following Students For Recently Grading:
• Jack Boland
• James Collins
• Molly O'Connell
• Trevor Stewart
• Keith Kennings
• Elijah Kennedy
• Justin Behan
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ADULT CHRISTMAS PARTY
Saturday 12th Dec
Will probably meet for drinks and then go out after.
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Hi Everybody,
NEW WEIGHTS SECTION: As most of you know I ran a survey over the past month with the question, which
would you prefer – a MMA Cage to train in or a weight section. Out of 30 students that filled out the
survey 12 students voted for the Weight Section, 5 for the MMA Cage and 13 students voted Weight Section
1st with the MMA Cage in the future. So the decision has been made Weights Section it is! Hopefully by
the New Year we will have our Weight Section available to students, which will include a:
♠ Squat Rack Tower
♠ Cable Cross Over
♠ Chin up and Dip Tower | |
♠ Bench Press
♠ Free Weights / Dumbells set up to 40kg
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SATURDAY CLASSES: have become very popular with BJJ beginners classes at 9am and No Gi / MMA class
on at 10am. If you can come along you should to get that bit extra training in. It is always good to get
numbers for the guys who travel in from Crowsnest & Warwick (each being about 40mins North & South of
Tmba).
QLD WRESTLING TITLES: James McKay is competing in Brisbane on Sat 7th Nov. I will keep you all posted
on how he goes. He is looking very sharp and fit which is always a good start GOOD LUCK JAMES!!
UFC 105: All invited to Keith & Mindy’s place for viewing of the “Coulture Vs Vera” fight & more –
1pm Sat 21st November. R.S.V.P. Wed 18th BYO
CHRISTMAS BREAK: As we do every year the training center will close down for a few weeks over
Christmas. A good time to chill out, go to lots of party’s get fat and need to come back to training
LOL. Seriously it a good time for a break and come back with battery’s fully charged and ready for another
year of getting back into shape.
Juniors last class will be Wed 2nd Dec, and 1st class back on Mon 1st Feb and Seniors last class
will be sat 12th Dec, back on Wed 6th Jan 2010
BELATED BIRTHDAY WISHES FOR OCTOBER:
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♣ Keith Jennings 7th
♣ Steven Blows 29th | |
♣ Ashly Costidell 16th
♣ Michelle Murphy 25th |
Keep Up & Keep Fit
Joe
0408 790 641
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COMING EVENTS
♦ Adult Gradings
Saturday 10th Oct
♦ Junior Gradings
Saturday 24th Oct
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KA-CHI
MIXED MARTIAL ARTS
OCTOBER 2009
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Happy Birthday
♣ David Behrendt 14th
♣ Nelson Spears 19th
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Juniors Christmas Party DVD & Games Night
Date & Time to be Announced
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CONGRATULATIONS
To The Following Students:
• George Jukes
(Team Leader)
• Justin Behan
•Josh Ryan
• Sam Holmes
• Steven Blows
• Brenton Lee
• Andrew Cataldo
• Matt Westhead
• Sam O’Neil
For competing in Matt Coopers BJJ comp Brisbane Sat 3rd Oct
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MEMBERSHIP CARDS
Will be given out
not only to identify you as a club member, it also entitles you to discount at
Fight World
Martial Art Equipment Supplies
&
La Porchetta Restaurant
in Hume Street
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Hi Everybody,
I will be making this a monthly update on what has happened, is happening and future news at KMMA.
A lot has happened since our January 2007 newsletter.
Tuesday 19th August 2008 we shifted from a part time setup training at TSHS hall relocating to full time premises in Isaac Street, where we can add a touch of professionalism and consistency to our training.
The other major change would be the creation of our web site www.kmma.com.au (check it out if you haven’t already). I may be a bit bias but I think it is one of the best laid out and easy to find info and sites I have ever seen. Thanks has to go to Melissa Logan (former student) for her efforts on this one.
INCREASED FLOOR SPACE: On Monday 10th August 2009 because of increased interest in training we added another 11m x 6m matted area to the existing area, making a total of 180 mats (180 sq mtrs)
BJJ BROWN BELT: On a personal note, me receiving my Brown Belt in BJJ on the 18th December 2008, which is something that seemed so far away when I 1st started. But now I have my Black Belt in focus more than ever and have been training accordingly.
KMMA FUTURE PLANS: I am presently in the motions of setting up a weights area, decked out with some professional gear to complement our existing training, hopefully this will be happening within the next few months.
MMA CONDITIONING CLASS :This class is designed to increase fitness, core strength and building strength in you stabilizing muscle groups, unfortunately if we cannot get consistent numbers we may have to put a hold on these classes. The classes currently run at 6pm Tuesday’s and Thursday’s.
Please let me know if you want to take your training to the next level and join these classes (remember this is included in training fees).
OPEN MAT: -training will be once a month- Night TBA - BJJ 6 – 7:30, MMA / Kickboxing 7:30 – 8:30. It would be just wrestling / sparing or your choice of training. If you are interested in attending the MMA conditioning class on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6pm please let me know
STUDENT ATTENDANCE RECORD: I will be implementing this record so I am able to keep track of attendances for eligibility towards being graded. You must make sure you print your name in the attendance book each time you attend a class (if you forget to signin it will take longer for you to grade).
If any KMMA members wish to add anything to our news letters in the future please see me. This news letter is for any news worthy info that is not only related to training but, has something to announce on a personal note or working life.
Keep Up & Keep Fit
Joe
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