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Swale Open MMA Wrestling Tournament

MMA Wrestling has become very popular throughout the country and Sittingbourne is no different. It seems to be the COOL thing to do and in the 12 months since John Clarke has been running the MMA section for the Warriors Grappling Academy at the Swale Martial Arts Club East Street Sittingbourne he  has had hundreds through the door. Yet most just stay long enough to brag to their mates “I have done MMA” those who do stay realise how hard the sport is and realise you need dedication to keep it up.

This was the second MMA tournament run at the club and this time attracted grapplers from Essex. The rules are very simple all you have to wear is a T-shirt and shorts, and then you fight for 4 minutes with the idea of getting a submission on your opponent. If there is a draw and the end of the match, both are placed in a leg lock position and then they have 1 minute to make their opponent submit, if after this 1 minute they are stood up and fight till one is thrown. As you can see simple but hard and not suitable for wimps.

It was interesting to see the development of the wrestlers and how their skill level has improved in the last tournament most matches finished in a stale mate but not on this occasion as most finished with in the time frame with a submission.

 17 year old Mark Salter is becoming a force to be reckoned with he started with the Warriors when he was 16 starting first with Pankration Ancient Greek Fighting System when the club moved to MMA he stayed with it. He now practises Combat Wrestling (Wrestling with strikes) and has recently started Judo and Sombo with Keith Costa on a Friday. Once Michael Hutchinson qualifies as a Full Contact Sombo Coach he will join with him in a new class. The Club needs youngsters like Mark

Most probably the most exciting’s events of the day was the Heavyweight and Open weight section. In the Heavy weight final was Combat Wrestling Coach Michael Hutchinson who background is Kickboxing, CombatSombo and MMA v Policeman Andy Bell a Kick boxer, Boxer, Judo, Player, Sombo Wrestler, Jiu Jitsu expert and MMA fighter. This battle of the giants nearly went the distance with Michael catching Andy with a Leg lock to win but Andy was to have his revenge in the final returning the compliment by Leg Locking Michael.

 Oh and we must not forget to mention the youngest MMA fighter 12 year Lewis Clarke fourth generation of the Clarke dynasty doing Martial Arts did not win a medal but had a go. John would like to see more youngest trying MMA, Judo and Sombo

For those have the courage to do MMA  the club practises at the Swale Martial Arts Club East Street Sittingbourne on a Wednesday 7pm followed by Combat Wrestling.

Next tournament at SMAC will be a Sombo Wrestling tournament for Children and Adults and is open to all comer we will supply the jackets. This will be held on Sunday April 15^th.

For more information email: ibfbcsa@gmail.com  07825224940  www.warriorsgrapplingacademy.co.uk

Heavy weight

1 Michael Hutchinson

2 Jamie Marzetti

3 Andy bell

Middleweight

1 Leo Italy

2 Pete squire

3 Paul cook

Lightweight

4 Keith brown

3 Andy Smith

2 mat wood

1 mark salter

Open champ

Andy bell

Membership

Just a reminder to you all that membership is due for IBF BCSA GUK BGA on March 28th also club and coach insurance is due details on the web site

Remember you are not insured as of March 28th

please use Excel sheet to send membership via email and then send cheque via post or internet banking if you use Paypal make sure you pay the commission

All ways check outhttp://www.grapplinguk.co.uk/forthcoming_events.htm 

Next event April 15th Swale Open Sombo

Sambo at its best

British Team this is what you have to expect at the European Championships in May


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Full Contact Women's MMA Disgusting

Have a look at this clip it seems the MMA girl was rubbishing the Judo Girl

Sorry do not like to see women fighting not very feminine tolerate Jack Wrestling for women but them hitting each other in scanty clothes no way, even if they are good fighters

John Clarke & Colin Carrott pass Exam

John Clarke and Colin Carrott

Pass IBF Level 3 Coaching Award

Only one person to pass this before them was 66-year-old Dave Boulding 6^th Dan

28 years ago the Judo thinker Geoff Gleeson 9^th Dan developed the IBF Coaching Effective Programme at the bequest of the International Budo Federation he was assisted by Martin Clarke 8^th Dan.

The Programme was much more then just another Coaching Award Scheme, the programme is very comprehensive as is shown by its philosophy, the philosophy of the programme is laid out under 3 headings :

1)   Self Development

2)   Benefitting Others

3)   Social Obligation

The programme goes on to explain what is required for the 5 different level. The fifth being equivalent to a Degree.

This award was there to produce better coaches and better human beings and had no other value then to gain knowledge but as time went by complete courses like this became unpopular because of the time required for the course and people were saying it was old fashioned. Yet just because something is old doesn’t make it a bad thing.

The IBF had to move with what people wanted and that was gaining qualification by taking certificates in different parts i.e. First Aid, Child Protection, Safety etc. also many organisations were moving to practical exams and this what the IBF followed and they developed the IBF Proficiency Award Scheme which was a system based on Practical application participants developing different Instructor Level. The IBF still distinguished a difference between a Coach and Instructor.

The exam is very difficult there is the obvious things like being a certain standard in your Martial Art or equivalent hours of training, if a competive Martial arts must have a Referees award and Competition Controllers award, First Aid Certificate, etc. but was the hardest part was to give a written answer to some academic questions e.g.:

1)   If illusion is the source of creativity, what is the value of rote learning?

2)   Is Kata necessary, or is repetition the bolthole of the quack?

3)   Is Morality a camouflage for the cynic, or the powerhouse of progress?

There are total of 9 questions, which have to be answered like this.

So you can understand why most coaches did not want to do the Coach Effective Programme because it takes you beyond just teaching a movement. Interesting enough I said early that this type of course was old fashioned by I notice that the relative new UKCC United Kingdom Coaching Certificate now takes several days of tution  and they have followed very much what Geoff Gleeson first suggested 30 years ago. UKCC has government funding so should be more detailed then the IBF Coaching Effective System Geoff helped a little by me all those years ago.

Will the UKCC, along side Club Mark be successful in a limited -but the majority of Sports people will not give up several weekends and at the cost of hundred of pounds just to Coach others especially if they are doing the coaching voluntarily the same will apply to Club Mark. Both these schemes are very laudable but are only suitable for Professional Clubs/Coaches or very big amateur clubs who can afford the expense

Anyone interested in learning to Coach Combat Arts should contact Martin Clarke ibfbcsa@gmail.com or come to the Swale Martial Arts Club 127 East Street Sittingbourne Kent ME10 4BL

Belsey Brothers Success

Casey and Bradley Belsey from the Isle of Sheppy joined the Warriors Grappling Academy last year to try out MMA, Sombo, Kurash and Judo. The Academy is based at the Swale Martial Arts Club East Street Sittingbourne. Both men are accomplished Judo Players representing GB both have been trained by their father 3^rd Dan Rob Belsey

On Sunday 12th February 2012 they took part in the Northern Home Counties Open, this was a Senior and Masters Ranking event. British ranking are now done on various competitions so this was an important event for those wishing to compete for GB and eventually go to the Olympics.

Bradley is the oldest of the brothers and fought in the Men’s u60 kilo class winning Bronze putting him amongst the top 3 in the country

Younger brother Casey fought in the men’s u66 kilo class on his way to the final he Scottish and Senior Squad players he lost to the Senior Welsh Champion

These two men along with their Coach/Father have travelled the length and breadth of the UK to compete they train 5 days a week and some weekends and that is the only way if you want to make it to the top in any grappling sport

Both have become excellent MMA and Sombo fighters, we expect to see a lot of MMA titles under their belt in the future and already British Sombo Federation National Coach John Clarke who is based at the Warriors has put their names forward to represent GB in the European Sombo Championships to be during May in Moscow.

Those who are interested in MMA, Judo, Sombo, Kurash should contact us on ibfbcsa@gmail.com or visit www.warriorsgrapplingacademy.co.uk

MMA, Sombo Instructor Michael Hutchinson will be attending a Full Contact Sombo Course in Burnley Lancashire in April. The course is being run by BSF Full Contact Sombo National Coach Allen Clarkin and is designed to get people to instructor level. If Michael succeeds he will be the only qualified Coach in Kent. Full Contact Sombo is an extension of Sombo Wrestling where players can kick and punch I is sometimes called MMA with Jackets. Michael already coaches Combat Grappling on a Wednesday this wrestling without jackets which allows striking

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Stroke

Stroke has a new indicator They say if you e-mail this to ten people, you stand a chance of saving one life. Will you send this along? Blood Clots/Stroke- They Now Have a Fourth Indicator, the Tongue. I will continue to forward this every time it comes around! STROKE: Remember the 1st Three Letters..... S.. T. R. STROKE IDENTIFICATION: During a BBQ, a woman stumbled and took a little fall - she assured everyone that she was fine (they offered to call paramedics) ...she said she had just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes. They got her cleaned up and got her a new plate of food. While she appeared a bit shaken up, Jane went about enjoying herself the rest of the evening. Jane's husband called later telling everyone that his wife had been taken to the hospital - (at 6:00 PMJane passed away.) She had suffered a stroke at the BBQ. Had they known how to identify the signs of a stroke, perhaps Jane would be with us today. Some don't die. They end up in a helpless, hopeless condition instead. It only takes a minute to read this. A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within 3 hours he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke...totally. He said the trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed, and then getting the patient medically cared for within 3 hours, which is tough. RECOGNIZING A STROKE Thank God for the sense to remember the '3' steps, STR. Read and Learn! Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer severe brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke. Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple questions: S *Ask the individual to SMILE. T *Ask the person to TALK and SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE (Coherently) (I.e. It is sunny out today.) R *Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS If he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call emergency number immediately and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher. New Sign of a Stroke -------- Stick out Your Tongue NOTE: Another 'sign' of a stroke is this: Ask the person to 'stick' out his tongue. If the tongue is 'crooked', if it goes to one side or the other that is also an indication of a stroke. A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this e-mail sends it to 10 people; you can bet that at least one life will be saved. I have done my part. Will you?

Warriors Club Champs

On Sat 21st of Jan the Warriors Grappling Academy held there club champs which was held at Swale martial Arts Club East Street Sittingbourne. Participation in Adult grappling is on the increase at the Warriors with Judo/Sombo on a Tuesday and MMA on a Wednesday having nearly maximum numbers on the mat we may have to extend to another night. The competition was divided into 3 different disciplines Judo, Sambo and MMA with some very experience international players taking part it was going to be a hard fought tournament. MMA was a new section as this was only started in January 2011 and has been a great success with Paul Clarke competiting who is an experience Cage fighter.
In the Judo comp everyone was hoping not to get the young Jedi 18 year old  Jamie Marzetti and unlucky for Danny Carrott and Paul Clarke they did and the out come for them was a loss and the first time Jamie had beaten his team mate Danny. In the other pool Ashley Costa over come Andy smith and Reece Enfold from Folkestone to meet the young Jedi in the finals. It was a very close fight and both fighter going for it with lots of attacks and plenty of twist and turns but the old man of judo came through and put the young Jedi well in his place with an Ippon, good result for the  31 year old

Results
1st Ashley Costa
2nd Jamie Marzetti
3rd Danny Carrott
3rd Andy Smith

There was only 2 women entered and they fought it out to see who was best and after Debbie Jackson had come back to full training she looked very sharp and was just to good for Kerry Penfold from Folkestone.

Results
1st Debbie Jackson
2nd Kerry Penfold.

Sombo was a turn around for Danny Carrott, Danny although only in his 20’s is a veteran player of several World Championships, clinically disposing of all his opponents

 Results

1st Danny Carrott

2nd Paul Clarke

3rd Ashley Costa

3rd Andy Smith

MMA this as was mentioned a new section and the experience cage fighter Paul Clarke was the favourite but Jamie an experienced Sombo player caught him with a leg lock something Sombo players are famous for

Results

1st Jamie Marzetti

2nd Paul Clarke

3rd Andy Smith

3rd Keith Costa

Its was a very good comp and I was very please to see everyone compete, interesting to note that the same people appeared in the medal tally, this proves you can train in several grappling styles and I would like to thank Vicky, Colin and Keith for there help.

Those interested in Judo/Sombo Training is Tuesday 8pm, MMA and Combat Wrestling is Wednesday at 7pm and Keith Costa has started a beginners course in Judo/Sombo on a Friday night at 7.30pm all at the Swale Martial Arts Club East Street Sittingbourne

More information ibfbcsa@gmail.com 07074 200150 www.sittingbourne.org
John Clarke

Boots and Shorts

Canvas Sambo Boots £10

Waariors MMA Shorts

Keith has Judo

Keith has an Adult beginners Judo class at SMAC every Friday night 7.30pm

It seems my bulk email is being blocked lets hope you get this

Rather then me send out Bulk email can I suggest you visit My group facebook one is Sambo Combat and the other is Grapplinguk or visit my http://combatarts.blogspot.com/ on a regular basis. I do not enter into discussion just advertise what I and my organisations are doing

Martin Clarke

Martin Clarke Judo Sambo Man

Unusual Demo's

Ready for 2012

Welcome to 2012 hopefully it will be better then 2011. If you would like to go to http://www.grapplinguk.co.uk/forthcoming_events.htm

 And

 http://www.grapplinguk.co.uk/Jiu%20Jitsu%202012.htm

You will see we have a lot on. My main interest is promoting the English Sombo and Full Contact Sombo http://www.britishsombo.co.uk/cap.htm the closing date for this event is February 16^th which is set in stone, no excuses for not registering on time. You must belong to one of the following British Sombo Federation Associations English Sombo Federation, Scottish Sombo Federation, N Ireland Sombo Federation, Red Star Sambo, Russian All Round Fighting (Sambo section) British CombatSombo Association, and Grappling UK. Of course you must present yourself in correct attire. This competition will help us pick teams for the Europeans and Worlds. 47 days to get your entry in.

Will remind you again in 10 days

NEED ALL YOUR SUPPORTS FOR THIS EVENT

FIAS President visits GB

On Tuesday evening December 6th BSF President Martin Clarke and BSF Vice President Colin Carrott, travelled to the Dorchester Hotel in Park Lane London to have a meeting with FIAS President Vasily Shestakov also present was FIAS Vice President Andrey Kliamko, Alexander Kutznetsov and Andrew Moshanov. The President was in town for other business but wanted an appraisal of British Sombo and how FIAS can help.

FIAS has appointed Andrew Moshanov as the FIAS Liaison Officer for Great Britain, British Sombo Federation must have created a good example for FIAS to take such big interest in us. Some of you may not know Andrew Moshanov, he in fact a world renowned Judo Coach and until recently was the Technical Advisor for the British Judo Association and according to my sources made a big impact on the BJA. Yet what is important to us is that Andrew was a successful Sombo Player and produced a couple of World Ladies Champions, he is very well connected in the Sombo World. He will undoubtedly be a great attribute to the BSF.

The meeting covered many aspects the introduction of Sambo.TV on the internet was seen as a massive plus, FIAS are now paying  World Champions Men, Women and Combat Sambo an annual fee for being placed in the World Championships Gold will get 1000$ a month Silver 750$ a month and Bronze 500$ a definite incentive. Discussion also revolved around GB holding a European Championship, Martin said that he had organise one in 1989 in Herne Bay which was a financial disaster. The President said that FIAS would help with the financial aspect which is good but the BSF needs to find a suitable venue and most importantly Volunteers which are prepared to help. FIAS are very excited about the World University and Student Championships being held near Moscow in 2013, Martin promised to promote this by contacting the various Sporting Bodies connected Students.  FIAS also want to get the BSF recognised by the British Olympic Association Martin explained that the BOA will only accept organisations that recognised by UKSport and are an Olympic Sport. The BSF is recognised by UKSport but until Sombo is recognised as an Olympic sport they can go no further.

The President asked how the BSF saw the future Martin answered

1)      Massive adverting campaign in the Martial Arts Media, sadly to say Martial Arts Magazine very rarely print reports unless in advertisement goes in at the same time

2)      Coaches to go the length and breadth of the British Isles coaching and introducing Sombo to other styles of Combat. This we have already started with John Clarke and Colin Carrott. If we could get funding the Coaches could get paid and the Courses would be free

3)       A couple of months after coaching a club we could return and run a small competition in there club premises. These would be a feed for bigger tournaments

4)      BSF are encouraging its members clubs to run more of these smaller events as the Financial situation  in GB is hitting people badly

5)      Martin has personally purchased £10,000 worth of Sombo Jackets and Boots to keep the sport going as it has always been difficult getting equipment

Mr Shestakov said that FIAS may help with some Junior Jackets; he also said he may be able to help with Wrestling Mats and getting top quality Coaches to come to GB. Martin thanked him for this and said the jackets would be well received but sending a Coach would only be useful for the more experienced Somboist, they would be wasted on beginners.

The meeting finished with Andrew Moshanov agreeing to organise a business plan and FIAS would keep in regular touch with the BSF. FIAS President thanked Martin and Colin attending and congratulated them on their 25^th year

A Sambo Award letter from Steve Sweetlove MBE

Dear Martin,

I could not let go the passing of twenty five years of the British Sambo Federation (BSF) go without writing to you. It is a great shame that there was no celebration of this achievement. I know you tried your very best to have a twenty five year celebration competition but due of a lack of entries it had to be cancelled. I also tried to organise a celebration dinner but it was impossible to make it financially viable.

As you know I was one of the first to join the newly formed BSF in 1986 and my Bedford Club has produced many National Champions over the years, Mark Wainwright, Tracy Farmer, Emily Gittens, Zane Lightfoot, Chris Kefford, Chris Golder and John Nichols, to name just a few. I also introduced Mick Player, Matthew Clempner and Paul Sawyer to the BSF and I in the past I run many tournaments on behalf of the BSF. I think I have given my fair share to the promotion of Sambo.

I find it really sad that the interest in Sambo in Great Britain is not what it once was, like the days when the team included Olympians, Commonwealth champions and when sportsmen/women gained medals at European and World level. I well remember how well you fought at the World Championships in Pau, France and was so proud of the way you won the Silver medal, it is one memory that will always stick in my mind.....fantastic performance!

I admire you for introducing Sambo to Great Britain and for keeping the BSF going for so long. I was pleased to see your email concerning the new found interest and help you are going to receive from FIAS, I hope it is the start of a revival for the BSF.

To celebrate the first twenty five years of the BSF, I would like to present a trophy that should be presented on a Bi Annual basis to the 'Unsung Hero'. The award should be given to the sportsperson who has made a substantive, yet unrecognised contribution to sport. Sportspeople are nominated by members of the BSF, and must be aged 16 years or over Nominees may not put themselves forward or be nominated by a member of their immediate family. A nominee must actively help others participate in a sport at any level on a voluntary basis. The work they do must not be part of their job or take part within their place of work. Previous winners of the award will be ineligible for nomination for the period of five years after first receiving it. The award can go to players, coaches, organisers and tournament directors etc, in fact anyone involved in Sambo.

If you agree, this year the award should go to you for the tireless work you have given over the past twenty five years, however you may wish to decline and open up the nominations for this year.

Perhaps the award can be presented at the next tournament and then annually either at the AGM or National championships. To make the decision impartial the committee for deciding who should get the award will consist of you, Mick Poole and I.

Regards

Stephen Sweetlove MBE

Dear Steve

Great idea and it is the first time since I started the BSF that anyone has recognised my contribution obviously I can not say whether I should receive the award. The fact you and Mick think I should be rewarded is a Thank you in its own right.

Martin

Jamie Marzetti

Jamie Marzetti recently took part in British Judo Association Help the Heroes’ judo comp in Gillingham. in the u82kg section Jamie had 3 fight from which he won the first 2 with no problems at all winning both with Ippon and in the finals it seemed that it was impossible to get another Ippon and won the finals with 5 yukos.
Coach John said i am really impressed with Jamie at the moment he is training really well and hard and is ready to go for his 2nd Dan next year and if he keeps this up i don’t see him having any problem in gaining it.
Anyone interested in Judo/Sambo competitive training come along on a Tuesday at 8pm. In the New Year Keith Costa 3^rd Dan will be starting a Adult Beginners Judo Class on a Friday 7.30 pm at the Swale Martial Arts Club East Street Sittingbourne, Sambo Grandmaster Martin Clarke will be starting up the Advanced Sambo Clas on a Thursday 7.30pm at the same venue
Further information ibfbcsa@gmail.com 07074 200150 www.warriorsgrapplingacademy.co.uk www.youngjudoclub.co.uk

Warriors



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World Sambo Prelim report

Over the past few days I have been at the World Sambo Championship in Vilnius Lithuania, absolutely brilliant FIAS has well over 80 Countries and I believe there was 60 countries actually competiting. The standard was amazing and you can watch on www.sambo.tv, GB took two players Danny Roberts and Barry Gibson both only had one fight as in the worlds you can only fight for bronze if you lose to a finalist, both them made a good account. The BSF would like to take more fighters but as we receive no grants or sponsorship it has become increasingly difficult financially. I went to watch and attend the FIAS Congress meeting and it cost me personally £800 for 4 days.


Yet there is some hope the Russians have said they will support us at the Europeans and pay for 3 Sambo and 3 Combat Sambo players accommodation at the Europeans in next years European Championships in Moscow and the BSF have agreed that I will select the Sambo players and Robin in conjunction with Alan Clarkin will select the Combat Sambo players, we are not restricted to three players and can take a full contingent. Must point this is Combat Sambo not my SportCombatSombo, Combat Sambo is full contact on the ground as well.

While at the meeting it was said that $3 million will be spent next year promoting Sambo and money was on offer. I said it was important for GB that we started to see more top World class Sambo players attending British competitions and this have agreed to do. They will be looking for a suitable date and we will get a venue near an airport such as Gatwick or Glasgow, with the letter being the more favourable as we get more support from the North then the South and also Robin make get grants and sponsorship something not happening in the South,

While at the World‘s Robin and Myself met up with Andrew Moshanov a former British Judo Association Technical Director who was a spectator and he has shown a great interest in reviving his interest in Sambo with his influence with the BJA we could see more players having a go.

I am very disappointed with the response to the 25th anniversary (England Open) to day is Tuesday 15th and the closing date is the 21st and we only have a handful of competitors WHY? There is no way the closing date will be extended as it has been advertised for months, this is the trails for anyone wishing to be considered for internationals next year representing England so get booked in.

You will notice I have used the word England well because of the cost of travel, people losing jobs and having wage cuts the BSF have said the economics demand we work from individual countries to help our members. The BSF will apply to FIAS and the European Sambo Federation for permission for them to send National Teams.

The World Combat Games (Combat Olympics organised by Sports Accord) will be held in St Petersburg 2013 and we will hope to send a full team but selection for this event will start January 2012 and competitors will be selected form what they do over a 15 month period

A full report will be put on the net when I get results and Photo’s