1st Full Contact Sombo Course

Full Contact Sombo and Sport CombatSombo

Level 1 Instructor Course

Organised by the BCSA

1st April 2012,

Venue, Black Knights Gym Burnley

Coach/Tutor Allan Clarkin

The first of many.

Nine Sombo players attended the course, this includes two females.

Females are not permitted to compete in these events but there is no rule to say they can not become instructors.

The course started with a welcome and photo, which took some time as the camera decided to have a little fun on the day, this broke the ice.

Course content was started with a warm up, warm ups can save time on foot work and movement, so basic foot work and movement was shown and then used as a warm up with light hand techniques.

It was explained the importance of correct foot work and distancing, so we can execute strikes and the ability to close the distance for grips moving into throws.

Students then paired up and put their new skills to the test, with NONE Contact sparring, this is to train the brain, so it will develop the skill to read the correct distance for what strike to use.

We then progressed to pad drills for basic techniques, hand strikes, kicks and knees.

Explanation was given how to hold the focus mitts, kick shields and Thai pads.

The basic strikes were all from the first three grades of the Full Contact syllabus.

Students after some time on these new skills went on to combinations, once again all from the syllabus.

Consent feed back was given the students as regards positioning of the feet, correcting posture and also showing blocking skills against strikes.

Advice was given on the type of gloves for early days in sparring moving to the type of gloves for competition, the same applied to head guards.

Now moving onto body conditioning and improving fitness levels, circuit training, bag work, medicine balls, grappling dummies and how to use body shields with focus mitts to pre-pair the body.

Throughout the course advice was being given with questions being asked.

After 4 1/2 hours of taking information in, it was time for the students to become Instructors. They paired up and each had to instructor in all aspects covered on the day for 20 minutes, all this time they were being marked and advice given, how to improve their coaching skills. Students then reversed roles.

Was it over no, to make sure students had taken info on board a questionnaire had to be completed.

Finally instructing a group of students and warm down a good six hours of hard work by all.

I would like to compliment all nine Sombo students for their attitude all day, with nine good passes.

I hope in the future some will attempt Level 2 and more will attend the next Level 1.

The sport is not be be feared but understood and developed.

Thanks to the BSCA and BSF for allowing me to put these course on.

TIME TO EDUCATE STUDENTS 

Good luck to all NEW INSTRUCTORS

Allan Clarkin

Summer Camp

BRITISH SOMBO FEDERATION

INTERNATIONAL BUDO FEDERATION

SUMMER CAMP

Thursday  August 23rd till Saturday August 25th  2012

Featuring:

JUDO-MMA-SOMBO-SPORTCOMBATSOMBO-COMBATSOMB0-JUDO KATA

GRADINGS in all subjects

SWALE MARTIAL ARTS CLUB
127 EAST STREET
SITTINGBOURNE ME10 4BL

All Ages 10 years and above

This is the 45th year this Camp has been in operation and in the past few years it has been held at the ACF Camp Dibgate Folkestone because of the Olympic Games Kent ACF have had to use the facility this year and they get preference. So we have decide to run a 3 day course at SMAC it is not a residential Course but those that want to sleep in the Dojo may so. Those who prefer more comfortable surrounding there is a Travel Lodge on the out skirts of Town next to the Bobbing Apple Pub/Restaurant

The Course is £100 for the 3 days or £40 a Day. All participants must hold one of the following memberships, International Budo Federation, British Combatsombo Association, GrapplingUK, British Grappling Association, ReStar Sambo. Minimum age is 12

Thursday:

10am – 11.15.am Sombo 11.30am – 1pm SportCombatSombo

2pm – 3.15pm MMA 3.30pm – 5pm 7pm – 9pm Annual Bash all styles of jacket wrestling Judo Sombo Kurash

Friday:
Judo

10 – 11.15am Competitive Throwing Techniques

11.30am – 1pm Technical application to throws

2pm – 3.15pm Ground fighting holds and pins

3.30pm – 5pm Submissions and painful holds

Saturday:

10am till 3pm preparing for grading and Nage No Kata

Gradings for all disciplines 4pm cost is relavant to students level but all gradings must be booked in advance .

We do have acces to another Dojo if advanced Kata needs to be taught

To Book your place

Name Address D.O.B. Email Mob Tel No with Cheque payable IBF Closing date July 30^th 2012

Send to IBF VALMAR House 118 East Street Sittingbourne kent ME10 4RX

Full Contact Sombo

Allan Clarkin with Warriors Coach Michael Hutchinson

1^st Full Contact Sombo (Combat Sambo)

Instructors Awards Course

BSF National Coach Allan Clarkin organised the first ever course like this in his Gym in Burnley and it was undoubtable success. He covered all aspects of Comabt Sambo and SportCombatSombo. This Award goes along side our current Sombo Instructors Award which has been a great success. Allan plans more of these in the future

Qualified Full Contact Sombo Level 1 Instructors

Daniel Clarkin

Ben Whitehead

Ryan Taylor

Michael Hutchinson

Joshua Dand

Andrew Ashworth

Emma Reid

Diane Hawkins

Gintaras Jonuskis

Young Judo Club Big Bang weekend

YOUNG JUDO CLUB

BIG BANG WEEKEND

Saturday and Sunday March 31^st Sunday April 1^st was a tremendous weekend for the Young Judo Club based at Swale Martial Arts Club. The club, which was started in 1957 by Margret and Knobby Clarke, have been a bit in the doldrums lately with our players not wanted to enter competitions but this weekend all that changed.

On the Saturday our junior section were at Capel Le Ferne participating in the Spitfire Open Judo Championships, most of the YJC players were new to competition. Best player of the day in the whole competition was 12-year-old Lewis Clarke it had an array of techniques and was trying all of them to very good effect but still only managed Silver. In his final fight he was beating his opponent hands down he had a Waza-ari score 7pt and several Yuko’s 5pt scores but like his father Coach John likes the glory of a big throw. Instead of being tactical and holding on to a points score he tried a big throw made a mistake and got held down Lesson learnt better now at 12 then when he is an International Senior (hopefully)

 On the Sunday we sent just 3 players to the BJA Kent Championships at Dartford and all three cam back with a Gold a 100% record

Liam Jordan regular Judo, Sombo and Kurash Competitor took Gold in his age and weight category in style his final two fights he scored Ippon (Knockout Throw) with atwo tremendous Hips throws

Ashley Costa our most experience Judoka also a British standard Sambo and Kurash player was in great form winning Gold with relative ease.

Andy Smith was in devasting form winning all his matches with foot throws. Andy is not far away from his Black Belt if he keeps this up it will be sooner then later

Folkestone

gold

Morgan laws (first ever gold medal)

silver

Marissa laws

William Bryce (yjc competitor of the day)

Harry (Nobby) Clarke

Lewis Clarke

bronze

Kieran Webb

Corbin Lucas

Xavier Holland

Kent closed

gold

Ashley costa

Andy smith

Liam Jordan

 Keith Costa 3^rd Dan is the YJC Coach in charge of Juniors and Teachers on a Tuesday, with Paul Soulsby finishing as a Judo Coach Keith will take over his Thursday Class, This class will be quite unusual as it will feature Judo, Sombo and Kurash. Lets not forget his Friday Parent and Child class where parents train in Judo with their children. YJC has kept its prices the same for 5 years No that is not true we dropped them this year for £17.50p per month they can train 3 times a week that just £1.34p per lesson

 Anyone interested in Judo should go to www.youngjudo 

Dutch Open Spitfire Report MMA Comp in Sittingbourne

Click for a report on Dutch Open from Spitfire http://spitfirejudoclub.co.uk/News___Results.php

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


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWoHHhRkevI&list=UU0H5nHBBkYRFuTVXpuW2xgw&index=17&feature=plcp

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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