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16th August 2010
Regional Event 15th August 2010
Two of our students attended a regional Amatuer MMA event in Peterborough. This was specifically for amatuer MMA fighters to gain experience under a cage enviroment.
Michael Green and Martin Green both did extremely well in thier bouts. Micheal lost the first two but managed to win his last fight to gain a Bronze medal. Martin did excellently by winning his first contest, but unfortunely did not win his others and place forth.
Both Students performed very well, and we have been invited back to their next event.
Our MMA classes run on Sundays at the Brentwood Centre 2 - 4pm. (we are closed until 12th september due to holidays). Ages are 12yrs and over. T Shirts, Shorts, groin gaurd and gum shild will be needed to train.
Please call me on 07999 750319 or email at petejgreen@aol.com (facebook username; petejgreen)
Grading Results
17th July 2010
Kime Ki Martial Arts Academy had its six monthly grading on the 9th July for its Friday evening classes. The students performed excellently. They all worked hard over the last few months on the syllabus that is implimented at the academy.
The students learn the techniques and the japanese names for each technique. The results are as follows;
Mat 1: 5 - 7yrs, 6:15pm to 7pm
Back row left to right - William Stockford - Yellow Belt 2 Orange Tabs, Kai Davis - Yellow Belt 2 Orange Tabs, Kamaron Morgan - Yellow Belt 1 Organge Tab, George Humwick - Yellow Belt 2 Orange Tab, Lois Freeman - Yellow Belt 2 Orange Tab
Front row left to right- Noah Neal - White Belt 3 yellow Tabs, Jack Humwick - White Belt 2 Yellow Tabs, Tom Brown - Yellow Belt, Thomas Lee - Yellow Belt 2 Oragnge Tabs
One student received an award for outstanding acheivement on this mat. This was Kamaron Morgan. He has not been coming for long but excelled in his grading.
Mat 2: 8 - 15yrs, 7 - 8pm
Back row left to right - Richard Hill, Orange Belt 1 Green Tab, Chris Ridgewell - Blue Belt 2 Brown Tabs, Sonny Whitaker - Green Belt 3 Blue Tabs
Front row left to right - Michael Ridgewell - Green Belt 2 Blue Tabs, Robert Hill - Orange Belt.
There was also two students that received an award for Outstanding acheivement, Chris Ridgewell and Richard Hill. Both of these students performed to a high standard. Chris Ridgewell also demonstrated a technique to the examiners that was from our 2nd Dan syllabus. This was Kani Basami.
Mat 3: 16yrs and Over, 8 - 9pm
Only three of our adults were graded this time. Andy Nice (Back row centre) - Green Belt, Dan Johanson (Front row left) - Orange Belt, Steve Johanson (Front row centre) - Green Belt.
We would like to say a special thank you to Andy Nice. He lives in Colchester, and picks up Dan & Steve from Witham on Fridays & Sundays to travel down to train with us. Andy is a very dedicated student.
We would also like to thank to Matt for helping out so well at the grading. Matt only started with us a few weeks ago. Matt came to the 'come and try ' session at the Brentwood Centre which was arranged by the Sports Council as the Festival of Sports.
Classes on a Friday have now closed until 10th September. However classes on a Sunday at the Brentwood Centre will continue during the summer school holidays. These classes are for anyone over the age of 12. This is a Ground Grappling class and teaches you to survive when taken to the ground.
Please feel free to contact us at any time if you are interested in any of our classes. New classes opening soon.
Well done everyone, all of the instructors are proud of you.
Pete Green Chief Instructor
Kime Ki Martial Arts Update 8th July 2010
8th July 2010
Kime Ki Martial Arts Academy Update
8th July 2010
Hi all. We have had a busy few months expanding our classes to incorporate a ground grappling class on Sunday Afternoons at the Brentwood Centre. There are many classes for all ages and abilities so please contact us if you are interested.
In March, Sensei Peter Green was awarded his Master level by Self Defense Germany. Also Michael Green was awarded UK Instructor of the Year. Both had to travel to Munich Germany to receive their awards.
Above – Peter Green receiving his Master award.
Right – back row, Peter Green & Michael Green from Kime Ki Martial Arts Academy, Front row – Victoria Waters & Emma Elmes (Sensei) from the Silver Dragons (Canvey Island). We were the only English academies invited.
Whilst there we were invited to run a Combat Judo seminar for Self Defense Germany. We did this on the 25th June.
Top Right & left - Some of those attending the Combat Judo Seminar. Above - All those who attended from Self Defense Germany.
It was so successful the academy has now been invited to join Self Defense Germany, which we have now done. The academy can now offer its students international grade recognition.
We would like to express a big thank you to all those at self Defense Germany.
We are now looking at opening classes in September on a Wednesday evening at the Brentwood Centre for Judo. Please contact us for more details.
Our Website will soon be up and running and we will let you know as soon as it is available.
On Friday the 9th the students will be undertaking a Grading so good luck everyone.
Brentwood Hockey Club Pre-Season
6th July 2010
Brentwood Hockey Club are currently preparing for the new hockey season which is due to start in September this year.
Some members are regularly visiting the gym, going for runs in the park, swimming and cycling to get themselves fit and ready. Others are still enjoying the break by enjoying BBQs in the sun and beers in the pub!
Congratulations to Brentwood Third Eleven (pictured) who were presented with the League Winners Trophy for the East Division Five South East Division last season. A mixture of old heads and young legs combined well to see off a strong challenge from Southend Second Team to win the league by a clear 6 points and with a goal difference of 60 goals.
If you are interested in playing hockey, Brentwood HC welcome members of all ages from the very young to the more mature. Contact details are available via the club website at http://www.brentwoodhockey.com/
Brentwood Trampoline Club - Results
13th June 2010
Brentwood Trampoline Club members exceeded expectations at the British Gymnastics' Eastern Region grading competition held in Ipswich last weekend.
With 20 of its members competing on the day no less that 16 took individual medals with a further two also joining in a winning team result. Several also achieved personal best scores. The club was also the only one at the competition to see members achieving so-called 'leap-frog' qualifications whereby the performer is qualified to compete two grades higher than their present grade in a future grading.
With 4 grades, G to D, competing in a number of age groups the club saw success at every level:
Grade G - Under 13 girls - winner Maddison Merritt and 3rd place Kendra Sherlock joined by Lauren Bembrick-Taylor & Tegan Roycroft as team winners. Maddison also leap-frog qualified to E and Kendra qualified to F, both with new personal best scores;
Grade G - Over 15 girls - winner Natalie Shade who also qualified to F with new personal best scores;
Grade F - Under 13 girls - winner Lauren Michaels and 2nd placed Lucy Phillips, both also securing new personal best scores and leap-frog qualification to D;
Grade F - Under 15 girls - Emma Brereton took 3rd place with a new personal best score;
Grade F - Under 15 boys - Joseph Dulieu-Hasler took 3rd place;
Grade E - Under 13 girls - Georgia Lewis took 3rd place;
Grade E - Under 13boys - winner Josh Newman;
Grade E - Under 15 boys - winner Kallum Sherlock;
Grade E - Over 15 girls - winner Lauren Marchant followed by Abbie Goldsmith in 2nd place;
Grade D - Under 15 girls - Kensie Sherlock in 2nd place followed by Susannah Badley in 3rd, Kensie also scored new personal bests, Kensie also received an invitation to trial at National C;
Grade D - Under 19 boys - winner Daniel Frost who also received an invitation to trial at National C;
Grade D - Over 19 ladies - Emma Frost 2nd place.
Paul Kitchen, the club's Head Coach said "these results are attributable to the detail attention we pay to good form in our club. This has shown to give good results for several years now with the club having a good track record of producing successful national & even international performers."
Trampolining on telly...
15th March 2010
BBC2 Flog It! programme has a feature on Brentwood's role in trampoline history today (Monday 15th, BBC2, 3:45pm). Club members are shown performing some moves - should be worth looking to see how the pro's film trampolining for effect.
Academy Club Activity Day 2010
24th February 2010
The next Academy Club Activity day is to be held at the Brentwood Centre, Doddinghurst Road on Friday 28th May 2010.
Local Primary school wil be invited to come along and take part in a variety of activities as part of 'Brentwood Health Week'.
The pictures attached are from the very sucessfull event last year. For more details please contact Nicola Pulford - Academy club Support Officer @ academyclubofficer@yahoo.co.uk
Early season successes
12th February 2010
Early season has seen Brentwood Trampoline Club rack up lots of success with:
7 of its members winning through to the National Schools Finals;
13 members winning trophies in the recent Regional Grading hosted by the club; and
2 members taking 1st & 2nd places in a recent national competition (separated only on a tie break rule)
Pictured are club members taking a clean sweep in the regional grading under 13 grade G class. Picture courtesy of DE Photo Ltd.
Kime Ki Martial Arts Academy Update
28th December 2009
It has been another busy few months for our academy. The student have been working toward their next grading which will be in February 2010, and also competitions due to take place in February (UKJA Eastern Region) and in May (Black Belt International European Championships)
Sensei Peter Green attended an International Training Weekend, hosted by Black Belt International at the Hilton Hotel in Bradford. He attained the award of Instructor of the year, and an International Award for dedication to Martial Arts. For the promotional videos, please visit the Malympex321 Channel on You Tube.
More importantly, due to the hard work and dedication of all the students, instructors and volunteers, our academy is now a Black Belt International Centre of Excellence.
WELL DONE EVERYONE…
Schools Trampolining
7th December 2009
Sunday 6th December saw a number of Brentwood Trampoline Club members competing at Mark Hall School, Harlow in the regional British Schools Gymnastics Association annual Trampoline competition. With over 400 entries only the top 3 individuals from each group, and top 2 teams, progress to the Zonal Finals in Nottingham on January 17th.
The clubs successful members were:
Charlotte Webb representing Kesgrave HS, winning under 15 Elite;
Daniel Frost, representing King Edward 6th Grammar, taking 3rd place in the under 19 Elite;
Kensie Sherlock & Rebecca Martin, representing St Martins, members of the 2nd placed under 13 Elite team;
Maddison Merritt, representing Downham C of E, winning the under 11 Novice;
Susanna Badley, representing Coopers Coborn, winning the under 13 Novice;
Fiona Humphries, representing Brentwood School, taking 2nd place in the under 13 Novice.
The Zonal round brings together the successful competitors from Eastern, East Midlands, West Midlands & Wales with the qualifiers from that competition then progressing to the National Finals.
The Flog It! team visits Brentwood Trampoline Club
23rd October 2009
Brentwood School & Brentwood Trampoline Club were pleased to welcome the BBC's Flog It! team recently with it's presenter Paul Martin. This popular antiques programme regularly includes a segment on some item of historical interest in the local area. Their interest had been stimulated by the history article on Brentwood Trampoline Club's website which showed how a local man, Ted Blake, made significant contributions to the development of competitive trampolining. All being well the show, which should be broadcast next year, will show Tim Blake (Ted's son) being interviewed in the school's library and Hannah McCann and Scott Gregory being interviewed and also performing for Paul in the Courage Hall. Apparently one of Paul's fond memories of his school-days features the school trampoline on which he recalls doing somersaults. Pictured are Tim, Scott, Paul & Hannah.
Academy Club Presentations
20th October 2009
Brentwood's Academy clubs 2009-2010 receiving their awards at the active Brentwood Sports Awards on Friday 4th September 2009 at the Nightingale Centre, Warley.
Congratulations to this year's 12 successful Academy clubs.
Brentwood Trampoline Club - Regional Grading Results
19th October 2009
We had a long day on this Sunday with a 2-hour journey each way to and from Easton on the far side of Norwich and experienced some high emotions at times but we still got some decent results.
Three winners were Sophie Banks, Jospeh Dulieu-Hasler and Kallum Sherlock, four third-placed were Jonathan Gibbs, Jamie Perry, Abbie Goldmsith & Kensie Sherlock (Kensie on zero final) and although not making a podium position, Emma Martin qualified to grade F. Georgia Tyrrell also got closer to qualifying with two new PBs.
Not too bad from thirteen competing on the day. More details on our website here.
Kime Ki Martial Arts Academy Update
19th October 2009
It’s been a busy few weeks for the academy. Two weeks ago, we took 9 students to a regional competition in Epping. There were 7 juniors and 2 senior competitors. Everyone fought really well including 3 students new to competitions. They all came away with a medal totalling together 9 bronzes and 3 gold’s.
Back Row; Andy Nice, Steve Johanson, Sonny Whitaker, Michael & Christopher Ridgewell Left Side; Richard Hill, William Raife. Right Side; Robert Hill. Front Nathan Aldous
At the competition Sensei Peter Green (Middle) was approached by two other club instructors who were highly impressed with Sonny Whitaker. So much so Sonny was awarded his Green Belt.
Also New classes have started on a Sunday afternoon. These classes are Groundwork Grappling, Tai Jutsu and Mixed Martial Arts. These classes are training sessions to prepare the students for the upcoming Malympex in May 2010. We are hoping to take a squad to the event hosted by Black belt International. This will be the European Open Championships. The event is attended by national and international clubs. We will be entering students in the MMA & light continuous and the new Groundwork Grappling categories.
These classes start at 2pm. For more details please call Pete Green on 07853 372953
Student climbs the route to success
19th September 2009
A senior student of Kime Ki Martial Arts successfully climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro last week and raised £650 for new mats for the academy. Malcolm Hazel, who is also the Sensei for ‘The Way of The Ronin Martial Arts Academy’ in Witham, Essex climbed the 5-day route of the mountain. He is now one of the 27 percent successful climbers who take this route.
Malcolm blazing a trail starting off
Along with him, he took a teddy bear, which is going to be raffled, and a signed Japanese flag. The signatures on the flag included stars such as Silvio Simac (Transporter 3, DOA & Unleashed), Brendan Carr (Ten Dead Men) and Chris Jones (Blood, the last Vampire).
On the up & up
Also many badges were sown onto the flag from clubs and academies from all over the country. These include Apex Martial Arts, Way of the Ronin, World Judo Alliance, British National Martial Arts, Shimways Jujisu, Black Belt International, plus many more, and of course our own Kime Ki Martial Arts Academy.
The flag is now staying up the mountain, and Malcolm is arranging for anyone who climbs the mountain to have a picture with the flag and send it to us.
The top of Success.
We at the academy are lost for words. The dedication, spirit and true courage Malcolm has shown in not only climbing the mountain, but taking the 5 day route, and raising so much money for the new mats that the academy now enjoys.
A big hearty thank you Malcolm, from everyone at the academy.
Does CRB = Crazy Rules, Barmy?
15th September 2009
There has been a lot of press coverage recently concerning upcoming changes in the rules regarding protection of young people and vulnerable adults (effective October). In particular it has been hyped that if you have a lift-sharing arrangement with another family that you will need to be vetted before you can take them in your car. It has also been put forward that this could be a cynical money raising exercise to tax volunteers. This is not entirely accurate.
Any arrangement that families make concerning transport of their kids or, indeed, other activities, is entirely between them unless it is instigated or otherwise controlled by a club or other organisation. So, if your child's club asked you to take other parents' kids to an away match (as an example) then the club is responsible for ensuring that you are checked before you are able to fulfil the request, if however, parents simply colected together and made the travelling arrangements between themselves then no such registration is necessary.
As for the hidden tax issue, CRB checks are free for volunteers although some governing bodies (like mine unfortunately) will impose a small admin charge (£6 in the case of British Gymnastics) for processing them - this would normally be borne by the club of course.
One thing that is true, though, is that it is the club who will be held accountable and so if a club knowingly employs a person or make use of a volunteer in a role that is deemed to be regulated then the club will itself be committing an offence.
National Trampoline Championships
27th August 2009
Whilst many of us were heading away on our summer holidays, five Brentwood Trampoline Club members were heading to the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham for the British National Finals. All had qualified to be there during the year by achieving qualification through competition and this grand gala event was the culmination of their competition year.
Full details of their successes and disappointments are on the club's website now - click here to read the full report. In summary though:
Hannah McCann won the Under-15 National C competition with Charlotte Webb in the same group finishing 23rd following a slip in her vol;
Stephen Page came 4th in the Under-19 FIG B competition with Scott Gregory (recovering from flu) simply running out of steam in his vol and finishing in 30th place;
Chrissie Law ended in 59th place in the Under-19 National C.
Special Offer from Brentwood Leisure Trust
13th August 2009
Brentwood Leisure Trust is offering members of Brentwood Academy Clubs a special discount all-inclusive membership rate. That means Academy Club members can enjoy unlimited use of the gym, aerobics classes, the swimming pool and all the racquet sports for just £25 a month (normally £35). What’s more if you join in August they will give you the first 6 weeks for the price of 4!
Brentwood Hockey Club
4th August 2009
With the new season fast approaching Brentwood Hockey Club is looking to build on the successes from last season which saw three teams gain promotion, two as champions (see photo of Ladies 1st Team).
With three squads stepping up into higher leagues and the other teams within the club looking to build on a strong season and league position last year it looks to be an exciting 2009/10 for Brentwood.
The club has seven men's teams, including a youth side called "The Academy", and five ladies' teams to field each week, as well as a strong youth and minis-section.
The men's and ladies' first XI teams play in the second and third tier of the East League respectively.
Starting their preparations early, the men have begun pre-season fitness training on Tuesday and Thursday evenings and the ladies on Wednesday evenings at the Brentwood County Ground.
Pre-season friendlies will start at the beginning of September, ready for when the season begins for the ladies on September 19, with the men starting a week later.
The first ever Academy club activity day is to be held next Friday (10th July 2009) at the Brentwood centre.
There will be many different sports for Year 6 primary children to come and try with their school.
The children will work around a circuit of all the activities on offer and spend 20 minutes on each. This is to give them a taster of each sport and a local club to join if they really enjoyed it.
It will be a really great day and plenty of fun for all those invoved.
Back Row; Andy Nice, Steve Johanson, Sonny Whitaker, Michael & Christopher Ridgewell
