Chuldow Annual Championships
Chuldow Karate and Kickboxing Black Belt Graduation – September 2018
The weekend of Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd of September 2018 , a normal weekend for many but a very special weekend for a select few special people.
Saturday saw the potential Black Belt and Advanced Dan candidates of Chuldow Kickboxing take to the mats at Wakefield Headquarters to be put through their paces in the hope of promotion. Hours of sweaty effort later and Geoff Walkinshaw, Claire Elliott, Marae Sykes, Ben Wood, Stuart Stead, Connor Boon and Matthew Wood were successful in proving themselves worthy of promotion to 1st Dan Black Belt. Meanwhile Brendan Chadwick and Sandra Hardy but pushed past this already high standard to prove themselves equal to the challenge of achieving 2nd Dan Black Belt.
As usual Sunday was the turn of the Karateka to be tested and tested they were. Hours of physical and mental effort; each required to show the technical skill and knowledge required of a Karate Black Belt and Fisher Doulson, Chris Grace, Andy Boyes, Lynne Clarke, Anjana Ganatra, Lily Pham, Julie Dyson-Abad, Antony Firth, Lewis Powers and Nathan Swift were each successful in gaining 1st Dan Black Belt in Karate.
It takes years of consistent effort to gain a Black Belt in Karate, it takes more years and more effort to progress beyond it but Logan Durham, Kayleigh Durham, Alistair O’Regan and Lavanya Ganatra had done just that and were rewarded for their efforts with promotion to 2nd Dan Black Belt in Karate.
Well done all!
Chuldow Region 1 Championship Results
Chuldow Championships Region 1
This weekend Chuldow Region 1 came together for its championships at Chuldow HQ.
We had students as young as 3 year old take to the mats in front of a few hundred crowd to perform their martial arts moves or spar against their opponents.
One category which made me smile was the 5 years old and under, there was every version of tokiyoko on display from these little guys with big smiles and prouder parents in the background. These children are so young and to be able to step up like this in front of so many faces, with all eyes on you is amazing and inspriring.
We had entrants from Wakefield HQ, Morley, Rothwell , Royston, Thornhill and Chapel Allerton. A big shout out to Tobais Hicking who was the only student who attended from Chapel Allerton and he did it with style taking away a first place in his section.
Friends took to the mats to compete against one another but I am glad to say Chuldow prides itself in great sportsmanship, these same friends could shake hands and share their fight experience after in a humble way. For every winner in a sparring match there is a loser. I’m very glad to say every winning fighter was gracious in their victory.
The day started with the Junior Sections, whether a trophy was won or not each and every student was a winner. Thank you to the supportive crown of parents, careers , family and friends.
A further thanks to all the instructors, CIT and staff that gave up their Sunday to ensure the day ran smoothly, your professional representation of your academies does not go unnoticed.
So below you will find the Region 1 Championships results table and also the Academy League Table .
Brilliant representation from Chuldow Morley, I thought Team Morley were possibly going to come out top of Region 1 League for 2017 however Chuldow HQ kept hold of top place for now ….
Events photos will be added from the lovely Roth Read Photography and will also be updated within our social media pages: Chuldow Facebook Page
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Fight Night Sparta at Chuldow Martial Arts
Fight Night Sparta Chuldow Martial Arts
Saturday 2nd of September was the night of Fight Night Sparta held at Chuldow Martial Arts in Wakefield. Nine ring fights featuring points fighting, continuous and full-contact kick-jutsu.
The action was non-stop and a lighter side was experienced with the addition of audience participation in padded Sumo suits between fights.
Special mention must be made of the heroic charity fighters. Two novices never before having been in the ring with only a few weeks training going head to head with a goal not of winning but of raising money to help others. Reece Davison raising £211 for MacMillan and Tony Summers raising £350 for the Blue Lamp Foundation (who help Emergency Services personnel injured in the line of duty). This was added to by on-the-night generosity o £336.59 put into the collection buckets making the charity total £897.59! Both of these guys had obviously worked hard to get ready for the night and put on great show with Reece taking the belt but I think everyone will agree that with that much done to help others they are both true Champions.
Now they say a picture is worth a thousand words….
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Fight Night at Chuldow Martial Arts is held Bi-annually, if you are a novice and interested in future charity fights held at Chuldow Martial Arts then get in touch .
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Valhalla – King of the Ring 9 – Sat 1st April 2017
Faces of Chuldow 2017
Congratulations to the winners of our recent photo shoot competition, to find the Faces of Chuldow for 2017. The Winners are:
Caitlin Lockhart, Under 6 Years
Harrison Barker, Under 10 Years
Victoria Ledger, Teens
Sharaz Dutt, Seniors
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