On Sunday, the 3rd annual BBMA Intramural Tournament was held. It’s an internal tournament for all 300+ members of Black Belt Martial Arts, in all types of events including kumite (sparring), kata, kickboxing, weapons and more. I entered 4 events – read on for highlights and videos from my fights.
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Takedown at Sydney All Styles
Just a quick video edit and a quick post while mentally preparing for the upcoming Black Belt Martial Arts (BBMA) tournament that’s in 4 weeks time. Re-living a takedown from the Sydney All Styles tournament earlier this year.
June Fitness Challenge – Nearing the end!
It’s been over 2 weeks since my last update – I’ve been very busy during June with work – flying up and down the East Coast of Australia doing some Social Media Seminars for RP Data – showing Real Estate Agents how to use Social Media for their business.
June Fitness Challenge Progress – 11 days in
Hi all Time to give an update on my June Fitness Challenge. As a re-cap, some of the BBMA community are setting challenges during the month of June and getting others to join them – as a way to keep each other accountable and report your progress during the month to help each other reach [...]
Taking the Fitness Challenge during June 2011
As part of the BBMA Facebook page, Kyoshi had an idea of having some students or instructors pose some challenges for the BBMA community to join in with and take part in during the month of June. The idea is that we use the BBMA Facebook page to journal our progress and keep each other [...]
Results and Video from the NSW AKF State Titles
On the 26th March, I competed in the NSW AKF State Championships – only 3 weeks after the Sydney All Styles event where I placed first in my division. I was looking forward to this event – it would be a lot more competitive because guys going for State selection would be there competing. I [...]
Results from the 2011 Sydney All Styles Tournament
Last Sunday I competed in the 2011 Sydney All Styles tournament, run by the NSW Karate Federation (AKF). It was my first big tournament in a year and my first as a black belt in the open division! I competed in the under 70kg open division, and unfortunately there were only 3 other competitors, but [...]
First Karate Tournament for 2011 Coming Up
Hi all This weekend, I’m competing in my first Karate tournament for 2011 – the NSW Karate Federation Sydney All Styles. What makes it scarier than usual, is it’ll be my first external competition as a Black Belt! In the last Sydney All Styles tournament (March 2010), I won my Kyu grade division and had [...]
Results from the BBMA Tournament, and more personal bad luck!
Hi all The 2nd annual BBMA Intramural Tournament was held last weekend, and it was a fantastic day. The staff and volunteers did a tremendous job keeping things running, ensuring every one of the hundreds of competitors enjoyed themselves – many experiencing a tournament for the first time. I also have another personal bad luck [...]
Wow, Such a Long Time Between Posts!
Well hello – it’s been over 3 months since my last post! Wow that’s gone fast. I have lots of reasons, lots of excuses – but really, I just didn’t make the time I needed to. There was always something else I spent my time on instead. So I wanted to check in and for [...]
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