Calling all RED DRAGONS!
Kung Fu Panda is out on DVD this month so we
are running a drawing competition to mark
the event.
Just draw a picture of 'Po' on an A4
piece of white paper, put your name and age
at the bottom and hand it in to TA or Sarah
and you could win:-
FIRST prize - Kung Fu Panda DVD - Kung Fu
Panda Poster - CD Rom
SECOND PRIZE - Kung Fu Panda poster - CD
Rom
All entrants - Kung Fu Panda CD Rom
Winners to be announced on 1st December
3rd
November '08
LOUISE STEVENS TO COMPETE AT CASINO ROOMS
Academy member Louise Stevens has been
invited to fight at the prestigious Casino
Rooms full contact kickboxing show on 30th
November 2008. Louise impressed fight
promoter 'Colin Payne' Chief Instructor of
the TKO organisation when she fought in the
Battle of Kent in October. For those who
wish to support Louise and purchase tickets
(£20 stalls or £25 ringside) please see Dave
or Richard. The event always has a full
fight card often with regional, national and
sometimes international titles up for grabs.
It is always an entertaining night and well
worth making the effort to go!
2nd
November '08
DAVE WINS BRONZE
Chief Instructor Dave Holland took part
in the 'Carlson Gracie Invitational'
Brazillian Jui Jitsu event at the state of
the art Dartford Judo Club. BJJ teams from
all over Britain and Europe attended. Dave
took part in the under 100kg Masters and won
three out of four fights to secure a bronze
medal for 'Carlson Gracie Tonbridge' For
those interested in BJJ visit the CGT
website
www.carlsongracietonbridge.net
20th
October '08
JUNIOR GRADINGS
It was another successful Red &
Blue Dragon grading across the board. All
the children tried really hard and had made
noticeable improvements. Well Done to you
all. Also a big 'Well Done' to Niroshan
Ravishankar of Palace Wood Blue Dragons who
passed his Junior Black Belt. Niroshan has
been training for six years and now trains
in the adult class and is a Junior Coach to
the Blue Dragons passing on his hard earned
skills to the younger students including his
brother 'Anujan' who is fast following in
his brother's footsteps.
Niroshan Ravishankar - Junior Black Belt!
5th
October '08
BATTLE OF KENT 3
The third Battle of Kent light continuous
event hosted by TKO Promotions in
Gillingham, Kent was attended by kickboxing
clubs from around the region. Back Dragon
Academy took a team of 10 fighters fighting
under our new fight team name 'Dragon
Kickboxing' All fighters put on a strong
display of kickboxing and were a credit to
the academy. The results were as follows:-
Stan Hedges (Dragon) v Jim Blackler (TKO
Maid) - Win Hedges
Dan Caustin (Dragon) v Paul Blair (TKO Maid)
- Win Caustin
Glen Thompson (Dragon) v Dan Rawlins (TKO
Ashford) - Win Thompson
Adam Jones (Dragon) v James Palmer (Kicks
London) - Win Jones
Adam Jones (Dragon) v Kevin Bettles (UKMA) -
Draw
Adam Man-Chung (Dragon) v Alex Yianni (TKO
Med) - Draw
Paul Lee (Dragon) v Victor Jefford (TKO Med)
- Draw
Louise Steven (Dragon) v Charlotte Kernan
(Kicks Brighton) - win to Kernan
Note: Stevens lost due to excessive contact
on her opponent
Steve Waters (Dragon) v Tom Keep (UKMA) -
win to Keep
James Porter (Dragon) v Max McGerr
(Kicks)-win to McGerr
Jon Brockman (Dragon) v Dave Martin (KicksEast)
win to Martin
To watch the fights follow this link to our
YouTubechannel. To watch in
a better quality, click on videos, choose
the video you want to watch, then click on
'High Quality' Enjoy!
7th
September '08
KENT AIR AMBULANCE DEMO
Chloe & Richard Cheval
Blue Dragons Georgia, Chloe and Pagan
in front of the air ambulance
Red Dragons Tyler, Logan & Luca 'DEMO TEAM'
It was a cloudy day in Marden, but it
didn't dampen the enthusiasm for the public
to turn out to support the event. The Black
Dragon Academy put on a twenty minute arena
demo featuring Red Dragon skills, Blue
Dragon Kickboxing and adult kickboxing. The
demo was warmly received by the public with
plenty of cheers and applause. A big thanks
to the students that participated and to
Sarah for her expert demo, well done!
16th July '08
JUNIOR & ADULT GRADINGS
The July gradings went exceptionally well
across the board. Niroshan completed his
junior brown belt/black stripe and will now
be put forward to try for his junior black
belt in October. Joshua Hartfield and Roshan
Gandhi received their brown belts and now
join the black belt programme, soon to be
followed by Jack Ball who received his
purple belt/white stripe. On the BDA
coaching team, Sarah Saunderson, Steve Ball
and Jerry Osborn all received Brown
Belt/white stripes and TA received her brown
belt/black stripe. Well done to everyone who
graded, keep up the good work!
07/07/08
KENT AIR AMBULANCE INVITATION
The Black Dragon Academy have been asked
by the Kent Air Ambulance to demonstrate at
their 'Marden Family Open Day' on Sunday 7th
September 2008. If any Red Dragons, Blue
Dragons or Kickboxers would like to support
the event by demonstrating their skills in
the arena, please let your instructor know.
If you wish to get further information or
make a donation please follow this link
www.kentairambulance.co.uk
02/07/08
McDONALDS KUNG FU PANDA PROMOTION
McDonalds in association with the British
National Martial Arts Association (BNMAA)
are offering a FREE lesson at a Martial Arts
Club in your area. The Black Dragon Academy
is included in the promotion, so if you know
of anyone that might be interested, all they
need to do is to get a FREE lesson voucher
from McDonalds (with a Happy Meal) then
follow the link
www.mcdonaldsfreekungfu.co.uk to see
which area they would like to try out and
telephone us to reserve a FREE lesson. It's
as simple as that!
28/06/08
ACADEMY SUPPORTS PALACE WOOD FETE
Academy member
Paul Norris with Assistant instructor Sarah
Saunderson and Chief Instructor David
Holland.
The BDA attended
the annual Palace Wood School fete and
entertained the children with free taster
kickboxing sessions, which was very popular
especially when they realised there was
a free lolly for their efforts! Thanks goes
out to the Palace Wood PTA for organising an
enjoyable fundraising event and to TA for
setting up such an eye catching stall!
07/06/08
SUCCESS AT MENCAP MOTE PARK EVENT
The Black Dragon Academy was
invited by Mencap on Saturday to demonstrate
to the pblic basic martial art techniques
with their Red Dragon students (4-6yr olds),
and Blue Dragon students (7 yrs to 12 yrs).
There was also an adult demonstration on
light contact kickboxing from our Black
Dragons. The children showed how they
protect themselves and have fun following
key skills including discipline, focus and
coordination, and working as a team; in a
friendly, fun and supportive environment.
BDA were particularly
targeted due to their success in assisting
students with dyspraxia and dyslexia
learning difficulties.
Red Dragons are introduced to
Karate which is visualized by many animal
moves as well as 8 key life skills through
detailed lesson plans. Blue dragons that
also learn practical self defense techniques
ultimately learn to defend, punch and kick
focus pads.
Chief Instructor, David Holland was honored
to be invited to the Mencap event. He says,
“We had a number of our students who
thoroughly enjoyed taking part in the event,
from 4 years of age. The children just
couldn’t wait to show and entertain.
..”
20/05/08 NEW DOJO OPENS
We are pleased to announce our
Maidstone Dojo has been completely
remoulded, revamped, fully equipped and is now ready
for personal training and private lessons. Those members who have already
subscribed to 'one to one' or 'couples' have really seen
the benefits and their talents were notably improved and
evident in our last inter club competition. Please speak
to Dave on 01622 757590 or Richard on 07949 104323
For more
details click here
26/04/08 RICHARD
MEETS IAN FREEMAN AT SENI 08
Richard took a photo opportunity with UFC
legend Ian 'The Machine' Freeman at the Seni
Martial Arts expo held at the NEC in London. Ian
was there promoting his magazine 'Fighters Only'
which has now established itself as the UK's
premier MMA publication.
12/04/08 MALYMPEX
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD AT STOKE MANDEVILLE
STADIUM
A great day was enjoyed at the World
Championships held at Stoke Mandeville,with over
400 competitors taking part in all manner of
martial art disciplines.
Black Dragon Academy Gold member, Dan Mayhook
performed very well by reaching the quarter
finals of the Kickboxing competition only losing
narrowly to the eventual winner of the event..
Well done Dan!
Chief Instructor Dave Holland, took part in the
MMA section and won the gold medal in a closely
fought encounter.
Senior Instructor, Richard Cheval won the gold
medal in the Veteran Kickboxing competition.
A good day was enjoyed by all, and the Academy
came away with two gold medals and a very
credible performance from Dan in a very keenly
contested event.
The next Championships are in November and the
Academy will be looking to take a team along to
compete.
GRADING
2/04/08 JONATHAN & CARL PASS THEIR JUNIOR
BLACK BELTS
BELTS
Firstly, well done to everyone who took part in
this years gradings to date. Red Dragons
through discipline, focusing and teamwork skills
sailed through their gradings and we were across
the board very pleased. Blue dragons – we would
like to additionally congratulate Jonathon &
Carl from Palace Wood who achieved their
black belts. Both guys have been training with
us for over 9 years starting with traditional
Karate including weapons through to Blue Dragon
karate and more recently to Kickboxing. Both
have also been present in a gradual transition
to the cadets and adults class; extending their
fitness and martial arts experience. We hope to
see them a lot more and joining our junior
coaching program.
