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A new anti-bullying campaign is set to be launched in Liverpool during December's anti-bullying week.The initiative aims to urge pupils to report incidents and is set to revolve around a film which will be shown in schools throughout the city.Liverpool Echo reports that youngsters will participate in mock trials to explore the issues which are shown in the film entitled Denial, which explores low-level crime, homophobia and school-based assault.Paul Dagnall, Liverpool council's inclusion support manager, told the newspaper that youngsters need to be encouraged to tackle race crime, bullying and school attendance. It is about changing attitudes and shifting the...
A karate champion from Yorkshire is launching a new sports academy to get more disabled youngsters into participation in sport.Steve Farleigh, who is also a qualified martial arts instructor, has established the centre in Keighley, which is set to be followed by an academy in Bradford.The Keighley News reports that the initiative received £140,000 from the Big Lottery Fund to develop and open academies across Yorkshire over the next four years.Mr Farleigh told the newspaper that parents , carers and youngsters are all invited to an open day to learn what sports, including karate, are on offer at the centre....
A martial arts instructor is running classes in self defence to help youngsters deal with playground bullies.Jamie Clubb, who teaches Chimera Martial arts classes at the Woodlands School and Sports College in Coventry, aims to help children who are set to begin attending a new secondary school in the autumn.He told the Coventry Telegraph that it is important that children learn the right attitude in order to deal with potential school bullies.Mr Clubb says that children entering a new school can be prime candidates for bullying as they are the youngest and most inexperienced of the...
A north-east martial arts club has hosted an annual summer training camp and grading examination.The Chikara Dojo of Kyokishin Karate, which is based in Spennymoor, played host to its annual three-day camp, reports the Spenny News.During the training camp, which was attended by clubs across the UK, its members Taylor Murphy and James Argument passed their yellow belt black stripe gradings.Adam Foster and Debbie Corbett also both passed the examinations to gain their orange belt.Glen Alexander, a black belt fighter from Scotland who attended the camp, told the publication that attendees trained in a variety of environments including woodlands, rivers...
A Sodbury family have competed in the World Karate Championship in Orlando as part of the Great British team.Dad Paul Townsley, who is a tang so do instructor, and his two sons William and Connor, all competed in the event, bringing home eight medals between them, according to the Gazette.Paul and his offspring secured podium finishes in the European Championships in Munich, Germany last year in order to earn their paces in the US-based final.The competition was divided into three categories, forms, weapons and fighting, and Paul took two gold and one bronze medals, while William came first in all...
A 15-year-old boy has returned from the Wado International Karate Do Federation (WIKF) world championship in Portugal with two gold medals for karate.The News Shopper reports that Ben Coward of Wilmington has ben learning martial arts since he was four years old and is part of the Hyo Gen Do competition squad which is currently preparing for the British National Karate Championship.While in Portugal, he achieved success in both the individual and group competitions.Speaking to the news provider he said that winning at the recent event had been his proudest moment. I now know if given the opportunity I would...
Despite their relative inexperience, children from the North London Karate School in Enfield took home several medals at the recent Meopham Open in Kent.According to a report in the Enfield Independent, all members of the young team went through to the final eight in their competitions, with three competitors wining prizes.Emine Osman took third place in the Junior Novice Kata, earning a bronze medal, while Serkan Seferoglu took bronze in the nine to 15 years category.Finally, Harkan Akanay took the team's third bronze medal in the boys' Novice Kumite category.Enfield North London Karate School is a full member...
A Welsh self defence organisation is off to the other side of the Atlantic to host a martial arts seminar.Gwent-based Total Body Defence, headed by Alun Williams, has been invited to perform a the seminar in the US on August 20th, reports the Gwent Gazette.His invitation followed Williams' win for DVD at the year at Europe's largest Martial Arts Exhibition and a seven-page feature on him in Martial Arts magazine.Speaking to the newspaper, Mr Williams said: After more than 20 years of me rambling on about self defence, training and making DVDs it is the least I can do...
Martial arts can help people maintain a healthy lifestyle whatever their age, according to one report.Writing for the Guardian, Andy Darling says that martial arts such as tai chi can be practiced by many age groups.Those aged 20 to 30 should still be working on developing their bone mineral density, so martial arts are an ideal activity he states.As people reach their 30s tai chi can become an important activity in helping to produce more growth hormone, Mr Darling states. The martial arts technique can then be practiced as they get older, he adds.As people approach their 60s,...
The martial art of krav maga can be used in self defence and to help improve fitness, according to two Colchester instructors.It was originally taught to the Israeli army and police force, according to the Gazette, but can be learnt by anyone.Gavin Cawley, a level four instructor of the martial art, told the newspaper that krav maga uses movements that are easy to learn and which the body would do automatically. Anyone can learn it and it will help to improve your fitness, he said. It is very effective as self defence, Sean Doyland of SD Martial Arts...
People over 60 would do well to practise martial arts such as karate, judo, ju jitsu or tai chi, according to experts.Martin Halle, a sports medicine physician at the Technical University of Munich, says the forms can train strength, coordination and endurance - things that often diminish in old age.He adds that although physical contact should be avoided for this generation, training can focus on stretching and guiding muscles, coordination, concentration and posture instead. It's simply too dangerous to be thrown to the mat after a certain age, he states. But the older a person gets the more...
Martial arts experts from Huntingdon helped the Great Britain team return from the World Tang Soo Do Association World Championships with more than 60 medals.The team of 50 from across the UK travelled with their instructors and Master Khan, European regional director of the association, to Orlando Florida for the four-day event, having qualified in the 2007 European Championships.Among the stars was Safiya Khan, who won the overall under-17 female Grand Champion trophy after coming first in the three categories of weapons, forms and fighting, the Hunts Post reports.Other Huntingdon medal winners were sisters Stephanie and Jacquelyne Pratt, who both...
A five-year-old martial arts enthusiast from Peterborough has qualified to represent Great Britain.Joshua Hogg, who trains as part of the Tiny Parkers Serial Kickers Club at Mountsteven Avenue Scouts Hut, was one of 12 members of the club to pass a recent examination.Peterborough Today reports that all of the fighters, aged from five to 42, will now be part of the KTBF Team GB which will fight in competitions around the globe, including the World Championships.Ian Parker, head of the club, told the newspaper that the members shed blood, sweat and tears to qualify for the squad. Little...
A team of schoolchildren in Yorkshire have completed an eight-week martial arts programme.Youngsters from Martongate Primary School have been training in self defence at the Personal Power Martial Arts School in Bridlington.Chris Reen, chief instructor of the club, told the Bridlington Free Press that he put together a special training programme for the children, which included aspects of self discipline and respect together with the martial arts. The idea is that these students can now become role models in the classroom and for the rest of the students to follow, said Mr Reen. I have been working with the...
An eight-year-old from Wishaw was victorious at the Scottish Tae Kwon Do Championships.Lee Houston, who trains at the Wishaw YMCA Tae Kwon Do Club, won a gold medal in the under 135cm height category.The Wishaw Press reports that he defeated three opponents to appear in the tournament final, which he eventually won after two sudden-death play-offs.Lee, who won a bronze in the competition 12 months ago, is also one step away from being black belt status.His mother, Nicola Houston, told the newspaper that Lee is totally dedicated and was very proud of his achievement. The competition was stiff...
