NEWS

Phils Sponsered Lift

On Wednesday 3rd November Phil will be lifting in the WPF World Powerlifting Championships, as well as trying to win, he will be trying to raise as much money as possible for the Charity, Cancer Research UK, please visit his 'Just Giving Page' if you would like to make a donation to this worthwhile cause. A link has been added to the homepage. Thank You!

Germany 28/05/10

Master Beniston was invited to teach kickboxing at the gathering of the Masters International seminar held in Monchengladbach on 29th and 30th May, accompanied by Adam Beniston and Wes Draycott, they set of for Germany on the Friday from Birmingham airport, where they met up with three other British Instructors, G Master Mike Benfell 10th dan, G Master Mark Kemp 9th Dan and G Master Norman Wall 9th Dan. On arriving at Dusseldorf airport they were met by G Master Toni Finken Schaffrath 10th Dan who was hosting the seminar at his full time academy. The course was attended by over 80 students from Germany, Britain, Poland and Czech Republic, with 16 Instructors, teaching Shaolin Kempo, Kickboxing, Tai Chi Chuan, Goshin Jutsu, Muay Thai Boxing etc; Everyone enjoyed the event, and much food and beer followed over the weekend, before we were taken back to the airport on the Monday morning for the journey home, some photos will be added shortly, congratulations to Adam who was presented his 4th Dan in TaeKwonDo by G Master Schaffrath and G Master Frank Schneider 10th Dan (and 7th Dan TaeKwonDo). The next 'Gathering will take place in Britain, in Leamington Spa, hosted by G Master Benfell.

Royce Gracie Seminar 23/05/10

Master Beniston and Sensai Draycott had the privilege of training with the great Royce Gracie of Brazilian Jujitsu, in Doncaster. Royce Gracie is a 3 times UFC Champion and the only man in the history of no holds barred matches to beat 4 opponants in one night. Royce is still active in the fight world and holds the record for the longest MMA match in history: 90 minutes against Japanese superstar Kazushi Sakuraba in PRIDE Grand PRIX 2000. He also showed total domination of the Olympic Judo Gold Medalist Hidehiko Yoshida.  His largest opponent was Sumo Grand Champion Akebono, 6' 8" 486lbs. Royce vs. Akebono was the main event of K-1 Premium Dynamite New Years Eve show on New Year's Eve in 2004. Royce defeated the giant in just 2min and 13sec with a shoulder lock.  Royce’s continued success has opened the eyes of many disbelievers to the importance of leverage and technique in grappling. It was a VERY hot day and very hard to train for several hours in a heavy judo gi, but was great fun. Photos will be added soon.
 

Adams new Full Time Martial Arts Academy Opens 01/05/10

Adam Beniston will be opening a full time Martial Arts Centre in Mablethorpe on Saturday 1st of May. The East Coast Martial Arts Academy is based at Workshop 1, Mablethorpe Business Centre, Enterprise Industrial Estate, Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire LN12 1NB. It will be opened by the Mayor of Mablethorpe on Saturday, and the opening will be covered by the Press/TV. Any students that find themselves in that area will be sure of a welcome at the Centre, (and your Licences/Insurance will be valid there).

Master Beniston Wins more British Titles 24/04/10

Phil Beniston lifted in the BPO British Powerlifting Championships held in Bath University, Somersett, he managed to lose some 10kg in weight to make the 82.5kg class, winning the Gold medal with a new British and European Record on the Squat, a new British and European Record on his opening Bench Press, and finished with a new British Record Total. In the British bench Press Championships he won Gold with a new British record, and he then took the Gold medal in the British deadlifting Championships.

Master Beniston Appointed W.S.C.O. Director 31/03/10

Master Beniston has just been appointed English Director for Kickboxing for the World Street Combat Organisation by German President Grandmaster Frank Schnieder 10th Dan. Last Sunday he lifted in the GPC Midlands Qualifiers and broke the British Raw Bench Press record 4 times, despite being to injured to squat or deadlift more than a token lift. In june Phil and some other ABMAA Black Belts will be travelling to Mőnchengladbach in Germany where Phil will be teaching on the 'Gathering of the Masters' seminar.

Master Beniston wins Ashfield Sportperson of year 20/11/09

Phil won the Sportsperson of the Year for the second year running at the Active Ashfield Sports Awards, held at the Festival Hall Leisure Centre in Kirkby.

Master Beniston wins 9th World Title 17/11/09

Master Beniston won his 9th World title in Powerlifting, when he won the WPC World Bench Press Championships in the 90kg Masters class held in the BIC Centre in Bournemouth, sponsored by Met-Rx and with some 20 countries competing, and filmed for Sky, Phil lifted 200kg (440lb) on his second attempt to win, he failed to lock out with 207.5kg on his third attempt.

Black Belt Grading 11/10/09

The following students have passed their Dan Grades in Kickboxing, 2nd Dan: Kevin Bailey, Wes Draycott, and Amanda Hillary, 1st Dan: Freda Walters and Alec Whitworth, Junior 1st Dan: Anthony Walters and Ellis Thompson. Congratulations all of you, the grades have been altered on the Black Belt Register, and a report will be sent to the local paper, also a picture will be added to the site shortly. PICTURE

Skegness Demo 02/08/09

Adam Beniston organised a demo at Skegness as part of a crime prevention fair, the weather was kind to us (as it was outdoors). After a warm up and stretch, everyone took part in some padwork moves, some sparring and counter moves, Adam gave a demonstration of a Pattern and Chinese Broadsword form, Phil Beniston, Wes Draycott, Dean Johnson, Sean Harrison, Greg Hendrie and Adam did some sparring, Chantelle Goodwin did a self Defence against three opponants, as did Phil Beniston. Thanks to everyone who took part, particularly to those who travelled the 80 mile drive down from the Mansfield area. PICTURES

WUMA Championships

Kevin Bailey 1st Dan, who teaches the Chesterfield Fitness First Tigers club, has recently won his class in the points fighting at the latest WUMA Championships held at Cheltenham, details to follow. Well done Kev!

ABMAA 15th Anniversary course 31/05/09

The 15th anniversary course was a great success, Renshi Adam Beniston warmed the class up and stretched everyone first, then Master Phil Beniston took a Combat Jujitsu class through some groundwork, working on passing the guard, whilst on area 2 Renshi Adam Beniston (current ISKA World Champion in Korean Patterns) took a class in forms, doing Shotokan Kata, helped for a while by his Shotokan Instructor Master Towers. Then Renshi Greg Hendrie (former 3x WUMA World Champion in semi contact Kickboxing) took area 2 through some Points Fighting assisted by British Semi Contact Champion Renshi Adam Beniston, while on area 1 Master Phil Beniston took Muay Thai (as the Thai Boxing Instructor couldn't make it). For the third slot, on area 1 we had self defence with the newly promoted Sensei Dale Flaherty 2nd Dan who is a licensed Doorman, and on area 2 we had Mark Kid from Darlington teaching Krav Maga, the style taught to the Israel army. Renshi Beniston finished with a cool down and stretch. The turnout was down a little due to it being a school holiday week and the sunshine coming out in force, but everyone who did turn up thoroughly enjoyed the day. PICTURES

Club Visit By Grand Master Schneider 26/05/09

Grand Master Frank Schneider 10th Dan who is President of WSCO (World Street Combat Organisation), and German Director for WFMA visited the Mansfield Woodhouse club, to teach  some self Defence moves.            PICTURES 

Black Belt Grading 23/05/09

MFUK held there latest Black Belt grading under the WFMA/ABMAA at Rainworth Leisure Centre, the examiners were Master Phil Beniston 7th dan, Renshi Greg Hendrie 4th Dan and MFUK chief Instructor Renshi Adam Beniston 4th Dan (Adam & Greg were presented with there latest promotions at the gradings). The successful students were Dale Flaherty 2nd Dan, Chantelle Goodwin 1st Dan, Matthew Woolley 1st Dan, Ashley Addison Cadet 1st Dan, Cameron Roberts Cadet 1st Dan, and Aaran Vasey Cadet 1st Dan.    PICTURE

Gathering of the Masters 23-24/05/09

Master Beniston taught on the Gathering of the Masters course at Pilsley in Chesterfield on the 24th, teaching Kickboxing, leading onto clinchwork and grappling, the course was a great succses, with many great Instructors from England, Germany and Italy, most of them were 10th dan Grandmasters.     PICTURES.

Instructors Awards 10/05/09

The following have passed their Instructors certificates, Level 3 (Cadet Leader) - John Greenham, Level 1 (Instructor) - Alec Whitworth, Dean Johnson. Next Instructors course will be announced in September. 

Latest Black Belts 18/04/09

The following students from Ashfield Tigers passed their Black Belts on 18th April. 1st Dan - Charlotte Graves, Jack Whetton, Harry Whetton, Gary Roberts, and Mark Wootton, 2nd Dan - Kyle Redfern, Kimberley Keeling, Molly Knowles-Brown, and Lewis Johnson. Congratulations to all of them.            PICTURE

Ashfield Sports Awards 21/11/08

Phil Beniston has just won the Ashfield Sportsperson of the Year at the first ever Ashfield Sports Awards held at the Festival Hall in Kirkby, this completes the set (Ashfield, Mansfield and Nottinghamshire). Follow the link to listen to Phil on the Chad newspapers podcast  Sports-Talk--26th-November.4735158.jp 

WPF World Bench Press 13/11/08

Phil Beniston has just won World Title no8 with the World Bench Press Championships in Vienna, Austria, winning the 90kg class on Bodyweight to Victor Gomez of Mexico (head of Mexican Powerlifting), Phil was picked for the GB team who won the Team World Title too, (Austria 2nd, USA 3rd).

ABMAA Black Belt Gradings

Five students from Ashfield Tigers, graded at the Rainworth Leisure Centre, they were Mick Aram 2nd Dan, Angie Bacon 1st Dan, Daniel Roberts Cadet 2nd Dan, Josh Wooton Cadet 1st Dan, and Jasmine Cupit Cadet 1st Dan, also Adam Beniston passed his 2nd Dan in Shotokan Karate, well done to all, Pictures and Video to follow shortly.

CMAA Nationals 20/09/08

At the CMAA National Championships in Buxton, we had 5 competitors and returned with 7 medals, Craig Canning won Gold in the Boys Points Fighting, Gold in the Boys Submission Grappling, and Gold again in the Boys Light Continuous, Shane Stacey won Gold in the Mens coloured belt Points Fighting and Silver in the Mens Light Continuous, Jessica Arnold won Bronze in the Girls U/10yrs Points Fighting, and Wes Draycott won Bronze in the Mens Heavyweight Submission Grappling, Steve Arnold although beating Black Belts missed out on the medals in the Mens Light Continuous. This was Shane's Steve's and Jessica's 1st Competition. Well Done all of you!!!

Martial Arts Marathon Guinness World Record Attempt 21-22/11/08

At  8am on Friday 21st November 2008, Master Beniston will be joining the Greater Manchester Police's Martial Arts Club in an attempt to set a Guinness World Record for the 'Martial Arts Marathon' We are hoping to finish at 8pm on Saturday 22nd November when each participant will have completed 36 hours of Martial Arts training with only a 5 minute break allowed for each full 60 minutes completed. The event will take place at The Manchester College (previously MANCAT), Nicholls Campus, Hyde Road, Ardwick, Manchester M12 6BA.  We will be raising awareness and funds for the charity CLIC Sargent, (Caring for Children with Cancer). If anyone would like to come along at any time during the attempt and join in the training they will be most welcome, (it will cost nothing to train, unless you want to make a donation on the day). Phil will be trying to raise some sponsership for this worthwhile charity (consider the fact that over the next 24 hours 10 children and young people will be diagnosed with Cancer and Leukaemia). The website is up for anyone who wants to make a donation. Though we are planning a sponsered Kickathon in a few weeks time to help raise some funds for CLIC Sargent ourselfs, details to follow.  www.justgiving.com/gmpmartialartsclub 

GPC World Powerlifting Championships 12/09/08

Master Beniston has just won his 7th World Title after winning the World Powerlifting Championships, this was Phils last Powerlifting competition, after over 22 years of competing, he Squatted 700lb breaking British and European records in the process, he Bench Pressed 450lb again setting new British and European records, finishing with a 550lb Deadlift to break a 10 year old British and European record by over a 100lb, his total was 770kg (1,698lb). Phil would like to thank all the Instructors who have helped out at the club while he has been preparing for these competitions over the last few years, he now looks forward to getting back into the Kickboxing and Combat Jujitsu classes. Phils lifts are all on  www.youtube.com/shihan1963  if anyone wants to see them.

Adam Beniston Wins ISKA World Title 21/08/08

Adam has won the ISKA World Title in the Korean Paterns, and the following day he won Bronze in the -71kg Points Fighting, losing in the semi finals to the WAKO World Champion, the 120 strong GB Team have done very well. More details to follow. Well Done Adam!!

Benny 'The Jet' Seminar 25/05/08

Phil and Adam had the opportunity to train for 4 hours with Benny 'The Jet' Urquidez probably the the greatest Full Contact Kickboxer ever, Benny 'The Jet' has a fight record of 200 professional fights with 200 wins, 57 knockouts and 63 successful World title defences, unprecedented in ring history Benny is the only fighter to have retained 6 World Championships in five weight divisions for 24 years. He has also starred in movies along side Jackie Chan and Sylvester Stallone, and is personal trainer to people like Chuck Norris and Jean-Claude Van Dame. It was a great experience to train with someone like Benny and we learnt a lot, some of which we will try to share with everyone at the clubs soon.          PICTURES 

BPO British Powerlifting 19/04/08

Phil lifted in the British Powerlifting & Bench Press Championships on Saturday, after losing over half a stone in the preceding week to make the U/90kg class in order to set new World Records on the Bench. He did token Squats and Deadlifts of 240kg and 220kg respectively and Broke the British Record on the Bench to win the Powerlifting Title. He then Benched 200kg (440lb) to set a new British, European and World Record to win the Bench Press title. The Previous Sunday he lifted in the GPC World Qualifiers where he needed to total 657.5kg to qualify for the World Championships in September, he Squatted 265kg, Benched 200kg and Deadlifted 240kg for a 705kg total to qualify in the 100kg class, he is hoping to diet down again to lift in the 90kg class and break a few more records.

Master Beniston on Radio 22/03/08

Phil was on BBC Radio Nottingham this morning on the 'Its better than football' slot extolling the virtues of Kickboxing, (Cobra freestyle kickboxing in particular!)

BPO English Powerlifting Championships 16/03/08

Adam Beniston won the Junior 67.5kg class at the English & Welsh Powerlifting Championships at Swansea at the weekend, finishing with a new pb deadlift of 155kg (342lb) for a 322.5kg total, he has now been invited to compete in the British Championships in Bath University, Somersett in April.

Competition Results 09/03/08

Adam Beniston competed in the ISKA Nationals to try and qualify for the World Championships later this year, he won the Korean Patterns, came second in the 67kg Points Fighting class and won the 71kg class, to qualify in all three classes, Chantelle Goodwin who moved up into the Adult Ladies class missed out on the medals and missed qualifying this time. Craig Canning travelled to Manchester on the same day for the WKA British but had a bad day and missed qualifying for the WKA Worlds, but Craig is to good to let this minor hiccup stop him for long. Well done all of you for having the bottle to try!

Black Belt Grading Results

Results of latest Black Belt Gradings held at Rainworth Leisure Centre, Seven students attempted 1st Dan Black Belts in Kickboxing, those successful were Greg Bear, Charlotte Keeton, and Rachel Bear Cadet 1st Dans, Wes Draycott and Kev Bailey 1st Dans, they have been added to the Black Belt register. PICTURE

EMA English Championships 2008

Adam Beniston won the Kata Section and the U70kg Points, Brent Gillicker won the Colour belts heavyweight Points, Craig Canning came second in the Boys Points and Dave Butlin missed out on the medals this time. 

Phil on ITV 16/01/07

Phil was interviewed today for ITV Central News about his forthcoming Powerlifting plans for 2008, it goes out tonight (16 January 6pm), his last TV interview was re-run on 6th January on 2007 round up, and his Radio interview went out on New Years day.

Phil on Radio Nottingham

Phil Beniston has just been interviewed for BBC Radio Nottingham again, it will go out sometime in the next few weeks, we will try to put these interviews up along with video's soon, (he is due to be interviewed on ITV Central news again early in the new year, and was interviewed live from Las Vegas a couple of weeks ago), anyone who has video from tournaments let Phil, Pete, Greg or Adam have a copy to upload to the site as soon as you can, (nothing rude please).

Master Pete Keeling Promoted 10/12/07

Master Keeling was promoted to 6th Dan Black Belt for time served in line with CMA rules, his certificate signed by Grand Master D J Dewar 9th Dan, was presented to him by Master Beniston at his Tigers class at Skegby, a report has been sent to Local Chad newspaper. Well done Pete a well deserved and overdue promotion for someone with well over 30 years in Martial Arts, who has taught and coached several World Champions. Click for Picture

22-26/11/07 WPF World Powerlifting Championships

Phil Beniston lifted the World Powerlifting and the World Bench Press Championship titles, held in Torreon, Mexico. He set a new World Record on the Squat with a lift of 290kg (640lb), bench pressed 200kg (440lb) and deadlifted 252.5kg (555lb) for a total of 742.5kg (1,637lb) at a bodyweight of 93kg. Later he Bench Pressed 202.5kg (445lb) at a weight of 90.35kg, Great Britain won the team event (Phil was a team member), with Mexico 2nd and USA 3rd, the great britain Bench team came 3rd even with only 4 lifters (a full team is 6 lifters). Phil was then invited to compete in the AAU World Bench Press Championships in the Plaza Hotel in Las Vegas, with 250 competitors from 12 countries, he won that too, for his 6th World Title to date.           Click for Picture

04/11/07 ISKA British Championships

Chantelle Goodwin entered and won the 60kg+ points fighting class to become ISKA British Champion, Adam Beniston won the Hard Forms Section, Brent Gillicker just missed out on the medals in the heavyweight points section, Adam also just missing in the U/65kg points section.

01/11/07 Master Beniston on Radio Notts

Master Beniston was interviewed for BBC Radio Nottingham prior to his upcoming World Powerlifting Championships in Mexico in a couple of weeks, if you missed it (lucky you)  it can be heard on the BBC Radio Nottingham website by clicking on the Sports section.

07/10/07 Adam Passes his 4th Dan

Well done to Adam Beniston on passing his 4th Dan Black Belt with flying colours, he impressed both Master Keeling and Master Billy Jones 5th Dan (Chinese Boxing) who is not a man who is easily impressed, this is a grade normally given for time served, but Adam chose to be assesed due to his age. 

09/09/07 Adam wins EMA British Semi Contact

Adam Beniston entered the EMA U/65kg Points fighting section at the British Championships at Sheffield after traveling down on his own (no one coaching him) to win his first British semi contact title, in a close final Adam was down one point in the final seconds (7-6) when he landed a side kick to his opponants chin, knocking him down and grabbing the title. Well done Adam!!!

New club started at LA Fitness in Newark

Saturdays 3pm till 4.30pm, Instructor Matt Littlewood, £4 adults, £3 children, LA Fitness (classes open to non gym members), Northern Road Industrial Estate, Newark. 

11/08/07 EMA Derbyshire Championships

Well done to squad member Chantelle Goodwin on her 3rd place at the European Martial Arts Association open Derbyshire Championships on Sunday, in the ladies U/70kg Points Fighting, only her 2nd competition. The next big competition will be the CMAA Nationals, were we will be defending the 'George Morrell trophy' for the winning team which we have won for the last two years, expect a huge turnout this year and a real battle to hold onto it, anyone wanting to compete in Kata, Weapons, Points Fighting, Light Continuous Fighting, or Submission Grappling let an Instructor know so we can begin training for it.

01/08/07 ITV Sports News

Master Beniston appeared on local ITV Central Sports News on Wednesday evening being interviewed training in the gym, clips will be uploaded in next week or so when we introduce videos to the site, along with competition clips of the squad at tournaments.

Cimac World Cup 29/07/07

Adam Beniston came 2nd in the World Cup held at Windsor, London, he had hoped to defend his title from last year but was beaten into 2nd place this time. Wait till next Year !!! 

Master Beniston Promoted 29/07/07

Master Beniston was presented with his 7th Dan at the end of the CMAA open mat course on Sunday, by CMAA President Soke Andrew Morrell, www.cmaa.co.uk (officially awarded on  2/12/06), this follows on from the 7th Dan presented to him on 20th May by the visiting German contingency (Grand Masters Frank Schneider 10th Dan, Gunter Bauer 10th Dan, Hermann Harms 9th Dan and Sifu Toni Finken Schraffrath 9th Dan) at the KIKA/WSCSO seminar at Pilsley, Phil has been made WSCSO English representative for Kickboxing/Freestyle www.wscso.org.uk and also a UK Director for the NBJC (National Bu-Jutsu Council GB) www.nbjc.co.uk Picture of Phil with Soke G T Ross at CMAA Course Picture

European Powerlifting Championships 22-24/06/07

ABMAA President Phil Beniston competed in the EPC European Powerlifting Championships in Port Talbot, winning his class, with a World Record Bench Press of 205kg, he attempted a World Record Squat of 290kg but didnt get it low enough, the battle for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place were only seperated by 2.5kg, (Gerraint Nicholas of Wales in 2nd and Peter Malfa of Germany in 3rd), the following day Phil took the European Bench Press title with a bench of 210kg (at a bodyweight of 92.6kg). 

Full Contact Fight 17/06/07

Ross 'Rhino' Barrett has won his first Full Contact fight held at Chesterfield, his opponant had to have a standing count in the last round, well done Rhino!!! His next fight should be in Kelham, Newark on 7th September, followed by 30th November in Galway, Ireland, we well keep you posted.

SouthYorkshire Championships 17/06/07

The All British Martial Arts Association (ABMAA) recently took a team of 13 competitors to the South Yorkshire Championships in Rotherham, and came away with a total of 16 medals!

For many of the competitors it was their first ever tournament, and they all demonstrated a level of enthusiasm and talent that bodes well for the future of the ABMAA’s team.

The day kicked off with the forms categories. In the Junior Korean Patterns section Craig Canning, a Green belt in Tae Kwon Do, performed the 1^st Dan Black belt WTF pattern to take 3^rd place, not bad for his first time in this section. In the Adult Japanese Kata section Adam Beniston successfully defended his title for the 3^rd time with a senior Shotokan kata, Unsu. Kevin Mitchell entered the Adult Korean Patterns, and came 4^th in a very difficult section after performing the WTF 2^nd Dan Black belt pattern. His Instructor, and current World Cup champion, Adam Beniston won this section with the WTF 3^rd Dan Black belt pattern.

Next up was the Junior Points Fighting categories. Calum Wright came 3^rd in his section with a very spirited performance from such a young fighter. In the boys -5’2 section, Gage Sludds claimed a well earned 3^rd place after winning several fights, with cousins John Greenham and Matty Carter just missing out on the medals this time. Craig Canning entered the boys +5’2 and was the smallest fighter in the section; he met the eventual winner in the semi-finals. It was a case of David and Goliath as the boy he fought was not only older but also at least a foot taller! Craig started off slow as he was intimidated by the size of his opponent, and even lost a point in the first minute for leaving the area, but he came back well towards the end of the fight, losing by only 1 point to take 3^rd place. In her first ever competition, Chantelle Goodwin, a Purple belt in Kickboxing, won her first 2 fights comfortably to meet a 2^nd Dan Black belt in the final. Though her opponent was bigger, much more experienced, and very good with her kicks, Chantelle managed to take her to extra time, eventually losing by only 1 point to take the 1^st Silver medal of the day. A very promising start from such an inexperienced fighter…

In the Ladies +65kg Points fighting section Kathryn Carlyle was defending her title from last year. Unfortunately she had some very stiff competition, and had to settle for Bronze this year. Not to be fazed however, Kathryn entered the +65kg Light Continuous section and won a convincing Silver medal in that, her first time in Light Continuous.

Junior fighter Rupert Hendry, a Green belt in Hwrang Do, entered his first competition and decided to step up into the Men’s -75kg section rather than fight the juniors. After a brave performance from the young lad, he ended up with a well deserved 3^rd place. His team mate Wes Draycott went one better and won a Silver medal in the -75kg Points, but had to settle for 3^rd place in the Men’s -75kg Light Continuous after his stamina let him down in the semi-finals, against much younger opponents. Ashfield Tigers 3^rd Dan Black belt Greg Hendrie and Cobra Freestyle 1^st Dan Black belt Dave Butlin both came joint 3^rd in the Men’s +75kg Points fighting. Dave then battled his way to 3^rd place position in the Men’s +75kg Light Continuous. In the same section Greg Hendrie showed everyone why he’s the current World Champion in Light Continuous, easily dispatching his opponents on his way to a spectacular final against the winner of the Points fighting section (who had beat Greg earlier that day). In a fitting end to the day, which had everyone on the edge of their seats, Greg fought his way to victory to become the 2007 South Yorkshire champion. {report by Adam Beniston Team Captain}

Ashfield Tigers Interclubs Competitions

Dates have been added for the Ashfield Tigers inter-clubs which are open to all ABMAA members for more details look on the Events page or visit their website which is now back up and running at www.ashfieldtigers.co.uk 

ABMAA Championships

We will be holding a large inter-club competition on the 9th September (date TBC)

CIMAC / IASKA British Championships 13/05/07

Adam Beniston has just won the CIMAC British Championships for Open Hard Forms against some very stiff competition, for the second year running, doing a Korean Pattern. Well done Pocket Rocket.

Instructors Course 06/05/07

The following students have reached level 1 Instructor status: Wes Draycott, Kev Mitchell, Dave Butlin, Jonathan Lawford, and Mat Littlewood. Ross Barratt attained Level 2 (Assistant Instructor). A new page will be added shortly listing all the Instructors.

Full Contact News 14/04/07

Well Done to Ross 'Rhino' Barrett on his first full contact match, were he went the distance losing on points to a more experienced fighter. His next fight will be on May 19th at Hull.

Robbie Hughes Seminar 14/04/07 

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British Bench Press Championships 14/04/07

Master Beniston won the British title for the third year running despite having had a bad chest for the last 7 months, he will now train up to defend his European title in Wales in June.

Black Belt Gradings 01/04/07

Following the latest Black Belt gradings held at Rainworth Leisure Centre the following students were succsesfull in passing Dan grades: Liam Rice 2nd Dan, Kimberley Keeling 1st Dan, Dave Butlin 1st Dan, Andrew Hull 1st Dan, Craig Canning 1st Dan, Alistair Canning 1st Dan, Liam Canning 1st Dan, Lewis Johnson 1st Dan, Kyle Redfern 1st Dan. Well done all, pictures to follow, they have all been added to the Black Belt register. 

Nottinghamshire Powerlifting Championships 25/03/07

Well do to Adam Beniston who has just won his first Powerlifting Competition Becoming BWLA Junior Nottinghamshire Powerlifting Champion (67.5kg class), just trying to keep up with the old man?

Nottinghamshire Sports Review of the Year 2006   30/01/07

These awards were held at the East Midlands Conference Centre, in front of nearly 500 people, and as Phil was out of the country, Adam had to accept the award of Amateur Sports person of the Year on Phils behalf, the awards were organised by the Notts County Council. Full story & Picture

Mansfield Sports Recognition Awards 2006 11/12/06

The Awards were held at the Mansfield Civic Centre, by the Mansfield District Council, Phil Beniston was awarded the Amateur Sportsperson of the Year Award which was presented to him by Tony Egginton the Executive Mayor of Mansfield. Pictures

WPF World Championships 24 - 26/11/06

Well done to Master Beniston on winning the WPF World Powerlifting Championships (100kg Masters 1 class) and the World Bench Press Championships the following day (same class), the Championships were held in Limerick, Ireland. Phil broke a World record on the Bench Press of 202.5kg (his 11th WR in 12 months!) The Team Powerlifting event was won by Great Britain.

WUMA World Championships (Malta) 11/11/06

Greg Hendrie has just returned from Malta with the following titles

WUMA World Champion in Points Fighting - WUMA World Champion in Light Continuous Fighting

He was also on the GB winning Team! Well done Greg we are all very proud of you

EMA Derbyshire Open Championships

Brent Gilliker won 3rd Place in the Coloured belts Mens +85kg Points, Josh Livesley won 3rd place in the Black Belts Mens -80kg Points, Adam Beniston won 2nd Place in the Black Belts -70kg Points being unable to continue in the Final due to injury, Josh Wootton was also ordered to discontinue due to injury in the 3rd place fight off in the Boys -4'4" Points, and Martin Logue narrowly missed out on the medals in the Black belts Mens -65kg Points.

WUMA English Samurai Open 30/07/06

Four competitors from the ABMAA traveled to Worcester to compete in the WUMA English Samurai Open, with Martin Desmond Logue winning the Advanced Mens -65kg Points Fighting. Ross Barrett took Silver in the Novice Mens +90kg Points Fighting and Bronze in the Novice Mens +90kg Light Continuous, Bethany Barrett narrowly missed out on the medals in the Novice Junior Boys/Girls -125cm Points Fighting, but came away with a well earned Silver medal in the Novice Junior Boys/Girls -125cm Light Continuous. Joshua Livesley fought in the Advanced Mens -80kg Points Fighting, unfortunately he met the eventual winner of the category, Mike 'cold blooded' Clarke, in the 1st round. Josh only lost by 1 point, a great show from such a relatively young and inexperienced fighter! Well done to you all.

Cimac World Cup 16/07/06
Adam Beniston has won the Cimac World Cup in Korean Patterns, the competition was held at Windsor, London and is possibly the most prestigious competition on the Martial Arts callender in the UK this year, Martin Logue, Ross Barrett and Josh Livesley fought in the points, but lost to some of the best in the World. Well done all.

EPC European Championships 22-25/06/06
Shihan Beniston Traveled to Vienna, Austria for the European Powerlifting Congress European Powerlifting and Bench Press Championships, in the Powerlifting he set a new World Record on the squat at 285kg, (100kg Masters 1 class), he followed this with a new World record on the Bench Press of 200.5kg, a minor injury on his opening Deadlift cost him the eventual title to the current World Champion, Peter Malfa (Germany), 2nd place and 700kg total, on the following day he won the European Bench Press title (90gk class), with another World record of 197.5kg, dropping the bar on his chest with 200kg loaded on a 4th attempt (Ouch!!!).

CMAA National Championships 17/06/06
Full results from the CMAA's were we again for the 2nd year running took the George Morrell Trophy for the team with the biggest medal haul, Kelly Bossons Gold (girls 11-15yrs Points), Ben Bossons Silver (Boys U/10yr Points), in the Mens O/3rd Kyu Openweight Points Greg Hendrie took Gold, Steve Wright Silver and Martin Logue Bronze, Adam Beniston Gold (Adult Open Kata), Craig Canning Silver (Boys Points) and Bronze (Boys Light Contact), Dale Baldry Silver (mens O/14st light contact) and Silver (mens O/14st submission grappling), Shaun Coupe Silver (boys points), Josh Wooton Bronze (boys U/10yr submission grappling), Rachael Bear Silver (girls points), Ebony Smith Gold (girls points), Zak Watson Gold (boys points), Ross Barratt Silver (Mens U/3rd Kyu Points), Bethany Barratt Bronze (girls U/10yr points), Kev Mitchell Bronze (weapons kata), Josh Livesley Gold (mens U/70kg light contact), Also competing were Wes Draycott, Beth Murphy, Harry Watson, Callum Wright, Alex Graham, Lucy Ashley, Dave Butlin, Liam Canning and Alistair Canning. if I've missed anyone please forgive me and let me know.

IAKSA Superleague
Adam Beniston came 1st in the British IAKSA Championships (part of the CIMAC Superleague) for all Hard forms held in Birmingham on Sunday 14th May 2006, This event follows news of IAKSA joining with WAKO to form 'new WAKO' a single World Kicboxing Organisation recognized by GASIF as an International sport, this news means Kickboxing will be entered into the World Games and in the future possibly the Olympics. So this event was the selections for the IAKSA National Team. Picture

Judgement Day 2006 7/5/06
Greg Hendrie, Martin Logue and Adam Beniston competed at the Judgement Day, at the SENI06 at Birmingham NEC, against the best fighters in the country, Adam lost to the current WAKO World Champion, Martin was stopped from reaching the medals, but Greg was back on form to take third place, well done all three for having a go in such a prestigious event, the new team web site run by Martin 'Des' Logue is linked from the homepage and is still under construction, take a look, comments welcome.

BPO British Championships 22/23 April 2006
Master Beniston competed in the BPO British Powerlifting and Bench Press Championships held at Bath University, Sommersett, coming 2nd in the British Powerlifting Championships to the current World Champion Dean Drury, but breaking 3 World records on the Bench Press in the process, then the next day he won the British Bench Press Championships breaking another World record along the way. Pic's

WUMA Europeans on 23rd April 2006!!
Well done to those that competed in the WUMA Europeans, Martin Logue won the Mens Advanced U/55kg Points, 3rd in Mens Advanced U60kg Points, missing out in the medals in Mens Advanced U/65kg Points, Adam Beniston came 2nd in the Open Korean Patterns, 3rd in Mens Advanced U/65kg Points, 3rd in Mens Advanced Openweight Points, Kev Burton made his return to competition after a long rest to take 2nd in the Veterns Points, and Ross Barrett came 2nd in the Novice O/80kg Light Continuous Fighting and 3rd in Intermediate Mens O/80kg Points, Greg Hendrie had an off day, but will be back for sure. e mail me any pictures for gallery.

BLACK BELT Grading Results 09/04/06
The latest Black Belt Gradings held at Rainworth Leisure Centre
Unfortunately not everyone passed on this occasion, but those successfull were:
Chris Barnes 2nd Dan, Ashley Miller 2nd Dan, Lorraine Murphy 1st Dan,
Daniel Littlewood 1st Dan, Tom Geraghty 1st Dan, Amanda Hillary 1st Dan,
Kelly Bossons Cadet 1st Dan, Liam Ulyatt 1st Dan Cadet,
Grant Edwards 1st Dan Cadet, In TaeKwonDo Joshua Livesley 1st Dan,
Jack Corbett 1st Dan Cadet, and Jack Astill 1st Dan Cadet, well done everyone! Examiners were  G Master D J Dewar 9th Dan
Master Beniston 6th Dan, Master Keeling 5th Dan, Master Hawley 5th Dan
and Sensei Beniston 3rd Dan, Sensei Hendrie 3rd Dan, (Results added to List)
Thanks to Sensei Gary Bear 2nd Dan and Sensei Phill Layton 2nd Dan for assisting.

ABMAA Mini Interclub 29th April 2006
The next Mini Interclub held by the Ashfield Tigers will be at The British Legion at Skegby, remember all you have to do is find some-one you want to spar with for a guaranteed trophy!, a great one to gain a little experience of competitions, in a relaxed and friendly event with a Trophy for everyone, Don`t miss it!

NEW TEAM WEB SITE
We are in the Process of setting up a new web site dedicated to the ABMAA Squad 'Team Courage' as soon as it is up and running we will add a link directly to it, it will feature Profiles of all the team members, all the competition
results and pictures, roll of honor etc;

WUMA Battle of England 12/03/06
Three 'Team Courage' members entered the Battle of England  in Worcester, they were;
Callum Wright who fought a realy tough opponent for the Silver medal, Kieron Williams who just missed out on the medals in the Boys Black Belt Points, and Team Captain Adam 'I'll enter everything' Beniston who won Gold in the Korean Patterns, Silver in the Japanese Kata, (after a split decision), then after a battle that went into extra time and sudden death he won Gold in the advanced Mens U/65kg Points, then after stepping up into the U/70kg class he fought first the current European Champion from Poland, then the current World Champion taking a well earned Bronze, then to cap the day off he fought in the Open weight class where he again fought the World Champion to settle for another Bronze. Well done all three!!

South Yorkshire Championships 05/02/06
Adam Beniston won 1st in both the Jap Kata and Korean Patterns, and 3rd in the Advanced Open Weight Points, Martin Logue won 1st in the Points, Jay Hallsworth won 1st in the Junior Jap Kata, Craig Canning won 2nd in Boys Points, Josh Livesley won 1st in Intermediate Mens Points and 2nd in Mens Open Light Contact, Kevin Mitchell came 3rd in Korean Patterns, Jack Astil 3rd place in Boys Black Belts Points. 

BPO English Powerlifting & Bench Press Championships 04/02/06
Association Chief Instructor Phil Beniston entered his first competition of the year a week after a ligament injury to his knees (while squatting 260kg), after some intensive physio he decided to have a go, totaling 640kg to win the Powerlifting title and Benching 180 kg with a sprained wrist to win the Bench Press title.

WUMA Deadly International 26/02/06
Twelve members of the Team Courage squad made the trip to Gloucester to compete at the latest WUMA tournament, coming away with 13 medals, the medal winners were,
Lewis Johnston 1st in Boys Points, Zak Watson 1st in Boys Points, Callum Wright 2nd in Boys Points, Harry Watson 3rd in Boys Points, Shaun Coupe 3rd in Boys Points, Shannon Brown 3rd in Girls Points, Greg Hendrie 2nd in Mens Advanced O/90kg Points (after a controversial decision when he was disqualified for excessive contact), Adam Beniston 1st in Senior Jap Kata, 1st in Senior Korean Patterns, 3rd in Mens advanced U/65kg Points, 2nd in Mens Advanced U/70kg Points (losing to the current World Champion), 2nd in Mens Advanced Open Weight Points (again losing to the World Champion). Also fighting but missing out on the medals this time were Ross Barrett in the Mens Novice O/80kg Points (his first Competition), Liam Johnson in the Boys Advanced Points and Kierron Williams also in the Boys Advanced Points. Well done to everyone !

WUMA English Titles 22/01/06
The first real Championships of the year and our team 'Team Courage' got of to a very promising start with team captain Adam 'Pocket Rocket' winning Gold in the Jap Kata, Gold again in the Korean Patterns, and Gold in the U/70kg Points Fighting along with a Bronze in the U/65kg Points, Greg Hendrie won Gold in his Points Category, Martin Logue won Silver in his Points along with a Bronze in Light Contact and Callum Wright  won Silver in Points Fighting. A great start to the year, lets have a few more students joining the team and following the same example I know we have got some real talent in both the Tigers and Cobra clubs, (are you listening Liam Johnson, Joe Knock, Kelly Bossons, Craig Canning and the rest). Picture

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