LETHAL - LEIF

26TH DECEMBER 2009

 

HAD A PHONE CALL FROM CRIS, HE WAS GOING TO WAIT TIL MY RETURN TO GO OVER PLANS FOR 2010 , BUT DECIDED IT WOULD MAKE CHRISTMAS EVEN BETTER IF HE TOLD ME SOME NOW .

SO THIS IS PART OF THE RUNDOWN ON WHAT CRIS HAS ALREADY GOT IN THE PIPELINE FOR 2010!!!

 

WOW WHAT A BUSY YEAR. I KNOW CRIS DOES NOT RELEASE TOO MUCH UNTIL HE KNOWS THINGS ARE DEFINITE BUT THE TRAVEL NEXT YEAR LOOKS VERY EXCITING. WITH 4 FIGHTS TO BE SCHEDULED FOR 2010, HE HAS TWO IN PLACE ALREADY.

 

THE TRAINING ALSO LOOKS AS INTERESTING! LOOKS LIKE I WILL EVENTUALLY ACHIEVE MY ULTIMATE WISH OF TRAINING IN THAILAND AND LONG HAUL TRAVEL I HAVE ONLY EVER DREAMED OF!!!!!! (I AM MAINTAINING ALL MY THAI TRAINING AS I HAVE MY OWN CLASSES NOW AND INTEND TO GRADE FURTHER ALSO).

IT ALSO APPEARS THIS YEAR IS THE BIG DECISION YEAR AS CRIS IS ALSO LOOKING AT A COUPLE OF SEMI PRO FIGHTS BEFORE THE FINAL AND "BIG" STEP.

 

AS I GET 100% CONFIRMATION OF ANYTHING, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED THEN PLEASE KEEP CHECKING BACK AS I WILL UPDATE REGULARLY ON HERE! I KNOW I CAN ALSO SAFELY SUGGEST I MAY BE FIGHTING OUT IN HOLLAND, NEW ZEALAND AND FRANCE IN 2010.

 

BRING IT ON!!!

 

25^TH DECEMBER 2009

 

CHRISTMAS DAY WAS AWESOME, GOT EVERYTHING I COULD EVER WANT AND MORE, LOVED MY GUITAR HERO AND IPOD TOUCH IT’S ABSOLUTELY AWESOME I RCOMMEND IT TO EVERYBODY.

 

LUNCH WAS GORGEOUS HAD PRAWN COCKTAIL STARTER AND ROAST DINNER WITH A LOVELY PUDDING ASWELL.

 

THAT NIGHT WAS BASICALLY JUST A CHILL NIGHT SPENDING TIME WITH THE PARENTS LOL

 

 

 

 

 

GUITAR HERO CHAMP IN ACTION . LOL.

 

 

 

 

WEDNESDAY 23^RD DECEMBER 2009

 

TODAY KERRY AND CRIS HEADED BACK AND I STAYED HOME TILL THE 3^RD JANUAURY.

 

 

 

TUESDAY 22^ND DECEMBER 2009

 

HEADING HOME TODAY , THIS TIME CRIS AND KERRY CAME TO MINE TO DROP ME OFF HOME AS WE WERE ON THE RADIO THAT NIGHT AND I’M TO BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS, IT WAS AWESOME BEING ON THE RADIO THEN WE HEADED HOME TO CHILL AND WATCHED BRUNO WHICH IS VERY DISTURBING LOL.

 

 

 

SATURDAY 19^TH DECEMBER 2009

 

MY FIRST THAI GRADING WAS TODAY, KERRY WENT THROUGH THE YELLOW SYLLABUS THEN THE ORANGE WITHOUT ANY BREAKS, ALL THE ROUNDS WERE TWO MINUTES. THE RESULT WAS BEING GIVEN ON THE DAY SO I CALCULATED THE RESULT AND KERRY SCORED A-  IN BOTH YELLOW AND ORANGE KHAN.

 

 

PROUD INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT , BOTH WEARING THEY GRADES WITH PRIDE

 

 

AFTER THIS ME CRIS AND LUKE RUSHED OFF TO THE RUGBY ALTHOUGH THE WEATHER WAS HORRIBLE SO WE WRAPPED UP WELL. FOR THE FIRST TIME WE SAW DONCASTER KNIGHTS WIN LOL.

THOUGH BY ABOUT FOUR O’CLOCK WE WERE ALL FALLING ASLEEP IN THE BAR AREA SO THE REDBULL HAD TO COME INTO EFFECT HAHA .IT WORKED AND WE PARTYED FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT BEFORE HEADING HOME FOR ME AND KERRY TO LOSE AT RAPIDOUGH AGAINST LUKE AND CRIS.

 

 

LUKE AND I ENJOYING A GUINNESS AT THE RUGBY

 

TUESDAY 15TH DECEMBER 2009

 

HAD A LAY-IN THIS MORNING TO RECOVER THEN HEADED TO RETFORD CENTRE TO POST MY PROVISIONAL OFF HAHA, CANT WAIT TOO HIT THEM ROADS. HAD A COFFEE AND A CHILL IN COSTA WITH CRIS & KERRY THEN HEADED HOME TO WRITE MY XMAS CARDS OUT CAUSE I’M SO NICE.

SIX O’CLOCK CAME AND WE’RE OFF TO BOXING FELT REALLY SHARPE TONIGHT ME AND KERRY BOTH GOT PRAISED UP OFF CRIS AND OUR BOXING COACH STEVE. WORE MY NEW BOXING BOOTS THEY FELT AWESOME WITH MY BLACK SHORTS, BLACK BOOTS LIKE A MINI TYSON HAHA.

HEADED HOME FOR SOME PROTEIN AND KERRY COOKED MY FAVOITE MEAT (LAMB) CHOPS AND WE WATCHED AMERICAN PIE BETA HOUSE AWESOME, NOW IM SAT IN BED TYPING THIS LOL PEACE OUT FANS, NIGHT.

 

MONDAY 14TH DECEMBER 2009

 

TEACHING TONIGHT WENT WELL FIRST OF ALL WE STARTED KERRY,S GRADING WE ARE SPLITING IT UP DOING ABIT TONIGHT AND THE REST WILL BE TAKEN ON SATURDAY BEFORE ME, CRIS & LUKE GO TOO THE RUGBY, YEAYYYYY.

BACK TO THE LESSON HAD THE KIDS DOING A CIRCUIT AND BAG WORK BEFORE THERE LAST CLASS NEXT MONDAY FOR XMAS. THEN I WAS WATCHING KERRY ON THE PADS READY FOR SATURDAY AGAIN GOING THROUGH THE LAST MINUTE ALTERATIONS. AND THEN IT WAS THE K1 CLASS WHERE WE DID CHECKING WITH DIFFERENT POWER MOVES FELT REALLY GOOD.

 

 

SUNDAY 13TH DECEMBER 2009

 

WOW WHAT A DAY!

YESTERDAY WAS HARD HAHA. FIVE HOURS OF TRAINING STARTING AT TWELVE WITH A TWO HOUR SEMINAR WITH CHANOY WHICH WAS EXCELLENT AND WE ALL LEARNED ALOT FROM IT.  STARTING WITH PADWORK AND FINISHING WITH PRATICAL WORK ON EACH OTHER ALL THE ROUNDS WERE AT LEAST TEN MINUTES LONG. AND THE HEATING WAS ON HAHA.

FROM THERE WE FINISHED AT TWO O’CLOCK AND STARTED AGAIN AT DINNINGTON AT THREE. WITH K1 WHERE WE DID A CONDITIONING CIRCUIT AND IN THE SECOND CLASS QUARTER PAST FOUR TILL QUARTER PAST FIVE WE DID A FULL ON KILL YOURSELF CIRCUIT LOL. INVOLING PLYMETRIC EXERCISE CIRCUIT TO START THEN AN ARMS ONE THEN A LEGS ONES AND ABS ONE. TO FINISH WE DID A PLAIN FITNESS!

FROM THEN IT WAS ONCE AGAIN PROTEIN TIME BEFORE SPARRING FOR A HOUR THEN ONCE WE SPARRED FOR A HOUR IT WAS TIME TO CRAWL HOME LOL.

AND WATCH XFACTOR C’MON JOE HAHA. PERSONALLY I THOUGHT STACEY SHOULD OF WON BUT EACH TO THERE OWN AYEE.

ITS MONDAY AND IM SAT HERE WRITING MY LESSON PLAN ACHING AND WAITING FOR MORE TRAINING TONIGHT.

 

DOING SOME PRACTICAL WORK WITH CHANOY

 

 

27TH NOVEMBER - 7TH DECEMBER 2009

 

IVE BEEN HOME FOR THE WEEK WHICH WAS GREAT TO SEE FAMILY AGAIN ALTHOUGH I GOT ILL HALF WAY THROUGH AND HAD TO STOP RUNNING FOR A WEEK :-(

HEADED BACK TO DINNINGTON ON MONDAY TO TAKE MY CLASS AND GET BACK TOO TRAINING. ONCE WE GOT HOME AND CRIS COOKED MY TEA , WE ALL WENT TO BED WE ALL WERE VERY, VERY TIRED. TUESDAY WAS BOXING NIGHT THEN CHILLING OUT AFTER.

WEDNESDAY WAS OPEN SESSION NIGHT WHERE WE DID INTERVAL TRAINING IN CIRUITS THEN SOME K1 SPARRING IN THE LAST SESSION.

THURSDAY GOT MY HAIR CUT READY FOR SUNDAY. AND HELPED KERRY IN THE LESSONS AND WENT THROUGH SOME GRADING WORK ASWELL. BEFORE THE LAST CLASS WERE WE DID GRADING AND PADWORK.

FRIDAY WE HAD TO GET UP EARLY SEEMS WE WERE GOING TO MEADOW HALL FOR SOME SHOPPING AND SPENT HALF THE DAY THERE BEFORE TRAINING , WHERE I TRAINED WITH JORDAN BEFORE HIS FIGHT AND WE ALL CHILLED ON THE NIGHT.

SATURDAY WE ALL JUST RELAXED WITH A BIG DAY SUNDAY, WENT TO RETFORD FOR A COFFEE, WALKED THE DOGS AND SO ON.

SUNDAY UP ABOUT SEVEN SEEMS WE WERE TO BE AT THE VENUE READY FOR THE RING ARRIVING AND SETTING THE ROOM AND CHANGING ROOMS UP. ME AND SOME OF MY STUDENTS KICKED THE SHOW OFF AT HALF TWO WITH A TEN MINUTE DEMO BEFORE THE FIGHTS STARTED WHERE I WAS TO BE TIMEKEEPPING THOUGHTOUT. THE SHOW WAS A FANTASIC ONE AND FINISHED AROUND HALF SIX ,SEVEN O’CLOCK. SO I POPPED DOWNSTAIRS FOR A SHOWER AND WAS READY FOR THE BFKKO CHRISTMAS PARTY. WAS A FANTASIC NIGHT WITH MY MAM AND DAD COMING DOWN ASWELL.

ME AND MY 2 STUDENTS AFTER THE DEMONSTRATION

 

 

21ST NOVEMBER - 26TH NOVEMBER 2009

 

 

ON SATURDAY, I PRACTISED MARKING GRADINGS WHILST CRIS, GLYN, KERRY AND TIM MARKED DAN GRADES.

 

 

ME ON MY PANEL ASSESSMENT ON THE DAN GRADING

 

 

AFTER THE GRADING WE WENT TO GLYNS HOUSE FOR A COME DINE WITH ME EXPERIENCE, IT WAS GREAT. GLYN COOKED A HEALTHY INDIAN WHICH WAS AWESOME I DIDN’T LEAVE A THING HAHA.

THAT NIGHT GLYN PLAYED THE GUITAR FOR US I HAD A GO BUT WASN’T THE FASTEST LEARNER BUT KERRY WAS PLAYING HALF THE SONG BEFORE WE HEADED BACK.

 

 

 

 

ME WITH MY GREAT ATTEMPT AT GUITAR PLAYING . HA , HA

 

 

SUNDAY AND THE WEATHER IS COLD, WINDY AND RAINING TYPICAL NOVEMBER HAHA. I DID TRAINING IN K1 AND KICKBOXING FOR TWO HOURS TODAY THEN ME AND CRIS HEADED TO BRIAN BECKS GYM TO COLLECT SOME TRACKSUITS.

THEN HOME FOR SOME FOOD AND THE X FACTOR RESULTS, WHICH WILL BE BORING NOW WITHOUT JEDWARD HAHA.

 

TOOK MY THAI CLASS MONDAY NIGHT THEN GOT PICKED UP OF MY DAD & MAM WHO TRAVEL TO COLLECT AND DROP ME OFF WHENEVER I NEED.

THANK YOU !

 

TUESDAY ME AND THE MOTHER HEADED TO TOWN TO PICK AN OUTFIT FOR ME FOR  THE XMAS DO IN TWO WEEKS. THE RAIN MANAGED TO HOLD OFF, WE THEN SPENT TIME WITH DAD AND WENT TO MY MAMS FRIENDS FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

 

WEDNESDAY WAS JUST A NORMAL DAY WITH A RUN AND ABOUT SIXISH ME, MAM, ANGELA AND DALE WENT TO THE PICTURES SEEMS I DON’T SEE DALE AS MUCH NOW, HE IS ONE OF THE STUDENTS  I USED TO INSTRUCT. THE PICTURES WAS GREAT FUN BUT WAS CHOCKER SEEMS LOADS OF NEW FIMS ARE OUT.

AFTER THE PICTURES MAM AND I WENT FOR A MEAL, HEALTHY OPTIONS OF COURSE BUT IT WAS WELL NICE ….

 

 

13TH NOVEMBER - 18TH NOVEMBER 2009

 

FRIDAY

I WENT FOR A RUN IN THE MORNING AND BEAT YESTERDAYS TIME BY OVER THREE MINUTES. WELL CHUFFED!

HAD AN AFTERNOON KIP SEEMS WE WERE ALL GOING FOR A CHILL OUT TONIGHT TO WATCH A LIVE BAND IN DONCASTER. ALSO BEFORE WE WENT, WE WENT OUT FOR SOMETHING TO EAT ME AND CRIS HAD BRUNCH WHICH WAS LOVELY HADN’T HAD IT BEFORE NOW.

WE THEN SET OFF AND ARRIVED, I GOT I.D’D SOON AS I WALKED THOUGH THE DOOR HAHA. HAD A BRILLIANT NIGHT BAND WAS AWESOME A REAL FANTASTIC NIGHT.

SATURDAY

WAS THE START OF A TWO DAY COURSE WAKO GIRLS WERE COMING UP FROM THE SOUTH FOR THE WEEKEND. THE COURSE STARTED AT 2 MAINLY SPARRING TODAY AND WORKING ON OUR FAULTS TOMORROW.  ONCE WE FINISHED OUR GROUP WENT FOR FOOD. SEEMS MY DAY OFF IS TODAY I WAS ALLOWED STEAK AND CHIPS, A SPOT ON TREAT!

THEN HEADED HOME FOR X FACTOR AND REST.

SUNDAY

THE COURSE STARTED AT THREE TODAY WAS AN INTENSE SESSION WHERE EVERBODY’S FAULTS WERE WORKED ON. ONCE FINISHED THE GIRLS HEADED HOME SOUTH ,WHILST I STAYED TO SPAR IN THE LAST SESSION BEFORE HOME TIME SHOWER, FOOD AND SLEEP READY FOR MORE TRAINING TOMORROW.

MONDAY

THIS MORNING I WENT ON THE SAME RUN AS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY DIDN'T BEAT FRIDAYS TIME DUE TO WEATHER MAKING THE WOODS VERY SLIPPY.  TONIGHT I WAS TEACHING DOING AN ASSAULT COURSE FOR MY STUDENTS GIVING THEM SOME FUN ASWELL AS HARD WORK.

AFTER THE KARATE CLASS I SPARRED WITH JORDAN DOING K1 READY FOR HIS FIGHT ON THE 6^TH DECEMBER AND THEN DID THE K1 CLASS WHICH WAS VERY ENJOYABLE.

TUESDAY

WAS OUR REST MORNING DOING WORK AND RESTING ETC. WENT TO BOXING AT HALF SIX  AS NORMAL NOW AND CAME HOME AND KERRY COOKED AN AWESOME BEEF CASSEROLE WITHOUT POTATO THOUGH, SEEMS IT’S NOT MY DAY OFF YET!

I’M HOME ON MONDAY CANT WAIT IT’S ALOT OF TRAVELLING BUT WORTH IT GETTING THE TRAINING I AM GETTING AND STILL SEEING MY PARENTS AND MY MATES, ADVANTAGES BOTH SIDES!

 

 

10TH NOVEMBER 2009

 

I SHOULDN’T EXPECT ANYMORE OFF CRIS SHOULD I?

YESTERDAY WE WENT TO SDF SHEFFIELD FOR OUR REGULAR SPARRING SESSION KERRY AND I DO WITH THE "GANG" IT WAS ONE SOLID HOUR OF SPARRING...WE STARTED OFF WITH 10 MINUTES OF LIGHT STUFF AND THEN THE PACE WENT UP AND UP! CHEERS JOE, MY LEG IS TELLING ME I WAS IN WITH "DA GOV" YESTERDAY. KEZ HAD TO BATTLE IT OUT WITH SHANE BEARD, HES UNREAL TOO! WE HAVE A GREAT IME THERE AND I MUST THANK PAUL POWERS WHO IS ALWAYS WILLING TO LET US ALL TRAIN TOGETHER.

JUST AS I PICKED MY NEW COMPUTER GAME UP "MODERN WARFARE 2" AND WAS ABOUT TO SETTLE DOWN TO PLAY IT CRIS SAID, "KIT ON WE ARE OFF TO BOXING!!" IT WAS AWESOME AND THERES ANOTHER UNDERLYING STORY BUT ITS A LITTLE UNDER WRAPS AT HE MOMENT! ONE OF CRIS' BEST FRIENDS IS AN ABA COACH AND THEY HAD BEEN TALKING RECENTLY AND SURE ENOUGH, CRIS SAID WHEN KERRYS BACK FROM THE WAKO'S THERES GONNA BE A SLIGHT TILT IN YOUR TRAINING! WELL THIS WAS IT!

 

 

 

ME BEING TAKEN ON THE FOCUS MITTS

MY COGS HAVE STARTED TO TURN FULLY NOW AND I AM READY FOR WHATEVER HE THROWS AT ME!! CRIS HAS SAID GET READY, STRAIGHT AFTER CHRISTMAS WE ARE OUT TO A TRAINING CAMP ABROAD!!! WHERE THIS TIME AS I KNOW HE FAVOURS THE EASTERN BLOCK FOR HARD TRAINING!!! WATCH THIS SPACE. "YER HAPPY FLIPPIN' CHRISTMAS LEIF, NOW I HAVE TO STAY IN SHAPE OVER THE BREAK!"  :-(

 

AND I AM READY FOR WHATEVER HE THROWS AT ME !!

 

28TH OCTOBER TIL 9TH NOVEMBER 2009

SINCE BEING BACK AT CRIS’S  TRAINING HAS ONCE AGAIN BEGUN.

  STARTING OFF WITH OPEN SESSION HARD CIRCUITS AND SPARRING ON WEDNESDAY AND A BASICS LESSON AND FITNESS ON THURSDAY,  WHICH WAS WHAT I NEEDED. FRIDAY WAS EXTREMELY HARD I CALLED IT SELF PAIN BARRIER DAY!  LOL . (INVOLVED DIFFERENT EXERCISES FOR TWO MINUTES AND A EXTRA MINUTE FOR NOT BEATING YOUR PARTNER).     

TO REWARD ME LOVELY KERRY MADE ME A HEALTHY THREE COURSE MEAL. IT WAS GORGEOUS.

 SATURDAY I WAS KICK COUNTING AT THE SCUNTHORPE SHOW AS I HAVE ALL MY QUALIFICATIONS. THE SHOW WAS A REALLY GOOD PROFESSIONAL ONE ,NO TROUBLE AND ALL CORRECT UNANIMOUS DESCISIONS.

BEN FAHEY WHO FOUGHT OUT IN CROATIA WITH ME CLAIMED THE WAKO BRITISH CADET FULL CONTACT TITLE.

 

ME DOING THE KICKCOUNT AT SCUNTHORPE

 

SUNDAY I ATTENDED THE WAKO MMA COURSE ALONG WITH GLYN, LUKE AND CRIS. IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING AS I HAVEN’T DONE ANYTHING LIKE IT BEFORE AND WE ALL LEARNED ALOT.

 ALTHOUGH IT WAS VERY COLD AND JOHN AND LISA’S DOG STILL INSISTED ON TRYING TO GET EXTRA CLOSE TO ME, I EVEN CHANGED MY AFTERSHAVE HAHAHA.

 

ME DOING SOME VIDEOING AT THE MMA COURSE

MONDAY I WAS TEACHING AGAIN AND BEFORE THE K1 CLASS I DECIDED TO JOIN IN THE POINTS CLASS BACK FROM MY OLD DAYS :D, I ENJOYED IT. K1 WAS A BASIC LESSON INVOLVING ALL APPLICATION WORK I REALLY ENJOYED IT!

TUESDAY CRIS SPOILT ME AND KERRY BY TAKING US TO ALTON TOWERS IT WAS DEAD GOOD WE GOT ON THE FRONT OF EVERY RIDE TWICE IT WAS AMAZING!! :D

WEDNESDAY WAS BACK TO TRAINING WITH NORMAL CIRCUITS IN OPEN SESSION AND SPARRING AFTER IT THEN WE DID PRESSURE DRILLS.

THURSDAY I HELPED KERRY IN THE CLASSES BEFORE SENIOR KICKBOXING AND THEN KERRY TOOK THE LESSON WHERE WE DID AN HOUR AND A HALF OF CIRCUIT IT WAS AWESOME.

AFTER THAT I WENT TO LUKES FOR THE WEEKEND AS CRIS AND KERRY WENT TO JUDGE IN SPAIN AND IT ALLOWED ME TO KEEP MY TRAINING UP BY STAYING AT LUKES. I HAD A GREAT WEEKEND, THANKS LUKE !!

 

MONDAY 26TH OCTOBER2009

 

ANOTHER STRANGE DAY !!!

 

TODAY CRIS AND KERRY WERE FLYING BACK FROM AUSTRIA AND MY PARENTS WERE TAKING ME BACK DOWN TO MY THAI CLASS IN DINNINGTON.

 

I HAD MIXED FEELING TODAY, I WAS EXCITED TO GO INTO BLACK FALCOM THAI AND ANNOUNCE HOW WELL KERRY HAD DONE, WE ALL SIGNED HER A WELL DONE CARD AND THE KIDS LOVE HEARING THE NEWS.. WE ARE A TEAM IN EVERY SENSE X

 

CRIS HAD TEXTED IN THE MORNING TO TELL MY PARENTS THAT IF THEY LEFT ME AT THE GYM AFTER THE THAI CLASS, THEY WOULD ARRANGE FOR ME TO GO BACK HOME TO THEM TO RECOMMENCE MY TRAINING CAMP.

 

I REALLY LOVE THE TIME WITH MY PARENTS AND FRIENDS BUT ALSO I WAS SO HAPPY TO BE GOING BACK TO CRIS AND KERRY, I AM SO SETTLED NOW AND JUST LOVE TRAINING AND TEACHING, IT IS WHAT I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO AND NOW I AM DOING IT.

 

I AM GRATEFUL MY PARENTS ARE SUPPORTIVE AND BACK ME ALL THE WAY, EVEN THOUGH I KNOW THEY BOTH MISS ME WHEN NOT AT HOME BUT NOT LONG TIL NEXT TIME THEY HAVE ME LOL DAYS GO FAST X X

 

SUNDAY 25TH OCTOBER 2009

 

A DAY OF SILVERWARE !!!

 

WHAT A DAY TODAY HAS BEEN, I GOT UP VERY EARLY AND SUDDENLY FELT NERVOUS, I WAS NOT FIGHTING TODAY BUT MY TRAINING PARTNER KERRY LOUISE WAS FIGHTING IN AUSTRIA IN THE FINAL OF THE WAKO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS AGAINST A 6FT 2 AUSTRAIN IN K1 STYLE.

KERRY IS ABOUT 5FT 3.5 SO WAS IN FOR A HARD FIGHT.TO BE IN THE FINAL OF THE WAKO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN YOUR 1ST OUTING FIGHTING K1 IS A MASSIVE ACHEIVEMENT BUT ONE I KNOW KERRY DESERVES..

 

I HAD ALSO BEEN ASKED MY ONE OF MY OLD STUDENTS DALE MATHIE TO TRAVEL WITH HIM TO A COMPETITION IN LEICSTER AND COACH HIM. WHEN WE GOT THERE IT ENDED UP THAT DALE MADE BOTH FINALS SEMI CONTACT AND LIGHT CONTINUOUS WITH THE SAME OPPONENT WHO WAS ALSO A GOOD HEAD TALLER THAN DALE.

 

I FOUND IT QUITE AMUSING THAT I WAS AWAITING RESULTS FROM BOTH AND THEY WERE BOTH UP AGAINST THE ODDS WITH MUCH TALLER OPPONENTS. DALE GOT 2 SILVERS BUT FOUGHT THE BEST I HAVE SEEN HIM FIGHT IN HIS CONTINUOUS AND IT WAS 2 GREAT RESULTS.

 

WE HAD NOT LONG GOT INTO THE CAR WHEN WE RECEIVED NEWS THAT  KERRY LOUISE HAD FOUGHT AND ALSO HAD THE SILVER MEDAL, THIS IS THE 2ND MEDAL FOR BLACK FALCON THAI AND I AM VERY PROUD OF KERRY, A WORLD SILVER TO ADD TO OUR EUROPEAN GOLD...

 

 

KERRY PICTURED WITH HER AUSTRAIN OPPONENT ON THE RIGHT AND THE SOUTH AFRICIAN WHO GOT BRONZE ON THE LEFT,

AS YOU CAN SEE IT TOOK NERVE TO ENTER THE RING WITH SUCH A HEIGHT DISADVANTAGE..

 

WAKO WORLD SILVER, WELL DONE KERRY X

 

 

MONDAY 12TH OCTOBER 2009 TIL SATURDAY 24TH OCTOBER

 

 

 

AFTER MY FIGHT I WENT HOME WITH MY PARENTS AND BIG BROTHER FOR THE NIGHT.

MONDAY WE GOT UP AND HEADED TO SHEFFIELD TO DROP MY BROTHER AT MEADOW HALL TRAIN STATION SO HE COULD RETURN HOME TO BIRMINGHAM. I THEN ZOOMED OFF TO TEACH MY THAI CLASS IN DINNINGTON.

THE CLASS WENT REALLY WELL AND WAS KERRY’S LAST MUAY THAI LESSON BEFORE HER WAKO EVENT. BLACK FALCON THAI WISH HER EVERY SUCCESS AT THE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN AUSTRIA.

 GOOD LUCK KEZ X.

 

 I THEN HEADED BACK HOME FOR TWO WEEKS TO GIVE KERRY FINAL PREPARATION TIME, THE TUESDAY NIGHT I WAS AT A AMATEUR BOXING SHOW WATCHING MY MATE JACK THOMPSON GAINING HIS WAY TO A VICTORY AND GIVING THE OTHER BOXER A STANDING COUNT IN THE FIRST ROUND! HE WAS LATER THIS WEEK IN THE LOCAL PAPER AS HIS FIGHT WAS CLASSED AS BOUT OF THE NIGHT I BELIEVE WELL DONE SON.

 

THEN AT THE WEEKEND I WAS IN BIRMINGHAM VISITING  MY BROTHER AND MY NAN WHO HAS BEEN IN HOSPITAL, IT WAS GREAT TO SEE HER ,IT WAS A AWESOME TIME AND NAN MADE HER LOVELY CARROT CAKE, I ALSO BOUGHT MY NIECE A AQUA MAT FOR A EARLY XMAS PRESENT SHE AND I LOVED IT ALTHOUGH STILL BEING ONLY 18 MONTHS OLD RUBY DECIDED TO PUT THE WATER MOSTLY ON STUARTS AND JO’S FLOOR RATHER THAN THE MAT HAHA.

 

ON MONDAY CRIS AND KERRY HEADED TO AUSTRIA FOR THE WAKO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, KERRY IS COMPETING IN K1 RULES FOR THE FIRST TIME BUT I KNOW SHE WILL DO WELL. AGAIN GOOD LUCK KERRY X

 

SINCE BEING AT HOME I’VE BEEN DOING RUNS EACH DAY TO KEEP MY FITNESS UP READY FOR CRIS RETURNING AND TRYING TO SPREAD MY TIME AMONGST THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS SEEMS EVERYBODY WANTS TO SEE ME. !

 

IT HAS BEEN GREAT BEING HOME BUT I AM ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO RETURNING NEXT WEEK AND TRAINING ALONGSIDE KERRY ON HER RETURN FROM AUSTRIA, CRIS HAS ALREADY FOREWARNED US WE HAVE SOME HARD TRAINING SESSIONS AHEAD BUT DOING THEM WITH SOMEONE WHO YOU LOVE TRAINING WITH MAKES IT A LITTLE EASIER.

 

 

SUNDAY 11TH OCTOBER 2009

 

AFTER SPENDING THE LAST WEEK DOING MY FINALLY PREPARATIONS FOR MY FIGHT, LAST BITS OF TRAINING AND GETTING MY MIND FOCUSSED, THE DAY OF THE FIGHT IS HERE.

 

i ARRIVED AT THE VENUE FOR MY MEDICAL AND THE NERVES KICKED IN . I HAVE A WONDER ABOUT AND THEN MET MY PARENTS FOR A QUICK CHAT IN THE LOUNGE , WHILST CHATTING TO THEM I GET A MASSIVE SURPRISE AS IN WALKS MY BIG BROTHER STUART WHO I WAS CONVINCED COULD NOT MAKE IT BUT IT WAS ALL A PLOY TO SURPRISE ME. IT WORKED . I KNEW I HAD TO FIGHT MY BEST EVEN MORE NOW AS IT WAS THE 1ST FIGHT STUART HAD MANAGED TO MAKE.

 

TO START THE SHOW BOTH THE GB AND THE FRENCH TEAMS WERE CALLED INTO THE RING FOR THE ANTHEMS AND AS I WAS STOOD IN THE RING THE NERVES STARTED TO GO AND I KNOW I WAS READY.

 

I WAS THE 1ST FIGHTER ON THE GB VS FRANCE SECTION OF THE SHOW AND WANTED TO START THE TEAM OFF ON A WIN. I WAS WELL FOCUSSED WHEN I CAME TO THE RING BUT KNEW I WAS IN FOR A VERY TOUGH FIGHT.

 

 

 

  

 

                              ME AND IDRISS DURING THE FIGHT

 

THIS PROVED TO BE JUST THE CASE AND IDRISS HAD COME TO TAKE THE FIGHT, AFTER 3 WELL FOUGHT ROUNDS, I WAS DECLARED THE WINNER. STUART EVEN ENTERED THE RING TO PRESENT THE TROPHIES SO I WAS EXTRA PLEASED TO HAVE WON.

 

 

 

 

 

  ME AND BIG BRO STUART                             CRIS JANSON PIERS, ME , STUART AND IDRISS .

 

 

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK IDRISS GALAIS ( 5 X FRENCH NATIONAL SAVATE CHAMPION ) FOR BEING A FANTASTIC OPPONENT AND IT WAS A PLEASURE TO MEET HIM .

 

 

 

 

ME AND IDRISS GALAIS A FANTASTIC OPPONENT !!!

 

 

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO TAKE THIS CHANCE TO THANK MY MANAGER AND COACH MASTER CRIS JANSON PIERS AND MY TRAINING PARTNER KERRY LOUISE NORBURY FOR ALL THE HELP AND PREPARATION FOR THIS FIGHT AND THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS.

 

AFTER NEARLY A YEAR OUT OF THE RING TO FINISH MY STUDIES THEY BOTH MADE SURE I WAS WELL READY. THANKS GUYS , YOU ARE THE BEST X

 

 

 

 

ME WITH CRIS, I THINK WE WERE BOTH PLEASED TO GET THIS RESULT, A LOT OF HARD WORK AND TRAINING WELL WORTH IT !!!

 

 

SATURDAY 3RD OCTOBER.

 

I SPENT 5 HOURS TODAY BEING ASSESSED BY CRIS IN OFFICIAL BFKKO GRADING PRACTICE AND PROCEDURES.

I SPENT ONE GRADING LISTENING TO HOW THE OFFICIAL PANEL VIEW STUDENTS AND MAKE AN INITIAL ASSESSMENT BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY DOCUMENT ANYTHING ABOUT A STUDENT WHO IS ATTEMPTING THEIR NEXT GRADE.

THE STANDARD OF THE BFKKO IS VERY HIGH AND THIS IS BECAUSE CRIS ADHERES TO THE SAME STANDARD AS WAKO, THE WORLD GOVERNING BODY. (OF WHICH HE HEADS ALL THE NEW RINGSPORT DAN GRADINGS ALSO).

 

AFTER THAT I WAS SHOWN HOW THE MARKING SYSTEM WAS STRUCTURED. THEN THE BIG TEST! I WAS GIVEN 4 RANDOM STUDENTS ON THE NEXT GRADING AND CRIS TOLD ME HE WANTED TO SEE ME AS NEAR TO HIS MARKS AS POSSIBLE!!!

 

SAT ON MY OWN I STARTED  AND SOON REALISED HOW INTRICATE AND THOROUGH HIS SYSTEM WAS.

 

HE USES AN ABC SYSTEM, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES PLUS AND MINUS MARKS; IE:

B- B B+ WHICH GIVES MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE DETAILED SCRUTINISATION.

THE LOWEST PASS MARK IS C+.

 

I AM PLEASED TO SAY, I WAS VERY CLOSE TO CRIS' MARKS N MOST OCCASIONS.

HE WAS VERY PLEASED AND AFTER 1 MORE ASSESSMENT CRIS SAYS HE WILL BE HAPPY WITH ME CONDUCTING MY FIRST BLACK FALCON THAI GRADNG UNDER THE BFKKO BANNER AS MY NEW STUDENTS ARE NEARLY READY TO GRADE.

 

I WILL BE RESPONSIBLLE FOR MARKING THE STUDENTS IN THAI, WHILST CRIS WILL ALWAYS SUPERVISE AND CHECK THAT THE BFKKO PROCEDURES AND STANDARDS ARE MET!

 

I AM LEARNING SO MUCH ALL THE TIME AND I AM LOVING IT.

 

THE OPPORTUNITIES I HAVE BEEN GIVEN ARE EXCELLENT AND I AM MAKING THE MOST OF THEM.

 

WITH MY KRU GRADE I AM NOW REGISTERED AS A  FULLY QUALIFIED INSTRUCTOR.

WITH MY ENHANCED CRB, FIRST AID AT WORK, PI INSURANCE AND MY INSTRUCTORS QUALIFICATION OF WHICH ALL, I HAVE ALREADY OBTAINED, MY GRADING EXAMINERS QUALIFICATION BEFORE THE END OF THIS MONTH WILL GIVE ME THE FULL PACKAGE...WOW.

 

 

 

28TH SEPTEMBER 2009

 

TODAY I THINK I LEARNT THE TRUE FEELING OF PRIDE !!

 

I RETURNED TO MY THAI CLASS AND WAS GREETED BY MY STUDENTS WITH SUCH ENERGY AND PRIDE IN THEY INSTRUCTOR, IT REALLY MADE ME REALISE THAT WINNING IS ONLY PART OF IT.

 

THE 1ST OF WHAT I AM SURE WILL BE MANY SUCCESSES FOR BLACK FALCON THAI

 

 

ME WITH MY STUDENTS, THEY REALLY MADE ME FEEL LIKE I WAS BACK STANDING ON THE PODIUM

 

20TH TO 27TH SEPTEMBER 2009

 

WAKO JUNIOR / CADET EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2009 IN CROATIA

 

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MONDAY

ARRIVED AT THE HOTEL AFTER TRAVELLING, WENT UP TO MINE AND CRIS’ ROOM TO DISCOVER A NICE APARTMENT TYPE SET OUT WITH AN AWESOME VIEW.  I JUMPED IN THE SHOWER TO FRESHEN UP BEFORE THE GREAT BRITIAN SQUAD MEETING AND WE THEN WENT TO WEIGH IN.

 

VIEW FROM BEDROOM

  IN WAKO EUROPEAN YOU MUST MAKE WEIGH EVERY DAY SO CRIS DECIDED I WAS TO BE AROUND A KILO UNDER WEIGH TO START THE WEEK OFF AND HOPEFULY END UP BANG ON FIFTY SEVEN BY THE FINAL. AS EXPECTED I WEIGHTED 56KG BANG ON STRIPPED DOWN, SO THEN WENT STRAIGHT OFF FOR DINNER. THE FOOD WAS AWESOME GREAT PORTIONS AND CORRECT TYPE OF FOOD AVAILIBLE, PROTEIN, CARBOHYDRATES, FIBRE THEY WHERE ALL AVAILIBLE FOR MY STRICT DIET FOR PEAK PERFORMANCE. FINSHED OFF AROUND NINE, HALF NINE STRAIGHT TO BED AS I DECIDED  I WAS KNACKERED.

TUESDAY

TODAY WE GOT TOLD WAS THE ONLY DAY WE WOULDN’T HAVE TO WEIGH-IN, A TREAT I SUPPOSE. SO AFTER BREAKFEAST WHICH WAS GREAT, ME, SCOTT AND BEN WENT FOR A CHILL AROUND THE COMPLEX AND ENDED UP FALLING ASLEEP NEAR THE POOL ALL DAY!

UNLUCKY  CRIS HAD TO ATTEND ALL WAKO MEETINGS, NO REST. ONCE CRIS FINISHED, JOE, ME, SCOTT AND BEN HAD A LITTLE TRAINING SESSION OUT OF THE WAY OF OTHER TEAMS WHO MAY BE TRYING' TO SPY =P. NO INJURIES JUST APPLICATION WORK BEFORE DINNER .

 AFTER WE THEN GOT OUR DRAW SHEETS WHERE I FOUND OUT I WOULDNT BE FIGHTING UNTIL THE FRIDAY.

WEDNESDAY

START OF THE COMPETITION, UP EARLY SEEMS I WANTED A SHOWER BEFORE HALF SEVEN WEIGH-IN AND EIGHT O’CLOCK BREAKFEAST.  WEIGHED IN AT 56.3 KG. HEADED TO THE VENUE WITH ONLY BEN FIGHTIN TODAY. SADLY BEN LOST THOUGH ALTHOUGH PUTTING A GREAT PERFORMANCE UP ON HIS FIRST EVER FIGHT ABROAD. FINISHED WATCHIN THE COMPETITION AND HEADED BACK TO THE HOTEL ABOUT SEVEN O’CLOCK LONG DAY! DINNER WAS AT EIGHT AND I WAS CURLED UP IN BED BY TEN READY FOR ANOTHER LONG DAY TOMORROW.

 

BEN ,ME, SCOTT AND JOE FOUND OUR OWN VANTAGE POINT TO WATCH THE COMPETITION

THURSDAY

UP EARLY AGAIN FOR THE SAME ROUTINE, SHOWER, WEIGH-IN, BREAKFAST THEN THE VENUE.

 WEIGHED 56.5KG. SCOTT FOUGHT TODAY EARNING' A PLACE IN THE FINAL  AGAINST  RUSSIA  =D. WE ENDED UP HEADIN HOME EARLY SO I COULD TRAIN MOTIVATING MYSELF FOR TOMORROW. I DID APPLICATION WORK WITH JOE WHOSE ALSO FIGHTING TOMORROW AFTER ME. THEN DINNER AND EARLY BED WATCHIN K1 ON EUROSPORT IN CROATIAN THOUGH  LOL. BIG DAY TOMORROW.

 

ME AND SCOTT NEXT TO A BAG THAT SUMS UP WHAT BEING ON THE BRITISH TEAMS MEANS = PRIDE

FRIDAY

WEIGHED 56.5KG AGAIN THIS MORNING USUAL ROUTINE  BUT ONCE I GOT TO THE VENUE THIS MORNING I CHILLED OUT ON MY OWN WITH MY IPOD PACING UP AND DOWN THE ROOM AS I NORMALLY DO PRE FIGHT.

 ALTHOUGH I HAVENT FOR ABOUT NINE MONTHS.

 I WON THE UKRAINE LAD ON  A POINTS DECISION, HE WAS A TOUGH COOKIE JUST WANTING TO COME FORWARD ALL THE TIME WAS A REAL WARRIOR. ONCE I FINISHED IT SEEMED I HAD BURNT QUITE A BIT OF ENERGY I HAD A LOVELY SANDWHICH, HANDMADE FROM THE SHOP, IT WAS MASSIVE! THEN BACK FOR A EARLY NIGHT, AFTER DINNER REVISED MY TACTICS FOR TOMORROW AND HOW I FOUGHT TODAY AND PLANNED TO CHANGE WHAT THE RUSSIAN SEEN TODAY.

 

ME AND CRIS WITH MY UKRAINIAN OPPONENT AFTER I HAD WON !!!

SATURDAY

WEIGHED IN AT 56.8KG AND WENT STRAIGHT FOR A MASSIVE BREAKFAST AND FILLED UP ON CARBOHYDRATES DURING THE DAY SEEMS I WASNT FIGHTING TIL FOUR.

WHEN I GOT INTO THE RING AND SEEN THE RUSSIAN I COULDN’T BELIEVE HOW HE MADE WEIGHT, MUST OF BEEN EASY 6FT AND NOT SUPER SKINNY EITHER WAS WELL BUILT.

FIRST ROUND I CAME BACK TO THE CORNER SAYING TO CRIS THAT ROUND WAS LONG BUT IN A LESS POLITE MANNER, LOL ,3 MINS THE TIMEKEEPER WAS WRONG, THE FOLLOWING ROUNDS WERE ONLY TWO MINUTES.

  ONCE I WON  CRIS GAVE ME A BIG SLOPPY KISS AND THE RUSSIAN LOWERED HIS HEAD, HE WOULD HARDLY SHAKE MINE OR CRIS’S HAND, BUT EVEN THE JUGDES WHO WHERE RUSSIAN =P TOLD ME AND CRIS I FOUGHT A GREAT TACTICAL FIGHT.

 

WHAT A FEELING !! UNLUCKY FOR MY OPPONENT BUT I FELT ON SUCH A HIGH, THE WINNER !!!

 I THEN FOR A GREAT BIG CHOCOLATE MAGNUM ICE CREAM AFTER AND HEADED BACK TO THE HALL FOR MY MEDAL AND TROPHY WE DIDNT GET BACK TO THE HOTEL TILL PAST HALF TEN SO HAD A PIZZA AND PACKED CASES READY TO BE UP AT FIVE!  ALL IN ALL A FANTASIC WEEK.

 

ON THE PODIUM WAKO CADET K1 EUROPEAN CHAMPION X

SUNDAY

SPENT THE WHOLE DAY TRAVELLING HOME AND AFTER A FEW CONGRATULATIONS HEADED STRAIGHT TO BED !

 

 

 

15TH SEPTEMBER 2009

 

CHARITY EVENT

TUESDAY ME, KERRY, CRIS, JORDAN AND LUKE WENT TO AN EVENT RAISING MONEY FOR CHILDREN WITH CANCER "IMPACT YOUNG HEROES" WHERE ANDY AND HIS BROTHER JAMES OLSEN WHO HAS DOWNS SYNDROME FOUGHT 100 ROUNDS BETWEEN THEM. THE RING WAS SET UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ODSAL STADIUM, THE HOME OF THE BRADFORD BULLS WITH MANY OF THEIR PLAYERS HELPING OUT AND OTHER LOCAL TO TEAMS WHO ALL PITCHED SOMEONE FROM THEIR TEAM IN THE RING!

I ONLY DID FOUR ROUNDS SEEING AS I AM DUE TO FIGHT VERY SHORTLY IN CROATIA AND CANT RISK ANY INJURY. SO I MAINLY PRACTISED MY REFEREEING SKILLS AND TIMEKEEPING SKILLS WHICH I HAVE JUST PASSED LAST WEEK UNDER WAKO. IT WAS GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR ME AND IT GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN MUCH EXPERIENCE WHILST UNDER A RELAXED ATMOSPHERE.

 

ME DOING A ROUND WITH ANDY OLSEN

THE RING WAS VERY KINDLY DONATED BY DAVE TERRY AND PHOTOS WHERE TAKEN BY EVENT PHOTGRAPHY.

 

CRIS DOING A ROUND WITH ANDY

 

 EVEN CRIS DID FOUR ROUNDS IN THE RING, WOOOOH LOOK AT THE HIGH KICKS COULDN'T BELIEVE IT SPINS AND JUMP SPINS AND ALL, STEADY OLD MAN. 

 

JAMES AND ANDY OLSEN ( A HUNDRED ROUNDS OF SPARRING BETWEEN THEM )

IT WAS A GREAT DAY AND EVERYBODY ENJOYED THEM SELVES AND IT WAS ALL FOR A GOOD CAUSE, MONEY IN THE POT FOR THE KIDZ.

 

14TH SEPTEMBER 2009

 

IT WAS A GREAT DAY TODAY, IT WAS MY MAM'S BIRTHDAY AND HER AND DAD DROVE DOWN TO VISIT FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS, IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THEM BUT WEIRD WAVING GOODBYE TO MAM ON HER SPECIAL DAY.

 

I KNOW NOW I WILL NOT SEE THEM TIL AFTER CROATIA BUT IT WAS FANTASTIC THAT THEY HAVE CONFIDENCE IN ME AND DROVE OFF SAYING SEE YOU IN 2 WEEKS WITH YOUR MEDAL.LOL.

 

AFTER THE VISIT IT WAS TIME TO GO TO THE GYM AND TEACH AT MY CLUB ' BLACK FALCON THAI ' AND WHEN I GOT THERE I WAS IN FOR ANOTHER SURPRISE AS ALL MY JUNIORS WERE DRESSED IN THE CLUB KIT AND LOOKED WELL SMART, OVER THE WEEKS THEY HAVE BONDED TOGETHER WELL AND HAVE BECOME A NICE LITTLE TEAM, TODAY THEY LOOKED LIKE IT.

 

IT FELT GREAT TO SEE, MY LITTLE TEAM !!!!

 

 

ME WATCHING OVER A COUPLE OF MY JUNIORS (LOOKING SPLENDID IN THEIR CLUB GEAR )

 

13TH SEPTEMBER 2009

 

SATURDAY 12TH SEPTEMBER I WAS ASKED TO TAKE PART IN A ST JOHNS FIRST AID AT WORK COURSE AT FALCON FIGHT ACADEMY. SINCE I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH FALCON FIGHT ACADEMY AND THE BFKKO AS AN INSTRUCTOR IT HAS BECOME MORE AND MORE APPARENT THAT CRIS IS VERY STRINGENT WHEN IT COMES TO ALL THE AREAS OF HEALTH AND SAFETY AND WORKING WITH CHILDREN.

 

 

 

AN EXAMPLE OF DOING CPR AS PART OF THE COURSE

SINCE MY 18TH I HAVE ATTENDED AND PASSED A BFKKO INSTRUCTORS COURSE, APPLIED FOR AND RECEIVED MY ENHANCED CRB (IN LINE WITH THE UP AN COMING THE ISA REGULATIONS) , EFFECTED PROFESSIONAL INDEMNITY INSURANCE AND NOW PASSED MY FIRST AID QUALIFICATION. LAST WEEK I PASSED MY TIMEKEEPERS, KICKCOUNTERS AND BASIC REFEREEING AND JUDGES COURSE UNDER WAKO PRO.I WILL NOW UNDERGO STRINGENT CONTINUAL TESTING FOR JUDGING AND WILL BE GAINING REFEREEING EXPERIENCE AT CLUB LEVEL IN THE FIRST INSTANCE.

ITS BEEN A LOT TO TAKE ON IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS BUT I AM SURE AS CRIS STATED ITS BEST I GET ALL THIS STUFF OUT OF THE WAY NOW AS IT WILL BENEFIT ME NOW AND CERTAINLY IN THE FUTURE. I CAN NOW CONCENTRATE ON MY FIGHTS THAT ARE COMING UP. 

NEXT YEAR I WILL BE DOING THE WAKO OFFICIAL COACH AND ASSISTANT COACHES COURSE, YET ANOTHER QUALIFICATION.

OFF FOR A REST NOW AS THE MAN HAS 3 HOURS TRAINING SET OUT FOR US TODAY! WHO SAYS SUNDAY IS THE DAY OF REST!??

 

11TH SEPTEMBER 2009

 

BAD COMPANY TRAINING

 

THURSDAY MID MORNING, ME AND KERRY HAD A PRIVATE SESSION BOOKED WITH MR SMITH. TO BRUSH UP ON SOME CLINCH WORK BEFORE I GO TO CROATIA SO WE WARMED UP AND GOT STRAIGHT INTO IT. WE WORKED ON MOVES TO GET INTO POSITION FOR INSIDE THE CLINCH AND WAYS OF ATTACKING AND SETTING UP ATTACKS.  THEN AFTER THAT WE FINSHED WITH A STEADY PACE OF FIVE ROUNDS BEFORE HEADING HOME FOR MORE TRAINING BACK AT DINNINGTON.

 

 

SPARRING KERRY IN THE 5 ROUNDS AT END OF SESSION

 

FRIDAY NIGHT, CRIS DECIDED HE WANTED TO TAKE ME AND KERRY BACK TO LEEDS FOR MORE TRAINING, HOPING TO TRY OUT THE NEW MOVES WE LEARNT. IT WAS A NORMAL CLASS AT BAD COMPANY TODAY STARTING WITH SOME SPARRING WITH JAMES FRANCE THEN I DID PAD WORK WITH GEORGE AND CLINCH PRATICE WITH GEORGE BEFORE SPARRING HIM AND SARAH. ONCE FINSHED THE CLASS HAD 50 PRESS UPS TO DO BEFORE COOL DOWN THEN WE SAID OUR GOODBYES DRANK OUR PROTEIN AND HEADED HOME FOR SOME FUEL (FOOD) AND BED!

 

 

MR RICHARD SMITH GIVING SOME POINTERS

 

CRIS HAS A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH RICHARD AND BAD COMPANY AND THIS MEANS ON OUR REGULAR VISITS HE CAN DEVELOP OUR K1 STYLE EVEN FURTHER AS IT GIVES ANOTHER DIMENSION TO OUR TRAINING.

 

 

KERRY PUTTING SOME OF THE TECHNIQUES INTO ACTION WATCHED CLOSEY BY MR RICHARD SMITH 

 

 

9TH SEPTEMBER 2009

 

SINCE OPEN SESSION LAST WEDNESDAY AFTER A TRIP HOME I’VE BEEN TRAINING MY BUTT OFF.

 

 WITH ONLY TWO WEEKS LEFT TO CROATIA CRIS IS PUTTING ALL THE FINAL TWEAKS TO MY TRAINING INCREASING THE LENGTH OF TIME I TRAIN AT NIGHT AND THE PACE I RUN DURING THE DAY.

 

MY WEIGHT IS SPOT ON DUE TO PROFESSIONAL WELL PLANNED EATING TIMES AND PORTIONS. EATING THE RIGHT TYPE OF FOOD TO FUEL MY BODY FOR THE TYPE OF TRAINING I HAVE ON THAT DAY.

 

 THE PAST WEEKEND I TRAINED PRIVATELY WITH KERRY-LOUISE AND WES FAGAN I FEEL THE STRONGEST I HAVE EVER BEEN , THE FITTEST I HAVE EVER BEEN AND I KNOW I COULDNT HAVE PUT ANYMORE EFFORT INTO TRAINING.

 

 ONLY ANOTHER WEEK AND A HALF LEFT TO PUT ALL I’VE LEARNED INTO ACTION SO STAY TUNED FOR MORE IMFORMATION!

 

 

2ND SEPTEMBER 2009

 

JUST FOUND OUT MY FIRST TRAINING SESSION, ME KEZ N CRIS ON A SHORT 6K, BUT DEMANDING MAINLY UPHILL OFF ROAD MOUNTAIN BIKE (YES HE BOUGHT A BIKE IN JUST SO I WILL NEVER BE LEFT OUT...CHEERS MATE!!!). CRIS FOUND THE SANDIEST TRACKS POSSIBLE WHICH MAKES PEDALLING TWICE AS HARD AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOUR GETTING NOWHERE!

 

WE MADE GOOD TIME AND IT FELT GOOD, NOW ITS LUNCH N REST AS WE HAVE "OPEN SESSION" THE WEEKLY KILLER CIRCUIT AND THEN SPARRING AT 8.30PM.

 

THAT WAS A SHORT LIVED BREAK. OOOH!

 

 

LOVELY PICTURE, LOVELY SCENERY, SPOT THE SHINS, LOVELY CONDITIONING ,LOL.

 

 

1ST SEPTEMBER 2009

 

I HAD A FANTASTIC TIME UP AT HOME WITH MY PARENTS, COUPLE OF VISITS TO THE PICTURES, A DAY IN WHITBY WHICH INCLUDED A BOAT TRIP WHERE I GOT SOAKED THROUGH.

 

IT WAS NICE TO HAVE SOME RELAXATION BUT I STILL HAD MY EATING AND TRAINING PLAN I HAD TO STICK TO.

 

AND TODAY I HAVE RETURNED . LOL. AND I WONDER WHAT CRIS HAS IN STORE THIS TIME ?? OR MAYBE IT IS BETTER NOT TO WONDER. LOL.

 

25TH AUGUST 2009

 

CRIS KNEW THAT I WAS HEADING HOME TODAY AND HAD A SPECIAL TRAINING SESSION PLANNED HE SAID.

 

I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN, I SHOULD HAVE SEEN THAT LOOK IN HIS EYE OVER BREAKFAST, I SHOULD BE GETTING USED TO THE SADIST BY NOW BUT MAYBE I WAS JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING MY PARENTS ETC AND I JUST WENT OFF TO THE GYM HAPPILY EXPECTING A GENTLE EASE DOWN...........  YEAH RIGHT !! AS IF.

 

WHAT I GOT WAS PURE HELL .. LOL. AND TO TOP IT ALL KERRY MY LOVELY TRAINING PARTNER AND NORMALLY MY SUPPORT DECIDED SHE WAS GOING TO HELP SET UP THIS SESSION FROM HELL ...

 

I HAVE NEVER TRAINED SO HARD AND I TELL YOU I THOUGHT I HAD , HAD HARD TRAINING SESSIONS BEFORE BUT THIS WAS DEFFO SOMETHING ELSE AND TO TOP IT I DID IT ALL IN MY SWEATSUIT. I LOST 1 KG IN ONE SESSION.

 

I HAD TO PUSH MYSELF BEYOND MY USUAL BOUNDARIES AND JUST THE THOUGHT I WAS HEADING HOME AT THE END OF IT KEPT ME GOING. I WOULD NEVER BE SO PLEASED TO SEE MY MAM AND DAD. LOL. ( THOUGH I DO NOT THINK THEY QUITE APPRECIATED THE SMELL FROM MY SWEATING KIT ON THE 2 HOUR DRIVE HOME. LOL. ).

 

I MUST ADMIT ALTHOUGH KERRY HELPED PLAN THIS SESSION, SHE WAS THERE RIGHT ALONG BESIDE ME DOING EVERY BIT OF IT, WE DO IT ALL TOGETHER AND ALTHOUGH ON DAYS LIKE TODAY WHEN FOR A SECOND , JUST A SECOND YOU ASK YOURSELF WHY YOU ARE PUTTING YOURSELF THROUGH IT, IT IS WORTH IT !!

YOU GET TO THE END OF THE SESSION AND YOU HAVE TO SMILE BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT, THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE CHOSEN TO DO AND THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO.

 

  

 

     WRINGING OUT MY SWEAT SUIT, LOVELY !!!!!!!, NOW THATS WHAT YOU CALL A WORKOUT !!!

 

CRIS, KERRY, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR A GREAT TRAINING CAMP AND LET ME TELL YOU NOW , GET READY I AM COMING BACK !!!

 

LEIF X

 

22ND AUGUST 2009

 

CRIS, KERRY AND I DECIDED TO HAVE A DAY WITH A DIFFERENCE TODAY, WE HEADED TO THE MOORS FOR SOME RELAXATION AND IT GAVE US A DAY TO JUST REFLECT.

 

I AM WELL FOCUSSED ON MY UP COMING FIGHTS SO DECIDED I WOULD USE THE SURROUNDINGS TO MY ADVANTAGE, I LOVE THE WAI KRU AS A RELAXATION BEFORE MY FIGHTS AND WHAT A GREAT PLACE TO PERFORM IT AND JUST PUT MY MIND TO A CALM MODE AND RUN THROUGH MY FIGHTS.

 

 

PERFECT PLACE TO JUST RELAX AND FOCUS MY MIND

 

KERRY IS ALSO LOVING THE TRADITION BEHIND MUAY THAI AND IS KEEN TO LEARN ALL ASPECTS OF IT . HOW CAN YOU NOT RELAX AND FOCUS WHEN IN SUCH IDYLLIC SURROUNDINGS.

 

 

TOTAL FOCUS IN FANTASTIC SURROUNDINGS

 

17TH AUGUST 2009

 

WELL MY THAI CLASSES ARE REALLY GOING WELL, NUMBERS INCREASING AND EVERYONE SEEMS EAGER TO LEARN.

 

I STILL BELIEVE THAT TO GET A TRUE UNDERSTANDING IT IS IMPORTANT TO TEACH NOT ONLY THE STYLE OF THAI BUT THE TRADITION OF IT ASWELL.

 

        

 

STUDENTS LEARNING THE BASICS OF SEALING THE RING !

 

 

AND SOME GOOD BASIC TECHNIQUES OF KICKS !

 

THANKS KIDS, YOU ARE MAKING MY CLASSES ENJOYABLE FOR US ALL WITH YOUR ENTHUSIASM, LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR CLUB GROWING AND US BEING A GREAT TEAM !

 

 

SUNDAY 16TH AUGUST, THERES NO REST FOR THE WICKED!!!

WHEN CRIS TOLD ME TO BE UP AT 8AM BECAUSE HE HAD A GRADING AT THE QUEST KICKBOXING CLUB AT ROTHERHAM THERE WAS SOMETHING HE JUST MISSED OUT!!

EVERY OPPORTUNITY CRIS SEES FOR KERRY AND I TO TRAIN HE JUST TAKES IT. WE GOT THERE AND WERE TOLD THAT WE BOTH WOULD DO THE 2 HOUR GRADING ALONGSIDE THE STUDENTS AS BASIC PADWORK PRACTICE.

NO PRESSURE THERE THEN CRIS THANKS! THE STUDENTS WERE GREAT AND THEY PUT LOADS OF EFFORT IN. IT WAS NICE TO SEE ANOTHER CLUB WITHIN THE BFKKO AND HOW THEY ALL WORK WITHIN THE SYSTEM.

 

NOW I AM CUTTING MY WEIGHT AND I AM ONLY .5KG OFF MY TARGET I HAVE TO TRAIN HARD AND GET STABILISATION AT MY FIGHT WEIGHT. SOMETIMES I AM TIRED AND I NOW HAVE TO TREAT MY MEALS AS FUEL NOT LIKE MOST KIDS OR YOUNG ADULTS WHO CAN JUST GO OUT TO KFC ETC! WHEN I COME BACK FROM CROATIA I WILL THEN FIGHT A FEW WEEKS AFTER AT -60KG SO I WILL HAVE TO EAT HEALTHY STILL BUT WILL BE ABLE TO INCREASE MY INTAKE.

THEN I AM ON THE WEIGHTS WITH CJP HIMSELF, THIS WILL BE LOADS OF GREAT QUALITY FOOD AND 1 DAY OFF AS A TREAT DAY! WOOOOHOOOO!

 

HEY I SPENT 1 HOUR SKIPPING AND KICKING TYRES LAST WEEK AND THAT WAS BEFORE 2 HOURS OF SOLID TRAINING!

EVEN WHEN I COME BACK HOME TO MY MAM SHE NOW HAS A LIST OF DIETARY REQUIREMENTS AND TRAINING I MUST COMPLETE BEFORE I GO BACK DOWN TO THE CAMP.

ONE THING THOUGH, I WANTED THIS AND I WANT THE TITLES EVEN MORE SO I AM PREPARED! LETS DO IT CJP N KL.

LEIF

 

GRADING GROUP PHOTO

 

 

FRIDAY 15TH AUGUST 2009

 

CRIS, KERRY AND I WERE INVITED TO AN 18TH BIRTHDAY PARTY AND IT WAS A THEMED NIGHT ' PROM PRINCE AND PRINCESSES ' SO WE ALL DRESSED IN FORMAL WEAR.

 

 IT WAS A NICE NIGHT AND WE HAD A GREAT TIME AND ALTHOUGH FOR ME IT WAS A TEE TOTAL NIGHT DUE TO MY FORTH COMING FIGHTS I REALLY ENJOYED IT.

 

ONE THING ABOUT US AS A TEAM, WHEN WE TRAIN WE TRAIN HARD AND WHEN WE HAVE FUN, WE KNOW HOW TO HAVE FUN AND RELAX ..

 

 

CRIS, KERRY AND I , READY TO PARTY !!

 

 

8TH AND 9TH AUGUST 2009 / SEMINAR WEEKEND

 LEIF ATTENDED A 2 DAY ADVANCED SPARRING APPLICATION AND SPECIALIST FOOTWORK AND RINGCRAFT SEMINAR AT FALCON FIGHT ACADEMY THIS WEEKEND.

 

 

HE AND KERRY-LOUISE GOT TO WORK WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT PEOPLE WHO WERE FROM 5 ELEMENTS MARTIAL ARTS FROM LONDON. NEARLY EVERYONE OF THE ATTENDEES HAS A FIGHT ON THE HORIZON AND THEY WERE ALL THERE TO TAKE ON AS MUCH INFO AS POSSIBLE PRIOR TO THEIR FIGHTS.

 

 

CRIS IS WELL KNOWN FOR TEACHING SEMINARS TO FIGHTERS AND OFFERING PRIVATE TUITION TO LONG DISTANCE STUDENTS AND THIS IS MAINLY DOWN TO HIS MASSIVE SUCCESS WITH CHAMPIONS OR FIGHTERS OR PEOPLE WHO HE HAS PUT ON A FAST ADVANCEMENT ROUTE WITHIN THE SYSTEMS DUE TO HIS EXPERTISE.

 

 

LEIF SAID "THE SEMINAR WAS VERY TECHNICAL AND THE INSTRUCTION WAS PRECISE. IT WAS EASY TO TAKE ON AND IT IS DELIVERED IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT MAKES YOU RETHINK SOME OF YOUR OWN BELIEFS AND THEN WHEN TRYING THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN TAUGHT YOU SEE IT WORKS. I GOT COMPLIMENTED OFF CRIS AND A FEW OTHERS AND THIS HELPED RAISE MY CONFIDENCE EVEN MORE! I KNOW MY NEXT FIGHTS WILL BE SOME OF THE HARDEST I WILL HAVE HAD TO DATE BUT I KNOW I AM ENDURING MORE TRAINING THAN I EVER HAVE AND THIS CAN BE FOR UP TO 4 HOURS PER DAY EVEN! I AM NOW THINKING, THE HARDER FIGHTS I HAVE THE MORE I WILL PROVE TO MYSELF. I DON'T WANT TO PLATEU, I WANT TO GO FORWARD AND KEEP ACHIEVING.

WITH MY GREAT TEAM BEHIND ME I REALLY BELIEVE I CAN DO IT!

 

 

ANYWAY, JUST BEEN CALLED FOR MY NEXT FITNESS RUN, ITS AROUND A MASSIVE QUARRY POND AS I AM OUT HERE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE AGAIN IN NOTTINGHAMSHIRE WITH MY COACH CJP. I HAVE HAD SOME BRAND NEW RUNNING SHOES SPECIALLY MEASURED AND FITTED SO HE BETTER BE READY AS I AM GOING TO GO FOR IT BIG STYLE THIS MORNING! HE WILL BE ON THE BIKE AS USUAL WITH HIS BIG WHIP!!! LOL"

 

COURSE GROUP PHOTO

 

31ST JULY 2009 FIGHTS CONFIRMED

I AM PLEASED TO CONFIRM AS PROMISED MY 1ST FIGHT IN THE UK SINCE FINISHING MY STUDIES IS WITH AN INTERNATIONAL OPPONENT.

 

I AM TO BE FIGHTING AT CASTLE PARK, A REAL PRESTIGIOUS VENUE AT DONCASTER ON OCT 11TH AS A PART OF A 4 MAN BRITISH TEAM VERSUS FRANCE. ALL THE FRENCH FIGHTERS ARE WELL SCHOOLED AND CHAMPIONS IN SAVATE AND ARE BEING BROUGHT OVER BY THE FRENCH NATIONAL SAVATE COACH HIMSELF, SO THE STANDARD AND QUALITY OF ALL OPPONENTS IS UNQUESTIONABLE WITH SOME HAVING HAD NEARLY 50 FIGHTS.

 

MY OPPONENT IS TO BE 5 TIMES FRENCH CHAMPION ( NAME WILL BE RELEASED SHORTLY WHEN ALL FINAL DETAILS FOR THE WHOLE SQUAD ARE MADE ) AND IS KNOWN TO BE VERY STRONG SO IT WILL BE A GREAT TEST FOR ME. MY OPPONENT HAS OPTED TO FIGHT NO KNEES BECAUSE HE IS TO DEFEND THE FRENCH NATIONAL SAVATE TITLE SHORTLY AFTER AND CANNOT AFFORD INJURY TO THE THIGHS OR BODY OFF THE KNEES. I HAVE HAD ONE OF MY GREATEST ASSETS TAKEN AWAY FROM ME BUT AS WE HAD DECIDED FROM THE START LOW KICK WAS ALWAYS AN OPTION WITH THE INCREASED POSSIBILITY OF FIGHTS.

LUCKILY A TEST I WILL NOT BE TAKING ON MY OWN AS I AM JOINING 3 GREAT NAMES AS PART OF THE BRITISH SQUAD, WEZ FAGAN, CHRIS DEAKIN AND AARON ROBINSON.

 

I WILL BE FIGHTING INTERNATIONALLY IN CROATIA UNDER K1 RULES BEFORE MY FIGHT ON HOME SOIL AND I AM NOW IN SERIOUS TRAINING. I THOUGHT I USED TO TRAIN HARD BUT MR JANSON-PIERS IS ONE HELL OF A TASK MASTER!!!

 

I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO MY RETURN TO THE RING , MY STUDIES WERE IMPORTANT TO ME BUT NOW COMPLETE, I AM READY FOR ACTION …LOOK OUT FOR MY NEXT RUMORED INTERNATIONAL K1 RULES FIGHT, ITS ABROAD AGAIN AND LOOKS LIKE I MIGHT ALSO GET A WEEK AFTER TO RELAX IN ABOUT 90 DEGREES!! ITS A TOUGH OLD GAME THIS FIGHT GAME!!!

I AM REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING INTO THE END OF THIS YEAR AND MY FIGHTS AND I KNOW 2010 IS GOING TO BE A BUSY ONE BUT AS I SAID....BRING IT ON!

 

FOR TICKETS FOR THE DONCASTER SHOW PLEASE CONTACT CRIS ON 07973 748907 AND MENTION MY NAME.

 

I LIKE TO WIN THE FIGHT IN MY MIND IN THE GYM 1ST, THATS HALF THE BATTLE DONE

PICTURED ME GOING THROUGH THE FIGHT IN MY HEAD AND FOCUSSING ON WINNING

 

 

THE 1ST DAY OF BLACK FALCON THAI , 27TH JULY 2009

WELL THE DAY FINALLY CAME AND I WAS ABLE TO FINALLY INSTRUCT IN MUAY THAI IN A CLUB WHERE I AM THE CHIEF INSTRUCTOR IN MUAY THAI  .......

I HAD A GREAT 1ST NIGHT AND LOVED IT. I REALLY ENJOY TEACHING AND PASSING ON WHAT I HAVE LEARNT OVER THE YEARS.

      

I GOT A GOOD AGE RANGE FROM YOUNG 5 YEAR OLD TO ABOUT 12/ 13 YEARS OLD

DEMONSTRATING THE WAI KRU / RAM MUAY

I FELT IT IMPORTANT TO EXPLAIN SOME OF THE HISTORY OF MUAY THAI AND GIVE A DEMONSTRATION OF SOME OF THE TRADITIONS AS I FELT THAT HAVING AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE ART YOU ARE TAKING PART IN IS BENEFICIAL..

IAM REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYONE IN OUR NEW KIT , LOOK LIKE A TEAM, TRAIN AS A TEAM. !!!

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY FELLOW INSTRUCTORS FROM THE DIFFERENT STYLES WE TEACH AT FALCON ACADEMY WHO DECIDED TO COME AND SUPPORT MY 1ST THAI CLASS... THANKS GUYS !!

RESPECT KRU LEIF TAGGART

WAKO SQUAD TRIALS 19TH JULY 2009

I ATTENDED THE SQUAD TRIAL AND AFTER A VERY HARD DAY OF ASSESSMENT I AM PLEASED TO SAY I HAVE BEEN CHOSEN TO REPRESENT GREAT BRITAIN WITH WAKO IN CROATIA AT THE CADET EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS IN SEPTEMBER.

I WILL BE FIGHTING IN THE WAKO - 57KG K1 SECTION.

THANKS TO MASTER CRIS JANSON PIERS FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY.

UNITY CITY ACADEMY SPORTS AWARDS

I HAD THE VERY PLEASANT SURPRISE OF BEING ASKED TO BE ONE OF THE GUESTS AT THE ACADEMY'S SPORTS WARDS AND HELP PRESENT THE AWARDS TO UP AND COMING SPORTS PERSONS.

THE EVENT WENT VERY WELL AND IT WAS NICE TO HEAR WHAT YOUNGER PEOPLE IN OUR AREA ARE ACHIEVING WITHIN THEY CHOSEN SPORTS.

ME PICTURED WITH SOME OF THE OTHER SPORTS PERSONALITIES AND THE PRINCIPLE OF UNITY CITY ACADEMY

ME ON STAGE PRESENTING AN AWARD

27th JUNE 2009

ANNOUNCEMENT !!

LEIF COMPETING IN THAI

FALCON FIGHT ACADEMY ALREADY BOASTS 6 INDIVIDUAL STYLES OF MARTIAL ARTS FROM THEIR CUSTOM BUILT TRAINING VENUE AT DINNINGTON AND TO TOP IT, VERY SHORTLY THEY WILL BE HAVING THEIR 7^TH STYLE INTRODUCED!!

 

KO PRO WHO ARE A LEADING SAFETY EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURER HAVE JUST MOVED INTO THAI AND K1 STYLE PROTECTIVE WEAR AND ALSO CLOTHING AND TO MARK THIS AND RAISE THEIR OWN PROFILE THEY HAVE DECIDED TO SPONSOR A CLUB, NAMELY THE BRAND NEW VENTURE TO BE KNOWN AS BLACK FALCON THAI.

 

MULTI JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPION AND ADULT WORLD CHAMPION AT THE TENDER AGE OF 18 KRU LEIF TAGGART WILL BE HEADING THE SHIP!  LEIFS CLASS WILL BE SPONSORED ALONG WITH HIS PRIVATE LESSON TUITION. THIS WILL INVOLVE PAYING FOR LEIFS TRANSPORT AS HE IS TO MAKE THE JOURNEY FROM MIDDLESBOROUGH TO RUN THE CLASSES AND MAY EVEN HAVE TO STAY OVER FROM TIME TO TIME AS HE IS ALSO ONE OF THE TOP FIGHTERS WHO FIGHTS IN THE K1 SYSTEM UNDER MASTER CRIS JANSON-PIERS THE GYM OWNER AND VERY WELL KNOWN FIGHT MANAGER.

 

THE CLASS WILL BE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO CATER FOR THE YOUNGER STUDENTS AND WILL BE A GREAT ADDITION TO THE GYM AS A WHOLE. STUDENTS FROM THE AGE OF  5 TO 16 WILL BE WELCOME. SPECIAL ATTENTION WILL BE PAID TO ALL SAFETY ASPECTS AND LEIF AND HIS ASSISTANTS ARE FULLY INSURED AND QUALIFIED. THE GYM IS FULLY EQUIPPED AND FEATURES A RING, BAGS, SPEEDBALLS, THAI PADS, FOCUS MITTS AND MUCH MUCH MORE.

 

THE CLASSES ARE SCHEDULED TO START AT THE END OF JULY NOW LEIF HAS JUST SUCCESSFULLY FINISHED HIS COLLEGE AND QUALIFICATIONS IN SPORT. ANYONE WANTING TO START IN THESE CLASSES ARE ADVISED TO ENROL NOW BY RINGING CRIS ON 07973 748907 AS IT WILL BE ON 1^ST COME 1^ST SERVED LIMITED NUMBER BASIS.

 

BLACK FALCON THAI WOULD LIKE TO THANK PHIL GLOVER OF MALTBY WHO HAS GIVEN HIS BLESSING TO THE CLUB. PHIL IS ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED THAI BOXING & KICKBOXING FIGHTERS/INSTRUCTORS GREAT BRITAIN HAS EVER SEEN. WITH HIM BEING LOCAL, CRIS AND LEIF SAW IT AS GREAT RESPECT AND IN LINE WITH MARTIAL ARTS ETIQUETTE TO ASK PERMISSION FOR THE CLUB TO BE DEVELOPED. THANK YOU SIR.

 

 

LEIF IS LOOKING FOR A PERSONAL SPONSOR WHO CAN HELP HIM WITH INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL EXPENSES AND EVEN DOWN TO HIS NUTRITIONAL (SUPPLEMENTATION) REQUIREMENTS. HE IS ALREADY BEING HIGHLIGHTED BY THE MEDIA AS THE NEXT BEST THING! SO IF YOU ARE A PROSPECTIVE SPONSOR PLEASE CONTACT CRIS, HIS MANAGER URGENTLY. SEE LEIF AS PART OF A WORLD CLASS TEAM AT WWW.WHITESCORPION.MOONFRUIT.COM 

4TH - 12TH JUNE 2009

I AM CURRENTLY IN LANZOROTE AT A TRAINING CAMP, ALTHOUGH WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE THE SUN WE ARE ON A HARD TRAINING SCHEDULE,

HERE IS PHOTO FROM OUR FIRST DAY,

THE TEAM DOING THE LANZOROTE TRAINING CAMP

TRAINING IS HARD BUT MORE PLEASANT WHEN DOING IT IN LOVELY SUNNY SURROUNDINGS !!

WE ARE WORKING ON TECHNIQUES

PADWORK

FITNESS

MAKING GOOD USE OF THE RUNNING TRACK

AND THE POOL !!

WELL BACK HOME NOW AND ALTHOUGH TIRED, I FEEL I HAVE REALLY BENEFITTED FROM HAVING THIS EXPERIENCE OF A TRAINING CAMP, I FEEL MY FITNESS HAS IMPROVED AND THAT I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WORK ON ASPECTS OF MY TECHNIQUES THAT I FELT COULD IMPROVE.

TRAINING WAS INTENSE BUT THE LEISURE TIME MADE YOU FEEL RELAXED AND READY FOR THE NEXT SESSION.

REACHING FOR THE STARS !!

TRAINING WITH KEZ, THIS I ALWAYS ENJOY !!

WHAT A TEAM !!

KEZ, ME AND CRIS !!

BELIEVE ME THIS WEEK WAS HARD WORK BUT WELL WORTH THE TRIP AND I CAN'T WAIT TIL THE NEXT ONE !!

18TH MAY 2009

READ AN INTERESTING ARTICLE TODAY :; WORTH A LOOK,   FOLLOW THIS LINK

http://www.fightnewz.net/id47.html 

16TH MAY 2009

MY PARENTS, CRIS, KERRY AND MYSELF WERE PRIVILEGED TO BE INVITED TO KELHAM HALL AT NEWARK TO WATCH A GREAT NIGHT OF FIGHTS ..MY MATE CHAD SUGDEN WON THE GOLDENBELT JUNIOR WORLD F/C TITLE AND HIS BROTHER REGIS WON THE GOLDENBELT JUNIOR EUROPEAN F/C TITLE. IT WAS GREAT BEING THERE TO WATCH IT ,  WELL DONE LADS !!

THE NIGHT ENDED UP BEING A LITTLE MORE SPECIAL FOR ME AS WHILST THERE CRIS SAT ME DOWN AND TOLD ME THAT HE HAS ALREADY GOT 2 FIGHTS LINED UP FOR ME.

BOTH FIGHTS ARE WITH INTERNATIONAL OPPONENTS UNDER K1 RULES, :: KEEP CHECKING BACK AS MORE DETAILS ARE ANNOUNCED..

THANKS CRIS !! I AM FEELING READY FOR EXTRA TRAINING AND STEPPING BACK INTO THE RING AFTER FINISHING MY EDUCATION WHICH YOU KNEW WAS IMPORTANT TO ME .

9TH AND 10TH MAY

TEAM TRAINING AND CHARITY EVENT

WHAT A WEEKEND, CRIS DECIDED TO CALL US ALL DOWN FOR AN INTENSE WEEKEND ... IT WAS A CHANCE TO GET IN SOME REALLY GOOD TRAINING AND WE ALSO USED IT AS A CHANCE TO RAISE SOME MONEY FOR THE VERY WORTHY CAUSE OF ' HELP THE HEROES '... ' THE SUN ' FUND RAISING CAMPAIGN FOR SERVICE PEOPLE INJURED ETC SERVING OUR COUNTRY..

IT WAS A VERY HARD WEEKEND BUT A VERY ENJOYABLE ONE, IT IS GREAT TO GET IN SOME TEAM BONDING AND WE ARE ALL VERY CLOSE AND MANAGE TO HAVE FUN WHILST TOGETHER ASWELL AS TRAINING HARD.

WE ALSO TOOK THE CHANCE TO GET TOGETHER FOR A FANTASTIC TEAM PHOTO SHOOT !!

PICTURED BACK ROW LEFT TO RIGHT :

KAREN DEWS, WES FAGAN, WAINE TURNER, MARLON HUNT AND STEVE SALTER

FRONT ROW LEFT TO RIGHT :

KERRY LOUISE NORBURY, RYAN HAMER AND ( ME ) LEIF TAGGART

 

6TH APRIL TIL 17TH APRIL

ANOTHER HALF TERM AND YOU GUESSED IT ANOTHER VISIT TO CRIS'S !!

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MONDAY:

HURT MY KNEE AT GRADING ON SUNDAY SO CRIS ADVISED ME TO TAKE THE NIGHT OFF. TO CELEBRATE GAINING KRU IN MUAY THAI, I GOT TAKEN TO A THAI RESTAURANT, ALL YOU CAN EAT BUFFET. I ENDED UP WITH SOUP, SEVEN PLATES OF STARTERS AND MAINS AND ALSO A DESSERT !

CRIS AND I AT THAI RESTAURANT

 

TUESDAY:

MY KNEE WAS FEELING A LOT BETTER THANKS TO THE REST. SO OFF I WENT TO SDF SHEFFIELD WITH KERRY-LOUISE TO TRAIN IN K1. AFTER MY PRIVATE ONE HOUR SESSION, I TOOK THE REST OF THE DAY OFF TO REST MY KNEE , AGAIN TO PREVENT ME FROM MORE INJURY. I FELT TRAINING TODAY WENT VERY WELL. I REALLY ENJOYED IT.

 

WEDNESDAY:

ABOUT 12:00 KERRY-LOUISE AND I WENT FOR 5KM RUN IN THE COUNTRYSIDE WITH CRIS CYCLING BEHIND. AFTER THAT WE HAD A REST THEN OFF WE WENT TO OPEN SESSION AT FALCON MARTIAL ARTS GYM. WHICH INVOLVED DIFFERENT EXERCISES, THIS KILLED ME!

FROM HALF 8 TO HALF 9 WAS SPARRING. ALL THE TROOPS WERE THERE. RYAN HAMER, KERRY-LOUISE, CHRIS DEAKIN, KAREN DEWS, PAUL CROFTS AND MANY MORE OF CRIS� STUDENTS.

 

THURSDAY:

DURING THE DAY I WENT IN KERRYS GYM TO DO A WEIGHTS CIRCUIT. WHICH INVOLVED CHEST, TRICEP, BICEPS, SHOULDERS AND THIGHS. AFTER THIS I HAD A SHORT REST BEFORE HEADING TO FALCON GYM FOR MORE TRAINING AND TEACHING. IN THE LAST CLASS WE DID RING CRAFT THEN SPARRING WERE I FELT THAT MY HANDS WERE A LOT SHARPER. I FEEL I AM COMING ALONG GREATLY.

 

FRIDAY:

AM

 KERRY-LOUISE AND I WENT HILL RUNNING WEARING AN 8KG WEIGHTS VEST. UP THE HILL AND DOWN THEN UP ANOTHER HILL AND BACK DOWN, WAS JUST ONE SET. WE DID 12. WITH FAST TWITCH FIBRE BOXING DRILLS DURING THIS.

FAST TWITCH FIBRE BOXING DRILLS

PM

 WENT TRAINING GOING THROUGH THE KICKBOXING GRADING SYLLABUS. DURING THIS CRIS IMPROVED MY SPINNING BACK KICK AND MY SPINNING HOOK KICK ALSO. ONCE WE GOT HOME DINNER WAS ON A TABLE STOVE SPECIALLY BROUGHT OVER FROM BELGIUM FOR CRIS N KERRY BY FRIENDS . WHICH IS WHERE YOU COOK YOUR OWN MEALS ON TINY FRYING PANS. IT WAS GREAT.

KERRY LOUISE AND I DOING OUR COOKING ON THE TINY FRYING PANS..

 

 

 

 

SATURDAY:

IN THE MORNING I DID A WEIGHTS CIRCUIT. I AM NOW BEGINNING TO FEEL A LOT STRONGER.   THEN WENT TO A SHOW WHERE ONE OF CRIS� FIGHTERS, STEVE SALTER WON BY FIRST ROUND KO IN 52 SECONDS !

HE PERFORMED AMAZING.

 

 

SUNDAY:

MY DAY OF THE FOOD PLAN.

AM

 I HAD A MASSIVE SUNDAY DINNER THEN IT WAS OFF TO FALCON GYM FOR BOXING PAD WORK, WHERE I AM COMING ON FANTASTICLY THEN K1 STYLE SPARRING WITH KERRY-LOUISE.

LATER ON WENT TO PUB FOR A GUINNESS. (I AM ALLOWED A COUPLE ON MY 1 DAY OFF)

WHAT A SUNDAY DINNER !

 

MONDAY:

WE WENT FOR A 5.2 MILE RUN. WHICH WAS QUITE NICE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE. AFTER THIS WE HAD A REST UNTIL 6:00PM. WHEN I WENT TO THE FALCON GYM UNTIL HALF 9, DOING K1 AND HAND TRAINING. I ENJOYED THIS.

THE FOLLOWING VIDEO CLIP IS A DEMONSTRATION OF WAKO K1 RULES, IMAGINE WHAT THESE TWO HAVE TO OFFER AT FULL TILT!! THEY ARE BEST FRIENDS AT THIS!

 

TUESDAY:

AGAIN I WENT HILL RUNNING WITH KERRY-LOUISE WITH OUR WEIGHTED VEST ON 12 TIMES OVER THEN AFTER THAT ME AND KERRY HAD TO LAY DOWN ON THE GRASS, THEN SPRINT 6 DIFFERENT DISTANCES. WE DID THREE SETS OF THIS. WHICH WAS VERY HARD BUT ALSO VERY BENEFICIAL.

 

                                                  HILL JOGGING AND FLOOR SPRINTS

 

WEDNESDAY:

AM -  HAD A REST.

PM � BAD COMPANY TRAINING IN LEEDS. I WARMED UP BY DOING SOME BAG WORK I THEN WENT INTO THE RING DOING 5X3 MINUTE ROUNDS ON THE PADS WITH DAVY MAC. HE SAID MY PUNCHING POWER HAD INCREASED SINCE THE LAST TIME. WHICH HELPED MY CONFIDENCE BECAUSE I HAD BEEN TRAINING ON MY HANDS. AFTER THIS KERRY-LOUISE AND I JOINED THE REST OF THE CLASS FOR CLINCH AND SPARRING.

 

THURSDAY:

AM -  HAD A REST.

PM � HELPED KERRY-LOUISE TEACH THEN DID 12 ROUNDS ON THE HEAVY BAG AND HAD AN HOUR REST. 8 UNTIL HALF 9 I DID CRIS�S CLASS WHICH INVOLVED A HEAVY SHOULDER SESSION. WHERE THE SMOKE ALARM WENT OFF DUE TO STEAM IN THE ROOM, NO KIDDING!! AFTER THIS ME CRIS AND LUKE WENT TO RELAX AND THEN TO GET READY FOR HOME TOMORROW.

 

FRIDAY.

WENT INTO RETFORD FOR A COFFEE THE CRIS AND I WENT FOR A QUIET CHAT TO SEE HOW I AM DOING AND LOOK AT WHERE I AM HEADING ETC.. I FELT THIS WAS GREAT AS IT IS NOT JUST A CASE OF GO DOWN, TRAIN AND GO HOME, WE GET TO FIND OUT HOW CRIS SEES WE HAVE WORKED ALSO AND THEN I KNOW WHAT TO WORK ON BEFORE I SEE HIM AGAIN ETC..

2PM. MY PARENTS ARRIVED TO COLLECT ME AND WE HEADED HOME.

 

THANKS AGAIN CRIS AND KERRY FOR A LOVELY STAY X

 

8TH APRIL 2009

I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL TO SAY A REPRESENTATIVE FROM MY COLLEGE WAS GOING TO BE COMING TO MY HOME TO PRESENT ME WITH AN AWARD.

I HAD BEEN NOMINATED AND SELECTED TO RECEIVE THE AIM HIGHER AWARD FOR MOST TALENTED LEARNER. THIS AWARD WAS DUE TO BE GIVEN OUT AT A CEREMONY IN FEBUARY BUT DUE TO VERY BAD WEATHER IT WAS CALLED OFF.

I WAS PLEASED TO STILL BE AWARDED IT..

MY AIM HIGHER AWARD FOR MOST TALENTED LEARNER FROM MIDDLESBROUGH COLLEGE.

5TH APRIL 2009

AFTER JOINING BIRMINGHAM PYTHONS 12 YEARS AGO UNDER THE INSTRUCTION OF PAUL SUTTON AND THEN 7 YEARS AGO MOVING AWAY AND BECOMING A PART TIME MEMBER, IT WAS A GREAT DAY FOR ME AS I FINALLY GOT TO GRADE FOR MY KRU/ RED ARMBAND.

I HAVE TAKEN ALL MY THAI GRADES WITH PAUL AND MY PASSING THIS GRADE WAS MADE EVEN MORE SPECIAL AS I GOT TO DO IT ALONG SIDE ONE OF MY BEST MATES RYAN LOWNEY..

RYAN LOWNEY AND MYSELF RECEIVING OUR ARMBANDS AND GRADING FROM PAUL SUTTON

26TH MARCH 2009

FIGHTERS MAGAZINE

TODAY I PICKED UP MY USUAL COPY OF FIGHTERS MAGAZINE AND TO MY SURPRISE FOUND A 5 PAGE SPREAD ON ME .....

THANKS FIGHTERS !!! PLEASE GO TO MY MAGAZINE COVERAGE PAGE !!

6/7/8TH MARCH

HOW TO CELEBRATE YOUR 18TH BITHDAY WHEN A FIGHTER. LOL. LOL.

 

AFTER ARRIVING IN SHEFFIELD AT ABOUT 3PM I WENT FOR A SLEEP AS I HAD HAD A NIGHT OFF TRAINING BECAUSE IT WAS MY 18^TH BIRTHDAY AND ALTHOUGH I ENJOYED CELEBRATING IT I KNEW I WAS IN FOR A REALLY HARD WEEKEND. AS I NOW ONLY HAVE ONE DAY OFF  FROM TRAINING A WEEK I HAVE HAD TO ARRANGE TO GO OUT WITH MY MATES IN A WEEKS TIME, BUT AGAIN THAT WILL BE JUST REWARD FOR THE WORK I KNOW I WILL NOW HAVE TO PUT IN THIS WEEKEND.

 

CRIS IS A GREAT TRAINER BUT BOY HE�S DEMANDING!

 

AT 5PM KERRY-LOUISE AND I WERE TAKEN TO A LOVELY LAKE WHERE CRIS SAID GET OUT AND RUN, LOL�..KERRY-LOUISE IS EQUIPPED WITH A GREAT LITTLE DEVICE, A NIKE WATCH AND SENSOR SYSTEM WHICH MEASURES THE DISTANCE SHE RUNS AND THEN PUTS EVERY ESSENTIAL BIT OF INFORMATION ON A COMPUTER WHEN SHE GETS BACK HOME. IT WAS THAT GREAT IT TOLD US WE HAD TO DO 2.5 LAPS OF THE LAKE. WE MANAGED TO KEEP AWAY FROM THE CANADA GEESE BUT KERRYS PACE STEPPED UP WHEN A LITTLE DOG SET OFF AFTER HER.

ENJOYING MY RUN WITH KEZ !!

 

WE WENT FROM THERE STRAIGHT TO THE GYM AND DID A STRETCH AND WARM UP AND STRAIGHT ON TO K1 PADWORK. THIS WAS REALLY ENJOYABLE AS ALL THE TECHNIQUES ARE DESIGNED FOR PADS AND PRACTICAL APPLICATION AND WILL CERTAINLY IMPROVE MY SPARRING SKILLS ALSO.

 

AFTER A BREAK WHILST CRIS TAUGHT OTHER PRIVATE STUDENTS HE TOOK ME FOR PURE BOXING SKILLS TUITION. ALL CRIS� FIGHTERS ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR FOOTWORK AND BOXING SKILLS AND THIS WAS ONE AREA HE HAD ALREADY STATED HE WAS GOING TO BE WORKING ON HEAVILY.

WE WORKED ON MORE AGGRESSION AND GETTING MY BREATHING CORRECT. MY FOOTWORK WAS SLIGHTLY OUT MEANING I WASN�T THROWING AT FULL POWER. CRIS HAS A POWER METER AT THE GYM AND WITHIN A SHORT TIME I HAD ALREADY REGISTERED 10 MORE ON THE METER WHICH IS VERY SIGNIFICANT APPARENTLY. I THEN WAS GIVEN SOME REALLY INTRICATE �INSIDE� INFORMATION AND BELIEVE ME I CAN FEEL IT ALREADY.

PUTTING IN POWER !!

 

I FINISHED AND AFTER MY PROTEIN WE HEADED BACK, I HAD SOME LOVELY PORK AND VEGETABLES, HAD A RELAXING STEAM ROOM AND THEN ANOTHER EARLY NIGHT.

 

SATURDAY MORNING WE ALL SPENT WATCHING K1 GRAND PRIX DVD�S�EXCELLENT, WHILST ENJOYING THEM WE DISCUSSED THE INS AND OUTS AND HOW WE COULD ALL IMPROVE. THEN INSPIRED WE SET OFF TO THE GYM AGAIN!! IT WAS ON TO PURE BOXING BASICS, YES CRIS WAS ADAMANT THAT HE WAS GOING TO GET ME SHARP. AGAIN IN THIS CLASS CRIS PUT ME THROUGH A RIGOROUS ROUTINE WITH SPECIALISED TRAINING TECHNIQUES. MY SHOULDERS BEGAN TO BURN AND I REALISED THIS WAS AN AREA THAT I HAD NEVER WORKED IN THIS MANNER.

 

SATURDAY IS SUPPOSED TO BE MY DAY OFF BUT IT HAD TO BE SLIGHTLY RESCHEDULED WITH GOING DOWN TO CRIS� BUT HE TOOK ME TO THE RUGBY WHICH I ENJOYED BUT IT WAS COLD TO THE BONE., SO I HAD TO WARM UP HEAVILY FOR MY NEXT SESSION. THIS WAS 1.5 HOURS OF PURE BOXING SPARRING WITH KERRY-LOUISE. KERRY IS WELL KNOWN FOR HAVING THE PUNCH POWER OF A MAN HER OWN WEIGHT AND MAYBE A LITTLE MORE. I WAS A LITTLE APPREHENSIVE NOT BEING ABLE TO USE MY LEGS AT ALL AS ITS PART OF MY MAKE UP AS A FIGHTER BUT YES IT WORKED, ONCE I HAD GOT OVER ROUND 1 I STARTED TO FEEL A LOT BETTER IN MYSELF. BOY THIS WAS A HARD SESSION AND I TOOK SOME GOOD SHOTS, BUT CRIS SAID HE COULD SEE THE IMPROVEMENT ALREADY!

 

TAKING SHOTS AND TRYING TO GIVE SOME BACK. LOL. !!

I COULDN�T BELIEVE MY LUCK! CRIS TOLD ME, �RIGHT HOME, SHOWER AND WE ARE OUT FOR A CHINESE MEAL AND THEN BOWLING� FANTASTIC. CAN�T BELIEVE IT CRIS WON THE BOWLING WITH KERRY A VERY CLOSE SECOND! THEN I TOOK THEM ON AT BASKETBALL IN THE AMUSEMENT PARK AND BEAT EM BOTH HA! BACK HOME WATCHED SOME MORE K1 DVD AND THEN BED READY FOR THE 3 HOURS OF TRAINING ON SUNDAY.

ENJOYING THE BOWLING !!

1ST OFFICIAL PINT, PURE GUINNESS !!

BETTER MAKE MOST OF IT THOUGH, I AM NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE TOO MUCH OF THIS WHILST IN TRAINING !! LOL..

 

I HAD A NICE LIE IN THIS MORNING , GOT UP AND WATCHED SOME K1 DVD'S THEN HEADED TO GYM FOR 3PM.

SUNDAY 1^ST SESSION WAS AGAIN PURE BOXING SKILLS, WAS THIS MAN REALLY TRYING TO TELL ME SOMETHING?? THIS WAS IN A FULL CLASS SO TRAINING WAS VARIED AND WITH PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND SIZES WHICH CERTAINLY MADE THE BRAIN WORK HARDER. I ALSO WAS INTRODUCED TO THE SPEEDBALL, SOMETHING I HAVE DONE VERY LITTLE OF AND SOMETHING CRIS SWEARS BY! THIS PLAYED HAVOCK WITH THE SHOULDERS AGAIN. IT IS A GOOD JOB CRIS HAS ME ON PROTEIN AND RECOVERY SUPPLEMENTS NOW AS THEY ARE MUCH NEEDED WITH THIS LEVEL OF TRAINING. WE FINISHED ON PADWORK AND THEN STOPPED FOR A BREAK AND SOME FRUIT AND A DRINK.

 

 

 

THE SECOND SESSION WAS AGAIN DONE IN CLASS SCENARIO AND I DID MY K1 SPARRING WHICH I ALWAYS ENJOY. I COULD NOW FEEL THE BENEFIT OF THE WEEKEND AS I WAS THINKING MORE ABOUT MY HANDS WHEN FIGHTING ALSO. WHEN I GET THE RATIO AS CRIS WANTS IT AND THE POWER HOW HE WANTS IT I AM HOPING TO TAKE MY GAME TO ANOTHER LEVEL!

 

 

KERRY AND ME SPARRING K1

I LEFT THIS COLOUR ON PURPOSE, I MAY BE GETTING A GOOD HIT BUT LOOK AT KERRY'S FAT LIP ( FROM A NICE KICK ), WE LIKE TO HAVE THINGS EQUAL. LOL. GIVE AND TAKE..

 

 

I FELT I HAD A GREAT WEEKEND AND BENEFITTED FROM IT A LOT, I FELT MY GUARD AND SPEED IMPROVED AND I HAVE SOME GREAT EXERCISES TO WORK ON AT HOME AND I FELT MY PUNCHES WERE STRONGER IN SPARRING ALSO....

 

THAT WAS THE END OF ANOTHER HARD TRAINING SESSION WITH THE MAN, I SLEPT ALL THE WAY HOME IN THE CAR!!

 

16TH FEB - 22ND FEB

HALF TERM BREAK.LOL.

WELL NORMALLY HALF TERM IS A CHANCE TO HAVE A BREAK. LOL. THIS HALF TERM THAT WAS NOT THE CASE AS I HAD A GREAT WEEK OF TRAINING...!

HERE IS MY SCHEDULE :

TRAINING SCHEDULE 16 FEB 09 � 22 FEB 09

 

 

MONDAY

2-3PM � INTERVAL TRAINING 

6-7PM � TECHNIQUES (LEARNING BLACK BELT TEQS)

8.30-9.30PM � K1 TRAINING

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ARRIVED ABOUT NOON AND STARTED TREADMILL INTERVAL TRAINING AT 2PM TIL 2.30PM, CALFS STARTED FEELING IT !.

WENT TO GYM AT 3.30PM AND CHILLED AROUND THE GYM TIL 6PM AND THEN STARTED BLACK BELT TECHNIQUES FOR AN HOUR. RESTED 7.30PM TIL 8.30PM THEN STARTED K1 UNTIL 9.30PM, INVOLVED WAS CLINCH, CHECKING AND REPLYING THEN SPARRING WHERE I GOT CAUGHT WITH A MINT HEAD KICK OF KERRY. LOL.

 

 

INTERVAL TRAINING

TUESDAY

11.30-12.30 � LEEDS THAI TRAINING

5 -6 � GYM WEIGHT TRAINING SESSION

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WOKE UP ABOUT 9.15AM THEN HEADED TO LEEDS AT 10AM, WE ARRIVED AT ABOUT 11.30AM. SPARRED FOR ABOUT 6 ROUNDS AND THEN WENT TO HAVE HALF AN HOUR WITH MR DAENG, THIS WAS FUN AND VERY EDUCATIONAL, I LEARNT ALOT. I SHOULD BE BLOCKING MORE STRONGER AND SHORTEN MY BODY MORE.

AFTER TRAINING I HAD A LOVELY PROTEIN SHAKE LOL.., I FELL TO SLEEP IN CAR ON WAY BACK. I WAS MEANT TO DO WEIGHT TRAINING IN THE AFTERNOON BUT THAT WAS MOVED TO ANOTHER DAY AS I GOT TIRED. I WENT FOR A SLEEP AND AFTER I GOT BACK UP I WENT FOR A STEAM ROOM AND RAIN SHOWER WHICH REFRESHED ME.

 

TRAINING WITH MR DAENG..

 

WEDNESDAY

3.30 � PAD WORK

5PM � 12 ROUNDS SKIPPING

6.15-7.30 � OPEN SESSION (HARD TRAINING)

7.30-8.30 � TEACHING

8.30-9.30 � SPARRING

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I GOT UP ABOUT 10.30AM AND WENT INTO RETFORD FOR AN HOUR WITH CRIS, CAME HOME AND HAD SOMETHING TO EAT.

WENT TO THE GYM AT 3.30PM AND DID PAD WORK WITH KERRY WHICH INCLUDED COUNTER ATTACKS AND MOVING OUT OF THE WAY AFTER YOUR COMBINATION. I THEN DID 12 ROUNDS OF SKIPPING WITH KERRY WHICH I WAS SURPRISED WENT QUITE QUICK.

I HAD ABOUT 15 MINS BREAK AND THEN DID OPEN SESSION WHICH INCLUDED CIRCUIT TYPE EXERCISES.

I THEN TOOK 2 STUDENTS ON THE FOCUS MITTS FOR 45 MINUTES DOING DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS AND KICKS.

I THEN DID AN HOURS SPARRING( SLIPPING AND MOVEMENT) 8.30PM TIL 9.30PM. LONG AND HARD DAY BUT VERY ENJOYABLE..

 

SKIPPING 12 ROUNDS

 

THURSDAY

10AM � SDF SPARRING  

4.45- 5.45 � TEACHING

5.45-6.45 � TECHNIQUES

7-8 � TEACHING

8-9.30 � PAD WORK ETC

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GOT UP AND WENT TO SDF SHEFFIELD FOR A GREAT TRAINING SESSION : AT SDF I TRAINED WITH KERRY, SCOTT SYKES AND SHANE BEARD, WE DID A QUICK WARM UP SESSION, 2 ROUNDS OF CLINCH WORK, I ENJOYED CLINCHING WITH SCOTT AS HE IS THE SAME HEIGHT AS ME. THEN WE MOVED ONTO SPARRING, THE STANDARD WAS HIGH AND I WAS CONSTANTLY BEING TESTED BUT ALSO CAME BACK WELL. IT WAS NEVER ONE WAY TRAFFIC AND I ENJOYED TRAINING WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

GOT HOME AND HAD A REST AND SOMETHING TO EAT. WENT TO GYM AT 4.30PM AND WATCHED KERRY TEACH HER CLASS THEN DID A CLASS ON TECHNIQUE ON THE PADS WITH KERRY AS MY PARTNER. THEN AT 7PM I TOOK SOME STUDENTS ON THE PADS FOR AN HOUR WORKING MAINLY ON KICKING TECHNIQUES. FINISHED OFF THE DAY 8PM TIL 9.30PM DOING COMBINATIONS ON EACH OTHER AND PAD WORK. ANOTHER HARD DAY...

 

GREAT TRAINING AT SDF.....

 

FRIDAY

12PM - 5KM RUN

1PM � WEIGHT TRAINING

5/6.30- 7.30 � TECHNIQUES

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I HAD A LIE IN AND GOT UP AND WENT FOR A 5KM RUN AT 12PM ( CRIS CYCLING BEHIND SO NO SLACKING.LOL. ) RETURNED TO DO A WEIGHT SESSION WHICH INCLUDED SQUATS, BENCH PRESS, BENT OVER DUMB BELL ROWS, MILITARY PRESS, TRICEP PRESS ETC; THIS WAS STRENUOUS  BUT A GOOD SESSION.

HAD SOMETHING TO EAT AND HEADED TO THE GYM AT ABOUT 6PM.WE WORKED ON EVASION TECHNIQUES WITH JORDAN TIL 7.30PM AND HEADED HOME FOR AN EARLY NIGHT.

 

FULL CONTACT EVASION TECHNIQUES WITH JORDAN

 

SATURDAY

BONJASKY SEMINAR

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WHAT A GREAT SURPRISE I LEARNT I WAS GOING TO THE REMY BONJASKY SEMINAR AS AN EARLY BIRTHDAY PRESENT FROM CRIS AND KEZ... THANK YOU !!

HIT THE ROAD EARLY WITH ME SLEEPING MOST OF THE WAY IN THE CAR, ARRIVED WITH SPARE TIME SO WENT TO A CAFE AND TOOK ON SOME GOOD ENERGY SOURCE.

SEMINAR STARTED ,  REMY DID A QUICK WARM UP AND STRETCH AND THEN MOVED ONTO BASIC FOOT WORK, JAB, CROSS AND KNEES.

WE THEN GOT INTO MORE ADVANCED BY USING DIFFERENT BLOCKS. WE THEN DID COMBINATIONS WITH EACH OTHER AND SOME CLINCH.

WE FINISHED WITH ONE PERSON KICKING, ONE PUNCHING IN SPARRING, THEN REMY COMMENTED THAT HE WOULD OF SHOWN US HIS FAMOUS FLYING KNEE BUT WAS OUT OF TIME, BUT YOU CAN COME TO ANOTHER SEMINAR OR WATCH EUROSPORT. LOL.

WENT HOME FOR A CHILLED EVENING.

 

GREAT DAY WITH REMY BONJASKY !!!

 

SUNDAY

WAKO JUDGING - 8AM � 5PM

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UP EARLY TO REACH PONDS FORGE FOR WAKO BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIPS, I SPENT THE DAY DOING A PRACTICAL JUDGING ASSESSMENT CONSTANTLY OVERSEEN BY CRIS AND I ALSO HELPED CRIS CORNER SOME FIGHTERS. LATE FINISH WAS VERY TIRED BUT GREAT END TO A FANTASTIC WEEK...

 

SPECIAL THANKS TO CRIS AND KERRY FOR A GREAT WEEK BOTH IN AND OUT OF TRAINING X

 

GRABBING SOMETHING HEALTHY TO EAT ( JACKET SPUD ! )

WHILST I CAN ...LOL.

 

GUESS WHAT CRIS HAS JUST RUNG ME AND HE WANTS ME BACK DOWN

 IN TWO WEEKS TIME FOR STAGE 2 !!......... HERE WE GO !!

31ST JANUARY 2009

HALL OF FAME.

IT WAS WITH GREAT HONOUR ON SAT 31ST JAN 2009 THAT I ATTENDED THE WUMA HALL OF FAME AWARDS.

I HAD THE EVEN BIGGER HONOUR OF BEING INDUCTED INTO THE HALL OF FAME AS COMPETITOR OF THE DECADE. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT HAS HELPED ME GET HERE..

ME RECEIVING MY AWARD FROM MASTER RICHARD HOPKINS FOUNDER OF W.U.M.A.

JANUARY 2009

BIB BROTHER WATCHING (literally.lol.)

MY BIG BROTHER STUART TAGGART ( All 6ft 5 of him ) HAS DECIDED AT LAST TO JOIN IN WITH MARTIAL ARTS. THIS IS THE BIG BROTHER THAT USED TO FIND IT FUNNY TO HOLD HIS LITTLE BRO OFF THE GROUND BY HIS LEGS AND WHEN YOU IMAGINE THE SIZE OF HIM TO ME IT WAS QUITE A SCARY EXPERIENCE. LOL. THIS WAS THE BIG BROTHER WHO USED TO LIKE TICKLING HIS VERY TICKILISH LITTLE BRO FOR AGES AT A TIME.

FOR ALL LITTLE BROTHERS OUT THERE BE PATIENT YOUR TIME WILL COME.LOL. STUART COULD OF HAD THE CHOICE OF TAKING UP KICKBOXING AND WITH ALL KICKS BEING ABOVE THE WAIST I WOULD HAVE STILL HAD THE DIS ADVANTAGE BUT HE HAS CHOSEN MUAY THAI. LOL. AND HAS JOINED BLACK WIDOWS GYM IN MY OLD HOMETOWN OF BIRMINGHAM.

I SERIOUSLY CANNOT WAIT FOR OUR 1ST SPARRING SESSIONS AS I LOVE THE IDEA OF LOW KICKS ESPECAILLY AS ONLY PART OF HIM I CAN REACH. LOL.

LITTLE BRO IS GOING TO HAVE FUN....

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ME WITH STUART WHEN I WAS REALLY SMALL.............

BIG BRO READY FOR ACTION !!

LITTLE BRO READY TO WIN !!!

20 DECEMBER 2008

WAKO GB PRESIDENTS AWARD

Leif  Taggart was presented with a WAKO Presidents award off Mr Tom Hibbert on Saturday 20th December 2009.

 

Leif was the first member of WAKO ever to place at World Level under the new system of

WAKO K1 rules. His skill level is phenominal and he was praised by many other countries fighters and presidents.

 

After meeting a Russian in the final he was beaten on what is still considered as a contraversial points decision. But being good sportsmen he and coach accepted that the judges decision was final.

 

Tom Hibbert believed the young mans performance and mature attitude deserved further recognition than just his Silver World medal in one of the hardest fought competitions in the World.

 

 

 

 

Leif is seen pictured with his trophy...well done!

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29TH NOVEMBER 2008

I WAS GIVEN THE CHANCE TO FIGHT ON THE FAMOUS SHOW POWER OF SCOTLAND AND WAS REALLY PLEASED TO HAVE THIS CHANCE. I FOUGHT LOCAL BOY KEIRAN MC ASKILL AND HAD A GREAT FIGHT. I WAS GIVEN THE LOSS BY SPLIT DESCISION BUT WAS WELL HAPPY WITH HOW I FOUGHT AND REALLY ENJOYED THE FIGHT..

10TH - 18TH NOVEMBER 2008

I WAS ASKED MY SOME PARENTS OF SOME JUNIOR STUDENTS IF I WOULD ACCOMPANY THEIR CHILDREN AS COACH / INSTRUCTOR TO THE WUMA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN GREECE.
I HAD HELPED WITH THEY TRAINING UP TO IT AND KNEW THAT THEY WERE LOOKING GOOD AND SHOULD BE IN WITH A CHANCE OF REACHING THE PODIUM. 2 OF THE FIGHTERS JACK COOPER AND JESSICA NILSSON HAD ATTENDED THE WKA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN GERMANY 2007 AND THIS IS WHERE WE HAD MET, JACK WAS UNFORTUNATE TO HAVE BEEN IN MY SECTION AND JUST MISSED OUT ON A MEDAL BUT JESSICA HAD ACHIEVED A GOLD AND BRONZE SO BOTH WERE NOT AS WORRIED AS YOUNG DALE MATHIE WHO WOULD BE ATTENDING HIS FIRST WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS.
THE COMPETITION WAS HELD OVER 3 DAYS OF OUR STAY IN GREECE AND BETWEEN THE 3 FIGHTERS WE GAINED 4 GOLD, 2 SILVER, 2 BRONZE AND 2 X 5TH PLACE MEDALS.I WAS SO PROUD TO HAVE HELPED THEM ACHIEVE THIS..
RESPECT TO THEM ALL !!!

PICTURED LEFT TO RIGHT

DALE MATHIE 2 X WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP GOLDS, 1 BRONZE AND A 5TH PLACE MEDAL
JACK COOPER 1 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP GOLD, 1 BRONZE AND A 5TH PLACE MEDAL.
AND JESSICA NILSSON 1 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP GOLD AND 2 SILVERS
(ME) LEIF TAGGART PROUD COACH/INSTRUCTOR.

11OCT 20O8

21ST TO 28TH SEPT 2008

I HAD BEEN SELECTED AS PART OF THE WAKO JUNIOR/CADET SQUAD TO FIGHT AT THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN NAPLES.

I COMPETED UNDER K1 STYLE RULES AT - 54KG AND PLACED IN THE SILVER MEDAL POSITION

 

ME ON THE PODIUM RECEIVING MY MEDAL

I HAD TO RECEIVE MY MEDAL IN MY K1 SHORTS AND A BORROWED TRACKSUIT TOP BECAUSE WHILST I WAS COMPETING IN THE FINAL SOMEONE TOOK A SHINE TO MY TRACKSUIT AND TOOK IT HOME WITH THEM. LOL. LOL.