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19/09/11

 

 

 

MARTIAL LIFESTYLE CHARITY RUN 2011 FOR HARVEY HEXT & MLSIS

Saturday 17^th September 2011 @ Clifton Downs

 

Kids

 

Leo Thompson                                      11.59

Cory Cook                                              12.44

Grace Harding                                      12.48     

Benji Hall                                               13.23

Samuel Mueller                                    13.38

Lauren Howie                                       13.45

Ishana                                                     13.51

Rebecca Mueller                                 13.57

Harry Hall                                              14.08

Ben Jones                                              14.09

Karmen Jones                                       14.40

Alex Read                                              14.47

Flo Harper                                             14.53

Duncan Lawrence                                15.34

Sam Read                                               15.34

Megan Martin                                       15.41

Alastair Brindley                                   16.02

Amy Kingscott                                       16.14

Ben McGurrell                                      16.41

William Lawrence                                17.43

James Hurst                                           18.00

Daniel Ritter                                          18.01

Molly Harper                                        18.05

Zoe Kingscott                                        18.14

Cameron Taylor                                    18.18

Samuel Whitmore                                18.19     

Ellie Matthews                                      18.20

Millie Sellick                                          18.20

Hiram Rogers                                        20.02

Khye Benford                                       20.11

Max Lawrenson                                    20.18

Amy Dowling                                         21.21     

Lewis Baker                                           21.23

Lilly Bartle Jenkins                               21.41

Dan Read                                               25.28

 

Adult 5K

 

Tom Neath                                             23.50

Glen Haynes                                          29.10

Lynsay Hall                                           29.11

Emma Whitmore                                  30.59

Izzy Whitmore                                      30.59

Max Gall                                                 36.06

Sam Burge                                             36.20

Theresa Gill                                           47.38

Sarah Kingscott                                     47.38

Rich Cook                                              Rubbish

Christian Ohman                                  Got lost

Kien Serle                                              Got lost

 

Adult 10K

 

Dan Blythe                                             39.09

Mark Burge                                           43.56

David Western                                     46.45

Kevin Gage                                            47.58

Andrew Brindley                                  48.12

Tom Simpson                                        49.30

Tony James                                            49.33

Mark Sellick                                          55.03

Pat Cahill                                                69.09

Ben Gill                                                  -

Jake Smith                                             -

 

12/09/11

 

Great day for all our fighters at the Bristol Interclub yesterday. You can find full results on our blog or by following Martial Lifestyle on Twitter. Also well done to Mustafa and Rich Cook who completed the Bristol half marathon for Harvey Hext.

 

04/09/2011

 

Great to see everone back at training! So many exciting things ahead to train for including sponsored runs, competitions and gradings. For full details on all events please check out the events calendar.

 

Well done to Gio Marchese for achieving two silver meadals at this years WKA World Championships in Germany.

 

We would also like to announce that we will be running an in house promotion this month to encourage students to introduce their friends to Martial Arts training. Full details to follow.

 

29/08/2011

Holidays are nearly over and for those of you who have had a break it is time to get back to training. We have now issued our complete schedule for competitions, gradings and seminars right through to christmas so everyone has a goal to train for! Please check out our Events Calendar page for full dteails on everything coming up.

06/06/2011

 

It has been an exciting few months for Martial Lifestye and after a rapid expansion we now offer 41 classes a week in 10 locations accross Bristol, Bath and North Somerset.

We have had an action packed schedule of gradings, demo's, launches, competitions and training and have loads to look forward to in the coming months.

 

 

April & May Bank Holiday Closure Dates

 

Classes will be closed at the ML HQ (Kellaway Av)

Friday 22^nd April

Sat 23^rd April

Monday 25^th April

Friday 29^th April

Monday 2^nd May

Monday 30^th May

 

Students can attend any other sessions during the week for FREE

ML Bath will be running as normal on each of the Bank Holiday Monday’s 25^th, 2^nd, 30^th

 

 

WAKO License

We are writing regarding further development of Martial Lifestyle and the continual improvements we are making to our club. We consider health and safety and the standard of our training facilities as top priority. For that reason we ensure that instructors insurance and pubic liability cover at all our venues is completely comprehensive and all staff our trained and prioritise safety of all our students at all time.

It has been brought to our attention by a number of associates in the Martial Arts industry that even though the venues and instructors are fully protected against accident and injury, where does a student stand if they are injured during training? Fortunately for us we have never had a severe occurrence but we have heard of several cases in other clubs where students have received injuries leaving them unable to work for a period or required costly medical treatment.

For those reasons we have looked into further student protection through our World Kickboxing governing body WAKO. The organisation offer a student licence that affiliates us to the most prestigious World Martial Arts governing body and protects you personally for injuries during participation in classes and competitions.

From 1^st May 2011 we are asking all Martial Lifestyle students to acquire a WAKO license. The annual licensing fee is £25 which will give you a year’s cover and can be paid by cash or cheque when completing the attached form. Each student will receive an official licensing book shortly after which is retained by you and used as an official record book for all grading, competitions and seminars. Therefore it will act as an official achievement log throughout your martial arts training as well as the affiliation and insurance benefits.

We trust that you are satisfied with our proposal. Please note any student that does not acquire a WAKO license from 1^st May 2011 will no longer be able to take part in grading or competitions. If you have any further questions or queries please speak to your instructor or contact one of the founders directly. 

 

 

 

2011 KIDS SUMMER TRAINING COURSE EXMOUTH

HAVEN HOLIDAY PARK DEVON CLIFFS- 17^TH – 19^TH JUNE 2011

 

We have now planned our third annual training trip for all the kids (and parents) of Martial Lifestyle aged 8 and over. This time we are travelling to the Haven Holiday Park in Sandy Bay, Exmouth.

The trip will start on Friday 17^th June (After school) and will end approx 6pm on Sunday 19^th June. However participants can stay Sunday night if they wish as accommodation is covered.

We will be staying in luxury 3 bedroom caravans (even better accommodation standard than last year!) which sleep up to eight. Caravans are fully furnished with lounge area, kitchen, bed linen, colour TV, bathroom etc. They are also self catering units so the kids can bring food with them or have the option to go out for breakfast, lunch and dinner if they prefer.

To get the course started, put everyone in good spirit and the mood for training we have planned a welcome get together on arrival Friday evening.

The children will be supervised at all times by instructors Andy Cleeves, Sharon Gill, Mustafa Marouf, Andrew Vasili, Gio Marchese, Greg Langson and Haroulla Vasili, with additional parents to help take good care of all the children.

Training

There will be six sessions over two days plus sessions for mums and dads who attend. Training will include running, fitness, flexibility, teamwork, syllabus, pad work, sparring, challenges and games. All based around hard work, fun and lots of awards.

Please bring tracksuits, t-shirts & trainers for the morning session, martial arts clothes for second session including trainers, and tracksuits, jogging bottoms etc for last session.

All children will have the choice to come on the trip by themselves or with parent(s). We must stress the kids will be supervised at all times.

Please note a comprehensive itinerary will be given to all participants a month before the trip to clarify exactly what to bring and what we will be doing and when.

Cost

The cost for the entire trip includes accommodation, training, event t-shirt and awards (food not included).

Adults and/or Children Training - £125.00

Adults and/or Children Not Training - £95.00

 

 

 

Extravaganza 3 

A great day for ML, many thanks to all who attended this annual event, some great fights throughout the day.

Big shout out to all the helpers, referees and first aiders who helped make this event such a success.

 

Results

 

Boys Little Dragons

1. Harrison Bains Doyle (martial Lifestyle)
2. Jaden mcleary ( martial lifestyle)
3. Harrison Dent (martial lifestyle)
4. Matthew Cleeves (martial lifestyle) 

Small Boys Beginners

1. Kain Edmonson (concept martial arts)
2. Alistair Brindley (martial lifestyle)
3. Lewis Baker (martial lifestyle)
4. Callum Coates (martial lifestyle) 

Small Boys Intermediates

1. Sam Read (martial lifestyle)
2. Ethan Cogzell (martial lifestyle)
3. Henry Jones (martial lifestyle)
4. Kyri Chackarou (martial lifestyle)

Medium Boys Beginners

1. Des Talbot (concept martial arts)
2. Brennan Daley (concept martial arts)
3. Luke Ashman (powersports)
4. Vjay (martial lifestyle)

Medium Boys Intermediates

1. Kam Bains Doyle (Powersports)
2. Cory Cook (martial lifestyle)
3. Benji Hall (martial lifestyle)
4. James Chackerou (martial lifestyle)

Medium Boys Advanced

1. Harvey Western (martial lifestyle)
2. Cory Woolfrey (black dragons yate)
3. Ethan Harris (martial lifestyle)
4. Harry Hall (martial lifestyle)

Tall Boys Beginners

1. Marcello Santo Fullerton (martial lifestyle)
2. Kieran Spary (black dragons yate)
3. Owen Ashman (powersports)

Tall Boys Intermediates

1. Ibi (martial lifestyle)
2. Gerlando (powersports)
3. Patrick Cahill (martial lifestyle)

Tall Boys Advanced

1. Kishore Moores (martial lifestyle)
2. Gideon Stone (powersports)
3. Ben Gill (martial lifestyle)
4. Jacob Burgess (powersports)

Girls Little Dragons

1. Ellie Bains Doyle (martial lifestyle)
2. Zoe Kingscott (martial lifestyle)
3. Ellie may Sembhi (martial lifestyle)

Small Girls Beginners

1. Isabelle Whitmore (martial lifestyle)
2. Jasmine Lawrenson (martial lifestyle)
3. Lottie Martin (powersports)
4. Josepha Garrett Hollows (martial lifestyle) 

Medium Girls Intermediate

1. Kat Chackerou (martial lifestyle)
2. Amy Kingscott (martial lifestyle)
3. Tilly Pike (martial lifestyle)

Medium Girls Advanced

1. Lauren Howie (martial lifestyle)
2. Olivia Davies (powersports)
3. Tavgah Jafar (powersports)
4. Ishana Moores (martial lifestyle)

Beginner Men Points

1. Chris Smith (martial lifestyle)
2. Louis Gerber(martial lifestyle)
3. Julias (martial lifestyle)
4. Tom Miller

Intermediate Mens Points

1. Karl Goode (black dragons yate)
2. Sam Warrilow (martial lifestyle)
3. Darren Curry (martial lifestyle)
4. Paul Docherty (black dragons yate)

Beginner Ladies Points

1. Hayley Parkin (martial lifestyle)
2. Cher Atherton (martial lifestyle)
3. Sarah Kingscott (martial lifestyle)
4. Karen Lawrenson (martial Lifestyle)

Intermediate Ladies

1. Sophie Vallender (martial lifestyle)

2. Kerry Lanfear (powersports)

3. Helen Sparks (powersports)

 

Mens Light Contact -75kg

1. Dave Leader (concept martial arts)
2. Luke Coombes (martial lifestyle)
3. Jake Watts (martial lifestyle) 

Mens Light Contact +75kg

1. Karl Goode (black dragons yate)
2. Tommy McCarthy (martial lifestyle)
3. Peter Barrow (martial lifestyle)
4. Mark Sellick (martial lifestyle)

 

 

New Class @ Bradley Stoke

Launching Tues 3rd May 2011 

Martial Lifestyle Bradley Stoke 

Meadowbrook Primary School 

Three Brooks Lane, Bradley Stoke, Bristol BS32 8TA 

Senior Instructor Haroulla Vasili 

Launching Saturday 7th May 2011

Martial Lifestyle Nailsea 

Scotch Horn Leisure Centre 

Brockway, Nailsea, Somerset BS48 1BZ 

Senior Instructor Greg Langson 

 

Classes  

(every Saturday) 

Little Dragons (4-7 yrs) 9.00am – 9.45am 

Kids Kickboxing (7-14 yrs) 10.00am – 11.15am 

Adults Kickboxing (15+ yrs) 11.30am – 1.00pm

 

ARRON & SHANDY's Hardcore Day

Sunday 13th March 2011

Congratulations to all who took part in this legendary hardcore training day.

3 hours of non stop full on training held at our Westbury Park Studio.

Big shout out and congratulations to the following for successfully completing this event.

Sarah Crowley

Ros Reid

Sarah West

Emma Grove White

Cheryl Atherton

Andy Rose

Tracy Johnson

Theo Chung

Rose Howie

Jackie Craig

Dave Blair

Emma Cook

Adam Nicholls

Theresa Gill

Ben Gill

IRISH OPEN 2011

 

On Friday the 4th March, Martial Lifestyle and Bristol Lau Gar took a team of fighters to the renowned biggest tournament in Europe at present, THE IRISH OPEN, Dublin.

The team consisted of Cory Cook, Kam Bains Doyle, Ethan Harris, Aston Cook, Andrew Vasilli, Haroulla Vasili, Sharon Gill, Andy Cleeves, Nathan Young, Matt Ogden, Mark Deacon and Gio Marchese and team coach Sean Veira.

 

We arrived on the Friday afternoon where all fighters made their weights and heights and prepared for the team event. The team consisted of four men, one woman and was made up of Andrew Vasilli, Andy Cleeves, Mark Deacon, Matt Ogden and Sharon Gill. Unfortunately we had a very hard draw, being drawn up against one of the top American teams, 'FULL CIRCLE', where we lost by 3 wins to 1 with a mention going out to Andrew Vasilli who again fought extremely well, just losing out by one point to the best fighter on their team, Ross Levine, who is a very well known, respected fighter.

 

In the individuals, Matt Ogden, Fought extremely well winning his first three fights and just losing out. Gio Marchese fought in light contact and gained a 3rd place in the -63kg category, fighting exceptionally well to beat highly ranked Italian Marco Nordio in the Quarter final and just losing to the eventual winner Raj Patel.

 

Cory Cook and Kam Bains Doyle both had hard sections where in the boy’s intermediate grades -135cm and -150cm Cory won both his first fights but lost to the eventual winner in the -135cm.

 

Ethan Harris again had another very tough section in the boys -150cm advanced, where every fight could have easily been a final. Ethan fought very clever and battled his way to the semi finals where only losing by two points to a very top English fighter, thus gaining a well deserved third place!!!!! WELL DONE ETHAN!!!

 

Andrew Vasilli and Nathan Young both fought in the boys + 165cm where Andrew beat has first two opponents and then had an exciting fight with one of Italy's top junior fighters, only just losing by one point right on the, bell.

 

Aston Cook, fought in both advanced girls -160cm and + 160cm. Unfortunately losing her fight in the +160cm where the girls were all at such a standard, it was hard to believe, Aston went onto her next section where she won her first two fights and then took a nasty blow to her face causing her nose to bleed considerably!! After a while, the first aid let her carry on but eventually lost in her third fight after some grueling bouts!!!!

 

Next up were the woman and after having to wait for many hours whilst the junior fighters were on, the adrenalin of Haroulla Vasilli and Sharon Gill were pumping madly with both of them itching to fight.

 

Sharon fighting in the ladies -50kgs and Haroulla fighting in the ladies -55kgs and -60kg.

 

All the ladies section were absolutely massive with each one having at least 3 world champions in and competitors from all over the world. Haroulla was first up in the -55kgs where she fought a very top Italian girl and just lost out. In her -60kgs, she fought Charlie Maddocks in the second round which she won with ease showing Charlie some unbelievable technique and style, in her third round she came up against Louisa Gullutti, the current world games champion from Italy and unfortunately lost, but gaining spirit, experience and belief in herself in the mean time.

 

Sharon Gill also had a very hard section with her second fight being with a top Belgian with awesome kicking ability, winning that fight, she then went on to face a top Norwegian from their national team, but again managed to win comfortably. The fourth round was with another top fighter from Hungary called Mercedes Veres who is world Wako champion, Sharon having a lot of history with this competitor as they have fought each other quite a few times and is always guaranteed an exciting fight, fought very hard, and at the end of the two rounds it was a draw, having extra time where at the end of that had another draw, so resulting in sudden death where Sharon just managed to score a well timed super fast side kick, giving her a well deserved place in the final.

 

The final was another fight between Sharon and Giulia Cavallaro (current world wako champion) from Italy as they have met before a number of times. Sharon having to be on form fought her heart out over the two rounds and after another draw at the end eventually went on to win so another victory for her.

 

All in all, a very successful and encouraging event for the whole team.

 

Overall Results

 

3rd place - Gio Marchese (light contact - 63kgs)

3rd place - Ethan Harris (boys -150cms advanced points)

1st place - Sharon Gill (Ladies advanced -50 kgs points)

 

 

Wako British Championships 26th & 27th February 2011

On Saturday and Sunday 26th/27th february, Martial Lifestyle took a small team to Nottingham to fight in the biggest tournament in Britain, the 'Wako British Championships'.

The team consisted of Gio Marchese, Sharon Gill, Haroulla Vasilli, Andrew Vasilli, Matt Ogden, and Kam Bains Doyle.

 Everyone fought brilliant with Gio setting the standards by winning the senior mens -63kg in light contact on the Saturday, by beating an excellent Opponent in the final.

 On the Sunday was the points competition where Sharon Gill fought extremely well beating all her rivals and winning the senior Ladies -50kg by beating a very well known fighter in the final, also Haroulla Vasilli won a well deserved 2nd place in the cadets 16-18 years and a 3rd place in the senior ladies -55kg.

 I think the fighter of the day has to go to Andrew Vasilli where in one of his first times in the senior mens category beat all his opponents with ease gaining him a place in the final where he eventually got 2nd place losing to a very good and experienced fighter in the senior mens -69kg. 

 

So all in all an excellent weekend for the small team that took part, with hopefully the wins gaining them all a place on the England Wako team.

 

£500 raised for Brislington Church

On Saturday 22nd January 2011, the students of Martial Lifestyle gathered to raise money for Brislington URC.

The Church was in much need of repair,  work was needed to its hall, the hall that Martial Lifestyle run classes for all ages.

The Senior instructors at the club arranged for the students to take part in a sponsored charity kickathon, this involved a collective 50,000 licks in one after noon.

Over 40 students turned up to support this event, with ages ranging from 4 years to 40+ years.

They managed to reach the target in just 2 hours and in doing so collectively raised £1000.

£500 was set aside for the Martial Lifestyle charity fund and the remaining £500 was kindly donated to the church.

Founders Andy Cleeves & Sharon Gill plus Senior instructor Gio Marchese are proud of all the students that took part in this event and are extremely happy to help raise money for the church and to do something so positive for the community.

 

 

28/02/2011

The Gillmeister appointed administrator for Martial Lifestyle :-)

Watch this space for news and updates

 

07/02/2011 - Athens Challenge

 

Wow what a great weekend for the team! The competition was fierce and everyone was super excited to be travelling together with all our up coming talent and experienced fighters offering a solid club team to contend against all the European stars.

 

Coach Sean Veira had a Bristol Team consisting of Andrew Vasili, Sharon Gill, Greg Langson, Haroulla Vasili, Matt Ogden, Aston Cook, Andy Cleeves and Gio Marchese.

 

With great performances all round we stamped a new mark on the European circuit as a team to be watched. Final Results...

Haroulla Vasili Silver

Sharon Gill Gold

Aston Cook 2 x Silver

Gio Marchese Silver

Andy Cleeves Bronze

 

 

31/01/2011 - Watford Open Nationals

 

We had a great start to the season at a very high profile competition yesterday. The TEAM BRISTOL fighter list consisted of...

 

Kishore Moores, Jasmine Lawrenson, Seph, Daisy Dyson, Sam Read, Sam Dyson, Ethan Cogzell, Benji Hall, Olivia Davies, Lauren Howie, Harry Hall, Ishana Moores, Kam Bains Doyle, Cory Cook, Alex Read, Karen Lawrenson, Sarah, Mike Fink, Luke Coombes, Tom Miller, Aston Cook, Andrew Vasili, Gio Marchese, Greg Langson, Matt Ogden and Haroulla Vasili.

 

With a vast amount of 1st, 2nd and 3rd places we couldnt have been happier with our start to this year competition circuit. The event had a superb turn out and all our fighters dug deep to produce some very convincing performances. 

  

23/01/2011 - ML HQ Class Timetable Changes

 

 Monday KIDS Class (5.45-7pm) will be cancelled from 14th Feb 2011

Beginners Kung Fu Starting Every Mon from 6.15-7.30pm – Starting Mon 24th Jan 2011                                          

Womens Boxercise Class (THURS 7.15-8.15pm) will be cancelled from 10th Feb 2011
                       

Zumba Fitness will take its place Every Thurs running from 7.15-8.15pm

 

 

15/01/2011 New Class Opening in Bath

 

Bath Instructor Gio Marchese is launching more classes in Bath. ML Bath - Phase One will launch Friday 18th Feb @ Phase One Gym, 7-9 Comfortable Place, Upper Bristol Rd, Bath. We will be running the following junior classes every friday thereafter...

 

Little Dragons 4.30-5.30pm

Kids Kickboxing 5.45-7pm

 

Come and join our launch!