WKU English Title - King of the Ring

Greg Darmon took the title of Pro Full Contact WKU English Title 'King of the Ring' in Notts end of Feb with style in a first round Knock Out.
From the bell he caught his opponent with an unexpected hopping sidekick to the nose for his first strike followed by a barage of comonations, his opponent took two standing counts and was visibly shaken , Greg used his awesome power to finish his oppnent off and the fight was stopped at 1min 6 seconds. within the first round. Well Done Greg - Thanks to those that came to support - always remembered and appreciated. A big thanks also to his Full Contact coach Titch (pictured right) & Pro Manager Cris (pictured left)who were both in his corner.

Peterborough Series 2007 part 1

Team Impact took to the mats in Peterborough for the first in the 4 part series. Main Coach for the day - David Marshall also coaching - Tracie Darmon.
All competitors taking on strong opposition,First sections of the day were Kata & Weaponry. There were strong TKD contenders from many other local areas with some good traditional forms whilst Jessica Pope and Ellie Butler demonstrated there skills using Dbl Nunchakus & Kamas. Jess took a 3rd place and Ellie performing her form to the best standard to date took home a medal.
Fighting sections were up next next with the younger girls all measuring into the same height section. This was a well attended section and our girls triumphed with Ellie Butler 3rd, Jessica Pope 2nd and Casey Marshall taking a well earned 1st place.In continuous the outcome resulted in similar circumstances with Ellie taking a hard earned 3rd place, Casey taking a second place and Jess using her footwork well to take her to 1st place.
In the under 5'8 boys sections Zak Ward and Chris Machin took some trophies. Chris once again tried his hand in points despite is being very new to him, after a few blackbelt opponents he took a 3rd Place with fellow team member Zak Ward taking a 2nd place after a time extension in the final and missing out on gold by one point.
In continuous as usual the after there qualifying fights the lads slogged it out against each other, and as usual both having very different styles(Thai vs freestyle) the score was close and infact a draw, after a 30sec extension, Zak had shown his fast hands were just enough to take the win,
Ladies Sections next:Coloured belts points. Sadie Walton took on a former contender in the final taking the fight to extra time and finally proving that footwork works! And took the first place.Karen Bailey entered the adults sections on the day and took to the final for pointstop against a very leggy trigger kicker, however her training around this technique was to prove no problem and took the win. In continuous Karen didn't perform to her usual standard but had a good crack anyway, taking 2nd place.
Lea Addelsea also padded up to contend on the day but due to an Admin error his section was overlooked and by the time this was realised it was too late for him to win......until next time Lea.......

WAKO British Championships 2007

A Massive Well Done to:Karen & Zak who both return with Silver Medals from the WAKO British Championships on Saturday in there Continuous Sections, Karen also returned to the competition on Sunday to enter the points section in which she gaine a 3rd place.Well Done both of you - Brilliant achievment!

Bsoton Series 2007 part 1

Impact Members triumphed in the first of the this years 4 part series taking many series points to set them up onto good stead for the championships. This is a new competition and was run very well for its early stage.
Kickboxing and Weaponry Instructors Tracie Darmon and Muay Thai Coach David ‘titch’ Marshall were on hand during the day to put the students through the paces.
First categories were kata/forms. With Jessica Pope (10) taking 2nd Place in the –16yrs creative forms categoryusing double nunchakus and Karen Bailey (15), taking the 1st place in the –16yrs and also the 1st place in the 16yrs+ creative forms sections using the 5ft Bo staff.
Semi Contact and Light continuous sections followed. With Freestyle student Johnny Bryan trying his hand at competition for the second time alongside 1st time SC competitor and Thai boxing Student Chris Machin. Both Lads stepping up there game and claiming placements. Johnny with 2nd Place in SC and Chris with 4th place. Chris who has now been competing for some months in LC claimed a brilliant 2nd place in the advanced LC section only being taken over by fellow Impact club member and bronze world medallist - Zak Ward (15 – Boston) Freestyle and Weaponry student Zak Also claimed 1st place in SC on the day with a ‘sudden death’ fight against a club instructor from Peterbroough. Thai Boxing student Lea Addlesea took on some of Bostons and Sleaford Members in the LC section ad ended up taking a well earned 2nd Place. Freestyle and Thai Student Reece Marshall had a few rounds of LC fights and finally took a well earned 4th place.
Girls and ladies were up next. Starting with Jess Pope, having measured inch over her normal category finally move up the next height section and prove that being the shortest isn’t always a disadvantage. In her LC section Jessica fought several rounds taking a well earned 2nd place. In her points section she met several other girls including fellow team member Casey Marshall. Jess took a first place whilst Casey fought extremely well and has improved hugely since her last comp in 2006 and this proved so as she took the 2nd place in SC and also the 3rd place in LC. Sadie Walton took the points for 1st place in ladies intermediate SC and also went on the Ladies Advanced SC Section where she fought more on the attack rather than counter this time and took the second place trophy and points. Karen Bailey Competed in the girls and ladies fighting sections as per kata. She claimed 1st place in the +5’5 girl SC and also 1st in LC. She also took 1st place in he ladies advanced SC and entered the Mixed adults openweight section for LC taking first place above all the heavier men! Karen is now in training for WKA World Title Full Contact show that is to be held in Newark on Marh 10th and will aired Sky’s on Eurosport where she is facing current full contact British champion Jade Grier. Impacts Full contact coach and Champions Greg Darmon & Titch are putting her through her paces in preparation
.All of the club members and instructors wish her luck in her new path and many will be there for support.

Greg gets 3ed Dan

Congratulations to Greg who passed his 3rd Dan kickboxing grading today under examinar Cris Janson Piers of BFKKO/WFKKO. Well done and keep up the good work!

EMA Jan 07

Weapons first, Jess and Karen were a little rusty, but did there best both taking the 1st place points for the series in kids and adult sections.
Dec was up in the peewee fighters section, he fought hard and the final was to go to extra time and decs opponent score the winning point just on the bell, giving dec a 2nd place and those all important points for the year.
Josh was asked to compete in the next height category as he was the only contender in his. Giving away on average 2-3 years he fought through the rounds to the 3rd place fight off which he did extremely well. And despite losing, we think this is the best we have ever seen him fight. Fighting giants should be his hobby!
Jess was on for points next and although not her best performance to date, she persevered and took the winning points for the series.
Karen in ladies continuous next. Giving away a fair amount of weight Karens speed and competition experience took her to unanimous 1st place and those added points for the series.
Karen barely took her pads off and she was then called back for ladies points in which she fought in the final against a fairly fast fighter, however her hand speed combos were to prove extremely worthy of her 3rd gold of the day.
Greg was up next and fought in 100kg + continuous section after indulging over Christmas, however after several rounds took a win on the final round by unanimous decision.
Last fighter of the day was Zak in the under 16’s points over 5’4. After a few rounds, found himself in final against a decent leggy fighter, it was pretty much point for point until the last 20 secs where zak simply couldn’t find a way to get them back and took a well earned second place.
Good luck for next week to the whole team who will be going!