ISKA EUROPE

Our respected ISKA PORTUGAL president Cesar MOREIRA had again a high class event in famous Matosinhos Arena.

Once again the fight card was international and again fighter from ISKA ANGOLA was invited.

The results:

MARCUS SANTOS WIN THE PORTUGUESE 4 MENS 80 KG TOURNUMENT IN MMA RULES

ANDRE SILVA WIN AND STILL THE PORTUGUESE 91 KG PROFESSIONAL FULL CONTACT CHAMPION

ANGEL LAGO (SPAIN) WIN MARCUS SANTOS FOR SUBMISSION

IVAN INCLAN (SPAIN) WIN POINTS) NUNO PATO (ANGOLA)

OCTAVIO PUDIVITR (MOCAMBIQUE) WIN SUBMISSION) JOZO PEREIRA

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COMPETITORS FROM AROUND THE WORLD COOL DOWN AT A VERY, VERY HOT ISKA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

As the east coast of the U.S. a record-high heat index, Martial Arts competitors from more than 35 countries were graced with the opportunity to travel to the Coronado Springs Resort in Disneyworld to enjoy hotel air conditioning and recreational pools – a great way to cool down from the heat wave and check out some hot, hot, hot martial arts competition.

This year’s US Open ISKA World Martial Arts Championships was held the weekend of July 9-10, 2010, conveniently giving competitors a chance to spend the 4th of July weekend however they pleased before an intense week of gearing up for the US Open.

With performances from the US Open Night of Champions being televised on ESPN, competitors were ready to give their best and most difficult performances for a chance on the night time stage and possibly on television. The best of the best from around the world were on hand.

 

Friday’s competition began bright and early at 9:00 in the morning with the eliminations for the XMA Trickz Battle. Team Full Circle, Straight Up, USA All Stars, and Paul Mitchell were just a few of the many participating teams in men’s team sparring. After some intense competition, Team Paul Mitchell and the USA All Stars advanced to the ISKA nighttime finals.

Just a few rings over, the forms and weapons divisions on stage were drawing more and more spectators after the conclusion of team fighting to watch the four horsemen of Team Paul Mitchell: Matt Emig, Rudy Reynon, Kalman Csoka, and Marc Canonizado. All continued to lead the extreme and creative divisions as expected. In musical weapons, half of the division dropped their weapon, including Rudy Reynon and Marc Canonizado. David Armstrong was on a different streak when men’s extreme forms came along. Armstrong demonstrated one of the best forms of the night with clean hands and a double corkscrew. Although it was near perfect, it still wasn’t enough to drive Marc Canonizado into second place. Canonizado used the plentiful amount of space in the ring to his advantage. He nailed all of his difficult tricks and they were more dynamic than ever.

It was odd (but certainly welcome!) to be done with the first day of events by 6:00 p.m. on Friday. As competitors and spectators filed out of the competition arena, they were surprised to find the sun still shining and plenty of time to grab a bite to eat, see some of the Disney attractions and rest up for the next day’s competition.

Saturday competition got everyone up early – except for the adult competitors. The adults were able to sleep in two extra hours before their events began at 11:00 AM. Many adults took advantage of the later schedule by going to Downtown Disney on Friday night to enjoy some popular shops, restaurants, and some late night entertainment.

After winning their divisions on Friday, Micah Karns, Cole Eckert, Austin Crain, Hunter Crain, and Kyle Montagna all were in the run-offs Saturday afternoon. On the line was the prestige and a chance at getting on stage for the Night of Champions and maybe being on ESPN!

In the 14-17 weapons division, Micah Karns and Kyle Montagna both dropped their weapons, leaving Austin Crain to win by a hundredth of a point, with his brother Hunter in second place. Micah Karns didn’t go home empty handed as he won the 14-17 (creative/musical/extreme) CMX forms grands.

 

It wasn’t all about forms though. “This is my division,” shouted Robbie Lavoie during his first fight in the men’s 18-29 super lightweight division. He certainly proved his statement true when it came down to Lavoie and Victor Suarez. It was grueling match but Lavoie came out on top. Both Hamed Firouzi and Niko Negron chalked a win up for Full Circle when they won the 18-29 lightweight and light-middle weight divisions.

The fighting grand championships were held during the day. For the women, Cindy Cote of Team Straight Up defeated Terri Jacoby for the overall grand championship title. For the men, it came down to a rematch between Hamed Firouzi of Team Full Circle and Raymond Daniels of Team USA All Stars. When these two met for the Superfight finals at the New England Open, Daniels soundly defeated a tired Firouzi. This time Firouzi was far more in the game and gave Daniels more of a challenge but in the end, it was Daniels with the 7-4 score and the title for 2010.

Denver, Colorado’s Austin Jorgenson will certainly be remembered after he won both the 18-29 men’s forms and weapons grand championships with his soft style performances. Jorgenson came to US Open for his first ISKA/NASKA tournament and defeated some world-class competitors like Matt Emig (and it was Emig’s birthday! Happy birthday Matt!)

Finals

Danny Etkin of 100 Percent Performance opened the US Open Night of Champions show. Walking out with the audience clapping to his intro music, he made sure he was the center of everyone’s attention. Etkin started with a jack knife and a corkscrew and finished his form with hard hand techniques and clean stances. Jacob Pinto of team AKA began his rendition with the “Jesus flip” to get the crowd going. Pinto twisted in almost every trick he did to enhance his difficulty after having to follow Etkin’s flawless performance. ProRank’s Sammy Smith was the last to take the stage in the 13 and under ISKA forms world championship. She showed how serious she was by slapping the ground after her butterfly twist. With two difficult kick combinations directly after each other, Smith made the judges’ decision even more difficult with no mistakes in her form. In the end of a very close contest, it was Pinto who took home his first US Open Night of Champion’s award.

In the 14-17 year-old forms ISKA division, Cole Eckert fell on his webster which meant that he was out of the running. Dayna Huor landed her webster with synchronicity to a new choice of music in comparison to her previous songs. Micah Karns blew everyone away with his clean and dynamic hand techniques leading into a double corkscrew combination – with his hands behind his back. Karns took home the trophy for his first very first Night of Champion’s win.

The 13 and under weapons division began with Jacob Pinto on stage for the second time of the night. He began his form by spinning his kama on his thumb as he rotated 360 degrees – a pretty impressive way to exaggerate his kama work. Andrew Franklin took the stage with his bo and immediately began his form. Franklin used rock music that gave the audience a relieving break from all the trance music with hip-hop introductions used by many of his competitors. Franklin completed his form flawlessly then bowed out to Jackson Rudolph. Rudolph impressed everyone by taking recognizable maneuvers and adding difficult and subtle changes. Mackensi Emory was the final performer and nailed her kama form and really put her controlled kama work and acrobatics on display. As Rudolph did with his bo, Emory added subtle changes to increase the difficulty in her techniques. In the end, it was Rudolph who was voted the winner by the judges.

Julia Pinto, also of AKA, kicked off the 14-17 weapons grand championship with her bo. Pinto showed clean bo work, which was something on which she had to rely, because Austin Crain was up next. Crain landed many difficult tricks with four different kama releases. Mikayla Johnson, New England Open’s grand champion, took kama releasing to the next level by throwing her kamas in the air and around her legs. Johnson has worked with one of the most creative kama practitioners, Stephen Renney, and it has certainly paid off. Kyle Montagna took a different approach in his quest for the win by performing his traditional bo form. With strong stances and strikes, Montagna brought more difficulty to the judges for their final decision. The final decision was in favor of Crain this evening.

The adults were next on stage with the women’s forms championship. Nikki Stanley showed her advantageous flexibility from the get-go of her form and proceeded to show the crowd that she can throw tricks as well. Olivia Wicker brought some Japanese techniques to the stage and completed her form with intensity, giving Becca Ross that extra motivation to do a better form. Ross threw all her tricks smoothly and finished with strong hands. Caitlin Dechelle ended the division. Dechelle has grown to become stronger and faster through the years, and that’s what it took this evening as she attained the win.

Legendary World Breaking Champion, Chip Townsend performed next in a in a world-record attempt to break his own record of 36 boards in less than 8 seconds using the Combat Board breaking format. Townsend destroyed 42 boards using both hands and both feet in a multi-direction display of havoc.  Next up was another breaking icon, Larry Fields who set yet another world record by breaking 8 baseball bats with his shin in under 10 seconds! Incredible.

 

The XMA trickz battle brought the crowd to its feet with a ton of action. Marc Canonizado, Matt Emig, Mindy Kelly, and Kalman Csoka were the experienced judges for the contest. Donovan Sheehan walked out to battle Jacob Pinto in the two minute round for the junior championship. Pinto was a little energizer bunny and kept going and going as his non-stop tricking power garnered him the win.

The next battle was for the adults as Team Massive (Mike Gutherie, David Armstrong, Nelson Zuniga, and Tyler Powell) took the stage to battle Team Destruction (Daniel Graham, Anis Cheurfa, and Sammy Vasquez). In a five-minute session of “anything goes” which included aggressive tricks, near-collisions and a whole lot of attitude, Team Destruction took the win. Destruction was awarded $1,000 for first place and Massive was given $500 and the crowd was provided with a really entertaining battle!

Mike Welch brought Team Infinity out of Wisconsin and to the US Open for the Team Demo competition. Team Infinity had the tricks, charisma, and creative bo techniques needed to put on a great performance as they threw their weapons back and forth to each other. Team 100% Performance was up next with a dramatic music track. They had smooth tricks, intensity, and swords – a weapon not as popular in the Midwest, where Team Infinity mainly resides. 100% Performance came out with the win and the ISKA title.

The men’s forms competition was next and William Cornell kicked it off with his strong Japanese form. Matt Emig came out next to compare his tricks to Cornell’s powerful stances. After breaking his leg awhile back and making a recent comeback, Emig showed he can still hang and rise above everyone else. Marc Canonizado stepped out with his new hair style that, well, stood up. Canonizado also brought strong hands, clean standing kicks, and his signature “spider man” back-flip. In the end, the judges loved the smooth flow of Canonizado and awarded him the ISKA title.

Team Synchronized Forms sponsored by Paul Mitchell products was a Paul Mitchell event as Paul Mitchell Black (Austin Crain and Matt Emig) faced Paul Mitchell White (Marc Canonizado and Caitlin Dechelle). Paul Mitchell Black bowed in first. They were strong all the way through in an aggressive spectacle of one of the longest trick combinations seen in Team Synch. Paul Mitchell White added interesting choreography and were synchronized all the way through but Paul Mitchell Black, in their first time performing together, took the win.

The spectacular Night of Champions also featured and International Continuous Fighting match, a Submission Grappling Challenge bout and an ISJA Sport Ju-Jitsu contest blended in to the ISKA World Championships competitions. The variety of martial arts entertainment and flawless staging of the events really lived up to the show’s billing as a “martial arts extravaganza”.

 

Robbie Lavoie and Chris Rappold were the first to fight in the team fighting finals. Lavoie racked up three points for the All Stars and Rappold wasn’t able to get anything in, leaving Paul Mitchell at 0. Jack Felton and Travis Plowden fought second. Plowden gained two points for Paul Mitchell whereas Felton racked up six more points for the USA All Stars. It was looking gloomy for Team Paul Mitchell as Deandre Walker took on Raymond Daniels of USA All Stars in the final round. Almost all exchanges awarded one point to either fighter and in the end, the All Stars came out ahead by a respectable margin.

With some of the most exciting performers on the circuit today, it was fitting that the final event of the evening was the adult weapons competition. Austin Jorgenson the US Open Cinderella story, took the stage first with another drunken-style routine with a broadsword. It was something many audience members had not seen so they responded energetically as he wobbled around the stage as though intoxicated. Rudy Reynon, one of the most mimicked competitors on the circuit, came out next. Reynon hit his form solidly with his kama tricks rising to new levels as he spun the blade around his finger and one kama around the other kama. Matt Emig was on stage next to heighten the audience experience. He was on a roll, but lost his weapon on one of the most impressive releases seen with a nunchuck. Kalman Csoka brought both of his swords out to wrap the show up. Csoka was the most charismatic and changed the timing on his double release for an incredible performance. It was Csoka’s closing performance that took the win and the ISKA title for the evening.

With the final performance over, it was like the audience could finally let out the collective breath it had been holding through all the amazing performances. But the magic was not over as many of the competitors and spectators were planning additional fun at Disney the next day. It was still hot outside despite the late hour but the night’s festivities continued at the resort bar and swimming pool as the lights over another US Open Night of Champions dimmed.

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2010 US OPEN NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS RESULTS

 

13 & UNDER FORMS

1.      JACOB PINTO

2.      SAMMY SMITH

3.      DANNY ETKIN

 

14-17 FORMS

1.      MICAH KARNS

2.      DANA HUOR

3.      COLE ECKERT

 

FREESTYLE FIGHTING

WINNER: ALEXANDER NICHOLAS QUERRARD

LOSER: DREW HAYWARD

 

13 & UNDER WEAPONS

1.      JACKSON RUDOLPH

2.      MAKENZIE EMORY

3.      JACOB PINTO

4.      ANDREW FRANKLIN

 

14-17 WEAPONS

1.      MICKAYLA JOHNSON

2.      AUSTIN CRANE

3.      KYLE MONTEGNA

4.      JULIA PINTO

 

RANKED SUBMISSION GRAPPLING

WINNER: MARIO ATESIANO

LOSEER: CURTIS PORTER

 

WOMAN’S FORMS

1.      CAITLIN DECHELLE

2.      OLIVIA WICKER

3.      BECCA ROSS

4.      NIKKI STANLEY

 

CONTINUOUS FIGHTING CHALLENGE

WINNER: CARL VAN ROON

LOSER: KENNETH EDWARDS

 

DEMONSTRATION TEAM

1.      100% PERFORMANCE

2.      TEAM INFINITY

 

MEN’S FORMS

1.      MARC CANONIZADO

2.      AUSTIN JORGENSEN

3.      MATT EMIG

4.      WILL CORNELL

 

SELF DEFENSE

1.      JAMES SANG LEE

2.      MIKE SQUATRITO

 

SYNCHRONIZED TEAM FORMS

1.      JOHN PAUL MITCHELL BLACK (MATT EMIG AND AUSTIN CRANE)

2.      JOHN PAUL MITCHELL WHITE (MARC CANONIZADO AND CAITLIN DECHELLE)

 

TEAM POINT FIGHTING

1.      USA ALLSTARS (RAYMOND DANIELS, JACK FELTON, ROBBIE LAVOI)

2.      JOHN PAUL MITCHELL

 

ADULT WEAPONS

1        KALMAN CSOKA

2        TIE – AUSTIN JORGENSEN & RUDY REYNON

3        CAITLIN DECHELLE

NOT SCORED: MATT EMIG

 

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS BREAKING RESULTS

 

THREE DIRECTIONAL LIGHT WEIGHT

MITT LENIX 17/17

 

THREE DIRECTIONAL HEAVY WEIGHT

BEN PARRA 23/23

 

MULTI STACK SPEED BREAKING

BEN PARRA 129

 

WOMEN’S CREATIVE

KIKI D’ANIEL

 

MEN’S CREATIVE

LARRY FIELDS

 

POWER CONCRETE LIGHT WEIGHT

KEN YATES 11/11

 

POWER CONCRETE HEAVY WEIGHT

RON SULLIVAN 15/15

Steinbrunn, Austria;  promoter Mr. Helmut SCHALLEK announce the  “International Burgenland Open” on October 16th  in Semicontact. Lightcontact and ring sports, open for all fighters. Steinbrunn is located about 40 Km outside of Vienna.

This tournament is perfect for last preparation for the upcoming ISKA World Champions ships in November in Alicante. On the evening is also a team fight Austria vs. Hungary in Ring sports, plus professional fights.

For further informations send mail to the promoter Mr. Schallek.

Istra, Russia;  Top promoter Dimitri Alexeyevich IVANOV and his team organised a special Open Air event 50 Km north of Moscow in a beautiful forest area. This was again a co-operation of ISKA RUSSIA and FKR – federation Kick boxing Russia.

More than 2.500 people ( and three bears ) seen an amazing 5 hour show with various live bands, Russian pop singers, charming dancing show of the Russian Showgirls and, and, and …

Beside the show program the fight card was also respectable. Eight fighters from Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Estonia, Hungary, Serbia, Uzbekistan and of course Russia fought in tournament system in Lowkick ( freestyle) , won by the Russian Champion.

Россия чемпион

The main fight was  for the ISKA Full contact World title-64,50 Kg , Russian  Champion Denis LUKASHOV  challenged Egyptian Champion and number 1 ranked in ISKA AFRIKA ranking Mohamed ABD ELAZIZ.

The Egyptian was in very good shape and highly mobile with excellent kicking techniques. Lukashov as always attacked all the time, put a lot of pressure on the African fighter. Denis is known as excellent boxer and he won almost every round. In the 6th round the fight was over after a sweet spinning back kick to the stomach of Abd Elaziz, and referee Sergei MAYFAT had to count him out.

 

 

Although the victory of Lukashov was doubtless, Abd Elaziz was handicapped with a broken right thump from the third round. A possible re-match in Cairo is in negotiation.

SAN JOSE, Calif. (June 27, 2010) – On a historic night of Mixed Martial arts presented by STRIKEFORCE and M-1 GLOBAL and televised on SHOWTIME®, two-time Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu world champion Fabricio “Vai Cavalo” Werdum (14-4) registered the most spectacular upset in MMA history with a 1:09, first-round submission (triangle choke) over the world’s No. 1 heavyweight and pound-for-pound fighter, Fedor “The Last Emperor” Emelianenko (31-2) before 12,649 Saturday at HP Pavilion.

 

Fedor, a six-footer, had Werdum in trouble in the opening moments after dropping him with a right uppercut that was followed with several more punches. But from his back, Werdum, a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt and member of Brazil’s vaunted Chute Boxe fight squad, got Fedor into a combination triangle- and arm-choke. Within seconds, the fight was over. The famed Fedor had tapped out.

 

“I am so very, very happy,’’ the six-foot-four Werdum said. “He is such a strong man.  He is a great fighter. I would be glad to fight him again.’’

It was the first “legitimate’’ defeat in Fedor’s legendary career. His other loss, while official, came as a result of a disputed doctor stoppage due to a cut he sustained seconds into a matchup with Japan’s Tsuyoshi Kosaka on Dec. 22, 2000.

 

“One that doesn’t fall doesn’t stand up. I was concentrating on the strikes and made a mistake,’’ Fedor said. “I will have to go back and analyze what happened.’’

Saturday marked the first time in MMA history, the No. 1 male and female fighters in the world fought in the same cage on the same night.

 

While Fedor failed in a stunning shocker, the top women’s fighter, Cris Cyborg (10-1) of Curitibia, Brazil, was her usual brutal self as she retained the STRIKEFORCE Women’s World Middleweight (145 pounds) title with a dominant second-round (2:27) knockout (strikes) over game, determined challenger, Jan Finney (8-8) of Springfield, Ohio, in one of the featured fights on SHOWTIME.

 

In other televised fights, former STRIKEFORCE middleweight champion and hometown favorite, southpaw Cung Le (17-3) of San Jose, convincingly stopped Scott “Hands Of Steel’’ Smith (18-7) of Elk Grove, Calif., at 1:46 in the second round; and popular, local fan favorite and former STRIKEFORCE world lightweight belt-holder Josh “The Punk’’ Thomson (17-3), of San Jose, turned back a determined bid of Pat “Bam Bam’’ Healy (23-16) of Portland, Ore., to  score a hard-fought, third-round submission. A tight, even fight ended via rear-naked choke at 4:27.

 

In an emotional moment midway through the telecast, MMA pioneer and San Jose’s original favorite MMA son, Frank “The Legend’’ Shamrock, made one last walk down the ramp, in a suit, no less, and into the cage where he formally announced his retirement.

 

As the respectful fans stood and listened in appreciation, Shamrock, who is an expert analyst for SHOWTIME MMA telecasts, took the microphone, surrounded by family, promoters and executives, and said: “I’m 37. My time has come. Tonight, I announce my retirement. Tonight, I enter the cage for the last time as a fighter. I want to thank the people, my friend and an honest promoter, Scott Coker, for always keeping his word. In 2006, I threw one punch and STRIKEFORCE was born. Again, I want to thank all the people, the HP Pavilion and my family who put up with my craziness that was MMA. You, the fans were there when I won, and when I lost, and it was an honor for me to bleed and to break bones and entertain you.’’

 

Shamrock then slowly bowed to each side of the cage, precipitating one final roar of cheers from those in attendance.

 

By defeating Fedor, Werdum’s record now against the Emelianenko’s is 2-0. On Nov. 26, 2006, Werdum submitted Fedor’s brother, Aleksander, via arm triangle choke at 3:24 in the first round in Rotterdam, Holland.

 

Werdum may also have earned an immediate shot at STRIKEFORCE heavyweight world champion, Alistair “The Demolition Man” Overeem, whom he’s already defeated once. “I am ready to fight anybody,’’ Werdum said.

 

Cyborg, who had a meaningless point deducted for hitting behind the head in the opening round, praised Finney, who went down several times, but felt the fight could have been halted earlier.

 

“I was really surprised the fight wasn’t stopped in the first round,’’ said Cyborg after her 10^th consecutive victory. “I know she was trying hard, but I could tell I was hurting her, especially when she was down and covering up like she was. But it is my job to keep fighting until the fight is over.’’

Cyborg was crowned the first STRIKEFORCE women’s champion in history on Aug. 15, 2009, after she stopped Gina Carano in the first round at HP Pavilion.

Finney fought as hard as anyone could expect and, true to her word, kept firing back.

 

“I think this, being a world title fight, could have gone on a little longer,’’ she said. “If I was really hurt, I would have tapped.’’

Southpaw Le, who had dominated Smith before getting stopped last Dec. 19, left little to doubt this time around. A spinning leg kick to the body dropped Smith and after a succession of punches, the referee stepped in. Afterward, an ecstatic Le back-flipped out.

“I want to thank Scott Coker and SHOWTIME. I know what happened last time and was determined not to have it happen again. I knew I was in shape. I was pushed really hard during training. I was totally focused. I didn’t eat pizza. I didn’t eat chocolate for six or seven weeks.

“If Scott Coker wants a rubber match, that would be fine with me. Last time was Scott (Smith’s) night. This was my night. I am the one standing.’’

 

In another electrifying night of kickboxing at the Clanree hotel, Letterkenny, Ireland. Paddy Toland (Pt’s Kickboxing Gym head coach) showed why his club is rated amongst the best in the world, as his latest  protégé stepped up to the plate in style.

Natalie Mc Carron fought her way to European glory over a very game and durable, Sonya Woods from England. In the final fight of the evening the two ladies took to the ring to challenge for the vacant ISKA super flyweight Full Contact European title.  This fight was surrounded by hype as it was the first time the ladies headlined the event, and it did not disappoint.

In a bruising encounter going the distance McCarron had out-kicked and out-punch the battle hardened English fighter.  Natalie’s focus and determination was phenomenal on the night as it seemed nothing would stand in her way of claiming her first major honour, anything Woods threw at McCarron, she returned two fold and had Woods on the canvas five times throughout the duration of the bout.  One of the knock downs was a sensational spinning back fist that dropped the English fighter to the canvas in the third round, but credit to Sonya Woods; she held strong and continued to fight until the final bell.

When the judges cards were collected it was declared that by unanimous decisions that Natalie Mc Carron was the new Full Contact ISKA Super Flyweight Champion of Europe, the crowd in the Clanree erupted into celebrations as Natalie was presented with the title belt and the champagne bottles exploded over the ring, as her family and husband Gerard came in to congratulate her.

Also on the undercard was Letterkenny’s own Tommy ‘the ghost’ Mc Cafferty in an international prestige fight with English man Alan Smith.  This was Tommy’s return to the Clanree, and he done it in style.  This was a fast paced fight.  Mc Cafferty, his foot on the throttle from the first bell as he hit Smith with some tremendous combinations and body shots.

A clash of heads in the second round opened a small cut above Mc Cafferty’s eye.  His corner men worked hard on this between the rounds, but this didn’t faze  Mc Cafferty as he came out all guns blazing in the third round hitting Smith with some solid shots which seen the English man hit the canvas for two standing eight counts only to be saved by the bell.  The onslaught continued throughout the  4^th and 5^th round with the English man doing well to stay on his feet with Mc Cafferty firing all cylinders and blasting hard kicks and punches to the Englishman’s body before landing a spectacular spinning kick which had the crowd on its feet again.  McCafferty was declared an easy winner with all 3 judges’ scorecards.

The second of two international prestige fights seen Aidan ‘lights out’ Lafferty square off against the much taller Karl Johnstone from Jesters gym England.  From the first bell this fight was one way traffic with Lafferty putting the English man under constant pressure and keeping him in the corner and on the ropes and continually slipping the English mans southpaw jab and banging in hard hooks to his body and head and following up with several high impact spinning back fists, Lafferty was on top form as he kept up this phenomenal pace for the entire five rounds, leaving the English man with no answers to Lafferty’s onslaught. When the cards were collected it was a unanimous decision to the PT’s fighter, this was the fight that got started off the pro bouts and really energized the crowd as the intensity started to build.

Also on the undercard were some excellent amateur fights as the stars of future took to the ring to learn and perfect their craft, there was a couple of outstanding performances put in on the night by Colm ‘Stumpy’ mc Menamin, Derek ‘Bam Bam’ Walker, the younger generation also put on a great show of kickboxing as Gareth mc cafferty and glen mc farlane battled it out in a fight that was declared a draw.

On Saturday 29^th May the London International Freestyle Open competition took place at the famous Excel Exhibition Centre in London. The ISKA sanctioned London International Freestyle Open was part of the bi-annual SENI Combat Sports weekend with so much going on, ranging from Judo, BJJ and Eskrima tournaments, a great evening Thai Boxing show and much more.  But it was the London Open which caught the crowds attention when the kids took to the mat all padded up and ready to do battle.

 

In the boys -25kg, M. Ainsbury fought J. Russell from Cardiff in a great final, both fighters wanting to win this great battle but in the end there could be only one winner at that was M. Ainsbury.  He also went one better by taking first place in the -30kg to do the double, a worthy champion.

 

S. Derby secured 1^st place in the boys -35kg then stepped up into the -40kg where the Bolton blockbuster met E. Buck from Nottingham School of Black belts.  After a tense fight with both fighters exchanging techniques S. Derby took his second gold medal of the day.

 

Over in the girls section M. Mingle from Solihull Kickboxing Academy faced T. Price from Cardiff Freestyle, Mingle took this fight after a hard fought battle.

 

A .Jones won the -45kg while C. Buck took the +45kg.  Over in the light contact, J. Tawse from Cardiff met J. Price, his club mate in the finals with the club shouting for both fighters.  J. Tawse edged to victory in the end.  However, J. Price moved up in the -40kg and beat W. Jenkins to win a gold medal.  R. McClusky took his second gold in the +45kg beating N. Pugsley in the final.

 

Junior boy light contact -55kg S. Brewer beat J. Mason while D. Emsley took third place.

 

C. Hawthorne beat S. Barrett in the -67kg.  The girls light contact section was also very competitive.

J. Madden beating M. Price in the -35kg in the junior girls.  A. Price overcame F. Jones in the -59kg in a tight final.

 

Over in the men’s point fighting in the -67kg T. Kelly from S.A.M.A fought and beat J. Wright from Yeovil.   M. Watton beat J. Beech in the -71kg while over in the -86kg C. Lowe faced a hungry

M. Watton, however, this time C. Lowe took gold.  Men’s light contact in the -75kg D. Edens defeated E. Gohari while M. Tracey from Solihull Kickboxing Academy won against J. Chester of Essex in the

-91kg.

 

Women points G. Morgan from Hick’s Karate faced a fierce R. Nelson from Phoenix, point for point, this fight went all the way but it was Morgan who edged to victory.

 

Women’s light contact Z. Malewicz of the F.S.K beat S. Whittlock also of the F.S.K in the women’ veterans points fighting  In the +63kg veterans light contact ladies, Meely Lo who has not fought for 5 years returned to action and showed she has not lost anything by defeating N. Gupta in the finals.

 

A.Watton won the veteran -63kg points and then stepped up into the +63kg and took a second gold

for the day.

 

The forms area ran very smoothly, thanks to the hard work from all the judges and officials. The kids sections kicked off the area with -13 Japanese Hard Style with C. Scoble Somerset Karate taking the top spot with her Kata. Next up was -13 Creative Open Hand; with the music playing loudly the area was the main attraction of the competition with spectators from SENI coming over to see what was going on. J. Meek, Phoenix, went home with the Gold medal; with J. Riva, Infinity, received the Silver. Next it was the weapon exponents turn to show off their skills with the reigning ISKA World Champion Jack Underwood in attendance. After all the competitors had performed it was over to the judges and they answered with K. Macdonald, Team Resurrection, in 3^rd Position with J.Meek, Phoenix, taking 2^nd and J. Underwood the champ taking gold and gaining his spot on the 2010 ISKA UK forms squad.

Over to the Juniors sections with P. Cerson Team Fusion attaining a double whammy taking gold in both the Girls Creative Open Hand and Girls Creative Weapons. N.Whiles, Team Excel, took three Golds in Boys Japanese, Korean and Traditional Weapon Sections. Back to the Creative side with the Boys Creative Open Hand, this was a very tough section for the judges to call with all competitors performing at a high level. N.Whiles had to settle with a Bronze medal this time with M. Lightfoot, Infinity, receiving a well deserved Silver and J.Lewis, Team Resurrection, earning himself a Gold Medal and a place on the ISKA UK forms squad for the first time. In the Boys Creative Weapons J.Lewis took the top spot again with N.Whiles in a very close 2^nd and J. Pitman, Infinity, in 3^rd.

In the adult sections C.Kelley, Somerset Karate, took the top spot in Men Japanese Hard Style. Next the Soft Style sections with T.Osborn, ZDL, putting in an outstanding performance of his soft style form, taking gold and his team member H.Osborn won the Women’s Soft Style section too. T.Ledger, Team Relic, won both the Womens Creative Open hand and Creative Weapons sections. M.French, Team Resurrection, took 1^st in Men Creative Open Hand pulled off a top form even though he was suffering with a serious injury throughout the weekend. J.Evans, Team Relic, performed a solid extreme sword routine, winning himself a gold medal in the Men Creative Weapons section.

Last but not least was the Extreme Martial Arts Tricks Battle. In the -18 years J.Lewis, P.Cerson and N.Whiles battled it out throwing some tough combinations of flips, kicks and twists wowing the crowd with their gravity defying skills. P.Cerson came out on top with N.Whiles 2^nd and J.Lewis took the 3^rd. Now it was over to the adults with reigning European Champ M.French not wanting that Gold Medal to slip out of his hands. A.Spinx and A.McDonald battled it out for a place in the final with A.Mcdonald winning the judges vote. Next up was A.Ward against the champ M.French, both competitors going all out in their 30 second routines the judges raised there hands towards M.French. It was an epic final with both Team Resurrection members A.McDonald and M.French battling it out for the top spot. When their time was up, they knew they had done their best and it was over to the judges, M.French received the gold with A. Macdonald in 2^nd and A. Ward in 3^rd.

With all sections finished the ISKA UK would like to thank all the referees and timekeepers who worked hard to make sure everything ran smoothly on the day and the ISKA Amateurs Directors Clifton Findley, Owen King, Paul Gilmore and Joe Hallett.  Well done to those who all qualified for this year’s world championships which will be in Alicante, Spain 2nd- 7th November

3 wins for Persians 1 win for Germans & 1 draw were the results of GERMANS VS PERSIANS in Tehran on 11.06.2010

It was a historic night for the audiences in Tehran where ISKA GERMANY faced ISKA Iran in 5 different weight categories under ISKA ORIENTAL RULES. 2000 fans witnessed an outstanding event with a very close matchmaking in an open air Gala in the Tennis court of Enghelab Sport Complex in Tehran.

BOUTS

SHNEIDER VS SHAHABI

1st fight was between Jurgen Schneider & Saeed shahabi in -85kg. The fight started with domination of Shahabi in the first two rounds of the match. He kept pushing his German opponent all the way back to the ropes & stroked couple of hard low kicks which could put Schneider in trouble. At the beginning of the third round it was the Schneider who showed some good moves & tried to convince Shahabi with some back kicks. At the end of the match Shahabi managed to win the fight by 3-0

GISS VS MIRZADE

The 2nd fight took place between Wilhelm Giss & Sepehr Mirzade who has been away from the ring for one whole year to finish his studies. The fight started with a very hard round kick to the face of Giss, but Giss blocked the kick & did not show to be impressed by Mirzade’s first move. Mirzade kept on puting pressure on Giss, but Giss still managed to block all the strikes of Mirzade which were more kicks. Giss tried to find the required distance to Mirzade in order to uses his boxing skills, but Mirzade kept pushing him back with his hard low kicks & did not offer him enough chances for boxing. It was quite impressive, how Giss took all those raging punishments by Mirzade & still kept on fighting & being a danger to Mirzade at all time during the fight. At the end Mirzade was announced as the Winner by 3-0 decision.

GEBEL VS YAZDANPANAH

Wasilli Gebel & Mohsen Yazdanpanah were set as the 3rd fight of the event. The fight started very even & both fighters tried to keep the centre of the ring as the dominant fighter. But it was the Yazdanpanah of Iran who slowly dictated himself to Wasilli. Wasilli showed stronger in the 1st round but in the 2nd & 3rd it was Mohsen who convinced the judges & was announced as the winner of the fight.

LANDER BONNIGER VS MOHAMD EFTEKHARI

The 4th fight was in the class B (5 rounds X 2 mins) Leo who had some about 15 centimetres of height advantage showed stronger at the beginning of the 1st round, but very soon Eftekhari took the Charge & forced himself in the centre of the ring & started chasing his taller opponent. In the 2nd round Eftekhari surprised Bonniger with a spinning back fist, but Leo managed to control the fight & did not go dawn. Eftekhari performed 2 very strong rounds but at the beginning of the 3rd round he it was Leo who slowly came back to the fight & showed some effective resistance. Round 4 was were Leo started to push Eftekhari back & stroked series of combination o his opponent who looked very tired In the 5th round both fighters tried to win the rounds but eftekhari who seemed to have some serious problems with his conditions could not fight answer Bonniger’s strikes as expected. The Match was announced as a drw by the judges.

LORAND SACHS VS TOOFAN SALAFZOUN

This was the last & most promising bouts of the night, where the 1st Iranian K-1 MAX fighter Toofan salafzoun was to face experienced former ISKA World Champion Lorand Sachs. This fight was performed under ISKA ORIENTAL RULLES Class A (5 rounds X 3 mins)

Toofan started the fight much stronger & harder than expected. He exercised much pressure on th 33 years old Sachs. He attacked Lorand with some very hard combinations which mostly ended with some tough Low kicks. Lorand was so hardly punished in the first 3 rounds that almost everybody was expecting Lorand to give up the fight voluntary or be forced to stop the fight through a knockout! But Lorand fought back with his heart & after each punishment, he answered his opponent with counter strikes. Right after the 4th rounds all of the sudden, Toofan who carries the ring name of Storm was stopped by Lorand & he performed a very weak 4th rounds!

It seemed that he had some problems with state of his conditioning. Lorand who probably was waiting for his chance to attack back, took advantage & forced himself to Toofan. In the 5th round Lorand even stroked 2 knees to the head of Toofan which impressed the judges & the crowd. Basi Katawasi the Referee of the Event even had to count dawn Toofan in the last seconds of the fight. At the end after a very close fight the Judges scored 2-0 in favour of Lorand Sachs.

YANG MENG KHOO VS HAMIDREZA MOHAMADPOUR

The ISKA ASIAN title fight in 72.3kg under Oriental rules was meant as the highlight of the evening where the very experienced Meng Khoo was fighting against the young & talented Hamidreza Mohamadpour who was supposed to fight over the same title last year against Mustapha Yaghmur of Lebanon.

The fight started with a series of long & hard combinations stroked by Mohamadpour. Khoo was totally surprised by the speed & aggression of Mohamadpour, although Khoo did not show any sign of backing dawn the fight. The crowd were so excited that almost everybody in the crowd was standing on their feet. At the end of the 1st round Mohamadpour’s jumping knee kick caused a cut under Khoo’s right eyebrow. This had to be taken care of by Khoo’s cutman. Th e2nd rounds Mohamdpour kept on pushing the pressure of Khoo & this resulted a strong bleeding from the cut & Doctor of the contest had to be called in & he stopped the contest.

Mohmadpour is now the ISKA ASIAN CHAMPION.

ISKA World Champion Ship 2010 in Alicante, November 2nd – 7th

ISKA SPAIN and it´s president Juan PINILLA and his team are working like hell to organise and prepare the upcoming World Champion ships in Alicante, Spain. An amazing City , directly situated on the sea, with nice Seafood restaurants directly dockside, charming city centre. Pups, discotheques,  Mediterranean food, friendly and nice people, fair price politics and much more.

Sangria, Sun and Sport.

Beside all this amazing reasons to go to Alicante we have a real big sports hall , big enough for the estimated 2.500 fighters from all over the world.

Until today we have got confirmation from over 50 countries, especially our African brothers will come with first time with many countries. For Northern Africa regions is just opposite to Alicante , easy to go.

We got secret informations that USA and Canadiens train like hell to beat European´s (and others)  at home. Wait and see

 

ISKA Чемпионат мира по кикбоксингу в Аликанте, Испания, 2 ноября -7