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The LATEST NEWS section of this website contains results from those students that have decided to take Belt Grading exams, or to Compete on the
A.K.A. ( Amateur Kickboxing ) circuit.

Also listed is International news for "K-1" ( Professional Kickboxing ).

Could we remind all new enquires to the school, that these areas are not compulsory! as part of their training.

The majority of our members train specifically for fitness, for self-defence and to improve their self-confidence.

Only a small proportion of our members do actually compete or grade.

However, we hope that you will appreciate this LATEST NEWS section, as it shows the high calibre of the students that are members of our martial arts school and reflects the high standard of tuition given at Warrington Kickboxing Studio.

Correct as at Thursday 10th January 2008- Page Down!

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January 5th: 1st event of the 2007 season!

...will be hosted by the Dave Eckersley, and his Leigh team on Saturday 10th February 2007.

The venue is the Lowton Civic Centre for the 1st event of the 2007 season.


Warringon Kickboxer, Paige Farrington
is scheduled to defend her Ladies British Featherweight Title.


Also looking to make the first defence of his Inter-Continental Light-Heavyweigh title defence is Paul Quayle



For further details click the link below!

---www.aka-england.org






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January 19th: Interview with a World Champ!


Graham Sayer recently gave an interview for the the martial arts magazine, FIGHTERS MONTHLY.

This magazine in published in the U.K. and has an international circulation, which is brilliant news for W.K.S.

The Interview has also been featured on the A.K.A. website.

Graham is the currently

3 x World Middleweight Champion,


click below to see what he has to say.....



-www.aka-england.org

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February 5th: International Pro. News : 'K-1'.

TOKYO City, JAPAN, February 5, 2007
Appearing in his K-1 debut, Murat Direkci needed just 87 seconds to defeat the former World K-1 Max Champion Albert Kraus in a Superfight.



Japan's Yoshihiro Sato defended his Grandprix-Tournament Championship Belt at the K-1 World Max 2007 Japan.

Held at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo's seaside district of Odaiba, the event kicked off Professional Kickboxing's '2007 World Max season' with an abundance of thrilling bouts and a couple of stunning upsets.

The MAX ( Middleweight ) division features some of the Worlds elite Kickboxers such as

Takayuki Kohiruimaki ( Japan ),

Baukaw Por Pramuk ( Thailand )





Takayuki Kohiruimaki ( Japan )

Andy Souer ( Holland )

and Albert Kraus ( Holland )

The event will be broadcast over the next few weeks on EUROSPORT.


Checkout the full report and photos and click the following link...

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------------- 'K-1 Kickboxing News



( Photo : Sato delivering the Knee-Kick
courtesey of FEG Inc )

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February 10th: Results from the Leigh Kickboxing Event.

The Amateur Kickboxing Championships on Saturday 10th February held at Lowton Civic Hall, Leigh, saw Warrington get off to a great start for the 2007 season.

The event which featured 39 contests, had several international bouts with kickboxers from Holland, Turkey, Poland, France and India.

Paul Quayle, Warringtons A.K.A. Inter-Continental Light-heavyweight Champion made his first defence on this show against the England ranked #4 contender Paul Roberts ( York ).



This contest was also for the British Light-heavyweight title, so the win was extra special having two titles on the line!

Quayle fell behind at the start of the bout, as his opponent rushed forward looking for an early finish. After weathering the storm, Paul was able to put together crisp scoring combinations confusing his opponent with fast hands, then following up with strong knee-kicks to the body. In round three, PQ ( nick-name ) began to dominate at range with strong shin-kicks to the body and arms. Round four saw more of the same, as Quayle clearly began to outpace Roberts.

Scorecard from the bout:
Rnd 1 : Quayle 30, Roberts 31
Rnd 2 : Quayle 65, Roberts 60
Rnd 3 : Quayle 97, Roberts 84
Rnd 4 : Quayle 121, Roberts 111

A great win, with many trainers commenting on how much PQ has improved over the last few months.

Paige Farrington did not defend her British featherweight title, due to falling ill with the flu on Friday.. Hopefully she will be in action at the Altrincham event on March 24th.

Other results for Warrington Kickboxers...
Welterweight : Kirsty Hudson ( Warrington ) beat Sophie McCoy ( Leigh ).
Welterweight : Dean Hamilton ( Warrington ) beat Ben Dawson ( Northampton ).
Middleweight : Claire Baldwin ( Warrington ) beat Catherine Stroud ( Leigh ).
Lightheavyweight : Paul McCabe ( Warrington ) beat Gavin Jackson ( Manchester ).
Lightheavyweight : Gary Ball ( Warrington ) beat Brad Jackson ( Altrincham ).
Cruiserweight : Ben Holguin ( Warrington ) beat Andy Gibbard ( Northampton ).

Click below for a complete show report and photos.

---------------------- www.aka-england.org

Further reading - See this weeks WARRINGTON GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER ,

or click the following link and search for " KICKBOXING "

-- -----------------------WARRINGTON GUARDIAN WEBSITE


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Feb : 24th: O'Donnell gains the Blackbelt!

Congratulations to everyone that succesfully graded on Saturday (25th).

Especially Ryan O'Donnell upon passing his Okamido Kickboxing Blackbelt exam.

The 25 year old from Appleton, is a post graduate at the University of Manchester, studying for a PHD in electrical engineering. He has been training at Warrington Kickboxing Studio since he was 17, and has competed 12 times in the Lightweight division.

The lightweight, Welterweight and Middleweight divisions are the most strongly contended in the sport of Kickboxing, and Ryan has been progressing steadily through the national rankings.

He is currently ranked # 6 in England.

( Copied from www.aka-england.org )
England Rankings as at Feb 2007

01 - Chris Heath - ( Warrington )
02 - GARY RICKINSON - ( Darlington ) WORLD CHAMPION
03 - ROB NEWTON - ( Bishop Auckland ) EUROPEAN CHAMPION
04 - AAERON KINGSLEY - ( Manchester ) ENGLISH CHAMPION
05 - Jason Outerson - ( Darlington )
06 - Ryan O'Donnell - ( Warrington )
07 - TJ BOWDEN - ( Bishop Auckland ) COUNTIES CHAMPION
08 - Jasba Singh - ( Bishop Auckland )
09 - Stephen Jefferson - ( Sedgefield )
10 - Andrew Dale - ( Darlington )
11 - Roy McKee - ( Altrincham )
12 - Paul White - ( Kent )

Ryan preparation was very thorough for his blackbelt test, and passed the four hour exam with flying colours. Ryan is the 32nd person to pass the exam. Well Done!

Further reading - See this weeks WARRINGTON GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER ,

or click the following link and search for " KICKBOXING "

-- ---------------------WARRINGTON GUARDIAN WEBSITE


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March 4th: International Pro. News : 'K-1'.

JAPAN, (Yokohama), March 4, 2007.

Hollands 2006 World Grand Prix ( Tournament ) Champion Sammy Schilt, defeated New Zealands Ray Sefo to become the first to wear the new...

"K-1 Kickboxing - World Super-Heavyweight Title Belt"

Also on this event there was an All-Japan super-bout as Musashi faced rising star Fujimoto to decide Japans Best K-1 Kickboxer!



Checkout the full report and photos by clicking the following link...

---------------- 'K-1 Kickboxing News'

The event will be broadcast over the next few weeks on EUROSPORT. ( Usually on Monday nights ).



( Photo : New World Super-Heavyweight K-1 Kickboxing Champion, courtesey of FEG Inc )


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March 11th: Charity run - Half Marathon!

Blackbelt Kickboxer, Mark Cooper and Senior Instructor Neil Holden participated in a Half Marathon on Sunday 11th March, in Wilmslow, Cheshire to help raise money for the Christopher Clarke Cancer Research Fund.

The run was a great success and we are pleased to announce that it raised over
£ 10'000.00 towards the cause.


Left - ( Mark with Neil )




Neil and Mark have been training partners for over 12 years, and are reneown for being fiercely competitive with each other. ( See Pict: Left )

Mark mentioned to Neil that although he had been training for the run for several weeks, he was a little worried about the distance.

At a weeks notice, Neil said that he would do the run with him - and a light hearted challenge was once again on between the two.

Neil's final time was 1 hour and 48 minutes ( not bad for seven days notice ), with Mark completing at 2 hours, 20 minutes ( again a respectable time for a Heavyweight ).

Mark has always been very popular at Warrington Kickboxing Studio, and would like to pass on his thanks to all of those that sponsored the run.

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March 24th: 2nd event of the 2007 season!

...will be hosted by the Pele Nathan, and his Altrincham team on Saturday 24th March 2007.

The venue is the Altrincham Leisure Centre for the 2nd event of the 2007 season.


Warringon Kickboxer, Paige Farrington
is scheduled to defend her Ladies British Featherweight Title.


Also looking to make a championship defence is British Champion Paul Quayle.

International action is being lined up, as Graham Sayer defends his World Middleweight Title against the current European Champion, Guven Zencir of Turkey.

Those Warrington Kickboxers also hoping to compete, must inform Instructors Craig Booth ( 5th Degree ) or Mark Matthews ( 5th Degree ) as soon as possible. Make sure that when you register to compete you list which division you wish to enter.

Novice Level bouts are Controlled-Contact and 3 x 90 second rounds. Great for people looking to gain competition experience, in a safe enviroment. Senior level bouts are Full-Contact and 3 x 120 second rounds.

Also too, if you are competing, you need to start your running sessions this week ( 4 weeks to the competition ). Just 15 minutes Sprint-running upto 3 times per week - combined with you weekly Kickboxing lessons, will give you plenty of stamina. Use the Studio's running machine, and ask an Instructor to show you the program.

Spectator tickets are available NOW! Just £15.00.

There is limited availability though, so you need to get these ASAP. Bar and food available on the night. Main contests are 7.00pm until 10.00pm. If you wish to attend the Novice bouts earlier in the day, you are welcome with your ticket.

For further details click the link below!

----------------------www.aka-england.org

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March 24th: Results - Warrington Dominate!

Results from the weekends Amateur Championships in Altrincham.

Paige Farrington went into the Lions den, and defended her British Title against an Altrincham Challenger, Beth Cordingly, on an Altrincham event!

Several trainers have commented that this was one of the best ladies contests that they had seen in a very long time. The bout was superb from start to finish, and cements Paige’s
position as one of the best female gladiators in the country!

















Pictures :
Above Left - Paige snaps the Jab, to counter a knee-kick!

Above Right - Paige and Beth pose for the press.

Left : Paul Quayle, with trainer Mark Matthews and challenger Paul Roberts.




Paul Qualye also succesfully defended his British Title, against a former adversary - Paul Roberts. Both had taken their preparation to another level going in to this bout, and this showed through with a very competitive contest.

Pictures :
Left - Graham narrowly misses with a High-Kick.

Above - 4 x World Champion wearing the World Title Belt.


Graham Sayer was in International action against Guven Zencir. Graham had previously beaten Zencir in September 2006, and since then Guven has had 3 straight wins, winning by knockout.

In February, Guven won the European title, stopping British Champion Tony Parker in just one roun,d so it was expected that this would be a tough defence for Graham.

In fact, the 4 x World Champion was behind on points after the first round ( 13 - 17 ), but then steadily applied the pressure, pulling the scores even before finally winning ( 91 - 74 ).

Having all three of Warrington Kickboxing's current champions defend their titles at the same time on a single event, is a great achievement. One that our school and our town can be very proud of!

Other results for Warrington Kickboxers...

Heavyweight: Jay Furmedge ( Warrington ) beat Kevin Sheridan ( London ).
Cruiserweight: Mark Woods ( Warrington ) beat Carlos Dait ( Altrincham ).
Middleweight: Robert Lightburn ( Warrington ) beat Paul Rapier ( Darlington ).
Welterweight: Nathan Smart ( Warrington ) beat Steve Pinder ( Cornwall ).
Lightweight: Ryan O’Donnell ( Warrington ) beat Bobby Bains ( Birmingham ).

Click below for a complete show report and photos.

---------------------- www.aka-england.org

Further reading - See this weeks WARRINGTON GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER ,

or click the following link and search for " KICKBOXING "

-- -----------------------WARRINGTON GUARDIAN WEBSITE

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April 4th: International Pro. News : 'K-1'.


K-1 Max : YOKOHAMA, Japan,
Wednesday April 4, 2007



Featuring an international lineup of the best Professional Kickboxers in the World.

Masato (Japan) V Ole Laursen (Denmark).

Andy Souwer (Holland) V Yoshihiro Sato ( Japan )

Buakaw Por Pramuk (Thailand) V Andy Ologun (Nigeria)

Albert Kraus (Holland) V Tatsuji, ( Japan )

Mike Zambidis (Greece) V Kozo Takeda ( Japan )

Virgil Kalakoda ( South Africa ) V Hiroyuki Maeda (Japan)




The K-1 World Max Elite Showcase attracted a crowd of 11,628 to the Yokohama Arena. The event was broadcast live in Japan on the TBS television network.

The event will be broadcast over the next few weeks on EUROSPORT.


Checkout the full report and photos and click the following link...

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( Photo : High-Kick courtesey of FEG Inc )----------- 'K-1 Kickboxing News

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April 21st: Great results at the Gradings!

Congratulations to all of those that were succesfull at the April 2007 Gradings, it was a long day for many, but the rewards are worth it.

There were some exceptionally high scores on these tests, that shows the dedication and preparation that was put in to the exams.

Pictured above are those that progressed into the Blue Belt and Purple Belt categories.

Our future Blackbelts and Champions!




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April 28th: International Pro. News : 'K-1'.

HONOLULU , April 28th, 2007.

This was the first International Grandprix, ( 8 man tournament ), of the year, and was staged on the Hawaii islands.

Also on this event there was a greatly anticipated challenge match, ( 1 on 1 ), for the K-1 Kickboxing - World Heavyweight title ( 100 kgs max ), between Japans Fujimoto to and Morocco's Badh Hari.

Checkout the full report and photos by clicking the following link...

---------------- 'K-1 Kickboxing News'

The event will be broadcast over the next few weeks on EUROSPORT. ( Usually on Monday nights ).




( Photo : Patrick Barry vs Gary Goodridge, courtesey of FEG Inc )



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Press Release Free video downloads!

Following the recent Amateur Kickboxing Championships, Altrincham - March 2007, several videos of championship contests have been addeded to the A.K.A. website.

These feature Warrington's Champions Paige Farrington, Paul Quayle and Graham Sayer, who all defended their Championship titles.

Please feel free to view these by following the link below!

----------------------www.aka-england.org

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June 2nd: 3rd Amateur event of the season!

Staged in Darlington, and promoted by Craig Willis and Paul Pearson, this event had several Chapionship matches headlining, including two International bouts.

England vs Poland, was for the European Heavyweight Title between Andy Ward ( England ) and Arthur Kus ( Poland ).
Result - Poland on points.

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  England vs Holland, was for the World Heavyweight Title between Paul Enion ( England ) and Gerad Van Dyke
  ( Holland ). Result - Holland on Points.
  
  Warrington Kickboxer - Chris Heaths rematch against Garry Rickinson for the World Lightweight Title was cancelled at the last moment as Rickinson was unable to pass a medical due to a chect infection.
  
  A.K.A. rules state that if there are any challengers, a title must be defended at least once every six months. Due to this Rickinson relinquished his belt.
  
  As Chris had prepared for this bout over several weeks, the title bout still went ahead. Heath faced the current European Amateur champion, Robbie Newton from Bishop Auckland - who was also scheduled to compete on the same show.
  
  This was a tough contest throughout with very little between the athletes. At the end of the penultimate third round, the score was 68 Red to 68 Blue the contest was all even. However following a tough fourth and final round, it was Newton's hand that was raised, giving the win by points decision to the Blue corner.
  
  Also on the show - Warrington Kickboxer, Paul Quayle, made the second defence of his British Light-Heavyweight title against Darlingtons Mike Edwards. Quayle started well, leading the contest in the first round 26 Red to 23 Blue. The second round saw Paul extend his lead further 57 Red to 53 Blue,
  
  Unfortunately the tide turned in the second half of the contest and Quayle began to tire on the home stretch as the scores for the third round became 81 Red to 84 Blue. Quayle rallied in the final round, but it was not enough with the final score being 115 Red to 118 Blue.
  
  Both athletes put in very good performances, but tonight was not theirs. There is no such thing as a guarenteed win, and this is what makes the sport so exciting.
  
  A loss is never a loss, if you learn from it. Both Chris and Paul performed very well and I have no doubt they will only improve from the experience.
  

  Click below for a complete show report and photos.
  
  ----------------- www.aka-england.org

  Further reading - See this weeks WARRINGTON GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER ,
  
  or click the following link and search for " KICKBOXING "
  
  -- ----------------WARRINGTON GUARDIAN WEBSITE

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June 23rd: International Pro. News : 'K-1'.

Holland , June 23rd, 2007.

This event had several Challenge Match bouts featuring Bob Sapp ( USA ) vs Peter Aerts ( Holland ) and a World Super-Heavyweight title defence by Semmy Schilts ( Holland ) against




Mighty Mo ( USA ) as well as the second International Grandprix, ( 8 man tournament ), of the year. K-1 Holland was staged at the AJAX football stadium in Holland and sold out an incredible 25'000 spectators! ( see pict ) Further enhancing K-1 as the worlds premiere ringsport..
Full Report and action photos - click

----------------------------------------------------------------- 'K-1 Kickboxing News'



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June 28th: International Pro. News : 'K-1'.

Tokyo - Japan , June 28th, 2007.

This event was for the final eliminations before the Middleweight division ( MAX ) World Grandprix.

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The last 16 Middleweight contenders paired off into Challange matches to find out who would be in the final eight for the World Grandprix Championships, with many of the Worlds best kickboxers in action.

Mosato ( Japan )
Baukaw Pramuk ( Thailand )
Albert Kraus ( Holland )
Virgil Kalakodo ( South Africa )
Andy Sower ( Holland )
Ole Larsen ( Denmark )
Yoshihiro Sato ( Japan )
Drago ( Armenia )

The event totally sold out the Budokan Arena to a total of 12'628 spectators!
Full Report and action photos - click

------------ 'K-1 Kickboxing News'



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June 30th: Belt Grading successes!

Congratulations to all of those that were succesfull at the June 2007 Gradings, it was a long day for many, but the rewards are worth it.

Of all the groups testing on the day, this group that advanced to the "Green Belt" was particularly impressive!

Our future Blackbelts and Champions!

Ladies pictured, front row : Vicky Critchley, Gaynor Hope, Stephanie Hope,
Kate Graham,

Gents pictured, back row : Andy Hawkins, David Charlesworth, Brian Hilton,
Matt Garner, Alan O'Keafe, Ian Finnegan.
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Update : Action pictures - M.Matthews.

The Instructors page has been recently updated with photos from Mark Matthews
( Senior Instructor ) competition career. See the top menu's, click and enjoy!

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July 21st: 4th Amateur event of the season!

Was hosted by the Lee Green, and his Manchester team on Saturday 21st July 2007 at the Urmston Leisure Centre, Manchester.

Graham Sayer missed out on a fourth defence of his Amateur Kickboxing Association World Middleweight title against Indian Kickboxing Champion Rajeet Singh as the Indian team was granted its visa application too late to organise flights to England.

Warrington clubmate Ryan O'Donnell did compete, contesting the English welterweight title but losing on points to Newcastle's Mark Platts.

Robert Lightburn contested the English middleweight title against Darlington's Darren Langthorne, who last year took Sayer the distance.

The impressive Lightburn led his experienced opponent 36-33 after the first round but was trailing as the scores were 83-94 two rounds later and, although he made a final round comeback, he agonisingly lost by just one point 112-113!

This was a good result against one of the leading Middleweights in the country, and shows that Robert has the skills to mix it with the best!

For further details click the link below!

------------------------www.aka-england.org

Further reading - See this weeks WARRINGTON GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER ,

or click the following link and search for " KICKBOXING "

----- ----------------WARRINGTON GUARDIAN WEBSITE

International Pro. News : 'K-1'.

Las Vegas - USA , August 11th, 2007.

This event was an 8 man Heavyweight Grandprix Tournament and also featured two International challenge matches.



The first was between Mighty Mo ( USA ) and Stefan Leko ( Germany ) and the second was between Bjorn Breggy ( Switzerland ) and Ray Sefo ( New Zealand ).

.Full Report and action photos - click

------------ 'K-1 Kickboxing News'

Aug18th: Andy Lane attains Blackbelt!

Congratulations to everyone that succesfully graded on Saturday (18th).

Especially Andy Lane upon passing his Okamido Kickboxing Blackbelt exam.

Andy, a two time English Light-Heavyweight Champion, is about to move to Australia, so passing his Blackbelt was a terrific way to leave the Studio after several years of training and veryone at Warrington Kickboxing wishes him the best for his new life in the sun.
Further reading - See this weeks WARRINGTON GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER ,

or click the following link and search for " KICKBOXING "

----- ----------------WARRINGTON GUARDIAN WEBSITE

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Sept 1st: 20 Kilometer Sponsored Run!

Thankyou to everyone that supported our sponsored run. Congratulations to all of those that completed their chosen goals, of either 5 Kilometers, 10 Kilometers or the complete 20 Kilometers!

The weather was with us, and we had a great day.

Fastest to complete the 20K was Mark Matthews, closely follwed by Chris Heath - who had amazingly also trained Kickboxing before the run!!!

Pic: some of the runners before the start.

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Sept 15th: 5th Amateur event of the season!

Warrington Kickboxing Studio proudly hosted the fifth event of the A.K.A. England national circuit at the Parr Hall. To put it simply, what a fantastic event this was. Not only a terrific evening of entertainment with non-stop action, but the results for Warrington were superb!

Three International title bouts headlined the show. These were the World Super-Middleweight Title, the
Inter-Continental Middleweight title and the Commonwealth Title.

Supporting these were three British title contests and 3 English Championship bouts.

Warrington’s Graham Sayer moved up a weight division to capture the
I.K.F. World Super-Middleweight Title, defeating Indian Champion Rajeet Singh.

This win makes Sayer now a two weight World Champion, a tremendous achievement – and his 10th straig ht championship win!

Paige Farringon, made a second defence of her British Champion status against Emma Jones ( Widnes ).

This was a double title bout, as the I.K.F. Commonwealth title was also on the line. A great double championship win for Paige.

Chris Heath ( Warrington ) defeated Mark Platts ( Newcastle ) for the British Light-Welterweight Title.

Paul Quayle ( Warrington ) defeated Robbie Harrison ( Tee-Side ) for the British Light-Cruiserweight title.

Ben Holguin ( Warrington ) defeated Ross Ridpath ( Cornwall ) for the English Cruiserweight Title.

Ryan O’Donnell ( Warrington ) defeated Jamie Muldowney ( Tee-Side ) for the English Lightweight Title.

Also recording winning results on the event were Warrington's Rob Lightburn and Kristian Foat.

( Photo : Graham Sayer in action, on his way to winning the I.K.F. World Title )



Warrington now has 6 current Champions in our school, which is not only an outstanding achievement when compared nationally to other schools, but a credit to the Okamido Kickboxing System taught at our studio.





Go to the website below and checkout the Photos and Results

click the link below!

---------------------www.aka-kickboxing.com



Further reading - See this weeks WARRINGTON GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER ,

or click the following link and search for " KICKBOXING "

-----------------WARRINGTON GUARDIAN WEBSITE

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Press Release Thankyou - Warrington Kickboxing Studio!

The total amount raised by W.K.S. through the sponsored run and the Kickboxing championships has finally been collected and forwarded to Warrington Childrens Ward.
We are proud to announce that this was for the grand total of £ 1'451.50.

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Oct 3rd: International Pro. News : 'K-1'.


K-1 Max : TOKYO, October 3, 2007 -- Dutchman Andy Souwer turned aside three challengers to win the K-1 World Max '07 Final tonight at the historic Nippon Budokan. It was the 26 year-old Dutch fighter's second World Granprix Tournament Championship win , as he also claimed the coveted Belt in 2005.

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Oct 20th: P.Q. becomes our 34th Blackbelt!

Congratulations to everyone that succesfully graded on Saturday (20th).

Especially Paul Quayle who after four and a half years training finally passed his Okamido Kickboxing Blackbelt exam.

It has been two years since P.Q. last took a grading test, as he has been concentrating on competition.





During that time he has been very succesfull, not only capturing the British Cruiserweight Title, but also the Inter-Continental Title when he representated his country in an England vs India bout.



On the recent Amateur Kickboxing Championships held in September, P.Q. became the British Light-Cruiserweight champion. He is set to defend this title in Birmingham on the 8th December.






The standard on this Grading was very high, and WKS would like to congratulate everyone that was succesful on the day.

Further reading - See this weeks WARRINGTON GUARDIAN ----------------------------NEWSPAPER ,


or click the following link and search for " KICKBOXING "

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Dec 8th: Final Championship of the season!

The final Championships of the 2007 Season were staged in Birmingham on the 8th December. Host club, Steve Logan's K-Star gym, staged the show at a great venue called the Royale Suite.

Warrington Kickboxing had two Champions make title defences on this show. Unfortunately Paul Quayle lost his title to home favourate Keith Robinson by Outclass decision. Robinson rushed P.Q. from the openning bell, and P.Q. was unable to get out of first gear.

Each time a kickboxer competes he learns more and more and improves to the next level. P.Q. is not too disapointed by the result as with all sports you win some and you lose some. P.Q. will be back in action very soon.




This was P.Q. 3rd title defence this year and it is always a roll of the dice as to how long you can remain an unbeaten champion - which is why, unlike Warrington Kickboxing Studio, some schools never let their Champions make title defences.


On the same event, Chris Heath successfully defended his British Light-Welterweight title. Heath's success came against Teeside's Jamie Muldowny, winning the entertaining contest with a technical knockout in the third round.

The Warrington Kickboxer was unlucky not to land his high kick, missing by a whisker on several occasions.





Heath won a European and a World title at Lightweight in 2006, and since moving up a division to
Light-Welterweight has put in excellent performances. A great end to the season for Chris Heath.

Three other Warrington Kickboxers recorded winning results, with welterweight Daryl Ellis defeating Milton Keynes' John Stephenson on points, cruiserweight Lee Evans defeating Wolverhampton's William Cull in the second round, and light heavyweight Alan Carr ending the hopes of Milton Keynes' Lee Wooding with a T.K.O. in the second round.

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Dec 8th: International Pro. News : 'K-1'.

YOKOHAMA - Japan, December 8, 2007 -- Semmy Schilt of Holland turned aside all challengers tonight to win the K-1 World Grand Prix 07 Final at the Yokohama Arena.


Schilt's third-consecutive WGP Championship is unprecedented in K-1 history. Along with fightsports' most coveted belt, the 34 year-old kickboxer also picked up a winner's purse of US$400,000 - ( £ 200'000.00 ).

The 15th annual K-1 WGP Final followed the sport's classic eight-man tournament format: Four first-tier bouts advancing a quartet of fighters to the semifinals, the winners there squaring off in the final. All bouts were contested under K-1 Rules, 3min x 3R, with two possible extra tiebreaker rounds.

Checkout the full report and photos and click the following link...

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( Photo : High-Kick courtesey of FEG Inc )----------- 'K-1 Kickboxing News

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December 15th: Belt Grading successes!

Congratulations to all of those that were succesfull at the final Belt Gradings of 2007.

Photo of several students that passed their intermediate grades. Top row, from the left, John Emanu, Steve Martin, Alan O'Keafe, Aaeron Potter, Adnan Rashid, Babs McCauley, Carlie O'Donnell, and Danny Garth.




Jay Furnedge advanced onto the Senior Grades when he passed his Brown Belt. Jay trained very hard for this exam, as this grade also includes a running test - something not easy for a person that used to weigh 21 Stone ( 133 Kgs ).

Jay now weighs 112 Kgs and competes at Super-Heavyweight. His competition record currently stands at 2 wins from 2 contests.

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Press Release British Rankings - Updated!



The British rankings have just been updated. Take a few minutes to browse through this. If you compete, checkout your latest placing!

Currently W.K.S. is one of the leading schools in the country, and the high rankings of our Senior athletes iis a reflection of the level of tuition given at our school.

To be YOUR best - you have to train with THE BEST!

----------------------www.aka-england.org


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Future Events : 2008

Belt Gradings : February 9th 2008

Kickboxing Championships : Feb 23rd 2008 ( Darlington )

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Further Reading:

Please take time to view through some of our news archives on Warrington Kickboxing Studio and the achievements of its members.

Also interesting is to follow individuals development, especially on the competition circuit as they advance through the national rankings and capture championship belts.

Many people have joined W.K.S. because of our reputation as being one of the leading martial arts centres in the country, and when you read our archives, you will see why.

Since it was established in 1994, W.K.S. has produced over 30 Blackbelts, and as well as coaching several National Champions, has in recent times had many students represent their country and compete at International level. This has seen Warrington gain 2 European and 2 World Champions!.

Click below to view...

2006 - News and Results

2005 - News and Results

2004 - News and Results