Team Phoenix Christmas Party

Once again we abused the 80’s karaoke and all got dressed up in the name of 80’s rock!

Fantastic and hilarious night out as usual but with the added bonus of Michael Jackson, Freddie Mercury, some dodgy blonde-mullet man and a walking rubix cube gracing us with their presence! Merry Crimbo one and all!

Strike and submit

Team Phoenix at Strike and Submit Contenders show (post-edited)

Team Phoenix fighters Tom Robson and Ethan Beaumont fought on the strike and submit contenders show in Sunderland on the 29th of November.
The guys were in great shape and both did very well!

Tom lost and Ethan won and both fought brilliantly, well done lad-we are very proud of you, as always.

Kali Grading

Big Congratulations to all the Phoenix students who graded on thursday in Phoenix Kali! You all put in alot of time and effort to prepare for this test!
Here are the results of the sucessful gradings;

White level
Matt Walby, Neil Hewson, Dale Smith, David Wylie, Greame Mills.

Orange Level
Barney Lyons, Mark Lyons, William Morrison

Green Level
Brian Watson

Blue Level
Harry Flexman

Well done and keep up the good work guys!

Poland Summer camp 2009

I was asked to teach once again this year at Robert Karpinskis Warriors martial arts summer camp in Poland. This is a fantastic camp for kids, teens and a few adults. Set in the lovely Polish country side this 3 week camp gives the kids something very productive to do over the summer.  our training consisted of 7am running, then i taught a group class for all 75 people from 11-1. Robert taught a class from 4-5 then Robert and i trained privately  for an hour. We then ran 15 mins there and back to our evening training area where i taught the older and more advanced students from 8-10.  Was really great to see all these lovely people many of whom i had met before. They took me for a day out to see Aushwichz death camp, which was an unforgettably moving experience. And then to a fantastic waterpark which made for a day of intense highs and lows! I am defiantly looking forward to next year!

matt

Ron Balicki seminar in Poland

I once again travelled to the city of Lodz in Poland to visit our friend Robert Karpinski and assist my instructor Ron Balicki give a seminar for Roberts students. Saturday saw Ron giving classes in Jeet Kune Do/Jun Fan, Filipino martial arts and Shoot Wrestling. Saturday night we had a traditional Polish meal with our hosts and sponsors. Sunday Ron taught JKD/Jun fan, Panantukan and Muay Thai. That night we stuffed ourselves on Vietnamese food at one of the students resturants. Thanks again to our host and sponsors for a great weekend!

matt

New Blog

Welcome to the brand new Team Phoenix blog!