PREVIOUS EVENTS

THE SWINDON MARTIAL ARTS ALLIANCE CHRISTMAS PARTY - DEC 2007

BU JUTSU GRADING - DEC 2007

Bu Jutsu grading on the 11th December 2007. Paul Lloyd and Mike George graded to white belt and Ashley Powell to yellow belt.

THAILAND PINSINCHAI SEMINAR - DEC 2007

BOB SPOUR MUAY THAI SEMINAR - NOV 2007

(Above: photos of Bob Spour with Ash, Kru Neville Grant and Mike George from the seminar)

SANDY HOLT MUAY THAI SEMINAR - SEPT 2007

On the 30th of September my good friend Neville Grant invited myself and the K-1 Kickboxing Camp down to Gloucester to train with the renowned Thai boxing instructor Sandy Holt and as a bonus Sandy brought Ronnie Thompson from the Tiger King Camp. Everybody had a great days training finish the day of with some Muay Boran techniques shown by Ronnie.

Once again I would like to thank my good friend Neville for inviting the K-1 Kickboxing Camp down to Gloucester to train with such top guys as Sandy and Ronnie who all so deserve a massive thank you from all my students on the day. Cheers guys.

(Above L to R: Ronnie Thompson, Ashley Eaglestone, Neville Grant, Sandy Holt)

LES DAVIS' 50TH BIRTHDAY - SEPT 2007

Above: My instructor Les Davis on his 50th birthday with his instructor

CHIEF INSTRUCTOR ASHLEY - AWARDED HIS 2ND DAN - SEPT 2007

(Above: Gary Johnson, Master Den Butler, Sensei Les Davies and Ash)

DAVID OLIVER SEMINAR - JULY 2007

On the 14th July I was invited to the LA Martial Arts Club to train with their guest instructor 9th Dan David Oliver who teaches the art of Budo Taijutsu.
The art itself has over 1000 years of history and is a collection of nine martial art schools. I found the morning very interesting and I thoroughly enjoyed myself. Cheers David and hope we meet again soon.

IAIN ABERNETHY - APPLIED KARATE SEMINAR - JULY 2007

On the 8th July myself and student Glen Suttie attended an Applied Karate Seminar with Iain Abernethy 5th Dan and one of the UK's leading exponents of applied karate and kata application (bunkai).

Iain covered the applications of Naihanchi kata along with many fascinating anecdotes and stories from karate history. Iain's knowledge and passion of karate was inspiring.

Thanks to Iain for an enlightening seminar and also to Sensei Andi Kidd from Swindon Karate Club for inviting us to this event.

(Above: Chief Instructor Ashley, Sensei Iain Abernethy and Glen Suttie)

TONY MOORE - MUAY THAI SEMINAR - JUNE 2007

On the 2nd June 2007, Kru Tony Moore came to the Black Dragon Camp to teach K-1 Kickboxing members rituals, traditions and fighting techniques of Muay Thai. We were shown Wai Kru (respect-to-teacher ritual) and Ram Muay (ritual dance). We were also taught effective counters to the devastating and powerful Muay Thai shin kicks and knee strikes.

Kru Tony has many years experience in Muay Thai and is the highest ranking Krab-Krabong practitioner outside of Thailand and it was a priviledge to train with him and learn from someone so highly respected both in the U.K. and Thailand for his knowledge.

Thanks to Tony for a great seminar and also to Kru Neville Grant (from GL1 Muay Thai camp), Jenni Lauren (L.A. Martial Arts) and Wayne Timlin (Impact Martial Arts) for their support on the day.

(Above: Kru Tony Moore, Chief Instructor Ashley and members of the K-1 Kickboxing Camp)

TONY MYERS - MUAY THAI SEMINAR - MAY 2007

On the 20th May 2007, a small group of K-1 Kickboxing members from the Black Dragon Camp were invited by Neville Grant to go to the GL1 Muay Thai Camp to train with Tony Myers who is a veteran in Thai Boxing.

Tony, an expert on the rules and regulations of Muay Thai, really put us through the ropes and we all came out feeling that we had a physical and knowledgable lesson. Thanks very much Tony for a great day and thank you Neville for inviting us (once again).

SWINDON MARTIAL ARTS ALLIANCE CHARITY EVENT - MARCH 2007

(Photo donated by Handy Mag magazine)

(Above photos: Taken from the local 'Evening Advertiser' newspaper)

GENSHIN RYU SELF-DEFENCE DIPLOMA - MARCH 2007

For the last 12 months Steve Barron and myself have been travelling down to Melksham to train in the art of Genshin Ryu Ju-Jitsu Self Defence. Well on the 3rd March the journey came to an end with a 2 hour grading in self-defence techniques. The techniques we had to perform were attacks from hand to hand combat, knife attacks, baton attacks, 2 man attacks. It was an intense 2 hours but thoroughly enjoyable.

The end result was Steve passed with a Level 3 International Self Defense Diploma and I passed with a Level 2 International Self Defense Diploma. Well done Steve for your dedication.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank Grand Master Den Butler for his patience and for showing me a small part of his art of Genshin Kai Ju-Jitsu. THANKS DEN.

Chief Instructor K-1 Kickboxing Ashley Eaglestone

(Above: Steve Barron, Grand Master Den Butler and Chief Instructor Ashley)