Just a reminder that we have a ref and officials course on this Sunday 10am – 1pm at my academy in Ilkeston.  The course is FREE if you have been to one before (you only pay once and come to as many as you want!  Just £15.00 if it’s your first time.

We’re going to be covering points and continuous refereeing and judging, as well as other official duties such as time and score keeping, and running the draw sheets etc.

There’s still time to book a place, just give me a call on 07974 027162

If you’re coming (make sure you let me know) you’ll need an A4 two ring binder for the rules and notes, a pen and bring your sparring kit, you’ll get a chance for a steady spar with those that attend too.

See those of you that are coming on Sunday, if not hopefully we’ll see you in August at the Summer Open Championships!

Jay

All the download forms are now available on the website www.kickboxing-pko.co.uk for the Summer Open on August 15^th in Nottingham.

We’ve got Semi Contact, Light Contact and Forms for kids and adults.  It looks like being another great day and we look forward to seeing faces old and new at the event.

There’s a refs and officials course on Sunday July 25^th in Ilkeston (just 10 minutes from comp venue), we’ll be covering points and continuous.  Regardless of if you want to be an official or not this course is great for instructors with fighters in light continuous to help get an understanding of the scoring criteria.  The course is just £15.00 and if you are going to become an official you only ever pay once, all other semi & light contact officials courses are free.

Any questions regarding the Summer Open or the Refs and Officials course please contact me on 07974 027162

Thanks

Jason

So the next tournament date is set for Sunday August 15th, IAKSA Summer Open Championships.  We'll be running exactly the same categories as last time with the addition of Forms.  The forms will be made up of four categories which will be under 16's open hand, adults open hand, under 16's weapons and adults weapons.

There's already a great deal of interest in the forms divisions and a few judges appointed.  Any club entering the forms divisions will be asked to (at least try!!) to provide a judge for the panel.

The addition of forms will in no way interfere with the smooth running of the event and the Semi & Light Contact will run as usual!

Thanks

Jay

Well that's that one over with for 2010, great event, great feedback and thanks for the support.

Our next event is the matched fight event in August and we're looking to match novice and experienced fighters in points and contiuous bouts over 2 or 3 rounds.

Get your details in to us and we'll look for matches.

Thanks again to everyone for their support.

Jason

Well everything is now in place for the ASKO/IAKSA English Championships on Sunday May 16^th.  All the advanced entries have been processed and ready to be checked on the day.  Had plenty of people contact me regards entering on the day, so we look like being busy!

We’ve added a men’s open weight Prize fighter category, £10 to enter and winner takes all!  It’s already attracting entries and is bound to attract more on the day.

Next update here is going to be a list of the new IAKSA and ASKO English Champions!  Also I’ll have some details for the next event, the Pro-Am Fight Show in August.  Also in the next week or so I hope to have another important announcement regarding some very exciting and interesting developments.

Hope to see some of you Sunday

Thanks

Jay

Everything is in place ready for the tournament on May 16^th

There will be a catering van outside the entrance to the venue, this has been organised by us to provide hot and cold food at the event.  Please be sure to dispose of any litter in the bins and bags provided!

Professional photographers will be attending taking action shots throughout the day, you’ll get a chance to view and purchase any shots of yourself or your team.

Ian and I have been and finalised the trophy order for the event, they look great.  We’ve also picked the trophies for the fight show in August which we’ll start matching after the May event.

We’re all looking forward to the event and hope to see you all there.  Don’t forget to get advanced entries in on time, all entry forms are on the downloads page of this site.

Any questions email me or give me a call 07974 027162

Thanks

Jason

We held the Refs and Officials course on Sunday March 28^th was a great course and helped us develop a great team of officials.

Big thank you to all that attended, you will be receiving your IAKSA England/UK & ASKO officials certificate soon and will be working the mats towards further qualification.

Feedback has been very positive, with many impressed with our approach to light contact continuous.  Which is simply ‘it is what it says it is!’  I’ll be releasing a statement with regards to our Light Contact Continuous categories over the coming weeks to make sure everyone knows what is and isn’t acceptable in these divisions.  The bottom line is simple, if you can’t do light, then don’t enter!

Anyone that wants to talk to me about our tournaments or matches on the fight shows can give me a call on 07974 027162

Jason

We need some clarification of our veterans category to help avoid any confusion.  The category quite clearly says fighters over 36 years of age which should be clear enough.  The minimum age of a competitor in this section will be 37.  However just being 37 or more doesn’t really mean you should be fighting in the veterans division.

The confusion arises from the fact that many tournaments allow fighters to compete in their normal rank section and veterans section on the same day.  We won’t be allowing this.

Our position is clear.  If a competitor is capable of competing in their normal weight and rank division then they should.  The veterans section for all those that cannot.  It’s there for the late starters to the sport, those that can’t realistically compete with the younger competitors.  It’s there for the ‘old war horses’ that have done their years in their respective divisions but can no longer place.

I personally cannot see the point in a forty something that can hold their own in their normal division competing in the veterans, which they can often quite easily win, on the same day.

I hope that’s clear for everyone, any questions on this or anything else regarding our tournaments please give me a call on 07974 027162

Thanks

Jason Dorn

Click the link below for our ASKO / IAKSA Englanf/UK facebook group.

http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?v=feed&story_fbid=375524212080&gid=375274187080

Please join the group!

Thanks

Jay

Hi All,

Just a quick update, all the paperwork for the IAKSA/ASKO English Open Championships is now available to download from the website.

Just go to the downloads tab at the bottom of the menu and all paperwork can be found there in PDF format

Thanks

Jason

Some major changes here to our events, they’ve been on the cards a while but things have now been finalised!

As I am now the President for International Amateur Kickboxing Sport Association (IAKSA) over here (England/UK) the two tournaments will now be the IAKSA & ASKO English Open (May) and British Open (November) Championships!  Both tournaments will have categories for kids and adults in semi contact points and light contact continuous.  The winners will be the official IAKSA and ASKO English and/or British Champion for 2010.

The dates are set for both comps, and more details will be on the relevant pages on here soon.

Our Pro-Am events will now be sanctioned IAKSA and ASKO and will eventually offer Area and National Titles in all divisions of semi, light and full contact on our Pro-Am Martial Sports shows.

On the subject of the Pro-Am Martial Sports shows now is a great time to get fighters details in, with their placing (1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd) in open tournaments and match fights etc.  From this a position in the Pro-Am rankings will be calculated.  Once they are compiled the only way to get in the rankings will be to fight on the shows, so don’t hesitate to get the details in!

Anyone wanting more info on getting involved with the IAKSA/ASKO in the UK or just to compete in our events then please contact us.

Thanks

Jason

Started adding first few Pro-Am fighters to the Pro-Am Fighters page, got lots more to add over the coming days so please keep checking back.

A PDF of the ref & officials training day can be downloaded from the bottom of the officials training page.

Sunday Feb 7th was the PKO Power, Speed and Movement seminar click this link to read more.... http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page10.htm

The website is obviously now finally live!  It's still got much to add so keep checking back for updates.

We've already got interest from around the UK in both our tournaments and fight shows.

I'm going to start adding the fighter profiles for the Pro-Am fight shows soon, so make sure you send them in to me soon.

The first referess course is lined up for Sunday March 21st...... see the ref and officials link on main page for more details.  The first course will focus on semi contact points and other official duties.

More updates soon!

Thanks

Jay