Get Fit Team 2015

Our Annual get fit team will be starting on January 4th 2015.

The team meet every Sunday for 8 weeks for an hour of explosive training designed to kickstart everyone's fitness at the beginning of the year. 

The cost is £10 payable upfront (£1.25 per Sunday) and for this you get to train with likeminded colleagues from the club. 

Of course anyone can go for a jog on a Sunday morning for nothing but like joining a gym unless you pay extra for a personal trainer you require motivation - we give you that motivation and willpower, an incentive and a gentle kick up the arse when you feel like quitting.

This year the get fit team is being organised by Jon Clarke a veteran of the 2014 Challenge.. 

Boxing Day Walk

If your free on Boxing Day and fancy a 10-12 mile amble up the Dovedale Valley please feel free to join us..

You will need to meet us at the start point, you will also need some cheese sandwiches and a decent brew ;-)

Cost £FREE 

We will be walking up the Dovedale valley to Milldale then returning on the Tissington trail. So the route is relatively flat with just a couple of hills to break the route up!

Speak to Kru Matt for the start point and times!!

Christmas Hats...

All kids wearing Christmas Hats or Jumpers to the last couple of training sessions this year will recieve 5 points :-)

Trust Fund Details..

A few years ago while at a prestigious event we noted that some children were missing out on competitions because the families couldn't find £8 entry fees.. This while we were drinking £5 beers!!

The fact is we are in a very deprived area, some children come from unstable homes, some families are  drug / alcohol dependant and frankly the kids are the lowest priority.

We have had social services referrals for years and boast some fantastic results strongly believing that although individually they may not be champions in the ring they (with our help) can be champions in life - hopfully not like their parents.

The money goes into a separate account and expenditure is decided by instructors. In the past we've replaced trainers so students can run, funded summer camp places for destitute families, paid for competition entry fees and even subsidised training.

Some of the stories we've encountered over the years are horrific.. From a 9 year old who had never seen a cow, to serious sexual abuse cases - we've seen it all..  

Some students donate a few pounds, some £20 a month, simply choose your budget and set up a standing order to the account details (on the poster). 

Thank you in anticipation! 

Kids Camp 2015

We are happy to announce the dates for next years Kids camp. Friday 31st July to Sunday 2nd August.

This will be the fourth year that we have taken ALL the kids away for a weekend and this year it's like it's going to be the biggest yet.

GODO Jujitsu from Northampton have already confirmed they will be joining us again next year so we are looking at another very busy event.

Letters will be going out in January and we will only need a £10 deposit to secure places. The total cost is £50 including Food, Accommodation & Transport.

Places are limited by the site so I urge you to act swiftly. Start by making a note of the date.

Last years website for the event is www.kidscamp.info it's not up to date

with current info but it'll give you an idea

of what's what!

Christmas Party..

We packed over 200 people into the gym

last weekend for our annual Christmas Party and Awards Ceremony.

The awards we're all won by student

/ family and friends votes and 10 lucky students picked up prestigious awards ranging from Student of the year to young leader of the year.

In addition to the normal awards Kru Matt awarded Karl and Lee a special award for  contributions to the club.

A fantastic night with great people!!

Posting on Facebook

Every student should now be aware of how our Facebook account has changed, it has been converted into a page meaning that we lose some of the communication lines that we once had.

LIKING TELFORD THAI BOXING

The first thing you need to do is like our page.

Type Telford Thai Boxing into the search bar and select our page. Click the like button.

OPTION ONE

Facebook pages and intern our club need an online presence to work effectively, the bigger the presence the more people are likely to see our posts. Your help can come in several ways - the easiest way is to share, like or comment on something that we have already posted. This takes seconds and gives us whats called "Engagement" if nothing else please ensure you do this.

OPTION TWO

Another way is to post directly onto our page - this is simple and takes no more than a minute, 

All you have to do is open our page and write your post directly onto our page as detailed above, you can add photos and / or links & tag your friends with this option.

FINAL OPTION

Another way is to actually write a post on your own wall and tag Telford Thai Boxing in your status update. This is slightly more complicated but still very effective.

Step one add Telford Thai Boxing as a location.

Step two write your status and tag your friends.

Step three - post.

Whatever way you choose to help your club grow, we very much appreciate your help, if everyone with a Facebook account helped us we would have an online presence / viral of over 200K people making Facebook one of our best and cheapest advertising options.

Party Update

Good morning TOMORROW (Thurs 3rd Dec) is the LAST that you'll be able to purchase party tickets. 

With over 180 tickets sold we only have 20 tickets left so please act fast to avoid disappointment.

The party starts at 7pm a week on Saturday at the gym. We have a licence to sell alcohol, bar staff and a doorman so we are all geared up for a cracking night.

We will be asking everyone to bring some food and will have a list at the gym, please confirm what you would like to bring.

We also want donations for the raffle, any unwanted gifts, bottles, pound shop funnies..

We also urgently want Christmas decorations if you have any spare? 

 

Christmas Opening Times

Please make note of the festive opening times detailed below :-

Mon 22nd Dec - Open as usual

Tues 23rd Dec - Closed

Wed 24th Dec - Closed

Thur 25th Dec - Closed

Sat 27th Dec - Open as usual

Mon 29th Dec - Closed

Tues 30th Dec - Open as usual

Wed 31st Dec - Closed

Thurs 1st Jan - Closed

Sat 3rd Jan - Back to normal.

Interclub Details

I've entered the following people into Saturday's Interclub in Birmingham.

We are leaving the Gym at 9:30am, and we have space on the minibus at £5 return.

We still have places avail and the deadline is Wednesday. If your interested please bring £8 to Kru Matt by Wednesday. (NO PAYMENT ON THE DOOR) 

Daisy Taylor 11 - 37.2kg

Kelsey Sylvester 11 - 39.2kg

Jack Sylvester 8 - 24.8kg

Kobe Embuido 8 - 27.3kg

Yzabella Embuido 10 - 43.3kg

Jon Morris 34 - 77.3kg

Brodie Salt 8 - 33.7kg

Barney Taylor 9 - 33kg

Jen Farrell 31 - 70kg

Amar Sahota 10 - 35.1kg

Simran Sahota 14 - 48.7kg

Peter James 16 - 50kg

Claire Howe 28 - 83.3kg

Lewis Howe 9 - 39.7kg

Tom Davies 11 - 34kg

Charlie Wye 18 - 54kg

Everyone will need :-

1) Gloves 16oz for head contact, 10oz for

Kids, 8oz for decision bouts.

2) Groin Guard

3) Gumshield

4) Hand Wraps

5) Towel

6) Water

7) Shin Guards

8) Boxing Tape

We will provide body armour for the kids. 

We won't know details of matches until

we arrive so please don't pester. 

NOTE

This is a LIGHT contact interclub, perfect for beginners - we want you to show your skills against someone from another club, not try and kill each other in the ring - for this reason nobody will be declared winners and both will receive a trophy. Any wild swinging, or heavy contact will result in disqualification. 

After the event we will be going for food at a local pub, please bring money to spend on the carvery.

Thanks! 

Great weekend in Snowdon

The advanced kids joined us on an epic Snowdonia adventure last weekend.

18 Kids came away with instructors and adults with one goal, to conquer the largest mountain in Snowdonia, Mt Snowdon.

Everyone did exceptionally well, we summited just before sundown and walked back off the mountain in the dark.

On the Sunday we left the bunkhouse and headed to one of the local towns for a game of football with the locals.. Obviously we Won!! 

 

11,000 Likes on Facebook...

Thanks for all your support, at the beginning of last month our Facebook Account was converted into a page.. 

We essentially lost all our friends from the Telford Area along with the ability to tag our students in our posts.

We've worked hard over the last couple of months and have successfully attracted more that 9000 new likes to our page making the new total over 11000.

If you've not liked It yet or would like to share our page with your friends please follow the link..

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Telford-Thai-Boxing/120970627990335?ref=bookmarks

Christmas Party - 150 tickets sold

Great news, the licence arrived today to allow us to run a bar at this years Xmas Party.

Ticket sales are going well and were expecting to sellout in the coming week.

The Christmas Video is under construction and plans are going well, we still need a ticket collector tho!

We will be running a Yard of Ale Competition with the fastest time winning £20!! Are you interested? 

The last few tickets are at the gym for you to collect. Remember we want drinkers not drivers!

Christmas Camp!

This photo was taken from Snowdon today. Tomorrow we are off to a secluded bunk house with 20 kids and Saturday were hoping to summit Wales's highest mountain! 

Grading Register

Here is a list of people taking part in next weekends gradings, good luck and have fun...

1st Khan (White)

Sam Thomas

Zoe Knight

Aaron Lee

Matt Harpham

Prem

Charlie Barnett

Naeshon Browne

Lanarte Browne

Claire Howe

Ollie Brompton

Connor Whiltshire

Antony Moason

Evan Morton

Cieran Bradley

Ravinder Verma

Christian Queensborough

Keelan Woodhead

Jeremey McKenzie

2nd Khan (Yellow)

Harkeet Chokker

Harvey Rudkin-Smith

Zoe Knight

Aaron Lee

Matt Harpham

Jayden Hach

Laith Whiston

Rocco Whiston

Finlay Whiston

Lewis Whiston

Jonathon Morris

Claire Howe

Spencer Binks

Connor Wiltshire

Antony Mason

Reed Kirk

Jenson Kirk

Phoebe Croker

Kyle Shenton

Cieran Bradley

Charlie Wye

Ravi Verma

Deepak Verma

Rohit Verma

Jak Wilkes

Keelan Woodhead

3rd Khan (Green)

Dean Lewis

Liam Smith

Damien Patula

Connor Whiltsire

Keegan Croker

Daniel McConnell

Cameron McConnell

Charlie Wye

Jay Wilkes

4th Khan (Blue)

Peter James

Konrad

5th Khan (Blue / White)

Lee McCarthy

Roma Tranter

Matt Williams

Brodie Salt

6th Khan (Brown)

Dave Ridgway

7th Khan (Brown / White)

Jen Rowley

Karl Lans

Rich Saxon

8th Khan (Brown / Yellow)

Ryan Walsh

Great Night at Gatecrasher

On the 2nd Nov - Lauren and Ryan took part in the gatecrasher show on Broad Street, Birmingham.

A fantastic night and brill support from our students!

Best of all the fights were watched by John Wayne Parr, 10 times World Champion, and he was kind enough to compliment the fighters on their performance!

The videos have been processed and will  be uploaded in the next couple of days!

Back to ASDA

Today we're off to ASDA for our second day helping the Royal British Legion with the annual poppy appeal.

Normal classes are running as usual.

Following the kids class at 1pm we will be heading out for a quick bite to eat before heading to ASDA for 2pm.

We would really appreciate your help! 

Poppy Appeal

We are happy and proud to be supporting the Royal British Legion in this years Poppy Appeal.

Over the years we've worked closely with  Her Majesty's Armed Services and many of our students have gone on to join elite regiments.

We have a box of poppies at the gym and we will be joining WWII veterans at ASDA Donnington today and 8th November to assist them in selling poppies.

Please join us and help everyone remember the sacrifices made by our service personnel.

 

Fighters Receive Sponsorship Deal

Telford Thai Boxing fighters receive personal sponsorship from Evolve Packaging.

The difficult part for instructors was choosing five students from hundreds who should receive sponsorship.

Our instructors set out very strict criteria

which included amongst others - past fighting record, attitude towards training / colleagues & senior students, school work, and most importantly attendance record.

Based on this criteria the students receiving sponsorship which includes t-shirts, running jackets & discounted entry to competitions for the next 12 months are as follows :-

 

Lauren Evans

http://youtu.be/PXbk1_Yw3_8

 

Ryan Walsh

http://youtu.be/cehQWMTwC7Y

 

Rocco Whiston

http://youtu.be/ET3Fu1UA8xQ

 

Jack Sylvester

http://youtu.be/aHJb4Sg74X 

Kelsey Sylvester

http://youtu.be/PNNoo66v73U

Congratulations, and sorry to all our other fighters, we wish we could arrange sponsorship for everyone! 

If you would like to sponsor a fighter please get in touch. It's cheaper than you think and tax deductible! 

Telford & Wrekin Housing Trust

Half of our kids class posing for one of our sponsors "The Wrekin Housing Trust"

The local trust has sponsored our club since the beginning of the year forming a great mutually beneficial partnership.

Over 250 members of Telford Thai Boxing now wear t-shirts bearing the housing groups logo as part of the package!

For more information on how you or your company can sponsor the club please get in touch.. 

Another class with 40+ Students..

Well last night was a fantastic evening of Muay Thai, we had over 40 people turning out for a great technical class - so many intact that we had to pool our resources and run two classes simultaneously, good job we have multiple instructors..

Kru Matt took the beginners through the basic punches, kicks, movement and guard while Kru Gareth worked with the more advanced students drilling techniques from Grade 6 upwards..

British Legion Poppy Appeal..

We have decided to work closely with the Royal British Legion at this poignant time of the year. On Saturday 1st November and Saturday 8th November we are going to join WWII Veterans at ASDA Donnington to assist them in selling poppies.

I'm expecting high turnouts for this his event - "SERVICE - NOT SELF" is a motto associated with this campaign and we feel its fits well - Its about time you as TTB Students gave something back to the community.

We have a list at the gym and I want your names on it for either or both dates - times are exactly the same - 2-4pm on both days.

Come, talk with real heroes and help raise money for this great charity.

John Wayne Parr Seminar

The date for this seminar has been confirmed for Sunday 9th November and it will cost £50 per person.

John Wayne Parr is a living Muay Thai Legend, a 14 times World Muay Thai Champion from Australia - It will be a honour and a privilege to train with him.

This is open to all adults and advanced kids.

I can't stress enough that you need to get me the £50 ASAP - This will sell out in less than a week!!

Kids Halloween Party

Watch the Video

On Saturday 1st November we are holding our annual kids Halloween Party and Sleepover!

At Just £10 per child this is a great night of fun! 

Costume Competition

Pumpkin Competition

Halloween Games

Scary Disco

Cinema Screen Film

7pm until 8am!!  

Kodosai 2015

Ok Ok.... It's next year and October at that.. But with 275 participants last year I'm expecting Kososai to sell out FAST.

What is it?

It's s huge seminar / cultural event where Japanese Martial Arts practitioners come together in Essex for a massive showcase of all things Japanese..

Why...?

You will have the chance to train with literally the best martial artists in the world. You will have the chance to try many different Martial Arts like Karate, Ju-Jitsu and Aikido.. You will meet some very famous people (last year Fumio Demura Sensei) 

Who?

Everyone in the club, all classes can be represented. I would like the kids to be involved this year.

Cost?

£50 per adult & £35 per child - for two days training... The hotel is usually about £50 per person for two nights!!

Muay Thai Judging Course

Today 10 members of Telford Thai Boxing took park in a judging seminar and assessment.

It was a real eye opener and amazing value for money.

The point was lost on some, i didn't organise the course so we can have x amount of judges in team TTB, I organised it because in order to win a fight you need to score, if nothing else participants have learned how judges view different techniques

In relation to scoring. 

Darren is one of the top referees and judges in the UK and the course was written by professor Tony Myers who is a leading authority in Muay Thai and a world renown referee.. 

If you weren't there you missed out!! #bigtime

Another Sponsor!!

Second sponsor in as many weeks!! 

More details to follow!!