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CAMA Demo at the Milton Summer Fete - 12th July 2008
Eleven members assisted Senior
Instructor, Ollie Batts, putting on a demonstration of martial
arts including Kali, Savate and Canne de Combat at the Milton
Village Summer Fete. Despite the weather, several other members
and friends came along to support. Photo shows Enzo and Chris
in action! Demo participants (in alphabetical order):
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Chris Hill
Enzo Sgaramella
Julie Gabriel
Mariusz Drozdziel
Mark Bartley
Morgan Alexander
Ollie Batts
Rafal Tichanow
Sam Robbins
Signe Gundersen
Simon Whitmore
Trevor Massey
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE APPOINTED
Following a meeting of CAMA instructors
and senior members, which took place on Saturday 28th June, an
Executive Committee (made up of CAMA instructors) has now been
appointed. Their names are as follows:
Ollie BATTS (Director & Senior
Instructor)
Dr Julie GABRIEL (Director & Senior Instructor)
Tarquin BENNETT-COLES (Sombo & Grappling instructor)
Morgan ALEXANDER (Kali & Canne de Combat instructor)
Chris HILL (Savate instructor)
Several senior members present
at that meeting, and others who could not attend, have said that
they would be willing to assist the Academy, including serving
on focus groups and sub-committees, such as Equalities, Safety,
and Social.
INTERNATIONAUX DE PARIS
Instructors Julie Gabriel and
Morgan Alexander took part in the 2008 Internationaux de Paris
- an assaut competition open to all FIS member federations. The
competition included fighters from Belgium, Japan, Iran and Italy,
as well as many from France. Julie and Morgan were adopted by
the Montreuil club, and had the benefit of Florent Lazare as
their cornerman. Florent is an old friend of the Academy,
and has recently won the Championnat de France Technique in the
Super-Lightweight category.
ACADEMY MEMBERS TAKE 5 WINS!
CAMA hosted the second event
of the GBSF 2008 National Assaut League in May. Eleven fighters
represented the Academy - four of them entering the ring for
the first time. The Academy had five winners, three second places
and one third place.
Our winners were:
Women - under 48 kg Agnes Aubert
Women - 52 to 56 kg Julie Gabriel
Women - 56 to 60 kg Annie Conklin
Men - Over 85 kg Rafal Tichanow
Junior Women - 52 to 56 kg Sian Clark
For full report and photos, click
here
ACADEMY INSTRUCTORS AT WEAPONS FESTIVAL
CAMA Instructors Ollie Batts,
Julie Gabriel & Morgan Alexander were invited to teach at
the O Yama Ryu Goshin Jitsu Weapons Festival in Gorleston, in
May. There was a good turn out from the host club, with around
two dozen junior and senior members taking part. Ollie taught
Zubo™ control and restraint skills. Julie and Morgan introduced
Canne de Combat. For photos, click here
PERSONALITY OF THE MONTH
Senior Academy Instructor, Ollie
Batts has been featured as Personality
of the Month on the new International Savate Federation website.
The Great Britain Savate Federation was founded 10 years ago
- the league event to be held in Cambridge in May will celebrate
the anniversary. Ollie has been President of the federation for
several years during which time the GBSF has grown and developed,
now having clubs from Kent to the North of England.
GBSF SAVATE TRAINING & GRADING DAY
IN CAMBRIDGE
On Sunday 6th April, the Academy
hosted a very successful event on behalf of the Great Britain
Savate Federation. Instructors and their students from Birmingham,
London, Malvern, Margate and Oxford joined the Cambridge Savateurs.
Thirty people took grading tests over 5 levels. The highlight
of the day, for most people, was watching Chris Hill (CAMA) and
James Southwood (ex-CAMA, now London Instructor) in action -
both achieved their Yellow Glove rank. Yellow is the highest
colour glove rank below Silver Glove. Well done everyone who
took part – the results and more pictures are available
on the GBSF website.
MASTERCLASS - LOCKS, HOLDS & COUNTERS
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On Sunday 30th March, Senior
Instructor Ollie Batts held a Masterclass in Joint Locks, Holds
& Counters at the Leys Sports Complex.
Participants learnt how to apply
a wide range of locks and holds, including how to ‘chain’
locks together into flow drills. Training also included escapes,
counters and reversals to a number of locks and holds.
Photos are available here. There are still a few attendance certificates,
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GBSF SAVATE ASSAUT NATIONAL LEAGUE EVENT IN OXFORD
On Sunday 9th March, several
members travelled to Oxford to take part in the first GBSF Savate
Assaut National League event of 2008. For Sian, Eric and Mariusz,
this was their first venture into competition - all three performed
very well. Results and pictures can be found here
DOCE PARES ESKRIMA SEMINAR
Grandmaster Danny Guba returned
to Cambridge on sunday 3rd February for a Doce Pares Eskrima
training seminar. To see the photos from the day, click here
CANNE CHAUSSON IN PARIS
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In January, Instructors Julie
Gabriel and Morgan Alexander attended an intensive and extended
weekend of Canne Chausson & Canne de Combat training, with
Yonnel Kurtz, in Paris.
Canne Chausson is a dynamic blend
of savate kicking techniques and canne striking techniques. For
a taster, see this video
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INTERNATIONAL OFFICIAL
Senior instructor Julie Gabriel
attended the finals of the World Combat Championships in Trèbes,
France, in December to train and test to be an international
official. After a theory test, she had the privilege of sitting
at the Delegate Official's table so that her mentor could check
her ability to score the fights. Fortunately, she got the correct
result each time! Whilst there, she also took a few pictures and videos.
EUROPEAN SAVATE ASSAUT CHAMPIONSHIPS
1st - 4th November - Instructors
Julie Gabriel and Morgan Alexander went over to Belgium as part
of the Great Britain team. Both had some tough opponents and,
although they came close, unfortunately neither made it into
the Semi's or the Finals.
Former CAMA members, James Southwood
(who now has his own school in London) and Laura Gilbert (who
now also runs her own school in Oxford), managed to come away
with some hardware in their divisions. James won the Silver medal
in the men's 75-80kg division and Laura won a Bronze in the women's
60-65kg division. Lizzy Hawkins from London (yet another who
started off her Savate training in Cambridge) became the European
Champion in the women's 70-75kg.
All in all, Team GB did very
well. They went over with eight fighters, and they came back
with 5 medals: one Gold, two Silver, and two Bronze medals.
Former member, Jasbir Nagi, who
now runs his own club in Malvern also attended the Championships.
Nagi took part as an official - a vital role - without officials,
no-one else gets to fight... Thanks, Nagi!
Go here to read more
GBSF Savate Assaut League 2007 - Event
3 of 3
Sun 14 Oct The final event in
the 2007 GBSF League took place in London and a few members from
CAMA went along to compete, officiate and to watch.
CAMA Instructors Julie Gabriel
and Morgan Alexander came top in their weight
division over the three events, as did member Agnes Aubert in
her division. All three have retained their status as Great Britain
Champions.
For all the results click here
Representing Great Britain
Two members of the Academy have
been selected to represent Great Britain in the European Savate
Assaut Championships in November 2007. Julie Gabriel (F52-56kg)
and Morgan Alexander (F65-70kg) will travel to Tournai, Belgium,
with seven other fighters from Guildford, London and Oxford for
the two day event. Both fighters are current British Champions
in their weight categories, and both represented GB last year
in the World Assaut Championships held in Paris.
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Julie in the ring with
a Slovenian fighter
at the 2006 World Champs
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Morgan vs. Lizzie
Hawkins (London) at a League event
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CAMA Demo at the Cherry Hinton Festival
- 8th September 2007
Eleven members assisted Senior
Instructor, Ollie Batts, putting on a demonstration of martial
arts including Kali, Savate and Canne de Combat at the Cherry
Hinton Festival. Several other members and friends came along
to support. Short video clips of the demo are currently showing
on the CAMA home page. Photo shows members preparing bodies,
kit and minds for action! Demo participants (in alphabetical
order):
Agnès Aubert
Bob Marrah
Clare Morgan
Chris Hill
Enzo Sgaramella
Julie Gabriel
Martin Ive
Morgan Alexander
Ollie Batts
Signe Gundersen
Simon Whitmore
Stu McIntyre
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Canne de Combat Exchange with the Thiais
Club
Five members of the Academy recently
took part in a special training weekend for Canne and Baton in
Thiais, south of Paris, France. At the invitation of Gilles Le
Duigou, President of the International Savate Federation and his local
Canne and Baton Club, Bob Marrah, Julie Gabriel, Morgan Alexander,
Newman Burdett and Tim Webb enjoyed three days of training with
Professeur Philippe Aguesse and the excellent hospitality of
the Thiais Club members and officials. For pictures and videos,
click here.
Annual Trip to North Norfolk Coast
Despite the lack of a noticeable
summer, six members of the Academy ventured north to the seaside
in late august. We had a really fun day of swimming (oh yes we
did!), lazing, and barbequing at Cley, followed later in the
day by a walk along the prom at Sheringham and a fish & chip
supper.
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