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TOP RANK MARTIAL ARTS is bringing back the NORTH AMERICAN Challenge # 24

WHEN: Saturday April 4th, 2009
WHERE: Mickey McDougall Gymnasium in North Vancouver, BC
WHAT: LIVE Kickboxing, MMA and Muay Thai!
TIME: Doors open at 7:00PM fights start at 7:30PM
TICKETS: Available now by calling 604-318-1902 OR Reply to this email.

For seating chart, go to ringfight.com

North American Challenge is BACK in North Vancouver following the smashing success of the 23 previous installments. This show has reliably sold out well before the doors even open, so get your tickets soon! NAC 24 will feature an action-packed evening of exciting fights in a venue that offers incredible views from every seat in the house, and this event is supporting the Canadian Cancer Society Relay For Life!

This is your chance to cheer on some of the most explosive Canadian fighters as they do battle with notoriously talented Brazilians in North Vancouver, BC.

With a collaboration of top-level amateur MMA, Kickboxing and Muay Thai, there is something for every fight fan to enjoy.

The Brazilian team is coached by Morganti Jiu Jitsu expert Cesar Narita and includes:
Heavyweight Adam Godoy (Brazil) VS. Mike Gill (Canada)
Light Heavyweight Kyle Thorpe (Brazil) VS. Kyle Wisniewski (Canada)
Middleweight Lelo Aurelio (Brazil) VS. K the Marshall (Canada)

Local MMA fighters doing battle include:
Part Jenson VS. Matt Dwyer
Emilio Ditrocchio VS. Nael Anderson
Ramy Kadi VS. Alan Day
More local Kickboxing bouts include:
Nigel Miller VS. Adam Blanchette
Marc Bandeursen VS. Nicolas Migrane
Dustin Dickson VS. Logan Marten

**** Plus more exiting bouts **** ( Fight Subject To Change )
Tickets are on Sale Now!
For tickets or info, contact Mike at 604-318-1902 or fightspromoter@gmail.com

Directions to Mickey McDougall Gym:

Heading East or West on Highway #1, take Exit #18 (Lonsdale Exit). Turn down Lonsdale to 23rd St. and take a left at the lights (Centennial Theatre will be on your left). Continue to the 2nd block. Mickey McDougall Gymnasium will be on your left-hand side next to the Court House.

Kai Sinthong Muay Thai in VANCOUVER, BC. Kai Singthong will be hosting a Muay Thai Fight event showcasing Vancouver’s talented local fighters at the Maritime Labour Centre – 1880 Triumph Street.

Doors open at 6 and fights start at 8. Tickets are $30-$40 (save $5 by purchasing in advance). For tickets please contact Master Song at 778.896.1539

Proudly fighting out of Kai Singthong are Sean Kearney, Stanley Lam, Michael Khademi, Osmond Cheung, Cathay Cheng, Jessica Becher, Maylyn Silab, Walter Buse and Tai Lam.

Other fights include:
Scott Shaffer from Maurice Smith Seattle, Victor Wang and Alexandru Aparaschivei from Kel Lees Martial Arts, and John Edward and Colin Silver from KB One Kickboxing

This will be an action packed event with tons of Kicks, Knees, Elbows, Fists of Fury and Stand Up Grappling! This event is sanctioned by the Canadian Muay Thai Association and follows International Muay Thai Kickboxing rules and features some of the finest fighters from the Kai Singthong gym as well as other skilled fighters from Canada and USA. There will also be a special guest appearance by former UFC champion Maurice Smith.

Here are my select shots from Tiger Balm 2009.

As reported in The Vancouver Sun Today, Vancouver City Council this Thursday will be considering sanctioning Mixed Martial Arts fights. Currently they do not. Lets hope they see the advantages of supporting this great fusion of sports, where all disciplines of martial arts come together to know who the best of the best is going to be.

MMA is going to be allowed here
because Vancouver has become a
world center of martial arts.

In a city and region that boasts of its strong ties to Asia, we have over 50 Kung Fu schools that I have found out about. There are Aikido, Judo, and Karate schools that have been operating for many decades in the case of the Richmond Judo and Karate Clubs. Every community centre has some kind of martial arts program; every town and suburb in the region has many options available for martial arts schools, whether it is Tae-Kwon Do, Karate, Kung Fu, Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, Muay Thai or Tai-Chi – all have sunk roots into our communities. All the major disciplines are represented, and so are many of the rare ones as well, like clubs I have blogged about here before such as the Iado and Okinawan Karate Schools. Inside any of the martial arts schools and clubs that abound in Vancouver, students can get access to training by world champions, masters, grand masters, and senseis and sifus that have been practising and training for decades – all of them for the love of it, definitely not for the money.

Seating at tournaments like BCIT and Tiger Balm are packed to the limit. All age groups and a broad variety of disciplines compete – and both men and women. Every one is there to challenge themselves, to learn about themselves, to achieve goals of fitness and skill.

If Vancouver City Council gets it right, a vote to sanction big time MMA events will do much more then bring the big fights to town. That is just the big angle of the story that everyone can see. With its great number of practicioners and schools in one place, sanctionning MMA will be a great recognition of the work and effort by the hundreds of schools, clubs, the training and efforts of the thousands of students, all whose lives have all been enriched by the experience of martial arts. MMA is going to be allowed here because Vancouver has become a world center of martial arts.

Update

I was hopeful for much more. But City of Vancouver cant quite decide, they are passing the matter on to the provincial government to do it. At least they didnt shut the door entirely on it.

MORE INFO Here: http://www.mantiskungfu.com/TigerBalmInternationals.htm

HOST TOURNAMENT FOR THE 2009 CANADIAN ISJA SPORT JUJITSU CHAMPIONSHIPS

SEE: Karate vs Kung Fu vs Tae Kwon Do vs Kenpo vs Jujitsu vs Kickboxing
See black belt contact fighting, including throws, and ground fighting
submission holds with the best competing for ISJA Canadian Sport Jujitsu
Championship gold medals.

NINE SPARRING CATEGORIES

SKIL point fighting, SKIL & WKC continuous sparring, Sport Jujitsu, padded weapons sparring,
San Shou fighting, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Free Style Grappling & Modified Pankration.

LOCATION:
Capilano College Sportsplex 2055 Purcell Way, North Vancouver, B.C., Canada

WORLD MARTIAL ART GAMES:
The Tiger Balm Internationals is a W.O.M.A.A. sanctioned, qualifying event to help pick members for TEAM CANADA for The W.O.M.A.A. World Martial Games.

SAFETY EQUIPMENT IS MANDATORY:
Includes: Hand/foot pads, mouthpiece, and headgear. Protective equipment will be available for sale on site. Gloves will be provided for the WKC Continuous, and Sanshu sparring divisions.

NINE SPARRING CATEGORIES:
SKIL point sparring, SKIL & WKC continuous sparring, Sport Jujitsu, padded weapons sparring, Sanshu sparring, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Free Style Grappling, and Modified Pankration.

PADDED WEAPON’S POINT FIGHTING:

Padded weapon’s point sparring combatants are required to have the following:
Martial arts uniform, mouthpiece, athletic cup (male combatants), fingernails and toenails trimmed, and protective hand pads. Recommended equipment: Knee and shin pads (optional but highly recommended), shoes (non-marking soles), elbow pads (optional but highly recommended), and any safety pads a combatant feels are necessary to prevent injury without restriction of motion.

Supplied equipment by the event:
Weapon of choice (tomfa, nunchucks, three section staff, katana, staff, and arnis sticks), headgear (re-enforced steel wire cages and full faced head), and chest protectors.

MORE INFO Here: http://www.mantiskungfu.com/TigerBalmInternationals.htm

Only two weeks after the Steveston Judo Tournament is the 36th Steveston International Invitational Karate Tournament. There will be cash prizes for contestants and events will be scored by international caliber judges.

March 7, 2009. Tournament starts at 9:00 AM.

Steveston Indoor Tennis Courts

4111 Moncton St. Richmond, BC. Canada

Presented by J.K.F. Goju-Kai Canada.

More info, and results, can be found at http://uchiage-kai.com/.

Here are some action pics from the 2009 Steveston Senior Invitational International Judo Tournament.