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NOW CELEBRATING OUR 5th YEAR AS AN INDEPENDENT AND NON POLITICAL MARTIAL ARTS ASSOCIATION IN 2008

 

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U.M.A. Senior Officers Voted, Nominated and Selected to take the U.M.A. Forward and into the Future

Saturday 12 April 2008

 

At the U.M.A.'s First Bi Annual General Meeting, the recently Affiliated Clubs and its Newly inducted Senior Officers were Voted in to the Most Senior Posts within and for the U.M.A. to take the U.M.A. forward and into the Future for the Benefit of our Association and our Members.

 

Here is the List of The U.M.A. Senior Officers and they're Voted in Positions within the U.M.A. which are Posts that are held for no longer than 3 years from the Date of Nomination and Acceptance:

UMA Chief Officer: Carl Fisher

UMA Vice Chief Officer: Tony Bolton-Wood

UMA Deputy Vice Chief Officer: Leigh Hitchen

UMA Chief Karate Referee: Dave Jillings

UMA Treasurer: Paul Chambers

UMA Secretary: Jim McSherry

UMA Child Protection Officer: Susan McSherry

 

UMA Senior Officer for Karate: Tony Bolton-Wood
UMA Senior Officer for Judo: Leigh Hitchen
UMA Senior Officer for Brazilian JiuJitsu: Carl Fisher
UMA Senior Officer for Japanese Atemi JiuJitsu: Paul Chambers

UMA Senior Officer and Chief Referee for Karate: Dave Jillings

UMA Press Officer: Carl Fisher

 

UMA Championships Organiser: Jim McSherry

Full Details of the Minutes for The U.M.A.'s First Bi Annual General Meeting will be made available soon, here on the U.M.A. Website.

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U.M.A. Second Referee's Course a Great Success.

Saturday 12 April 2008

 

The U.M.A. arranged the second Referee and Score Recorders Course this year 2008; for the very and highly popular U.M.A. No Gi Groundfighting Referee, Rules and Regulations, which again, was Open to Everyone, Affiliates, Members and Non Members, and the course was held in Stoke on Trent Staffordshire, and again was an immediate and fantastic success.

 

From the 10 Course Candidates who attended and who sat the Theory, Practical and Test Papers throughout the day, the U.M.A. are Glad and pleased to say that the Standards of the Applicant's were again excellent and of High Standards from Grappling Arts such as Submission Grappling, Judo, BJJ, Sombo and JuiJitsu, and due to the High Standards set by the U.M.A., The Course was very challenging and Testing too, and now the U.M.A. are glad to say that everyone of the 10 Candidates were successful and Passed the Course with Flying Colours and Qualified as Fully Sanctioned and Fully Registered, Qualified and Certified Referee's within and for the U.M.A for: Groundfighting (No Gi) Rules and Regulations for Referee's, Score Recorders and Time Keepers.

 

Also a big thankyou to Ben, Leroy, Chris and Carl from Combat Base Bolton for coming down and volunteer to roll for the Referee's Practical Sessions, thanks guys you were great.

The Successful and Now Fully Qualified and Certified U.M.A. Registered Referee's are:

 

Robert Gorton, Craig Bibby, Ben Ogunby, Daniel Barker, Miranda Allan, Carl Fisher, Lee Blundell, Chris Sharpe, Leigh Hitchen, Kevin Carter

 

Congratulations and Well Done to all of the Fully Qualified U.M.A. No Gi Groundfighting Referee's and Score Recorders mentioned above.

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UMA II British Open Kata Championships Report and Results

Sunday 9th March 2008

 

Yet another successful Open Kata Championships for 2008 completed with just over 100 competitors again in attendance, for this our Second Year with the Annual Open Kata Championships to date proved yet again to be a fantastic and complete success, with Karateka from the all over the UK and Northern Ireland.

 

With the New and Additional Categories added for 2008, making it affordable and available to everyone, with every competitor also receiving a medal for participating the UMA, we are trying to Revolutionise Karate Tournaments by having realistic Categories for all Karateka of all levels and ages etc, and with the addition of the Pairs Kata Teams, additional Categories and the Club Coach Category, which is a Free Category to all Club Coach's attending the Championships, which were added for this years Championships, the UMA II British Open Kata Championships and all the Categories again proved to be a massive hit and the correct decision to make and with a Total of 32 Kata Categories in Play, this proved to be one of the most open, fair and competitive Open Kata Tournaments in the UK today.

 

The UMA II British Open Kata Championship Club Champions for 2008 were the South East Shotokan Karate Association from London Winning the Prestigious UMA Open Kata Club Award for the Club with most Points Scored for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places Won at the Championships. They were a very close knit and enthusiastic Team with Fantastic Spirit that shone throughout the day, they are a credit to their Club and Chief Instructor Isam Sherriff, well done and well deserved too.

 

One of the New Categories for 2008, the Club Coach's Open Kata Champion Award was won by 3rd Dan Oliver Willison age 25, and the Chief Instructor and Coach for the Pocklington Karate Centre form York, with a Masterful and Precise Demonstration of Kata excellence, there is nothing more pleasing than seeing the Main Club Instructors and Coach's 'Walking the Walk' and practicing what they preach, what a great success this Category was as there were some fantastic display's of Kata Excellence and Skill in this Category from the Coach's, and Oliver had to be the best he could be to win this Difficult Category, so well done Oliver.

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Thankyou for everyone who attended, Coach's Competitors' and Spectators, and a Big Thankyou to UMA Senior Officer for Karate 7th Dan Tony Bolton-Wood, The Chief Kata Judge for his Professional Management and running of the Kata Areas, Kata Judges, Officials, Competitors and Spectators. Again, we finished a little after 4.00pm in the afternoon and so everyone was on they're way home at 4.30pm at the latest, yet again everything ran on time, smoothly and without incident etc, so thankyou to everyone for your support and for getting to Burton and Registered on time ready to compete etc.

 

And lastly, thankyou to the Following Kata Judges, Score Recorders and Officials for they're help and support in making these Prestigious Champions the success they were yet again for the second year now:

Dave Jillings, Phil Hale, Kevin Brindley, Chris Read, Matt Ward, Alex Atirene, Lies Boudjemaa, Andrew Wilson, Afolabi Lipede, Kehinde Lipoede, Youssef Messaoudi, Emitojuoko Badejo.

 

The UMA will be Submitting the Championship Report, Results with a few photo's to The Traditional Karate Magazine Section of Combat Magazine, hopefully they will publish the details and results etc, in a future addition this year etc, so keep your eyes peeled...

Hopefully, we will see a lot of you again for the UMA Open Junior Karate Championships on Sunday the 9th November 2008, and next year, hopefully, most of you will return in 2009 to either Win or Defend your Championship Titles.

Here are just a few pictures...

Click here for a Full List of Results

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UMA II English Open Judo Back to Back Ne Waza/Groundfighting Championships Results

 

UMA's 2nd English Open Judo Back to Back Ne Waza Competition 24th February 2008


The UMA, started the New Year off with the now very popular Judo Ne Waza back to back event; the event last year was mainly dominated by the Judo teams with a few BJJ clubs pitching in on the day. After a successful year with a number of gi and no gi events in 2007 and with widespread publicity throughout last year, the UMA’s first event of 2008 saw more BJJ clubs attending the event and an increased number of Judo clubs, ready to test their ground skills and put it all on the line.

All the usual faces from 2007 were in attendance for the event; seasoned competitor Paul Sawyer was an ever present threat in the under 70K and Open weight division and the highly talented Richard Willis was ready to defend his titles from last year’s event. The giant Leigh Hitchen brought down a strong team of kids and seniors and Combat Base Bolton were back ready to rock and roll.

In addition to the new faces were Judokas from Sawston JC, Hardy Spicer, Staines JC, 3 K’s JC, Cheshire and Lakeside JC and BJJ clubs representing Gracie Barra Doncaster and Milton Keynes and Brasa Wales. All this talent under one roof, meant that the event was not going to be no walk in the park, regardless of weight group, which made up for some really exciting matches throughout the day.

At the end of the year in ’07, the word on the street was that due to the success of all the events last year, a bigger venue was going to be used in 2008 to accommodate the increasing number of participants. Although a bigger venue would cater for the increase in numbers, many people felt that the atmosphere at the new venue would in no way match up to the community centre used in ’07 and as such the UMA decided to keep to the original venue and they were not to be disappointed.

A large number of juniors entered the event and the walls rattled with the screams of keen parents and team mates as the little warriors battled it out for the medals and after a superb display of technical skill and sportsmanship the juniors were all finished, leaving the seniors to take to the mats.

Once again, the atmosphere was electric, every team mate supporting their man out on the mats, Judo against Judo, BJJ against BJJ and then style against style as each division threw out some surprise match ups.

Angelo Beales from GB Milton Keynes managed to stay in line with the unique Judo rules and won a tough division in the under 80K and there was upset in the under 70K division when hot favourite Paul Sawyer missed the gold, losing to Michael Troke of Hybrid Martial Arts. Combat Base Bolton Leroy Holcroft, not content with competing in the under 70K division, stepped up and entered the under 75K bracket, dominated by BJJ blue belts and walked away with the silver medal, losing to Brasa Wales’ Gareth Dummer.

Fellow Bolton team mate Chris Webster, in his first ever competition took the bronze medal in the under 90K division and Leigh Hitchen took the gold in the over 100K division and lost his Open weight crown in an epic battle of Judo v Judo, losing to Jason Allen of Lakeside Judo Club.

Once again Richard Willis dominated his weight division and not surprisingly took the gold in both the under 85K and the Open weight division with an exciting fight with Stuart Austin of Hardy Spicer Judo Club, making him the man to beat this year on the UMA circuit.

The first event of the year again ran like clockwork, with over 100 senior entrants fighting on the day through the weight divisions and the Open weight and masters and veterans brackets were all hotly contested, with some amazing displays of ground work and submissions.

 

Again, the Quality of the Refereeing was excellent, the Categories and rounds ran smoothly and without incident, and this year the UMA's new Affiliate Member Clubs that attended also provided the UMA Officials, Time Keepers, Score Recorders and Referee's and Fully Qualified HSE First Aiders, again, all Fully Registered, Certified, Qualified and highly experienced for these Championships.

The next event for the UMA is on May 18th and will be the Open Groundfighting Championships, which will be a no gi affair; if it’s any good as last year then do not miss this event. Get on the mats, train your ass off and come down and represent, where you’ll be warmly welcomed and tested to the limit.

The 19 Clubs in attendance were:

Amateur JuiJitsu Academy

Brasa BJJ Wales

Can Do Martial Arts

Combat Base Bolton

Erdington Judo Club

Fighting Fit Gym

Gracie Barra BJJ Milton Keynes

Gracie Barra BJJ  Doncaster

Hardy Spicer Judo Club

Hybrid Martial Arts

3 K's Judo Club

Kita Ogawa Martial Arts

Lakeside Judo Club

Matsumachi Judo Club

MFF Fighters

Sandbach Judo Club

Sawston Judo Club

Shingitai JuiJitsu

Staines Judo Club

Until May folks!!

 

Carlos Fisher

UMA Press Officer

Click Here for a Full List of Results

 

Pictures above Courtesy of UMA Press Officer Carlos Fisher

Pictures Courtesy of Adam Rogula of Can Do Martial Arts

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On The Mat.com Report

The UMA Headline yet again with the Worlds biggest Online M.M.A. and Grappling Website On The Mat.com, Written and Reported by The UMA's own Press Officer and the UMA's Senior BJJ Officer Carlos Fisher...

Click anywhere below to go to the Full On The Mat Report and Pictures etc.

                      

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Click below to go to the Lockflow.com website and Report

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Letter of Thanks to the UMA from The President of the Philippine Judo Federation

 

This email was sent to the UMA after we were consulted and asked by the President of the Philippine Judo Federation himself for permission to use the UMA Judo Ne Waza/Groundfighting Rules for they're own Championships.

 

Hi Jim,

 

Thanks so much! There are lots of Judokas here that are crazy with Ne-Waza like me.

Some are also having their Ne-Waza competitions. These guys need to base the rules from a very credible source like you.

 

Thanks so much for the assistance.

 

Best regards,

David Carter

President

Philippine Judo Federation

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New Senior Officers and Club Affiliations to the U.M.A.

 

The U.M.A. are proud to announce that we have secured Four New Senior Officers and Club Affiliates to the U.M.A.

They have shown great respect, passion, skill, professionalism and a caring attitude within their chosen fields, and the U.M.A. have written to them affording themselves and the Clubs they run the offer of becoming a Senior Officer and Representative within the U.M.A. and also for the opportunity of the Clubs and Students to become Affiliated to the U.M.A., should they wish, and then hopefully grow with us.

 

They are all respected and knowledgeable experts within their respective fields, consummate professionals, and people who care, and we are glad that we have secured their services and loyalty, as they are exactly the kind of people and Clubs the U.M.A. want within our Association to help drive us forward successfully.

 

With that, we are pleased to announce that they have all said a resounding yes, and with their permission that we have now gained, the U.M.A. are proud to announce the Following New Senior Officers, Members and Affiliated Clubs to the U.M.A. are:

 

Carlos Fisher

Combat Base Bolton

U.M.A. Senior Officer

U.M.A. Representative for Brazilian JuiJitsu

U.M.A. Press Officer

 

Paul Chambers

Amateur JuiJitsu Academy

U.M.A. Senior Officer

U.M.A. Representative for Traditional Japanese Atemi JuiJitsu

 

Leigh Hitchen

Sandbach Judo Club

U.M.A. Senior Officer

U.M.A. Representative for Traditional and Sport Judo

 

Tony Bolton-Wood

National Karate Association

U.M.A. Senior Officer

U.M.A Representative for Traditional and Sport Karate

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U.M.A. Championship Tournaments and Venue for 2008

 

Based on the fantastic feedback from all the Championships held in 2007, the U.M.A. have decided not to expand or move to a bigger venue for 2008, also, we feel that by keeping the Championships relatively small and compact and by limiting the Competitor entry numbers to a maximum of 135 Competitors and by using a friendly and smaller venue with two matted areas to compete on etc, gives everyone a great chance of competing without the stresses and added pressures of the other and much larger National Open Championships that are current in the UK run and organised by other UK Associations etc. Also we don't want to lose that personal touch we feel we give to everyone, the many, many comments on how the Open Championships are professionally run and how friendly everyone are etc, has actually become our signature, we are known as the Competitive but friendly Open Championships, which we feel was achieved through being non political and caring about what we do. However, we will have to eventually move to a bigger venue when the time comes and we are exceeding our own limits then we will do that, but at this moment in time, we here at the U.M.A. feel that its is not time just yet, so we will continue to organise and run our Open Championships at the Carver Road Community Centre in Burton on Trent, Staffordshire.

 

We have also decided to cut the number of Open Championships available, so now for 2008, we will run two Judo related Events, two Karate related Events, two Groundfighting related Events and one Submission Grappling related Event, so we still have a good broad range of martial arts related events in representation for 2008.

 

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U.M.A. English Open Junior Karate Championships

Sunday 11th November 2007

 

         

 Photo's Courtesy of England Karate Kan

The First U.M.A. English Open Junior Karate Championships were a great success, although the Venue was changed a few Days before,  due to the Competitor Entries being under 100 Competitors, the Championships was still a fantastic success, and the U.M.A. would like to thank everyone for they're support and participation of these New and Prestigious Open Junior Karate Championships, and look forward to seeing you all again soon.

The U.M.A. would like to thank all the Coach's, Competitors, Referee's, Judges, Officials, Spectators and Supporters alike for making the Championship a resounding success, it was a great day, the enthusiasm of all the Competitors and Coaches lifted the roof of at the Community Centre, the atmosphere was great and electric to say the least with some very exciting and close decisions in all the Individual and Team Kata and Kumite Events, the standard of the Competitors was excellent, with many major Junior Players too.

We also had to split one Category and create two Pools as it was massively over subscribed, and there were 21 from the total of 24 Categories which we ran with on the Day of The Championships, so although the competitor numbered under 100, the Championships were still a great success and we still ran 21 Categories in total on Two Competition Areas throughout the Day.

Yet again, we finished and closed the Championships a little before 4.30pm, so a Big Thankyou to all the Competitors, Coach's, Spectators, Table Officials and Referee's and Judges for getting here on time, registering in on time etc, and for they're help in making the Championships run smooth and on time yet again.

Congratulations to all of the New U.M.A. British Open Individual and Team Kata and Kumite Champions, Gold Medallists and Title Holders for 2007 who won they're respective Kata and Kumite Categories at the Championships, and well done to everyone who took part, without you all, it would not have been the great success it was.

 

Click Here for a Full List of Results

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U.M.A. British Open Amateur Submission Grappling Championships

Sunday 7th October 2007

  

The First U.M.A. British Open Amateur Submission Grappling Championships turned out to be another great and successful Championship Tournament, with Clubs old and new attending the Championships, the heat was turned up a little higher due to the exceptional quality of the Fighters Competing for Honours on the day.

The problem is, that there were so many good fights, it would take a whole website to list them all, so we'll have to limit the details etc, what with a great mix of Freestyle, Submission Grapplers, Shooftfighters,  M.M.A. Fighters, Brazilian, Gracie and Japanese JuiJitsu and Judo Players, this was a real mixed bag of Top Quality Grapplers doing there stuff.

However, there is a up and coming Grappler who won both his Weight Categories he entered; U95kg and the Open Weight Category, who will get yet another mention for such a great feat, and that is Richard Willis from Stone's Fighting Fit Gym, its obvious being selected for the G.B. F.I.L.A. Squad and competing in the World Championships in Turkey has helped gain him a lot of experience, as he fought and won over all his fights in both Categories against what must be said was excellent and tough opposition, as explained earlier, there was not one bad match/fight all day at the Championships from everyone who competed, the skill levels of all the fighters was excellent, so Richard put on an exceptional performance to say the least to win Both Categories, so well done again.

However, we here at the U.M.A. feel that there was only one downfall though, there wasn't enough Under 16/Junior Grapplers, and there was not one Adult Woman Grappler who entered, this was and is a disappointing situation, hopefully over the years with the top quality Tournaments and Championships starting to get more and better exposure here in the UK, we must all try and address this problem and get more Juniors and Women involved and training in the sport, especially if we want the Submission Grappling and Groundfighting scene to grow and succeed here in the UK, so we here at the U.M.A. will try and do our best to help and support this issue in anyway we can.

Again, we finished and closed the Championships a little before 4.00pm, better than on time, yet again, so a Big Thankyou to all the Competitors, Coach's, Spectators, Table Officials and First Aid Officials for getting here on time, registering an weighing in on time etc, and for they're help in making the Championships run smooth and on time yet again.

Rather than name all the Fighters, especially as there were just under 60 Competitors in total on the day, and as there wasn't one bad or boring match whatsoever, we feel it would be better to give all the Clubs who attended a mention as a thankyou to them all for they're support of the Championships, and especially to the Competitors who all gave 110%, so here we go, a great big thankyou and well done goes to:

  • Team Lagarto Bolton

  • Fighting Fit Stone

  • Next Generation Liverpool

  • M.F.F. Fighters York

  • Roger Gracie Academy London

  • Bushido M.M.A. Nottingham

  • Urban Warrior M.M.A. Derby

  • Burton M.M.A.

  • Leicester Shooftfighters

  • Kettering Shooftfighters

  • Ripley Tap or Snap

  • Crewe Fight Club

  • Miyabi Ryu JuiJitsu Manchester

  • Bulldog Academy Oldham

  • Rough House Nottingham

  • Amateur JiuJitsu Academy Chesterfield (Officials, Time Keepers, Score Keepers and H.S.E. First Aid Support)

  • Carlos Fisher Bolton (GBJJ Coach, Sub Editor, Writer and Photographer for Fighters Magazine)

Again, keep your eyes peeled on MMAUniverse.com and from Carl Fisher at 'Fighters Magazine' in the near future for all the results etc, and there may also be a few pictures and some video clips from the Championships (Headlined Internationally) possibly yet again online at www.OntheMat.com from Writer, Photographer, Fighters Magazine Sub Editor and Team Lagarto Coach Carl Fisher.

Click Here for the Results

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U.M.A. UK Open High Kneeling Judo Ne Waza/Groundfighting Championships

Sunday 19th August 2007

Yet again, another great, enjoyable, friendly  and successful day, all without incident yet again, and all this with lots of fantastic fights, the turn out for the Championships was a little under 70 competitors, with August being the main holiday month, it was still an excellent turnout and the standard of the Players and fights were yet again excellent to say the least, hence there were a lot of excellent fights yet again, it was obvious that the standard of the Players old and new to our Championships so far this year and the fights etc, at our Championships, is getting better, so well done to everyone of the Players.

Again, and with all the 17 Weight Categories that were in play, we still finished and closed the Championships before 4.00pm, better than on time, yet again, so a Big, Big Thankyou to all the Competitors, Coach's, Spectators, Table Officials and First Aid Officials who helped run and make the Championships the success they were yet again.

And a Big Thankyou to our Special Guest Referee; Sensei Leigh Hitchen from J16 and Sandbach Judo Club for a great Job Well Done for Refereeing some of the Junior and Cadet Weight Categories.

Senior Player (16 years old and over) of the Day was Paul Sawyer from Matsumachi Judo Club in Bournemouth, he is proving to be a major force with fantastic results at or past Championships, however, Paul exceeded his previous results with a 3rd Place Bronze in the Male 19 and over U75kg, a 3rd Place Bronze in the Male 19 and over Open Weight and finally, a Championship 1st Place Win and Gold in the Masters Open Weight Category, and yet he's still a young 45 year old... Well done Paul, I think we'll all have a little of what you've got, so, how many Shredded Wheat do you eat anyway...( three? ).

Junior Player (15 years old and under) of the Day goes to 10 year old Eric Ham from Glossop Judo Club in Derbyshire, Winning both his own Weight Category; the Peewee Boys 10 years old and below, Under 30kg and Peewee Boys 10 years old and below, Open Weight, this young Player is one to watch for sure...

And well done to Richard Willis, from Fighting Fit in Stone, Staffordshire who took a 2nd Place Silver Medal in the Male 19 years old and over U95kg and a 1st Place Win in the Male 19 years old and over Open Weight Category. Richard recently fought his way on the F.I.L.A. grappling mat the hard way to prove his worth, and has just been picked for the Great Britain F.I.L.A. Grappling Squad, and he will be Fighting and Representing Great Britain in Turkey in September, Good Luck from everyone here at the U.M.A.

Keep your eyes peeled on MMAUniverse.com and from Carl Fisher at 'Fighters Magazine' in the near future for all the results etc, and there may also be a few pictures and some video clips from the Championships (Headlined Internationally) possibly yet again online at www.OntheMat.com from Writer, Photographer, Fighters Magazine Sub Editor and Coach Carl Fisher.

Here is a Picture of the Main Page with the U.M.A. Event Link Details and Pictures etc, below:

Click anywhere on the Picture to go straight to the 'On the Mat' to see the Pictures and Videos.

 

The Championships, Results and Event Report etc, is also Posted on MMAUniverse.com where the U.M.A. Calender of Events is also listed.

Also the Event Details and Result could be in Fighters Magazines next Issue, so don't forget to get your next copy...

 

Click Here for the Results

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U.M.A. English Open Groundfighting Championships

Sunday 8th July 2007

 

Yet again receives International Exposure From 'On The Mat' and from 'Fighters Magazine' Writer and Sub Editor: Carlos Fisher

Again, the Internationally renowned Website for Submission/Grappling, Jujitsu, and MMA: www.OntheMat.com have this time Headlined the U.M.A English Open Groundfighting Championships, as shown below on the Main Page, with the Help of Writer, Photographer and Fighters Magazine Sub Editor Carlos Fisher.

Here is a Picture of the Main Page with the U.M.A. Event Link Details and Write Up etc, below:

Click anywhere on the Picture to go straight to the 'On the Mat' Press Release itself...

 

The Championships, Results and Event Report etc, is also Posted on MMAUniverse.com where the U.M.A. Calender of Events is also listed.

Also the Event Details and Result will be in Fighters Magazines next Issue, so don't forget to get your next copy...

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U.M.A. English Open Groundfighting Championships

Sunday July 8th 2007

The First UMA English Open Groundfighting Championships were a resounding and fantastic success.

The UMA would like to thank all the Coach's, Competitors, Referee's, Officials, Spectators and Supporters alike for making the Championship the fantastic success it was.

Congratulations to all of the New UMA English Open Groundfighting Champions, Gold Medallists and Title Holders for 2007 who won they're respective Weight Categories at the Championships, and well done to everyone who took part, without you all, it would not have been the success it was.

We must also express our gratitude and sincere thanks to everyone who took part in these our First Prestigious English Open Groundfighting Championships, and thankyou to everyone for getting to the venue, registering, weighing-in an being ready on time, as we started the Championships yet once again on time, and due to the smooth running and the help of the Spectators, Players, Coach's, Referee's and Officials etc, we even finished earlier yet again than anticipated time of 5.30pm, now again, in only our third Championships this year, this is yet another magnificent feat, so the UMA thank you all for your superb co-operation. This is getting a to be a regular habit of starting on time and finishing early, so once again, thanks to everyone who were there on the day who made the Championships the success it was.

We look forward to seeing you all again soon, and especially look forward to seeing you all along with all the U.M.A. English Open Champions and U.M.A. English Open Title Holders defending and fighting for the titles again next year in 2008.

The Championships, Results and Event Report etc, is Posted on www.OntheMat.com and www.MMAUniverse.com where the U.M.A. Calender of Events is also listed.

Also the Event Details and Result will be in Fighters Magazines next Issue, so don't forget to get your next copy asap.

Click Here for the Full List of Results

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UMA English Open Judo Ne Waza Back to Back Championships

Sunday March 25th 2007

The U.M.A and Championships receives International Exposure From 'On The Mat'

The Internationally renowned Website for Submission/Grappling, Jujitsu, and MMA: www.onthemat.com has placed a write up on they're Websites Events Page etc, from the UK's Representative Carl Fisher about the UMA English Open Judo Ne Waza Back to Back Championships.

Here is a Picture of the Main Page with the UMA Event Link Details and Write Up etc, on the Bottom Right:

Click anywhere on the Picture to go straight to the 'On the Mat' Press Release itself...

 

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U.M.A. English Open Judo Ne Waza Back to Back Championships

Sunday March 25th 2007

The First UMA English Open Judo Ne Waza Back to Back Championships were a complete and resounding success.

The UMA would like to thank all the Coach's, Competitors, Tatami Referee's, Officials, Spectators and Supporters alike for making the Championship a fantastic success.

Infact due to the quantity of competitor entries received for the Championships we had to split many of the Categories into Pools, overall, there were 22 different Age and Weight Banded Categories which ran on the Day of The Championships.

Congratulations to all of the New UMA English Open Judo Ne Waza Back to Back Champions, Gold Medallists and Title Holders for 2007 who won they're respective Categories at the Championships, and well done to everyone who took part, without you all, it would not have been the success it was.

We must also express our gratitude and sincere thanks to everyone who took part in these our First Prestigious English Open Judo Ne Waza Back to Back Championships, and thankyou to everyone for getting to the venue, registering, weighing-in an being ready on time, as we started the Championships on time, and due to the smooth running and the help of the Spectators, Players, Coach's, Tatami Referee's and Officials etc, we even finished earlier than anticipated time of 5.30pm, now again, in only our second Championships this year, this is another magnificent feat to say the least, so the UMA thank you all for your superb co-operation.

We look forward to seeing you all again soon, and especially look forward to seeing you all again along with all the U.M.A. English Open Champions and U.M.A. English Open Title Holders defending and fighting for the titles again next year in 2008.

 

The Championships Write up and Results will be in Fighters Magazine soon, so keep your eyes out on the next few copies...

Click Here for the Full List of Results

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U.M.A. British Open Kata Championships

Sunday March 4th 2007

 

                    

Photo's Courtesy of Vale Karate

The First UMA British Open Kata Championships were an overwhelming success, with Competitors from England, Scotland and Wales, hence making these Prestigious Championships a truly British affair.

The UMA would like to thank all the Coach's, Competitors, Judges, Officials, Spectators and Supporters alike for making the Championship a resounding success.

Infact due to the quantity of competitor entries received for the Championships we had to split one Category and create a completely New Category prior to the Championships  as it was massively over subscribed, hence instead of the original 18 Categories, we now have 19 categories overall of which we ran with on the Day of The Championships.

Congratulations to all of the New UMA British Open Individual and Team Kata Champions, Gold Medallists and Title Holders for 2007 who won they're respective Kata Categories at the Championships, and well done to everyone who took part, without you all, it would not have been the success it was.

And Congratulations to Vale Karate Club for Winning the "UMA British Open Kata Championship Club Trophy Award" for gaining the most 1st, 2nd and 3rd place points on the Day, with San Gai Karate Club coming in a close second, Chase Wado Kai and Liphook Karate Club coming in together joint third, so well done and congratulations to you all.

We must also express our gratitude and sincere thanks to everyone who took part in these our first Prestigious British Open Kata Championships, and thankyou to everyone for getting to the venue, registering an being ready on time, as we started the Championships on time, and due to the smooth running and the help of the Spectators, Competitors, Coach's, Kata Judges and Officials etc, we even finished earlier than anticipated time of 5.00pm, now that is truly a magnificent feat, so the UMA thank you all for your superb co-operation.

We look forward to seeing you all again soon, and look forward to seeing you all again along with all the British Champions and Title Holders defending and fighting for titles next year in 2008.

Click Here for the Full List of Results

 

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English Karate Federation (New N.G.B. for Karate)

 

There is now yet another New National Governing Body for Karate that has been formed called the E.K.F. (English Karate Federation).

 

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KARATE ENGLAND GOES BUST - 31st Jan 2007

 

This is the Official Letter from Karate England N.G.B. to its Members.

 

To All Karate England Members

I am writing on behalf of the Board to update you on the latest position.

At our meeting on the 4th January, we discussed with Sport England a number of different options we might explore to help us secure a stable financial position going forward. One of the options open to us was entering into a Corporate Voluntary Agreement (CVA) with Karate England’s creditors. Sport England had told us that one of the precursors to resuming funding was that we devise a recovery plan which would have the effect of creating a zero balance on Karate England’s finances.

The Board sought advice on the CVA from three insolvency companies and this highlighted the risk of entering into a CVA which would quite likely fail due to the lack of certainty regarding income, taking in to account the Sport England position on financial input into a CVA and with Sport England funding not being reinstated. In addition, it is clear that members are not prepared to commit further registrations in the current situation.

We therefore believed the only viable option was that we inform all member associations, creditors and Sport England that Karate England 2005 Ltd should cease to trade and we notified Sport England of this decision on Friday and informed them that we would make a public announcement after the weekend . This is the course we have been advised to follow and we have done this with great reluctance.

We continue to recognise the importance and need for a National Governing Body for Karate and are proposing a new approach to Sport England which we believe could meet the need of Karate in the future, meet Sport England requirements and command broad support from the Karate family in England.

We believe this is best way forward and we will provide further details in the next few days and hope to have the opportunity to discuss the issues in full on 18 February.

Yours sincerely,

Bob Poynton
Karate England Company Secretary

 

Note:

Question: So, how does this effect all the Members and Clubs here at the U.M.A...?

Answer: None whatsoever, fortunately for us all here at the U.M.A., even though Karate England was only the National Governing Body for Sport Karate in the U.K. this was only one of the National Governing Bodies that we the U.M.A. were actually members of, we are lucky enough to be safe and sound in the knowledge that the U.M.A. are Affiliated to and Members of N.A.K.M.A.S. N.G.B. (National Association of Karate & Martial Arts Schools), the U.K.'s only National Governing Body for Martial Arts and Karate here in the U.K.

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