ALL FIRED UP KICKBOXING SHOW BRIDGWATER



Joe Bale attacking

To see all photos from the show press here


   Joe Bale of Bridgwater had a tough task in front of him in the shape of Scott Rowley of Bournemouth's Bulldog Gym. Rowley was a late replacement for an injured Mark Townley and was certainly a more experienced opponent. Bale however, shook off his early nerves with a first round display of sheer class that had him ahead. But Rowley was too experienced to let one round spoil the fight. He came back strong, urged on from his seconds in the corner and began backing up Bale with his own powerful kicks. The fight went one way and another for an action packed four rounds that no-one including the judges could really determine a winner. The draw was a fair result. A possible rematch on the cards in the future.

   The final fight and top of the bill was Chris James versus Gordon Childs for the Southern Area 78k division title. James of Bridgwater was the defending champion and Childs of Dorchester the challenger. James started out with his usual methodical approach in order to figure out his plan but was unable to catch Childs with anything clean. Childs was able to nullify James attacks and catch James with a quick counter before holding on. James has a reputation as a big puncher and this was obviously in Child's mind in the close quarter action. There was a lot of holding and James work rate slowed as a result of this. James would admit this wasn't his best performance and Childs was able to be the busier over the six rounds to make the fight his own. Childs on points and the title to add to his own under 76k belt.

To read full report press here



CHRIS JAMES (Bridgwater) V GORDON CHILDS (Dorchester) 1,2,3 rounds

  


CHRIS JAMES (Bridgwater) V GORDON CHILDS (Dorchester) 4,5,6 rounds






ALL OR NOTHING is the slogan used by the members of BudoJukuMartialArtsSchool



BUDO JUKU means ‘martial arts school’ and was set up in 1992 when club instructor Arthur Meek moved his Karate club, then known as Ken-yu-kan, from a school premises to a full time dojo. Arthur decided to introduce a Kickboxing club into the weekly curriculum and so felt a more appropriate name would be suitable.

 WADO RYU KARATE in Bridgwater has been in existence since the late sixties and Arthur Meek trained in the original club in 1975 at the age of fifteen. Its original concept of ‘reality fighting’ by its founder Hironori Ohtsuka has always been in the mind of Arthur Meek when training and teaching

KICKBOXING in Bridgwater has also been established for some time at different venues but the Budo Juku club has been instrumental in producing top quality full contact fighters and bringing them into the public domain with the highly successful Fight Night series of events at The Palace Nightclub.

ARTHUR MEEK feels the blend of Wado Ryu Karate fighting methods together with its discipline and etiquette, plus the contact element and physical training of Kickboxing can produce an all round Martial Artist with both skill and courage.

The future of BudoJukuMartialArtsSchool is to maintain the traditional discipline of its long history but to allow technique to evolve and adapt to the requirements of an all round martial artist. Above all the diligent training should help develop outstanding character.