Evolution Martial Arts

All classes back on tonight 🥊🥊

Turkey Buster Session
Great fitness/training session tonight with everyone working hard. Well done we start prepping for 2024

Wishing all our members and families a Merry Christmas from all the Coaches 🎄🧑‍🎄🥊🎅🥊🧑‍🎄🎄

End of Year Presentation Evening 2023⭐️

A big thank you to everyone who came to a fantastic evening. There was some awesome fighting from some of our up and coming students showcasing their improvements. Huge congratulations to everyone who was awarded their grading promotions, very well deserved. Thank you to everyone who supported the event and us throughout the year.

A special congratulations to our newly promoted Black Belts as follows:

Emily Greatrix - Junior 1st Dan Black Belt
Emily Gregory - 1st Dan Black Belt
Damien Hirons - 1st Dan Black Belt
Emma Morris - 1st Dan Black Belt
Nesta Baxter - 4th Dan Black Belt

2023 Special Awards as follows:

Newcomer of the Year:
Tiny Tots - Winnie Grogan
Kids - Ellis Nicholson
Cadets - Chriss Matthews Jinto

Most Improved of the Year:
Kids - Willow Grogan
Cadets - Mia-Rose Brackenbury
Adult/Junior - Izabela Kusyk

Student of the Year:
Kids - Ruslan Vincukovs
Cadets - Dacie Redman
Adults/Junior - Olivia Green

Fighter of the Year:
Nesta Baxter

Fantastic achievements over the course of this year for all our amazing students and athletes. A big thank you to everyone for your continued support. Looking forward to an even better year in 2024.

All set up ready for the Christmas presentation and fight night

Any Business or Anyone able to donate a raffle prize to be drawn at our Christmas Presentation Evening. All funds raised go to help our fight team in helping them pay for tournaments with our sport all being self funded every little helps. Anything will be greatly received and appreciated.

Well done those who took their Black Belts today, hard work pays off 🥊🥊🥊 finishing a very tough grading with very nice lunch

BLACK BELTS underway with run and fitness first. Good Luck 🥊🥊🥊

"The future of kickboxing will always be bright, when we stay focused, determined, optimistic and confident in our dreams, in our future.
We live by and within the values of respect, discipline, inclusivity and tolerance.
In the world today, sport has a vital role to play to unite communities and focus on the positive aspects of life.
𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐊𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐛𝐨𝐱𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐚𝐲!"
Roy Baker,
WAKO Predsident

With absolute pride we present to you our 2023 senior team !
What a week, what a team!

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WAKO Kickboxing World Championships 2023 in Albufeira, Portugal
Nesta receives her LC Bronze 3rd place today, very proud of you with 16 very strong opponents in your category you left it all on the mats with some fantastic fighting. 👏🥉

WAKO Kickboxing World Championships 2023 in Albufeira, Portugal Day 4
Fantastic well done Izabela coming away with a very well earned Silver 2nd place. Very proud coaches 👏👏👏

WAKO Kickboxing World Championships 2023 in Albufeira, Portugal Day 4 Update🇬🇧
After some fantastic fighting Nesta wins Bronze 3rd place in her LC well done great fighting, very proud Coaches. Nesta unfortunately won’t progress to the Semi’s in her KL after a very strong tough fight she comes away with a very well earned 4th place. Very proud of you Nesta 👏👏👏

Izabela Kusyk wins the Semi Final and is through to the World Championship Final against Marianna Kovacs (HUN) which will be today at 14:49 on Tatami 2

Watch below⬇️
https://www.wakolive.com/wc2023.html

Izabela wins through to the finals with an 11 to 1 win 👏👏👏
WAKO Kickboxing World Championships 2023 in Albufeira, Portugal Day 4

Izabela Kusyk (GBR) vs Yvette Schlotfeldt (RSA) Tatami 4 at 10.22

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WAKO Kickboxing World Championships 2023 in Albufeira, Portugal Day 4 Update🇬🇧

Today Izabela will be fighting in the Semi Final and hopefully Final whilst Nesta will be fighting in the Quarter Final of her Kick Light and Semi Final of her LC.

Izabela Kusyk (GBR) vs Yvette Schlotfeldt (RSA) Tatami 4 at 10.22

Nesta Baxter (GBR) vs Larisa Slemensek (SLO) LC Tatami 2 at 10.25

Final of Izabela’s Category Tatami 4 at approximately 13.20

Nesta Baxter (GBR) vs Amelia Cymerman (POL) KL Tatami 2 at 17.01

Watch live below⬇️
https://www.wakolive.com/wc2023.html

WAKO Kickboxing World Championships 2023 in Albufeira, Portugal - Quarter Finals
After some fantastic fighting sadly Emily didn’t make it through today, very proud of you Emily
Emily Gregory (GBR) vs Stefani Megerle (GER) on Tatami 4 at 15.55

Nesta wins
WAKO Kickboxing World Championships 2023 in Albufeira, Portugal - Quarter Finals Day🇬🇧

Nesta Baxter (GBR) vs Deirdre Connolly (IRL) on Tatami 2 at 12.37

WAKO Kickboxing World Championships 2023 in Albufeira, Portugal - Quarter Finals Day🇬🇧

After successful wins for Nesta and Em in the round of 16 against Venezuela and Australia they are fighting today in the Quarter Finals.

Nesta Baxter (GBR) vs Deirdre Connolly (IRL) on Tatami 2 at 12.37

Emily Gregory (GBR) vs Stefani Megerle (GER) on Tatami 4 at 15.55

Watch live below⬇️

https://www.wakolive.com/wc2023.html

Great fighting today well done Nesta & Emily very proud of you both 👏👏

Emily wins in the 1st round with a 10 clear great fighting
PF 084 S F -70kg
Emily Gregory (GBR) vs Sara El Hekma (AUS)

Nesta wins with some outstanding fighting. 👏👏
LC 140 S F -65kg
Nesta Baxter (GBR) vs Waleska Pannizzo (VEN) T3 @12.37

WAKO Kickboxing World Championships Update 2023 in Albufeira, Portugal for Evolution Martial Arts🇬🇧

LC 140 S F -65kg
Nesta Baxter (GBR) vs Waleska Pannizzo (VEN) T3 @12.37

PF 084 S F -70kg
Emily Gregory (GBR) vs Sara El Hekma (AUS) - T4 @16.01

Watch live⬇️

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Coaches meeting ,draws ,wada seminar and training session done all looking sharp and ready to go smash it 🥊🇬🇧👊🏻let’s go GB

All weighed in medicals done at Wako world championships and checked in fuel up and ready to go

Peterborough Series
Great day today of fighting finishing the year off with everyone having some great fights. Well done you are all truly amazing leaving it all on the mats with very happy coaches
Gold 🏆 = 7
Silver 🥈 = 5
Bronze 🥉 = 5

Ruslan 1 x Gold 🏆 & 1 x Bronze 🥉
Kaden 2 x Silver 🥈🥈
Alfie 1 x Bronze 🥉
Willow 1 x 2nd Open Weight 🥈 & 1 x Bronze 🥉
Ellis 1 x 4th
Chris’s 1 x 4th
Jessica S 1 x Gold 🏆 & 1 x Silver 🥈
Mia-Rose 1 x Gold 🏆
Daniels 1 x 4th
Dacie 1 x Gold 🏆 & 1 x Bronze 🥉
Azarael 1 x Gold 🏆
Jack 1 x Silver 🥈 & 1 x 4th
Jessica L 1 x Gold 🏆
Andrew 1 x Gold 🏆 & 1 x Bronze 🥉
Julia 1 x Runner Up
Massive thank you to Nige, Damian and Emily for some great coaching for all the parents for your endless support and finally to Andy Hicks and his team for a great tournament Peterborough Championship Series

Great Team Training Session yesterday with lots of good rounds of sparring ahead of Em, Izabela and Nesta attending the World Championships in one week👊

THANK YOU
On behalf of the juniors that went to the Kickboxing Europeans Championships Olivia, Andrew & Emily and the Adults going to the Kickboxing World Championships Izabela, Nesta & Emily. We would like to say a massive thank you to everyone that has trained with them, helped them, supported, fund raised and donated to them in helping them achieve their goals. Thank you Coaches Linda & Nige 🥊🥊

CIMAC SUPERLEAGUE
Yesterday saw the last CIMAC for 2023, what a great end to the year. Very proud coaches see the team leaving everything on the mats with some great performances.
Julia 2 x Gold 🏆🏆 + 2 x Grand Champion
Theo 1 x Gold 🏆 + 1 x Grand Champion
Dacie 1 x Silver 🥈 + 1 x Grand Champion
Azarael 1 x Silver 🥈
Jack 1 x Silver 🥈
Emily 1 X Gold 🏆 1 x Bronze 🥉+ 2 x Grand Champion
Andrew 1 x Gold 🏆 1 x Silver 🥈 + 1 x Grand Champion
Olivia 2 x Gold 🏆🏆 + 2 x Grand Champion
Em 1 x Bronze 🥉 1 x Grand Champion & Fighter of the Year
Izabela 1 x Silver 🥈
Fantastic results to end 2023.
Massive thank you to Nev and all his team for another great tournament