Battle of the Dojo 7

[R. Devane]

Hey - this is coming up Sunday week. That's Sunday 12th October 2008 at MAI D.15 from 1pm to 4pm.

www.martialartsinc.com/BOTD7.pdf

Super opportunity to get some experience and to meet other members. Everyone is welcome to compete or to support.

[dkidd]

Yeah guys many people whinge about not getting any sparring or enough com,petition experience so here it is as the expression goes 'use it or lose it'

[jaycramer]

looking forward to it, its all experience.

[sdoyle]

Im in .

I think this is a great opertunity for anyone thinking of entering their first competition. Best of the best a couple of weeks ago was my first comp, and i have to say it gave me a big confidence boost and a different outlook to the way i want to train.

Make that first jump,and you'll want to do it again and again.

[R. Devane]

Best of luck to everyone competing this Sunday. Even if you're not competing, don't forget to come on down and show your support - you never know, you could be competing at the next one. The trophies are ready and I'm really looking forward to the day. I'm especially looking forward to the submission grappling section which should be a bit of fun. See you here.

[R. Devane]

I forgot to say: Anyone looking for a lift from D.7 to D.15 make sure you are at MAI D.7 before 12. There will be a few people meeting up there and there will be plenty of room for passengers. They will leave at 12 so make sure you are not late.

[Deleted]

And don't forget, there's no group classes on Sunday in D7 because of it! If you were planning to do a class, why not go down to the D15 studio instead? It's a great chance to see some high standard kickboxing for all levels.

[Kiefer.c]

yep best of luck everyone - go out and get as much experience as possible - and use it to destroy everyone at the next competition in november!!
it will be a good day have fun and enjoy - see you all there

kiefer

[Christopher M.]

This will be my second comp. but my first away from the club (if that makes sense) I'm really excited but nervous at the same time. it should be fun

[jaycramer]

thanks to all the instructors once again for a great competition , and to all involved with making it happen as there is a lot of organisation involved and it was very well run so thanks again, and well done every one who competed,

[louise devane]

Good afternoon everyone ,
What a day yesterday , everything went smoothly and of course everyone did well yet again , as James said on his post "there is alot of organization involved" and that is quite true , to make everything go smoothly we plan these events early in the year . Plus the hard job is to motivate everyone to just jump in and do it . At the end of the day a club competition is a great way for us all to get together and enjoy a day as a whole club . Lots of clubs wouldn't bother putting on competitions for members , and we care here in MAI to give our members the opportunity to gain valuable experience to compete at other competitions . I just want to say thank you to everyone who not only competed , but who came down and supported the event . We have alot of new members that are new to sparring and they jumped in and gave it a bash , and a big fair play to you all , some people were injured and gave it a go too . So a huge pat on the back and a very well done to you all . It was a great day , well done everyone again , and those who missed it , you did miss a whopper of a day . Have a super day everyone . Back to work now .........

[stephenlarge]

Thanks to Robert et al for organising yesterday. Well done to everyone that took part especially those jumping in for the first time its never easy! Congrats to all the winners on the day and the overall grand champions for setting the bar for the rest of us to aspire to. Don't know about the rest of you but I am still knackered - its always worth it though.

[ciarans]

Thanks again to everyone for organising/reffing etc, it was as usual a great day. Congrats to all the new competitors too I was amazed at the level of the new guys!

[Stuey.K]

Hey,Thanks to all the instructors and everybody involved in the competition, well done everybody! great day thanks a million

[stephenw]

Hey, Just want to say thanks to Rob and all the instructors who put on a great competition. It was extremely well organised. Ive never been at a competition that flowed so well. It was extremely well organised and really catered well for both competitor and spectator. Hence we were not there all day!!!

Have to say, I felt the standard was very high especially in my section, the mens coloured belts. It was really tough and Im feeling it today.

Fair play to the lads in the brown/black section who came on after us and competed after working all morning/day and showed us a serious level to aspire to!! I for one was very impressed!!!

Big shout out to keith, a serious instructor who did class in all three disciplines. Thanks for all the help, ill see in november.

[sdoyle]

hey,

Big thanks to everyone involved in organising Battleof the Dojo 7 It was a great day, i really enjoyed it. ;D

Well done to everyone who competed.

[Deleted]

i woud lik 2 say tanx 2 all the instructors 4 setting up a fantastic day

(the reffin was better than the other competitions in the past)

there was some great fights aswell

[Kiefer.c]

hey,well done to everybody who competed on sunday - and those of you who came to show your support (ain't the easiest thing to do on a sunday)..
i was well immpressed with the standard of everybody on the day - very well done,keep the sparring up and keep competing - the more experience you get the faster and better you will progress..

BIG thank you to robert for organising to day again not the easiest thing to do...

hope to see more people in the sparring class - the next competition is 6 weeks away so keep training and i hope to see you all at the dojo . . . .

kiefer

[DeclanE]

Well done to Rob and everyone involved in the planning and on the day admin for Sunday's event.
I was very impressed with the standard and commitment shown by all those who took the big step of actually getting in the ring.
An inspiration to us all !!

[Deleted]

Hi all - well done to everyone that got in and gave it a go (not as easy as it looks huh) .thanks to all the spectators that showed up and got vocal. More of this support the next time we compete outside and inside the dojo.