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KARATEKA ADMITS CHILD ABUSE
 By
Luke Robbins
A FAMOUS Karate instructor has pleaded guilty to abusing young pupils
and
possessing indecent photographs of children.
Henry Cook, known as Harry, was the head of the Seijinkai Karatedo
Association,
and is a 7th Dan black belt in both Shotokan and Goju Ryu systems....
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MARTIAL
NEWS UNDER CYBER ATTACKBY Luke
Robbins
MARTIAL News suffered a vicious and sustained cyber attack that saw the
popular newspaper offline for eight weeks.
The attack started at the beginning of December and continued into
January with more than 1400 separate malware and virus attacks on the
paper's website and company computers and systems...CLICK
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NORTH EAST FIGHT COMMUNITY BATTLE
FOR CANCER GIRLBy
Phil Doherty
THE
North East fight community is to do battle in aid of
a three-year-old girl fighting a rare form of cancer that left her
unable to
walk.
After
hearing of the plight of brave Zara Fort fight show organiser James
Casey
posted up on Facebook an idea to hold a fight night in her home town of
Washington...
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TKD'S
SARAH STEVENSON AWARDED MBE By
Luke Robbins
TAEKWONDO champ Sarah Stevenson has been awarded an MBE in the New
Year's honours.
The world champion - who lost both her mum and dad to cancer last year
- has just rejoined the Great Britain squad in Mexico City to prepare
for the 2012 London Olympics...
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pictures
of battleground
HERE are the pictures from Battleground MMA and Kickboxing show held in
Alnwick late last year.
Editor Phil Doherty
said: "They were due to appear on the December
first edition but due to a cyber attack on site we couldn't post them
up...
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NATIONAL
NEWS AND
BRIEFS
WARRIOR
GATHER FOR CLUB COMPETITION
By Martial News Reporter
WARRIORS
Grappling
Academy has held a club championships.
The event
took place ar
the Swale Martial Arts Club, East Street, Sittingbourne, Kent, on
Saturday, January 21st.
The
competition was
divided in to three disciplines, Judo, Sambo and MMA...
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By Luke Robbins
THE UCFC
confirmed that hard hitting
American
heavyweight Joseph Woods will be
competing at UCFC3.
The event will be held on March
17th.
Joseph who fights
out of Chuck Parmelees Gym, Sioux
City, Iowa,
said: "I am looking forward to competing
in the UCFC and putting a show on for the supporters of MMA in the UK...
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BSBB
HOLD GRADING PRESENTATION EVENTSBy
Phil Doherty
THE
Burns
School of Black Belts recently held grading presentation events.
The adult session was held at the BSBB
Whitley Bay Academy
while childrens' session was
held at Heaton Manor High
School,
Heaton, Newcastle.ensei
Rick Burns said: "We normally hold presentations on the Saturday...
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BAMMA
ANNOUNCE THREE PRELIMINARY FIGHTS
 By
Martial News Reporter
BAMMA has announced three of its preliminary fights for BAMMA 9.
The awesome Andrew Punhon will be facing the undefeated Rough House
fighter Matt Howard.
While Colin "Freakshow" Fletcher, a Jiu-jitsu fighter, will be facing
Jason "Daddy Cool" Ball a boxing exponent who also has a background in
Capoeira, Escrima and Jeet Kune Do...
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fight match up Service
By
Luke
Robbins
A NEW
service for both fighters and show promoters is being launched.
Fight
Match Ups will hunt out fighters for shows looking to fill out a card
as well
as offer fighters to shows.
Dave Price,
of Fight Match Ups, said: "This is an exciting new services that will
offer shows looking to fill cards a much wider net to find
competitors...
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MARTIAL
ARTS CENTRE PLAN FLOORED BY COUNCIL
By
Martial News Reporter
A PLAN to turn a
closed-sports facility into a martial arts centre have
been knocked down by a council.
Sensei Scott Allbright, Aikido instructor and
former world champion, wanted to convert the disused athletes track and
facility into £3m martial arts centre and cultural attraction...
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BUSHIDO JUDO STUDENT OF THE YEARBy
Luke
Robbins
BUSHIDO
Judo has presented its Student of the Year Award to Robert Stuart.
Robert,
15, was presented with his award by 4th Dan Maureen Carnaby on Sunday,
January 11th.
The
ceremony was at the Burnside Community College, Wallsend, North
Tyneside...
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KARATE
INTERNATIONAL JAILED FOR SEXUAL ABUSE
By Martial News Reporter
SHOTOKAN
Karate international Liam O'Grady has been jailed for five years for
sex abuse.
The
Karate Union of Great Britain international was jailed at York Crown
Court for grooming and sexually abusing a 13-year-old female student.
He
had previously been found guilty by a jury...
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DANA
WHITE CHALLENGES WEB HACKERS
 By
Darren Currah
DANA
White laid down the gauntlet to web hackers after they successfully hit
the UFC's website.
The
outspoken UFC President called hackers from the web group Anonymous
"cowards" and dared them to do it again.
The
row started after White tweeted in the Anonymous' news feed
"YourAnonNews" accusing them of hiding behind a screen name...
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STORY
MMA FIGHTER'S DEATH WILL NOT SEE
SPORT MADE ILLEGAL
 By
Martial News Reporter
THE
death of an American MMA fighter will not see the sport's banned in
Ontario,
officials have said.
Salvador Flamenco died in a sparring season in Vancouver, Washington,
United
States. According to reports he died from a blunt head trauma.
"At this point, I don't think it will be an issue here," Ontario
athletics commissioner Ken Hayashi told the Citizen Monday...
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SEGHILL AND BATTLEHILL
JUDO HOLD GRADING COURSE
By
Luke Robbins
SEGHILL
and Battle Hill judo club have successfully held a course and grading.
The course saw students put
through their paces by four shodan black
belts, Billy
Snowdon, Steve Smith, Damien
Anderson
and Darren May at Seghill Institute Community Centre, Main Street,
Seghill,
Northumberland...
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PIERRE FORCED OUT OF UFC 143 BY
INJURY
By Martial News Reporter
GEORGE
St-Pierre has been forced out of UFC 143 by a
serious injury.
The Canadian MMA-star
will now be out of the Octagon for at least ten months.
He is suffering from
an
anterior cruciate ligament injury.
Now the UFC have
booked
his original opponent Nick Diaz to face Carlos Conduit
for an interim belt.
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ROBBER GETS MORE THAN HE BARGAINED
FOR...
 By
Martial News Reporter
A
WOULD-BE
robber got more than he bargained for when he tried to hold-up an UFC
fighter.
According
to
police, Anthony Miranda, 24, tried to rob the fighter at gunpoint in
the
Southwest Side, Chicago...
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STORY
MMA
INSTRUCTOR TAKES OUT INTRUDER
By Martial News
Reporter
AN
MMA instructor floored an intruder who was trying to get into his home
containing his wife and children.
Eric
Zamora sprang into action after hearing a commotion outside his home in
Culpeper, Virginia, United States.
While
watching TV he heard footsteps at the back of his house, with his wife
asleep
in the TV room and his young children asleep upstairs, Eric went to
investigate...
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CYBORG SUSPENDED AND FINED AFTER
FAILING DRUGS TEST
By Martial News Reporter
STRIKEFORCE'S
featherweight champion Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos has been suspended and
fined after failing a drug's test.
She
was sanctioned by the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) after
she tested postive for stanozolol metabolites at a title defence on
Strikefporce's show on December 17th...
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INSTRUCTOR WINS THIRD BRITISH TUKIDO
TITLE
By Sean O'Connor
AN instructor has won his third Tukido title in a
row at a national championships.
John Cook took the
top spot in his category at the British Tukido
Championships for the third year.
The event was held
in Paisley, Glasgow, Scotland, last month...
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KARATE
instructor cleared of raping teenager
By Martial News
Reporter
A
KARATE instructor
has been cleared of rape of one of his teenage
students.
Shukokai
expert
Archie Grassom had been accused of rape by one of his
female students as well as indecent assault and indecency with a child.
A
former detective
constable with Kent Police, Sensei
Grassom, 5th Dan, saw his name totally cleared by a jury at Canterbury
Crown Court...
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STORY
ju-jitsi
club celebrates anniversary with fRee classes
Luke Robbins
KESSHIN
Kai Martial Arts Club is celebrating its 15th anniversary with free
classes in Ju-jitsu and Nunchaku classes.
The
club
changed its name from the Lakeside Ju-jitsu Academy at the start of the
year to reflect that it nows teaches Nunchaku and Kobudo as well as the
grappling and throwing system...
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ALISTAIR
OVEREEM CHARGED WITH BATTERY
 By
Darren Currah
ALISTAIR
Overeem has been accused of a
battery.
The
UFC heavyweight is alleged to have
pushed a woman in the face inside the Wynn Hotel, Las Vegas, United
States.
According
to reports he has been charged
with one count of misdemeanor
battery. This follows his TKO
win over Brock Lesnar on December 30th...
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MARTIAL ARTIST USED SKILLS TO RESIST
ARREST...
By Martial News Reporter
A COURT heard how a
martial artist used his skills to resist arrest at his home.
Daniel Downey, 66, a doctor of Psychology, was said to have abandoned
his car
after getting drunk following an assault on him.
He was drowning his sorrows after he had to forego a training weekend
after he
was attacked in a hotel by a couple in Wolverhampton...
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KARATE CLUB HOSTS TRAINING OPEN
SEMINARBy
Sean
O'Connor
A
KARATE club has hosted an open training course.
Kirkburton
Karate Club held the
course on behalf of the British Institute of Karate Organisation.
The
course saw senior members of
BIKO executive committee attend to discuss both the national team and
future of
the group...
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DOUBLE
BLOW FOR KARATE INSTRUCTOR
A
KARATE instructor suffered a double blow when her dojo
was flooded and a tree crushed part of her house.
Sensei Land Fourie, 38, was clearing up flood damage at the Colchester
Karate
Academy at the Cowdray Centre, Colchester, when neighbours rang to tell
her a
tree had fallen onto her house.
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