NEWS
MAY-AUGUST 2007
BJJ Seminar photos now in the Gallery, with more to be added in the next few days
WOKING 19TH AUGUST 2007
Dan Hope WIN/Ondrej Stary LOSS
Another successful night for the Lumpini Gym, with both Dan and Ondrej delivering some great peformances.
Dan was first to fight for Lumpini against last minute opponent Danny Byrne. Dan has been incredibly unlucky in the past year with his opponents pulling out days before the show, so it was great that he got a bout, so thanks to Danny for taking the fight at such short notice. In the first round, Danny came out fast looking for a war, but Dan soon found his range and went on to take every round with some great low kicks, knees and punches. Danny never gave up and stayed in the fight, but Dan was applying too much pressure for him to get back into the fight. A well deserved win for Dan.
Ondrej fought a great fight against John Edwards of the KO Gym over 5x2minute rounds. This was a very close fight, with Ondrej scoring well with punches and kicks and John scoring with knees and high kicks. The fight was level going into the 5th and this was the deciding round, John with the higher work rate took the last round to give him the victory but nevertheless a good performance by Ondrej.
18th August 2007 - Bournemouth Interclub
Well done to Toby, Dan, Matt, Michael and Craig on your first interclub bouts at Bulldog Gym in Bournemouth. Great performances by all of the lads who all exceeded expectations.
CONGRATULATIONS!!
Congratulations to the following students who have just completed the 5th Muay Thai Boxing for Beginners Course this year and have shown competence in the skills learnt
Ken Jones, Rick Hampson, Tarik Sobrany, Tom Hopkins, Tim Houlston, Wayne Martin, Michael Clarke, Helen Stanford, Pushwinder Kaur, Rachel Wixey, Sue Gray, Caterina Netti and Karen Todd.
Some of our successful beginners from MTB5.
GYM CLOSED 15TH
AUGUST 2007
The gym will be closed all day Wednesday 15th August this is in memory and respect of Stuart Wright whose funeral takes place on this date. The beginners course due to start on this date, will now start one week later on the 22nd August and will still run for the full six weeks.
Some of the many former and current Lumpini fighters/students at Stuart's funeral.
L-R Sean Toomey, Alan Keddle, Ed Daniels, Jason Reeves, Lee Kellman, Adam Grew.
Stuart Wright 01/08/1977 - 26/07/2007
It is with great sadness that we post the death of former Lumpini Kent fighter and friend to many Stuart Wright. Sadly, Stuart was killed in Iraq when his group were ambushed by insurgents whilst he was working in close protection security.
Stuart was an inspiration to all at the Lumpini Gym, when he joined the gym he was a very quiet lad, and to start with Thai Boxing did not come naturally. Then his confidence started to grow as did his talent. He then went on to fight for the Lumpini Gym and was one of the most talented fighters that the Lumpini Gym has ever had. He then joined the Royal Marines and excelled in the aspects of his new career, and spent a long period of time in active duty in Iraq. On returning to the UK, he joined the special forces (SBS) and in the last year quit the military to work as a close protection officer, where he had spent most of his time in Afghanistan. Last week he was posted back to Iraq after securing a new job.
Stuart was a respectful, talented and most importantly a person that no one had a bad word to say about. He will be sorely missed by everyone at Lumpini. Our deepest condolences and all our thoughts go to his family. Rest in Peace Stuart.
TIMETABLE CHANGES AS AT 29/07/07
The timetable will be changing, due to lack of attendance, some classes have been cancelled and due to demand new classes/courses introduced.
CANCELLED CLASSES
Monday: 6.00-7.00pm Ladies Thai boxing
Monday: 8.15-9.15pm Thai Boxing
Tuesday: 10.00-11.00am Ladies Thai Boxing
Thursday: 12.00-1.00pm Thai Boxing
NEW CLASSES
Monday: 6.00 - 7.00pm Thai Boxing for Improvers - 6 week course - to be pre booked
Monday: 8.15 - 9.45pm MMA (1hr ground skills, 30minutes stand up)
Thursday: 12.00 - 1.00pm Open Bag Session (min numbers apply and must be pre-booked)
(Please click here to see the full timetable)
New Running group sessions to take place before Tuesday and Friday's classes. Sprint and conditioning session has been proposed to take place on Saturdays - please ask at the gym for more details.
21st July 2007 - BRAZILIAN JU JITSU SEMINAR .... with Brazilian Top Team Instructors Ze Marcello and Alexandre "Xandinho" Izidro
The seminar was a great success and it is now planned to hold monthly seminars with Ze and Alexandre at the Ocean Gym. Photos were taken of the event and Sean will have these in the near future.
19th July 2007 - WEDDING NEWS
Congratulations to former Lumpini fighters Marie and Toby on their recent wedding. Wishing you both loads of luck and happiness for the future. It was lovely to see lots of the founding members of Lumpini Hampshire at the wedding.
14th July 2007 - CAGE RAGE, WEMBLEY ARENA
Tom Watson WINS
Tom 'Kong' Watson took a points win over Ed 'Smasher' Smith of Elite Gym under Pro MMA rules @86kg. Tom dominated the fight from the opening bell and displayed some great stand up and ground skills throughout the 3x5minute rounds. Tom's low kicks were devastating and buckled his opponents legs. Great result Tom - Well Done!!
You can also visit Tom's website www.kong666.com
1st July 2007 - PENZANCE, CORNWALL
Ondrej Stary WINS
Ondrej Stary competed in his first 5 round fight and took a points win over Lorne Castle of Sukhothai Gym @ 73kg. Ondrej looked like he was going to take the fight early after putting Castle down with 2 eight counts in the first round. A strong hearted Castle didn't quit and came back from the counts and pressured Ondrej to the end. Ondrej was unable to produce a third knockdown which would have ended the fight early, but his strong early rounds gave him a points win over Castle. Well done Ondrej.
Photos and DVD to follow....................................
PHOTOS OF THE EVENT TO FOLLOW.............................
3 hours of fight training, including the practicing of ring techniques and sparring. Attending these sessions will also be fighters from Lumpini Southampton, Lumpini Kent, Lumpini London and the Gorilla Academy. Also we will be inviting local world champion kick boxers and pro boxers. These sessions are free and are open to Lumpini members whether you are a fighter, wanting to fight and or wanting some hard training, please note sparring is compulsory at these sessions.