GMAC will host the first of this years inter club competitions on Sunday 25th March.  Our inter club event is a series of three competitions we hold over the course of the year.  These competitions focus on developing our junior students, and giving them a head start in competition, in a safe and friendly environment.  The competition is split into four different age categories;  4 – 6 years, 7 – 8 years, 9 – 10 years and 11 – 13 years, with further splits for grade and height, ensuring each student is given the best opportunity to learn and gain confidence in their own abilities and further their development.

Closing date for entries is Tuesday 20th March.  A full time table will be available after the closing date.

GMAC Competition Entry Form

We had our first of two annual black belt grading’s on Saturday 3rd March at our Livingston gym.  Luckily the recent snow subsided and the grading was able to go ahead as planned.  First up was a written exam, with both candidates being given 1 hour in which to complete.  The second part was the practical test, a two hour test of their technical knowledge and ability of patterns, step sparring, self-defence and kicking, culminating in a series of board breaks using both hand and foot techniques.

We are very please to congratulate Mr. John Melrose on his promotion to 1st degree, and Mr. Colin Cupples on his promotion to 2nd Degree.

Combative Single Stick seminar at GMac Martial Arts in Livingston, 24th March 2018, 11.30am – 3.30pm.  

The stick is one of mans oldest & most versitile weapons. 

On this seminar I’ll be teaching a toolbox of techniques & drills that could be applied in self defence with many different objects, & that will help to enhance your martial arts training, even if you have no prior stick training.

All are welcome, contact us here to book.

The ITF Scottish Championships were held over the weekend of 17th / 18th February at Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility in Motherwell.  With 54 competitors from GMAC taking part, over the two days.

First up on the Saturday were our Junior competitors, those 13 years and under.  We got off to a great start with a one-two placing in the first category of the day, with a trend being set for the rest of the weekend ahead.

Jakub Krug who was competing in the 7 years and under category, had a great competition, placing first in his age category, winning the title of Best Competitor Male 7 years & Under 2018, with 2 Gold and 1 Silver medal.

Jakub Krug: Best Overall Competitor 2018. Male 7 years & under

Pictured receiving his trophy from Grand Master MacCallum, when he came along on Sunday to also support his team mates.

Sunday saw the turn of our teens & adult competitors, who followed the lead set by our junior members, the previous day.

Results from the competition saw GMAC take home 27 Gold, 25 Silver and 23 Bronze medals.  And Best Overall Club.

What a truly great effort and achievement by everyone involved!

A full list of results can be downloaded here:

SC095SS – GMAC Martial Arts_Scottish 2018 Results

On the 24th Feb our Uddingston Gyms Boxing Team, travelled through to Penicuik, Edinburgh to fight for the UBBF Semi Pro European Boxing Title.

First up we had Daniel Baird fighting at 60kg and given it was only his second fight he went out there and stopped the lad in the first round with a great body shot. The night was off to a great start.  Next up was Scott Furley fighting at 74kg, sadly Scott’s fight was scored a Technical Draw due to a cut in the opening seconds of round two. The two lads came together in the corner clashing heads opening a inch long cut above Scott’s right eye. Doctors stopped the fight for safety reasons.

Next up was the big one, Andy McKenzie taking on Stu Campbell from Dundee for the Vacant UBBF European Semi Pro Boxing Title.  Andy fought very well from round 1 to 5 and got the decision, winning every round on all judges score cards!

We had only went and done it….. Andy was crowned champion and picked up a stunning European title strap.

See picture above, Mr Dickson was happier than Andy by looks of things!

We held our first grading’s of 2018, on Saturday the 10th February, with graduations for our Little Ninja and Kickin’ Kids, and then on to a grading for our Taekwon-Do students.

We’d like to congratulate the following students on their promotions:

LITTLE NINJA’S

Promoted to Nifty Ninja (Yellow):  Kalirose Templeton, Michael Hill and Jackson McDonald.

Promoted to Speedy Ninja (Orange): Daniel McCafferty, Ayden Beyden and Jude Scott.

Promoted to Cool Ninja (Green):  Kianna Sprott

Promoted to Super Ninja (Blue):  Max Watson, Holly Rees Nicol and Caleb Lynch.

Promoted to Top Ninja (Purple):  Danyal Haq and Daniel Piekarski

Promoted to Ace Ninja (Red): Jake Sher

Promoted to Champion Ninja (Blue):  Jonathan Maciver

KICKIN’ KIDS

Promoted to Quick Kicker (Yellow): Jaxson Drysdale

Promoted to Cool Kicker (Green):  Zara Campbell

Promoted to Super Kicker (Blue):  Finn Cooper and Eve Cooper

Promoted to Ace Kicker (Brown):  Gemma Gordon and Nickolas Brown

Promoted to Premier Kicker (Red):  Connor McCullagh

TAEKWON-DO

Promoted to 9th Kup:  Hope Currie and Erin Burns

Promoted to 8th Kup:  Courtney Murphy

Congratulations to you all!

Our Kickboxer’s travelled to compete at the WKA Scottish Championships in Perth on Saturday 10th February.   After a long day they returned with the following results:

WKA Scottish Champion in Continuous Sparring:-
Iain O’Hare
Jaimie Singleton
Megan Brown

WKA Scottish Champion in Points Sparring:-
Jay Jervis

WKA Vice Champion in Continuous Sparring:-
Oliwia Loza
Steven Mair
Charlie Leask

Bronze medals also picked up by:-
Ethan Drysdale for Continuous
Jay Jervis for Continuous
Steven Mair for Points

Kyle and Steven Lynch were also competing, but unlucky not to progress.

Congratulations to all those who took part.

We’ve had a little trouble with the website recently, but all seems to be fixed now, thanks to our resident IT specialist.

So watch out for lots of post coming soon….