We would like to inform everybody that the last lesson for 2022 will be on Thursday 22 December at Kelsey Kerridge.
The first session for 2023 will be on Tuesday 3 January at Kelsey Kerridge.
CARISMA and its instructors wish a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all members and their loved ones, looking forward to seeing you all back for a fantastic beginning of 2023.
In case you would like to join CARISMA in the new year please read this post about the next beginners’ course
(L to R) (back row) Mikail, Jack, Oliver, Yifei and Christopher. (front row) Daniel, Antonio, Muriel with head coach Massimo and corner assistant Mila.
On Sunday the 29th May CARISMA sent a team of 8 keen kickboxers to the Swaffham Beatdown 3, a kickboxing competition organised by Trevor Davis who is the head coach at the Swaffham Kickboxing Academy. It was a great day for CARISMA with a rich collection of wins and proud moments to bring home.
Daniel Coward, Antonio Pintilie and Jack Sheehan won brilliantly their first ever fight. Same for Muriel Gehring who recently joined the club while studying in Cambridge; she accepted to fight twice and won with relative ease both the first and second fight of her kickboxing career. Christopher Jackson, the more experienced CARISMA athlete at this event, also accepted a double fight who he secured both victories with unanimous decisions. Yifei Liu accepted a boxing fight due to lack of opponent in kickboxing; he draw against a visibly more experienced opponent. Mikail Sheikh lost again fellow CARISMA fighter Antonio who had to put serious effort to secure this victory. Last, but surely not least, Oliver Wilson lost his first fight against a taller, heavier and visibly more experienced opponent who nonetheless had a good run for his money.
Massimo Gaetani, head coach for CARISMA, commented “I am so proud of these great results and the amazing experience that these fighters had, some as young as 14 years old” and he added: “after 2 years of slow or no activities due to the pandemic we are back to training as hard as ever and bring home great results from these regional competitions”.
CARISMA is announcing the Town vs. Gown Kickboxing tournament to be held in CAMBRIDGE at the North Cambridge Sports Centre on 26 Feb 2022, starting at 2:30PM sharp.
The town represented by CARISMA will be challenging members from both university clubs: Cambridge University Kickboxing Society and Anglia Ruskin University Kickboxing Club.
Each fight will be pre-matched, taking into account gender, weight and experience, following the Wako international weight categories and Kickboxing Light Continuous rules. Each fighter will take part in a 3 rounds bout fight in the ring (beginners 1 minute, intermediate 1.5 minutes and advanced 2 minutes)
We are looking forward to members of all these club to come forward and take part is this unique opportunity. Please click on this link to fill up the application form and enter your details. Alternatively you can scan the QR code with your phone and go straight to it. All applications should be in by Friday 18 February.
We would like to inform everybody that the last lesson for 2021 will be on Thursday 23 December at Kelsey Kerridge.
The first session for 2022 will be on Sunday 2 January at Kelsey Kerridge.
CARISMA and its instructors wish Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all members and their loved ones, looking forward to seeing you all back for a fantastic beginning of 2022.
In case you would like to join CARISMA in the new year please read this post about the next beginners’ course and book your place for it.
We are pleased to announce that from Monday 2 August 2021 we are re-starting our sparring sessions which were cancelled in February 2020.
We are looking forward to seeing many of you back from Monday. Time and location on the Schedule Page.