Previous News From the S.M.T.N.

=14 November 2006
Referee & Judge assessment course, Tony Myers (Head Referee & Judge - UK) has been scheduled in for the Sunday 3rd December, for the second and final part of the Referee & Judge course. This course will expand on the first course, giving more detail on scoring and applying scoring criteria with specific examples where confusion may arise. There will be a 1.5 hour assement at the end, and those passing the assessment will be included into the approved Judges list that is given out to promoters during the run up to a major event. You can attend this seminar even if you haven’t been to the first part, you will however not be able to take the assessment. (more info)

=13 November 2006
Lions Den III, , Singto’s own Interclub will be held on the Saturday 9th December. The fifth and final event for this year, is starting to heat up with some of the biggest names in the country heading our way. This will be a serious event to be a part of, so if you havent already, let me know you want to fight! (more info)

=12 November 2006
Club Christmas Dinner, will be held at Royal Cambridge Hotel on the Thursday 14th December. We haven’t held a dinner for the last two years, so this year we are going all out. There will be drinks, prizes and the full trimmings, at a very genourse hotel managers discount. Normaly £45 a head, we have been able to secure tickets for less than half of that, juniors will be subsadised by the club, and everyone is guarenteed a Christmas present.Dont miss this party. (more info)

=11 November 2006
English Champions Second Outing, on the up and coming WMTO show in Birmingham - 18th November. Eliot’s hard training over the last two weeks in Thailand should show during this fight, just how much he has come on. We are expecting another win from Eliot, as nothing less will do. His fight schedule got a boost whilst in Thailand, as he has now been asked to compete at Rangsit stadium in April, during the Songkran festivities, the event will be broadcast live through out Thailand. This, and the three interclubs scheduled, along with his run up fight in February on the Master Sken show should leave Eliot in a prime position to challenge for the English Title in June ‘07.

=10 November 2006
Club In-House Course’s, we will be running these speciality sessions throughout November. Handwrapping (includes Twins Handwrapps) on the 15th, Basic Padman course on the 22nd, Fighters Pre-Fight Massage (includes a bottle of Thai Oil) on the 29th, all courses run from 8.15pm and includes cetification. (more info)

=9 November 2006
Well done to the following, Eliot South, Reza Mowarram, Christopher Arnold, Shaun Crick, Thomas Billinge, Steven Stoleworthy, Mark Careless, Zoe Pashley, who passed their 2nd Grade - Yellow, Reza Mowarram, Mike Powell who passed their 3rd Grade - Green, Adrian Powell who passed his 5th Grade - Blue/Yellow. The next will be on Saturday the 27 January for all grades.

=8 November 2006
Welcome, to the 10 new members who joined our club last month.

=7 November 2006
Christmas & New Year’s, we will be finishing on Wednesday 13th December and returning on the Monday 8th January. As we head into 2007, we have decided to make some serious changes to the club times, prices (no price change for existing members) and policy. Please make sure you check out the new training times and prices which will start to appear on the website in late December, early January (can also be found on the notice board in club). The most important thing for the moment, is that from the start of next year we will be starting sessions at 7pm (not 6.30pm), there will be an all new kids session early on Wednesdays, and that Saturdays is having a complete change around.

=6 November 2006
WMC Fighters Training Thailand Tour, was for me a very hard going tour. Being stuck in a class room for upto 9 hours a day, studying, in my favourite country, was a killer. However, I have now been qualified by the WMC as National Level Referee & Judge, hitting 91% and gaining an ‘A’ grade (pic 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6). Everyone else it seems had a blinding tour, finishing their last week on Kho Samui partying (and calling me up, to let me know how much of a good time they where having) like there was no tomorrow. That just leaves one thing, Songkran ‘Party Animal’ Tour April ‘07! Yep, you guessed it, I have got some partying to catch up on, the next tour is not for the weak! If you havent already been to Thailand, then make 2007 the year you explore Thailand. Check out our sister site www.thailandtours.co.uk for all of the information you may require.

=5 November 2006
Max Whyte 1st Assistant Instructor, after a gruelling ten hours of training, course work, seminars and exams, Max completed his 9th Grade - Brown/Red. He has now been given the prestigous title of Assistant Muay Thai Instructor for the Singto Muay Thai Network. Max will now be available for private 1-2-1’s, running class’s, and helping prepare fighters for competition. Well done Max, you deserve it! (Pic's Certificate, and Pose )

=4 November 2006
Kidz ‘Just kick it!’ free memberships, are still available to the next 10 students to sign up. Thats right, we are giving away yet more memberships to kidz aged 6-12 years of age, who are interested in taking up the art of Muay Thai. The all new merit badges and Kidz certificates are going down a storm with the juniors. It is hoped that from next year, we will have enough young hopefulls to start a brand new juniors only interclub called ‘Kidz Kombat’. We already have three other gyms interested, and over the next couple of months I will be working hard to get the numbers up, more info soon.

=3 November 2006
Monthly Prize Quiz, see if you can answer all the questions right on our new forum, and win yourself a pair of New Limited Edition Gold Singto Thai Boxing Shorts. Adrian Powell won September’s shorts, no-one won October’s though.

=2 November 2006
2007 - Whats coming up?, next year is starting to look fully booked up for seminars, gradings, courses, tours, interclubs, taster sessions, fight nights, demonstrations and training away days. Here is just a snippet: training in Bretta - Holland at the Dekkers Gym with Rammon Dekkers, Tony Myers Judge & Refereeing Seminars, Tony Mores Krabi Krabong & Muay Boran Seminars, Songkran ‘Party Animal’ & WMC Fighters Tour, Wing Chun taster session, Eliot on Master Skens fight night, demonstrations for three colleges & two schools, and our very own interclubs ‘Kidz Kombat’ & ‘Pain and Glory’. So if you where thinking about changing hobbies... THINK AGAIN!

=1 November 2006
Insurance Renewals, N.Hess, O.Hewitt, A.Burns, A.Farrant, B.Traylor, B.Beale, C.Muckle, C.Swain, C.Howe, H.Martin, H.Shepherd, J.Sharpe, J.Adams, J.Lees, J.Hulyer, J.Njenje, K.Canham, K.Taylor, M.Delamare, M.Campbell, N.Meidanis, P.Scaith, P.King, R.Dutton, S.Elliot, S.Littlechild, D.Mayes, A.Gent, A.Sangetta, R.Gent, J.Tucker, T.Sambrooke, J.Thorne, J.Feja, A.Clarkson.
Your insurance's are due for renewal by the end of November.

(It is essential that your licence book is up to date. As you will not be able to train, grade, fight or attend seminars without a current license. It is your responsibility to keep it up to date ).

Confusious says;
"...Come to the edge, he said. We are afraid, they said.
Come to the edge, he said. They came to the edge,
He pushed them and they flew..."

=9 September 2006
Lions Den II, Singto’s own Interclub will be held on the 9th September. The fourth event this year is starting to heat up, with some of the biggest names in the country heading our way, this will be a serious event to be a part of. So if you havent already, let me know you want to fight! (flyer)

=8 September 2006
English Champions First Outing, on the up and coming Master Skens show in Manchester - 24th September. Eliot South will be the first of the English Champion hopefulls to compete on a fight night. Eliot was spotted by Mst Sken at his interclub last weekend, as was asked to compete. This event will be broadcast on channel five, and live direct to Thailands TV7 station. Those wanting to go, tickets will be available from the club and fighter. Well done Eliot, chin down, guard up, knock em out! (flyer)

=7 September 2006
Referee & Judge assessment course, Tony Myers (Head Referee & Judge - UK) has been scheduled in for the 3rd December, for the second and final part of the Referee & Judge course. This course will expand on the first course, giving more detail on scoring and applying scoring criteria with specific examples where confusion may arise. There will be a 1.5 hour assement at the end, and those passing the assessment will be included into the approved Judges list that is given out to promoters during the run up to a major event.

=6 September 2006
Club Shorts and Jackets, all the new club shorts are in. There are 5 new styles of shorts available, 2 new training jackets, and the new Kidz merit badges are also in. You’ll also start to see the all new instructor style shorts (4*styles) in and around the club, for easier identification of who’s who. Show your true colours, represent the club and get kitted out. (shorts)

=5 September 2006
Welcome, to the 8 new members who joined our club last month.

=4 September 2006
Insurance Renewals, N.Hawthorn, C.O'Rourke, S.Delamare, N.Hess, O.Hewitt, P.Doyle, T.Hand.
Your insurance's are due for renewal by the end of September.

(It is essential that your licence book is up to date. As you will not be able to train, grade, fight or attend seminars without a current license. It is your responsibility to keep it up to date ).

=3 September 2006
Website updated, after such a long wait, the designers got their heads knocked together. Although the site is still being updated and worked on (grading, news, events, links, women, books, movies, Ramakian.......) , the majority of the site has been completed. There are three new pages; Ramakian, Books and Movies. The last two have been moved from their hiding place on the old Thailand page. There are so many updates that it would take all day to list, so for now, browse, enjoy and comment on any of the things there, or missing. (To all the mac users having problems with the drop down menus, this will be sorted on the next update).

=2 September 2006
Christmas Dinner, what already? Yep! We havent held a dinner for the last two years, and have been offered a reservation at one Cambridges most prestigous hotels by their head manager. The date, menu and price are all still being aranged as we speak. One thing is for sure, this will be one party not to miss. More details soon.

=1 September 2006
Kidz ‘Just kick it!’ free memberships, are still available to the next 5 students to sign up. Thats right, we are giving away yet more memberships to kidz aged 6-12 years of age, who are interested in taking up the art of Muay Thai. We have now also included merit bages into the Kidz class, to show their progress and achievments within the Art. Contact me for more details. (kidz class)

Confusious says;
"...without the ninth, all of the other weapons are useless..."

=31 August 2006
Ajarn Tony Moore Seminar, was one of the most fantastic seminars I have been to in years. The seminars main focus was Krabi Krabong, but we finished the session of Muay Boran from the Buddhai Swan institute. As one of the students commented ‘Its like the final pieces of the jigsaw just fell into place’, and I couldnt agree more. There are very few instructors in the world, let alone in the UK that I would feel comfortable calling Ajarn, but Ajarn Tony Moore is one of them! He did infact just seem to make things fall into place, humble, enthusiastic and knowledgeable... thankyou. ( pic 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

=30 August 2006
The Lion Den, on the 15th July. The third Singto Intertclub this year was great, with several new gyms attending and a great number of new Singto students debuting. Thanks to everyone who attended, see you at the next one. (pics).

=29 August 2006
Well done to the following;
Anne Arnold, Anthony Arnold, Karl Graham, Mike Power, Roz Bullman, who passed their 2nd Grade - Yellow
The next will be on Saturday the 7th October for all grades.

=28 August 2006
Monthly Prize Quiz, see if you can answer all the questions right on our new forum, and win yourself a pair of New Limited Edition Gold Singto Thai Boxing Shorts.
Ian Lawson won August’s shorts.

=27 August 2006
Basic Padman Course, well done to Justin Hickman, Shaun Crick, Mike Power, Chris, Ann and Tony Arnold for completing the course on the 10th July. The course will be run again later in the year, keep an eye on the news letter and forum for more info.

Confusious says;
"...Student - Bag, Bag - Student, meet your new best friend..."

=10th July 2006
Basic Padman Course, on the 10th July. If you havent already attended this course, and you don't feel confident holding the Thai kick pads, then this course is a must for you! It is held after training on Monday, and you will receive a certificate (info).

=9th July 2006
The Lion Den, is on the 15th July. The third Singto Intertclub this year is starting to heat up, with some of the biggest names in the country heading our way in July, this will be a serious event to be apart of. So if you havent already, let me know you want to fight! (flyer).

=8th July 2006
Ajarn Tony Moore Krabi Krabong Seminar, for the first time in East Anglia! Ajarn Tony Moore the highest ranking authority on Krabi Krabong outside of Thailand, will be coming to our club on the 19th August. Ajarn Tony will cover the various weapons used in the Krabi Krabong system and the connection between Krabi Krabong, Muay Boran and Muay Thai.THIS IS NOT TO BE MISSED!!! (flyer).

=7th July 2006
Nottinghill Carnival, party, party, party! Every year we attend and join in the celebrations held at Nottinghill Gate - London. If you have never attended make this year the year you go, relax, kick back, enjoy the music, food and atmosphere with me. Everyone is to meet at the Cambridge train station around 11am Sunday 27th August, and we bundle on down. So come on blow, blow your whistle!! (info)

=5th July 2006
WMC Fighters Training Thailand Tour, initial deposit is required now! If you havent already been to Thailand, then make this year the year you explore Thailand. Check out our sister site www.thailandtours.co.uk for all of the information you may require. The general outline for this tour: one week in Bangkok training at the WMC Headquaters, and one week in Kho Samui training at the WMC International Headquaters.

=4th July 2006
Club clothing, a massive order has gone in. There will be three new styles of club shorts, three new ladies only Thai shorts, four new instructor style shorts, two new style jackets, two new manga t-shirts, and all of the usual quality items you expect! Everything is due the first week in August, so fingers crossed, we should all be wearing the new stuff soon. (info)

=3rd July 2006
Welcome, to the 6 new members who have joined our club this month.

=2nd July 2006
Insurance Renewals, N.Hawthorn, A.Powell, C.O'Rourke, S.Delamare, N.Hess, O.Hewitt, P.Doyle, T.Hand, R.Holmes.
Your insurance's are due for renewal by the end of July.

(It is essential that your licence book is up to date. As you will not be able to train, grade, fight or attend seminars without a current license. It is your responsibility to keep it up to date ).

=1st July 2006
Monthly Prize Quiz, see if you can answer all the questions right on our new forum, and win yourself a pair of New Limited Edition Gold Singto Thai Boxing Shorts.
Ruben Garnica won July's shorts.

Confusious says;
"...walk quietly, and carry a big kick..."

=12th June 2006
New Website Design, in progress! We are currently trying to update our website through out, which may cause a small amount of inconvience for the next couple of weeks. So I appologise now - Sorry! However from what you have already seen, I hope that the small inconvience for the short period will be acceptable. You can still find all pages to our website via the navigation links at the bottom right of everypage. We are still working on the feel and look of the drop down menus at the top of the page, which will be finished soon. Please also take a closer look at the new 'Image' (previously Images) page, which has been totaly revamped to give a better understanding of us, the art and my thoughts. Enjoy!

=11th June 2006
3 New English Champions, in training! After a four hour audition, test and interview the final three students where chosen. They will not only be the focal point for training from me, but also the faces for Singto Muay Thai. Between now and next July '07, they are more than likely will have trained and fought at every large city in the country. For all of their highs and lows, I will be right there with them, and with the support from fellow student members (you), they will go on to become the new English Champions. To Max Peeble(66kg), Eliot South(72kg) and Rob Holmes(63kg) - good luck and we wish you all the best with your goal!

=10th June 2006
Kru Tony Myers Seminar, Judging and Refereeing has been confirmed for Sunday 25th June. This seminar is a must for any fighter, instructor or Muay Thai enthusiast! £20 for two hours with UK's leading expert, this is an essential seminar which must not be missed. Know the rules, Know the real deal! (flyer)

=9th June 2006
Singto English Champions, the "audition" is on the Sunday 11th June (6.30am - 'First in, last out'). Remember this is open to everyone and anyone, no matter what your skill, fitness, strength, sex, colour or age. We are looking only for those who have the heart!

=8th June 2006
2nd Grading 2006, the next open grading will be on Saturday 8th July. If you have any questions about your grading, get them asked before its to late. Please let me know in advance that you wish to grade.

=7th June 2006
Get fit for Summer plan, naughty naughty naughty. Well it seems that a few of you (ahem) and me, have been at the pork pies. With no one successfully loosing the 10kg as required, the Kidz in Thailand are gonna be getting a load of new kit (£200) to play with in October. Well done to everyone who did take part, especially Ann who joined in late and still managed to loose 3kg!

=6th June 2006
Lion Den, is on the 15th July. The third Singto Intertclub this year is starting to heat up, with some of the biggest names in the country heading our way in July, this will be a serious event to be apart of. So if you havent already, let me know you want to fight! (flyer).

=5th June 2006
Welcome, to the 25 new members who have joined our club this month.

=4th June 2006
Insurance Renewals, N.Hawthorn, A.Powell, C.O'Rourke, S.Delamare, N.Hess, O.Hewitt, P.Doyle, T.Hand, E.Jacobs, R.Holmes.
Your insurance's are due for renewal by the end of June.

(It is essential that your licence book is up to date. As you will not be able to train, grade, fight or attend seminars without a current license. It is your responsibility to keep it up to date ).

=3rd June 2006
Monthly Prize Quiz, see if you can answer all the questions right on our new forum, and win yourself a pair of New Limited Edition Gold Singto Thai Boxing Shorts.
John Sim won May's shorts.

=2nd June 2006
Savate Taster, by Ollie Batts was a great success. Everyone got involved and tried this unique Martial Art of France. A big thank you to Ollie and team for their time and patience, we all learnt a lot!

=1st June 2006
World Muay Thai DodgeBall Championships II, ahh those little juniors did it again. They managed to pull a second win over the adults in a very impressive display of dodgeball. Well done the juniors.

=31st May 2006
Singto Birthday BBQ, it rained and it poured, but that didnt stop a large number of you turning up to celebrate the 3rd year of Singto. Thank you all for comeing.

=30th May 2006
Max Whytes E.M.F. Title Shot, was cancelled due to his opponent pulling out! We have requested that the fight be rescheduled for the next KO Amatuer show in August (6th). This will hopefully give his opponent all the time in the world to sort out his fears!

=29th May 2006
Just 'Kick It' ! - Singto Kidz Club, is going form strength to strength. A very enjoyable class to teach in, something new and exciting for me, and I am loving it! We have successfully filled all of the original sixteen spaces provided by the Community Champions grant, and we are now offering a further four students the opportuity to join in the Kidz class's for free. If you know of anyone who may be interested, then contact me! (see here)

Kru Dar says;
"...we train together, we learn together, we grow together..."

=15th May 2006
President Ollie Batts Savate Taster, will be held on the 31st May! This will be the second Martial Arts taster sessions that we have held. This years session will be Savate Boxing, the original French Martial Art of Sailors. You will need to bring your trainers to this session. Come along and try something new! (flyer)

=14th May 2006
Just 'Kick It' ! - Singto Kidz Club, went off with a blast! We now have 10 new junior students, and a whole load of new enthusiasm. The kidz aged 5 to 10 had an excellent day of training, in and out of the boxing ring. However, we still have six memberships to give away!! So if you know any child who's parent will allow them to come and train, please tell them to contact me asap! Lets not let these sessions goto waste, contact me!

=13th May 2006
Kru Tony Myers Seminar, Judging and Refereeing has been conifrmed for Sunday 25th June. This seminar is a must for any fighter, instructor or Muay Thai enthusiast! £20 for two hours with UK's leading expert, this is an essential seminar not to be missed. Know the rules, Know the real deal! (flyer)

=12th May 2006
Ajarn Tony Moore Krabi Krabong Seminar, for the first time in East Anglia! Ajarn Tony Moore the highest ranking authority on Krabi Krabong outside of Thailand, will be coming to our club on the 19th August. Ajarn Tony will cover the various weapons used in the Krabi Krabong system and the connection between Krabi Krabong, Muay Boran and Muay Thai.THIS IS NOT TO BE MISSED!!! (flyer).

=11th May 2006
School of Hard Knock's 2, is on the 20th May. The second Singto Intertclub this year is starting to look even bigger than the first. The Singto Interclubs have become well known throughout the East and South of England, as a quality event to take part in. So if you havent already, let me know you want to fight! See here for the (flyer).

=10th May 2006
Max Whytes E.M.F. Title Shot, is in its final stage of completion. Max has been training hard for this fight, and I am in no doubt he will win this next fight. It will be held at the KO Gym Tottenham, on the 28th May. Tickets will be available on the door. Make sure you give him the support and encouragement he needs.

=9th May 2006
Savate Boxing Taster, it is hoped that on the 10th May we will be holding another one of our Martial Arts taster sessions. This years session will be Savate Boxing, the original French Martial Art of Sailors. Come along and try something new!

=8th May 2006
Kru Tony Myers Seminar, once again Kru Tony will be running his much desired Judgeing & Refereeing Seminar. Kru Tony Myers is the highest ranked official here in the UK, and I am requesting all Singto fighters, aspiring new instructors, and anyone else interested in the real Muay Thai rules, to make sure they attend this Seminar. Dates are still to be confirmed.

=7th May 2006
Singto Birthday BBQ, remember the clubs birthday bbq is on the 27th May. The invititaions and maps will be going out shortly. If you have never attended one of the clubs BBQ's, I hope that you would do me the great honour in attending this one. As it will be the third time my home will be opened to you, my students!

=6th May 2006
World Muay Thai DodgeBall Championships II, this will be the second of its kind anywhere in the world! If you missed the first one, then you missed an excellent day of FUN! We will be holding the second one on the 21st May, and this time the adults are gonna kick the current champions butts, the juniors.

=5th May 2006
Monthly Prize Quiz, see if you can answer all the questions right on our new forum, and win yourself a pair of New Limited Edition Gold Singto Thai Boxing Shorts. No one won April's shorts.

=4th May 2006
Welcome, to the 6 new members who have joined our club this month.

=3rd May 2006
Insurance Renewals, N.Hawthorn, A.Powell, C.O'Rourke, S.Delamare, I.Ffrench, A.Green, D.Roberts, M.Keeble, M.Miah, N.Hess, O.Hewitt, S.Lake, D.Hall, K.Kwepile, N.Parker, N.Burley, P.Doyle, T.Hand, E.Jacobs. Your insurance's are due for renewal by the end of May.

(It is essential that your licence book is up to date. As you will not be able to train, grade, fight or attend seminars without a current license. It is your responsibility to keep it up to date ).

We have a huge number of membership forms waiting to be sent off, which have not got the required passport pictures. If you have not supplied your pictures yet, please do so asap!

Kru Suriya Sak says;
"...The Roundhouse Kick - the trademark offensive technique of Muay Thai,
The Elbow - by far the most effective of all the Muay Thai techniques,
The Knee - is one of the most dangerous weapons in Muay Thai,
Push Kick - the most versatile weapon of Muay Thai..."

=26th April 2006
Singto's Training is Back, and will start this Wednesday. So make sure your there to try out the new 'Kings' range of kickpads and gloves. The new kids training equipment is now in and will be available to use this Wednesday only, as a trial to session to the all new Singto 'Just Kick it!' kidz class starting May 6th.

=25th April 2006
Get Fit for Summer Plan, I will be weighing everyone in next Monday, to see how everyone has been doing. Remember you have only 27 days (22nd May) to make the weight, so come on in and make sure you start turning up to the harder Friday and Saturday sessions to drop those final kilos.

=24th April 2006
Songkran Thailand Tour, was excellent. Make sure you check out the Club Forum and the Thailand Tours website for all of the tours pictures and gossip! We will be running another tour in October for two weeks, which will co-incide with the Thai festival 'Loi Khatong'. Make sure you check out the new tour later on next week, W.M.C. Fighters Training and Adventure Tour '06.

=23rd April 2006
Deputised Assistant Instructors, I would like to say a big thank you to the lads that kept the club running during my stay in Thailand. By all account, you have done me proud! Well done to Max, Adrian and Ben.

=22nd April 2006
Max Whytes E.M.F. Title Shot, is in its final stage of completion. Max has been training hard (as well as helping run the class) for this fight, and I am in no doubt he will win this next fight. It will be held at the KO Gym Tottenham, on the 28th May. Tickets will be available on the door. Make sure you give him the support and encouragement he needs.

=21st April 2006
Birthday BBQ, remember the clubs birthday bbq is just around the corner. The invititaions and maps will be going out shortly. If you have never attended one of the clubs BBQ's, I hope that you would do me the great honour in attending this one. As it will be the third time my home will be opened to you, my students!

=20th April 2006
School of Hard Knock's 2, is on the 20th May. The second Singto Intertclub this year is starting to look even bigger than the first. The Singto Interclubs have become well known throughout the East and South of England, as a quality event to take part in. So if you havent already, let me know you want to fight! See here for the flyer.

=19th April 2006
Just 'Kick It' ! - Singto Kidz Club, The Community Champions funded sessions will run from the 6th May and will allow the first 16 new applications to have a free membership package; which includes training and use of equipment for a ten week period.

Any parents with a child, who is seriously interested in learning Thai Boxing, and can commit themselves to ten consecutive weeks of training, please contact me for further information. (see here & here)

Please hurry as spaces are now very becoming limited!

=1st April 2006
Well done to the following;
Ian Lawson, Chris Swain who passed their 2nd Grade - Yellow
Nucharee Rudkin who passed her 5th Grade - Blue/Yellow
Max Whyte, Cormac O'Rourke who passed their 8th Grade - Brown/Green
(after 3 hours of examination, these two passed this grueling grade - grappling & sparring)

The next grading will be on Saturday the 1st July.

=31st March 2006
Grading Syllabus, the conclusive 11th Grade - Red/Silver Senior Instructor has just been added. The other grades have had their usual touch ups, and although I am still working on the 9th/10th Grade, I feel that the Grading Syllabus is just about complete. Enjoy!

Kru Praeng says;
"...the beauty of Muay Thai is that it is a flowing style,
open to change as long as the basics are strong..."

=26th March 2006
SOHK's 2, is already in the pipeline for 20th May, so if you havent made it on to one of our events, or your interested in getting involved in the next show, please get in contact with me asap! There are already new gyms attending the next show, including MeeGee Muay Thai. (flyer)

=25th March 2006
School of Hard Knocks, was simply the biggest event to date for us. With fighters coming from Leeds, Woking, Essex, Central London and localy, there was just so much talent to see on the day. With some 200 spectators, 17 fights, 34 fighters, both male and female, aged 4 yrs to 44yrs this was truely a magnificent event for us. Thanks to everyone who attended.

=24th March 2006
Thailand Tour '06, there is only a week togo before six people from the club jet off to the Far East. If for whatever reason you have not yet been on one of the Thailand Tours, make sure 2007 is the year you go! (www.thailandtours.co.uk)

=23rd March 2006
Techniques page, the grading syllabus is still in its infancy and has faced many changes through out the last three years. With the final two grades still being tweaked to perfection, ensuring a well rounded and comprehensible instructor will be produced. I have completed several of the grade descriptions, adding pictures where I have had them.

This is a long term project that will hopefully be completed by the end of the year. It should serve as a wealth of information for anyone interested in Muay Thai, or Singto Muay Thai's own style. (here)

=22nd March 2006
Deputised Assistant Instructors, in order to keep the club up and running whilst the Thailand Tour is happening this year. There will be a small army of deputised students who will act as assistant instructors in my absence. Remember, treat them with the respect that they deserve, and keep training hard!

=21st March 2006
World Muay Thai DodgeBall Championships, the first of its kind anywhere in the world! If you missed it, then you missed an excellent day of FUN! We will be doing this again on the 21st May, and this time the adults are gonna kick the current champions butts. The juniors managed to pull victory out of no where in the final round, and pummelled me to take victory.

Confusious says;
"...Muay Thai in the hands of a good person is beautiful,
but in the hands of a bad person it is deadly..."

=4th March 2006
Double Gold, a very big well done to Patrick Scaith for his recent double gold medal win at the recent English Shan Dao Championships. He will be competting on the 18th March to seal a place on the British Shan Dao Team. (see here) It's not just about Muay Thai, its about self!

=3rd March 2006
New Heating Equipment, there are now new heaters installed at the club, to help combat the British weather. Come on in and soak up the heat!

=2nd March 2006
ITKBA Fight Cancelled, after three months of solid training and hard work by Marcus Delamare. His opponent pulled out of the fight three days before, with some tragic family news. We wish him all the best, we also hope that Marcus will keep his head up and look forward to the next fight.

=1st March 2006
4 New English Champions, have you ever dreamed of being the next English Champion? If so, we will be holding auditions in June for a new Singto Muay Thai English Champion at 4 different weight levels.

"Audition?" I hear you cry! Yes, Audition! Sometimes the best get over looked and sometimes the not so good get picked. We want to save time, and choose the right students to get the job done.

The audition are open to anyone, and will involve several tests to be performed, if you do well, you will be picked!

We are offering the opportunity, the support, the commitment and one years free training! (see here)

Confusious says;
"...Aim High, with Singto Muay Thai..."

=28th February 2006
Bouncing Back, after a very shaky start to the year, its good to see so many of you back with a new lease of life and lust for Muay Thai. There have been so many changes and improvements to our current location that you need to come and take a look for yourself, things just keep getting better and better every month. If your not already involved, GET INVOLVED!

= 27th February 2006
School of Hard Knocks, Singto's 2006 interclub to be held on the 18th March has already sold out! There is no room for any more fighters, if your not already involved, then you are only going to be able to watch. With 60 fighters coming from Leeds, Birmingham, London, Woking and localy. This is sure to be a banger of an event. Dont miss it! (flyer)
SOHK's 2 is already in the pipeline for 20th May, so if you havent made it on to this event, or your interested in getting involved in the next show, please get in contact with me asap! There are already new gyms attending the next show, including MeeGee Muay Thai. (flyer)

= 26th February 2006
I.T.K.B.A. Southern Area Title Shot, Marcus Delamare will be competing at the up and coming event 'Time for Deliverance III' at the Wembley Conference Centre on the 12th March. Make sure you come give him your support, get your tickets now!

=25th February 2006
World Muay Thai DodgeBall Championships, 2pm Sunday 19th March is the day where it all goes down. The very first championship for the acclaimed World Muay Thai DodgeBall title, who will win, who will be the best, and who will be the losers. Let me know if you have the balls - (see here).

=24th February 2006
1st Grading 2006, the next open grading will be on Saturday 1st April. If you have any questions about your grading, get them asked before its to late. Please let me know in advance that you wish to grade.

=23rd February 2006
Just 'Kick It' ! - Singto Kidz Club, The Community Champions funded sessions will run from the 6th May and will allow the first 16 new applications to have a free membership package; which includes training and use of equipment for a ten week period. Any parents with a child, who is seriously interested in learning Thai Boxing, and can commit themselves to ten consecutive weeks of training, please contact me for further information. (see here & here) “This is a big step forward for our club, as the Olympics are just around the corner, and hopefully these juniors will be the future of the Great Britain Thai Boxing Team.” – Kru Ryan.

=22nd February 2006
Monthly Prize Quiz, see if you can answer all the questions right on our new forum, and win yourself a pair of New Limited Edition Gold Singto Thai Boxing Shorts. David Mayes won February shorts.

=21st February 2006
Welcome, to the 5 new members who have joined our club this month.

=20th February 2006
Insurance Renewals, K.Blackburn, N.Hawthorn, A.Powell, C.O'Rourke, S.Delamare, P.Dickinson, J.Miller, J.Maryszczak, N.Naphurat, A.Maher, A.Tomlinson, A.Wells, A.Sklair, C.Arnold, D.Hall, D.O'Leary, D.Hawthorn, D.Wells, G.Davies, G.Smith, J.Smith, J.Marsh, L.Ding, M.Whyte, M.Noble, N.Jones, R.Garnica, S.Seabrook, S.Lines, S.Smith Your insurance's are due for renewal by the end of March.

(It is essential that your licence book is up to date. As you will not be able to train, grade, fight or attend seminars without a current license. It is your responsibility to keep it up to date ).

=19th February 2006
Picture of the Month, every month I am going to pick a picture that captures something funny, or touching to me. This months picture is that of summer, Thailand and relaxing. See here & See here

=18th February 2006
Website of the month, Just 'Kick It' ! - Singto Kidz Club. This is our new website, dedicated to the junior stars of the future. At the moment it is just an information website, but hopefully as things develop with the new junior class, so will the junior website.

Kru Tony Moore says;
"... Always question your instructor but never doubt them..."

= 31st January 2006
WE ARE BACK @ The Mallet, so get off your ass cause we are back! Training will resume Monday 6th February 6.30pm.

=30th January 2006
School of Hard Knocks, Singto's 2006 interclubs kick off on the 18th March, and is already starting to look the best event yet. There are several new gyms taking part, and a whole load of new students stepping up to test their skills as fighters. This is surely the begining of a massive interclub year for us. Come and get involved!

=29th January 2006
'Lion Heart' hall of fame, is a new prestigous area where you can find out who has shown, in my eyes, a true Lion Heart! Two names you know well, Shai Littlechild and Marcous Delamare are the first, find out why. Click here

=28th January 2006
Cambridge University Thai Society Demo, on the 4th March our very own Muay Thai demo team will be putting on a demonstration of the fine art, in front of some 200 people Thai students.

=27th January 2006
Get fit for Summer plan, Alright summer is just around the corner, and your feeling a little over weight.. you need that extra push to get you motivated. Well here it is... If you sign up before February 27th, and manage to loose 10kg before May 22nd. You will get two months free training. So do you fancy it? Shirt off, girls looking, feeling good, looking good. Take up the challenge... What you got to loose! Are you up for the challenge?

=26th January 2006
New Members Passport pictures required, as part of the new change to become part of the UKMF and WMC, we now need to provide 2 passport size pictures with every application form. So anyone who may have become a member during November/December '05, I now require some pictures before I can send your applications off.

=25th January 2006
New 3000sqft venue, has been found and we are currently in the begining stages of arranging a new lease. The venue is centraly located, three times the size we actualy require, but is just to perfect not to attempt to get hold of the lease. Unfortunately over the Christmas we received bad news about the Howard Mallet Centre radio station area (the area in which the new gym was going to based), that the area had to be left as it is, due to a small clause in the previous lease agreement, between the council and the previous owners, that public broadcasting facilities are available.

=24th January 2006
Free Training Available, why not introduce a friend and get a free training session. Everytime you bring a friend, you will get a free training session, the more friends you bring, the more free sessions you get. And remember if you can not make it, why not get your friend a free session, by printing off our 1st session free voucher. (print me)

Confusious says;
"...Courage does not always roar!
Sometimes, it is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying,
'I will try again tomorrow'..."

=10th January 2006
No Training, for the next couple of weeks. As I have a family emergency that is taking up all of my time, and has been doing so over the festive period. I appologose for any inconvience this may cause to you. I am hopeing that all will work itself out, please do not contact me. I will update the website, post on our forum and send out emails to everyone as soon as everything is back to normal. Thankyou.

=9th January 2006
I.T.K.B.A. Southern Area Title Shot, Marcus Delamare will be competing at the up and coming event 'Time for Deliverance III' at the Wembley Conference Centre on the 12th March. Marcus has had an unfortunate run of bad luck in most of his previous fights, coming up against 4 fighters who have all gone on to be champions. I believe that with Marcus's new found commitment to training, and the prestige ring experience he has gained, he will walk away on the night, the new I.T.K.B.A. Southern Area Champion. A bus will be put on for this event, as it is expected there will be 60+ fans will be going to watch him. More info closer the time, make sure you give him your support.

=8th January 2006
Community Champion Fund grant, we have been awarded a new grant to get a new juniors (7-12yrs) class started. The grant has taken six months to be awarded, and it is hoped that the club will be able to entice many of the local youths to get involved in the new training sessions.

The grant applications main focus was to try and get as many new local young people interested in Martial Arts as possible. The Community Champions funded sessions will run from the 6th February and will allow the first 16 new applications to have a free membership package; which includes training and use of equipment for a ten week period.

Any parents with a child, who is seriously interested in learning Thai Boxing, and can commit themselves to ten consecutive weeks of training, please contact me for further information.

“This is a big step forward for our club, as the Olympics are just around the corner, and hopefully these juniors will be the future of the Great Britain Thai Boxing Team.” – Kru Ryan.

=7th January 2006
Songkran Thailand Tour ‘06, Why not make 2006, the year that you travel to the Far-East? Make this the once in a life time trip, and experience the Land of Smiles for your self! The first deposit is required by 1st February '06, with the remainder deposit required by 1st March '06. And if your still not sure, why not check out all the new pictures from the last tour here www.thailandtours.co.uk

=6th January 2006
Monthly Prize Quiz, see if you can answer all the questions right on our new forum, and win yourself a pair of New Limited Edition Gold Singto Thai Boxing Shorts. Petie D won Decembers shorts.

=5th January 2006
Welcome, to the 10 new members who have joined our club this month.

=4th January 2006
WMC & UKMF commitment, over the last year I have been involved in talks to unifi Muay Thai within the UK, joining associations, creating new associations, the future development of Muay Thai within England and Worldwide.After much thought and care, it is with pride and honour that I announce, that we are now part of the mighty World Muay Thai Council, through their UK representative; United Kingdom Muay Thai Federation.This has been discussed through our Forum, where the student (you) could have their say. This has been a collective agrement with everyone in the discussion, that the W.M.C. has the best interest of the sport at heart. I would like to thank Stephen Fox (International Co-odinator) for his time and dedication to the art of Muay Thai.

=3rd January 2006
Insurance Renewals, K.Blackburn, N.Hawthorn, L.Tomaszewski, A.Powell, C.O'Rourke, P.Liggins, S.Delamare, T.Macura, I.Ffrench, A.Holland, A.Gilby, B.Hall, C.Carroll, C.Clarkson, D.Brian, D.Franks, E.Stokes, F.Bashir, H.Adamson, J.Calder, J.Dignan, M.Richardson, P.Kazmierlzak, P.Dickinson, P.Bishop, P.Mosley, R.Stokes, R.Dignan, S.Aziz, S.Emery, T.Zhang.
Your insurance's are due for renewal by the end of January.

(It is essential that your licence book is up to date. As you will not be able to train, grade, fight or attend seminars without a current license. It is your responsibility to keep it up to date ).

=2nd January 2006
Picture of the Month, every month I am going to pick a picture that captures something funny, or touching to me. This months picture is that of hard work and commitment. Our second champion and our first English champion, Cormac O'Rourke with proud Dad. Here & here

=1st January 2006
Website of the month, World Muay Thai Council. This is the new website by the WMC, it holds all of the news, events, and information about the Worlds biggest Muay Thai organisation.