It’s Showtime – Fast & Furious Tournament 70kg max

Date: September 24, 2011

Place: Brussels, Belgium

For the first time in history to organize IT'S SHOWTIME brings you the "Fast & Furious MAX '70kg event. 3 victories will give the winner € 50,000! At the moment Andy Souwer is training hard and we're hoping for a victory. André Mannaart is committed to make him all ready for this important event. The draw is as follows:

Quarterfinals:
A) Artur Kyshenko vs Gago Drago
B) Andy Souwer vs Harut Grigorian
C) Murat Direkci vs Chris Ngimbi
D) Robin van Roosmalen vs Chahid Oulad el Hadj

Halve finales:
E) Winnaar A vs Winnaar B
F) Winnaar C vs Winnaar D

Final :
Winnaar E vs Winnaar F

After the tournament, you will find the report and photos here on the site! Also you can look at the site of Andy himself: www.teamsouwer.com, or It's Showtime: www.itsshowtime.nl.

Soema Na Basi

Date: August 26, 2011

Place: Paramaribo, Surinam

On the 26th of August the Soema Na Basi event took place in Paramaribo. This event was organized by SLAMM!! This was the first organized A-level Thai boxing tournament. There were quite a few big names participating. Raemon Welboren and Miloud El Geubli travelled together with their trainer André Mannaart to Surinam to represent Mejiro Gym Amsterdam. Eventually Raemon lost on points, but he was the audience favorite. Miloud had to seize during the final because his opponent pinched his finger in Miloud's eye.

Pictures and the report can be viewed here.

Training weekend – Mejiro Gym Friesland

Date: August, 26, 27&28 , 2011

Place: Terschelling, Holland

In the weekends of 26, 27 and 28 august the annual training weekend of Mejiro Gym Friesland took place. A group of avid kickboxers went along with Sensei Stefan Berkenpas to Terschelling, where they have trained hard for three days. On Friday afternoon there was once a good start with 25 km cycling, prints and engineering exercises in the sea, and after a good meal they had a few rounds of sparring. Saturday morning an early wake up to make a trip on the mountain bike through the forest (preferably not on the paths!), then on to a lake where the group was one hour kickboxing. There they got the assignment to lift someone who sat on a pallet and ran him around the lake. Saturday night there was time for relaxation and on Sunday it was time for the last training: 10 rounds of hard sparring! It was a great weekend, you can view the photos on our Flickr Album. If you want to be there next time: keep an eye on the site!