Martial artists have taken another step towards their coveted black belts at the Gracie Barra Hastings Brazilian Jiu Jitsu academy writes Rob Griffin. Four members received their next coloured belts from head instructor Paul Bridges in a grading ceremony held at the school’s permanent home in Earl Street. A further ten were awarded ‘degree stripes’ […]
Martial artists have been battling each other in the soaring temperatures at a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu interclub tournament writes Rob Griffin. The submission-only event, which featured 21 thrilling matches, was hosted by the Gracie Barra Hastings BJJ academy in Earl Street. The competitors, which included fighters from sister club GB Hailsham, were matched based on […]
It was a phenomenal night of family entertainment in Battle Memorial Hall on Saturday night as the students from the Hastings based Extreme World Wrestling Academy put on a show that had the capacity audience on the edge of their seats – and even out of them! The packed bill mixed students of the EWW […]
Top young wrestling talent from in and around Hastings will get its chance to shine when Extreme World Wrestling (EWW) stages a unique event in Battle Memorial Hall tomorrow night. Stu Allen, the man behind EWW, calls the event his ‘academy show’ because it’s the night when the young wrestlers who train week-in week-out at […]
Just a year ago Hastings’ newest senior football team was gearing up to play its first match in division three of the East Sussex football league and club chairman and team manager Neil Sutcliffe was feeling just a little bit nervous. “This was something new for us and something really big,” says Neil, “we’d all […]
Top young wrestling talent from in and around Hastings will get its chance to shine when Extreme World Wrestling (EWW) stages a unique event in Battle Memorial Hall later this month. Stu Allen, the man behind EWW, calls the event his ‘academy show’ because it’s the night when the young wrestlers who train week-in week-out […]
Lupo Lee is the first to admit he’s just an ‘arrogant street punk’. He’ll tell you proudly how he recently got involved in a brawl with the man who has made him what he is today and then ran off – stealing £5,000 from his mentor in the process. But Lupo Lee is just a […]
When Ore Village Primary Academy decided to host a ‘breakout afternoon’ last week Hastings Kickboxing Academy (HKA) was there to lend a hand and to let the youngsters have a first hand taste of the sport. The idea of the breakout afternoon was to break away from the curriculum and encourage children to try new activities, 32 […]
It was a big weekend for Hastings kickboxer Dan Brown who scored a knockout win in his first full-contact fight. Hastings Kickboxing Academy instructor Carl Denne says: “Dan has been training very hard over the last few months and this showed in his performance.” After winning a few light contact fights over the last year, […]
