Fight Prep: Heading for the XX Open International Polish TKD Championships

Next fight’s up: this time, we’ll go to Cestochowa and take part in the [XX Open International Polish TKD Championships]. So far, the team consists of Chris, Frank, Alex and me. Now Frank and Chris are veteran, it’s the same guys I went to the [Open European Champions] with last year. Alex on the other … Fight Prep: Heading for the XX Open International Polish TKD Championships weiterlesen

Event report: Shinergy[battle] Winter 2012, 2012-12-15

The eventLast saturday (2012-12-15), the Shinergy[battle] winter 2012 was held in Amstetten, Lower Austria. The event was also something of an opening ceremony for [Dietmar's] [new dojo]. First, the children (-10 years) competed in contests that relied on agility, speed and technical skill. Then, the youngsters (+10 years) had some semi-contact sparring.From my school, there … Event report: Shinergy[battle] Winter 2012, 2012-12-15 weiterlesen

Fight analysis: WKF National Championships ’12 Lukas P., Full Contact, Fight #2

After defeating Jakob in the semi-finals of this years WKF national chmapionships in full contact kickboxing, I went on to face Andreas K. from the Fight Club Graz for a 3 round bout.You can find Andreas on his club's website.OverviewPoint-wise, I dominated that fight from the beginning. Andreas is a good boxer, but I just … Fight analysis: WKF National Championships ’12 Lukas P., Full Contact, Fight #2 weiterlesen

Fight analysis: WKF austrian Open ’12 Lukas P., Light Contact, Fight #2

After defeating Alfredo in the semi-finals, I was up against Yuri, a slovakian fighter. Yuri's pretty young and exceptionally talented. Also, he's really tall for the -71kg division, which is a great advantage especially in light-contact fights.Having seen Yuri perform in the semi-finals, my coach and I decided it would be best to keep the … Fight analysis: WKF austrian Open ’12 Lukas P., Light Contact, Fight #2 weiterlesen

Fight analysis: WKF austrian Open ’12 Lukas P., Light Contact, Fight #1

My first opponent at the WKF Austrian Open 2012 was Alfredo S. from Venezuela. It'm been one of very few times that I faced a fighter who wasn't taller than me. Competeing in the -71kg division (rather than -75kg) definately is a good idea for me. Granted, there's still a lot of tall guys around … Fight analysis: WKF austrian Open ’12 Lukas P., Light Contact, Fight #1 weiterlesen

Event Report: WKF National Championships 2012, Villach

So on saturday I competed in the WKF national championships 2012. Took silver in the -71kg full-contact kickboxing division. Overall, our team did pretty well, in terms of medals: The resultsThomas ReissShinergy[liesing]Semi-Contact MASTERS (+35years)SilverFrank ZaunerShinergy[zone wien]Semi-Contact -75kgGoldSemi-Contact -86kgBronzeAndreas MehicShinergy[stadlau]Semi-Contact YOUTH +71kgSilverLight-Contact YOUTH +71kgBronzeLukas PezenkaShinergy[stadlau]Full-Contact -71kgSilver          My 2 centsNot too shabby in my opinion, … Event Report: WKF National Championships 2012, Villach weiterlesen