{"id":15461,"date":"2016-11-29T16:51:38","date_gmt":"2016-11-29T16:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=15461"},"modified":"2016-11-29T16:51:38","modified_gmt":"2016-11-29T16:51:38","slug":"fairwater-leisure-centre-hosts-wkus-welsh-rumble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2016\/11\/29\/fairwater-leisure-centre-hosts-wkus-welsh-rumble\/","title":{"rendered":"Welsh Kickboxing Union stages Welsh Rumble in Fairwater"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE\u00a0sixth Welsh Rumble took place at Fairwater Leisure Centre on Sunday, organised by the Welsh Kickboxing Union.<br \/>\nThere was a range of disciplines on show, including taekwondo, points kickboxing &#8211; where competitors receive points for making contact with their opponent&#8217;s body or head &#8211; and continuous kickboxing, where competitors fight for a set time before a winner is announced.<br \/>\nOver 300 fighters, some as young as five and as old as 50, took part in 53 age- and height-based categories from raw beginner level to advanced.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15467\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15467\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-15467\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/KBoxing-1024x766.jpg\" alt=\"Two adult novices face off on the dojo\" width=\"960\" height=\"718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/KBoxing-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/KBoxing-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/KBoxing-770x576.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/KBoxing-500x374.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/KBoxing-293x219.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/KBoxing.jpg 1027w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15467\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-15467\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/KBoxing-1024x766.jpg\" alt=\"Two adult novices face off on the dojo\" width=\"960\" height=\"718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/KBoxing-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/KBoxing-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/KBoxing-770x576.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/KBoxing-500x374.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/KBoxing-293x219.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/KBoxing.jpg 1027w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/noscript> <strong>Two adult novices face off on the dojo at Fairwater Leisure Centre.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nThe most recent\u00a0Welsh Rumble had taken\u00a0place in Bridgend in March, and the biannual competition is becoming a staple of the Welsh kickboxing calendar.<br \/>\nThe event was organised by President of the WKU Jeff Copp, a seventh-degree blackbelt in taekwondo and kickboxing.<br \/>\nA\u00a0keen boxer during his stint in the army, he took up taekwondo when he was demobbed in 1969.<br \/>\nJeff is quick to\u00a0recommend taking up kickboxing or taekwondo to anyone.<br \/>\n&#8220;The benefits are countless,&#8221; he said. &#8220;You improve your discipline, fitness, health, attention span, deportment, coordination, confidence, team work, and of course self-defence.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE\u00a0sixth Welsh Rumble took place at Fairwater Leisure Centre on Sunday, organised by the Welsh Kickboxing Union. 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