At the WAKO 30th Anniversary Gala Dinner, Sharon was presented with her 3rd Dan Black Belt in Kickboxing. This was presented to her by the head of WAKO GB to reflect her many achievements in the sport and her years of dedication. It is a well deserved honour for a someone who has done so …
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The first competition of the year and it was a busy one! Hundreds of competitors from across the country and a high standard. Team Bristol fought very well and came away with 10 gold, 9 silver and 3 bronze medals. Rio Williams – 2 x gold and 1 bronze Liam Holden – 2 x gold …
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Sharon Gill won her 6th individual world kickboxing title at the 2015 WAKO World Championships in Dublin, Ireland. Once again she showed the world that she is the best, with some incredible fighting. Her speed, movement and skill were too much for her opponents and she won her final fight by a wide margin, scoring …
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7 of our students have just got back from representing Great Britain at the WAKO Junior European Championships in Spain. To have that many selected for the British squad shows how good these young fighters are, but on top of that we came away with 1 gold and 4 bronze medals. It was a great …
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A great day for GB Fit students and Team Bristol at the WAKO British Championships. Everyone fought so well: Sharon Gill – Gold Rio Williams – Gold Lauren Howie – Silver and bronze Ishana Moores – Silver and bronze Harvey western – Bronze Liam Holden – 2 x Silver Harvey Tyler – Bronze Izzy Whitmore …
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Eight primary schools across Bristol attended Day 2 of the Art of Being Brilliant, Brilliant Bristol project yesterday at the Bristol Rovers Memorial Stadium. Brilliant Bristol aims to inspire Year 5 children to choose to adopt a positive attitude, become more confident and to raise levels of happiness. The project is being delivered by Andy …
Another great set of results for Team Bristol in Athens this weekend. Some Brilliant results for GB Fit students. Hayden Challenger – 3 x single fight golds Rio Williams – Silver Ishana Moores – Silver and 2 x Bronze Lauren Howie -Silver and Bronze Harvey Western – fought very well against some very tough competitors, …
Last night Sharon, Dan and several students went to a wushu seminar held by Coach Xia who is over from the legendary Wong Fei Hung School in China. We joined other Lau Gar students and instructors from across Bristol and had a brilliant night. Was great to learn something from a different style of kung …
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A great set of results from the Italian Golden Glove competition this weekend by GB Fit Co Founder Sharon Gill and stars Aston Cook and Cory Cook. Sharon – 1st, 2nd and 3rd places Aston Cook – 1st and 2 x 3rd places Cory Cook – 2nd place Well done guys!