Proactive Martial Arts

From Coach Gareth:

Time for a big catch up summary - sorry for the delay! Another good night out at Canterbury Takedown, Max with the win by unanimous decision, throwing some absolute bombs with steady forward pressure. Natasha showed the full toolbox in arsenal-x, putting in a great performance each round and decisively culminating with a round 3 TKO via ground and pound (that also earned her fight of the night! 💪) Big thanks to Matt and Goldie for putting on another stellar event; looking forward to the next!

Hornby Kickboxing smoker was also a great success - really well run show; Jack and the team did a great job putting it together. We had a good showing from Sam, Jack and John. All three showed a lot of heart and some good skill - I'm sure there will be some solid learnings to take forward into the next camp too 🤙

Super proud of the hard work in camp from all; big thanks as always to Charlie and Yannick for the help on pads and coaching, appreciate you both hugely 🙏 Also thanks to Nathan and Regan for stepping up and covering classes when we were super stacked with all the pad work needed in one night.

Final thanks to the wider fight team getting down to support as well, the team solidarity is awesome to see 🤙🤙

TEENAGE SPARRING COMPETITION
8 AUGUST 2026
Some end of bout photos from our in house sparring competition held last weekend - massive shout out to Sensei Liam and the crew from Mt Pleasant and Cashmere who arranged the event 🙌👏
It gave our 12 - 16 year old students from across the Proactive clubs a chance to get in there and have a go 🥊
Congratulations to you all for getting out of your comfort zones, great to see you all jumped in for a 2nd go 🤩
(videos of your bouts will be with your club heads by the end of the week)

ZEN DO KAI - TEEN AND ADULT MEMBERS
KATA CLASS - AUGUST
Sensei Craig's next forms class is set for:
Saturday 29 August 2026
11.30am - 12.30pm
Proactive Martial Arts Riccarton
Orange Belts and above please
(Goin coin donation would be much appreciated for the SPCA collection box at reception)

Fun afternoon with a couple of dozen teenagers having a go at a introduction tournament put together by sensei Liam and a bunch of enthusiastic helpers 🙏🏼 Also thank you to our sponsors Boulder co christchurch 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

Well done to the Kickboxing crew who graded last week 👏 💪👊

Sam, Deacon and Dallas to Yellow
Zenath and Abigail to Orange
Irihapita to Green

Congratulations on the new ranks 🙌

Congratulations to everybody who graded in Krav yesterday. Fantastic effort and a lot of sweat. Also, well done Eric who graded to brown and to Cate who completed the brown belt grading yesterday in preparation for the brown belt grading again next weekend in Melbourne :) Also to some of the higher ranks who decided to do the grading for 😁 Fantastic attitude guys. Looking forward to the seminar next weekend in Melbourne.

KRAV MAGA GRADING
➡️Saturday 25 July 2026
➡️Proactive Riccarton: 107 Blenheim Rd
➡️Doors open 11.30am | Grading starts 12.00pm
💪From Yellow Belt through to Brown Belt
Come along and support the team attempting their next ranks 🙂

More Teenage / Adult Zen Do Kai awesomeness 🤩😊
Last Wednesday in class we were excited to award the following:
✨️Sensei Scott Young received a Gold Bushido
✨️Charlie Palmer received a Family Cross
✨️Caleb Wright earned Black Gi Top
Congratulations to you all 🙌

ZEN DO KAI GRADING
28 June 2026
Congratulations to everyone who graded, received promotions and awards 👏🤩
It was a wonderful day and we want to thank everyone who came along to help and support 🫶
A special thank you goes to Kyoshi Daniel Savage and Shihan Katrina Savage who made the trip down to officiate the 3rd and 1st Degree sections 🙌

CLOSED on Friday | OPEN on Saturday 😊