Category: Tournament Highlights

Category: Tournament Highlights

Senseis

Road to Barcelona 2019

It’s that time again, the highlight in all of our Sensei’s calendars, as this weekend our Xen-Do team will be heading to compete in the Spanish Open 2019. We will be following 10 instructors to Barcelona to support them as they do their best and have a great time, like their fellow team mates before

Senseis

Xen-Do Senseis celebrate a huge success

Our Senseis have been working hard in preparation for an intense grading session with Dai Master Rafael Nieto. Their limits have been pushed for days, weeks and years to get to this point in their martial arts journey. Not just body, but mind and spirit were tested to be able to pass this knowledge and

Tournament Highlights

Xen-Do Instructors Succeed in Spanish Open Tournament!

Dai Master Rafael Nieto leads Team Xen-Do on a successful trip to the Spanish Open Tournament Team Xen-Do positively represented Great Britain on the trip to Barcelona, Spain this month. The Senseis swept the competition, taking the top spot in every category they competed in at the Spanish Open Tournament held on June 9th, 2018.

Senseis

Sensei Anthony’s road to Barcelona

As you can all probably guess, the competition in Barcelona is the highlight in every Sensei’s kickboxing calendar. It is the place we get to test our talent and metal in the hope of returning to home, with trophy in hand as conquering heroes. But that five minutes of glory does not come easy. I

Motivation

Master Rafael Nieto’s Super Sparring Course

On Friday, June 2 in Barcelona, Spain, Master Rafael Nieto, World and European Champion and former coach of the English WAKO team, offered an outstanding special course for professionals and black belts at Mugendo Gracia School of Martial Arts and Self Defence… Mugendo’s Magazine Read the rest of the article here.

Senseis

Sensei Thoughts: BARCELONA

Training for a competition with Dai Master Rafael Nieto is a full-time job for our Senseis here at Xen-Do. Master Raf’s famous saying is “Kill, Smash and Destroy”. Just by that statement you can feel the pain that these fighters are in each and every training session. Not only is it the physical pain of

Senseis

Super Sparring Course with World & European Champion Rafael Nieto

If you are interested in attending the course, or are looking for more information please email us at info@xen-do.com. Come train with a Martial Arts Legend. Rafael Nieto is the founder of Xen-Do Martial Arts. He now runs four schools in London. “Rafael Nieto taught Mugendo for thirty years under the supervision of Meiji Suzuki” His philosophy is

Senseis

Xen-Do Instructors win Gold in Barcelona Tournament Triumph!

Xen-Do Instructors win Gold in Barcelona Tournament Triumph Senseis Anthony, Hamze, Diab, Bar, Yuri and Lewis won three Gold and three Silver Trophies at the Spanish Open Tournament held on 26th and 27th June 2015. Dai Master Raf, who also held a special Master Class for Spanish Kickboxing and Martial Artists commented: “I was determined

Tournament Highlights

Xen-Do Barcelona Bound and Fit for Life

Some might say that with the Barcelona Tournament taking place this weekend, 27th June 2015, Team Xen-Do have finished their training – all apart from Dai Master Raf that is! “Of course the team have followed a programme of intensive training over the last two months,” says Dai Master Raf, “however everyone will now remain

Tournament Highlights

Barcelona Bound

and team Xen-Do are heading to Barcelona for a weekend of Tournaments and Master Classes. After weeks of preparation and intensive training they are about to board their flight and put their World Class skills to the test. Dai Master Raf will also be holding two special courses on 26th June which students may choose

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