I posted this on facebook a few days ago.... It sums up my view of the evening...


Yesterday I said to my friend I will be glad to get some sleep on Sunday night... as i didn't sleep Friday night and I wasn't going to sleep Saturday night either... as I would either be too devastated or too excited from the English K1 Max tournament... my friend was a little shocked as this statement was a far cry from my usual Zen like ways... I explained to him that there are moments which can change lives... they dont happen very often.. and sometimes we don't realize them at the time.. but i recognized that this was one such moment for Kerrith Bhella and that a lack of sleep was only right in such events.... Last night Kerrith won three fights to capture the English K1 Championship.. and with it went from being a contender to becoming a worthy champion... and with it proved to himself that he could achieve childhood dreams which at times in his fighting career have seemed near by impossible... and with it proved to himself and others that with discipline and belief skies the limit.. The K1 tournament was won in truly epic style in a final fight which will stand long in the memory of all those fortunate to witness it first hand... neither fighters spirit was broken as both raised themselves to new heights in their careers... Kerrith had to drag himself off the floor in the second from Kris Addis's vicious knee attacks to the head... Kerrith was hurt but showed.. as champions do... the discipline and belief to hang in there when to all others the fight looks lost... Kerrith took the third round with some great boxing and deft defence altho Kris was far from beaten... the fight was a draw on the judges cards which in K1 means an extra round has to be fort.. in tournaments the final fight often can be found wanting as fighters are exhausted and injured from previous contests... but this one was different... such was the excitement of the crowd and the intensity of the battle one more round seemed more than fitting to settle this clash... in the 4th and final round Kerrith put on a masterful performance of boxing.. showing both power and elusiveness... Kris could only absorb Kegs blows as he was too exhausted to fire back with anything other than a defiant roar of spirit.. Last night a dream became reality.. cubs became lions.... In terms of my coaching I tell my fighters I want them to do only the things that are going to make them legends... Kerrith honoured those words last night...

A massive thank you must go to Kirkwood Walker for creating Firewalker... a place where such magical moments in peoples lives can be crafted...
A big thank you also to the Firewalker Crew who came and supported Kerrith... you guys are something else... really something else...
And also a special mention to Daniel Green and Neil Holden for promoting such quality K1 events in the UK.... Oh how we need quality K1 events in the UK for our fighters to achieve the greatness that lies within them... Peace....