NEW KICKgen MEMBER, MATT MULLINS STARS IN NEW TV SERIES – PREVIEW 12/13

Don’t miss December 13th on the CW! Matt Mullins, longtime champion with NASKA and student of the well regarded, John Sharkey lands an exciting new series that all martial artists will love!

CW Sneak Peek at new Kamen Rider series

There’s a new live-action thrill ride coming to the CW Saturday mornings, and you'll get a full episode preview on Dec. 13 to build anticipation for its January release. Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight descends from the wildly popular Japanese Kamen Rider films and TV series, a franchise that originated 35 years ago. Back in 1995, WBNX aired Masked Rider, the first American adaptation loosely based on the Kamen saga—but this new adventure is light-years superior. For starters, one of the main stars is charismatic Matt Mullins, a 5-time Kickboxing/Karate World Champion. He’s flanked by Disney favorite Stephen Lunsford and pop singer/actress Marisa Lauren. At first glance, Kamen Rider may seem like another morphing fantasy show for teens, but there’s an ongoing mystery, a creepy shapeshifting villain (William O’Leary), and some of the best choreographed action scenes and special-effects you'll see on weekly television.



Matt Mullins
(Len/Wing Knight)
Well known for his work in the Discovery Channel award winning Documentary XTREME MARTIAL ARTS, Matt Mullins has been performing in TV, film, and live productions for the last 5 years. With the recent release of the popular cult film ADVENTURES OF JOHNNY TAO and his supporting role in the upcoming BLOOD & BONE Matt Mullins is fast gaining recognition as an exciting action star. Matt still performs live with his performance team “Sideswipe” around the world. After finishing in the final 5 on last season’s “AMERICA’S GOT TALENT,” Sideswipe has signed a multi-million dollar deal to perform permanently inside the Caesar’s Palace Hotel in Las Vegas.

Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight / All New! Sneak Preview Dec. 13 - check your local listings for the CW for times.

Luke Broadlick earns TV role

KICKgen member, 6x ISKA World Champion, Luke Broadlick will be appearing on Nickelodeon’s True Jackson VP television show.

Luke Broadlick, 16, best known for his martial arts on the NASKA circuit has made the cross over to the entertainment world in Hollywood, CA. Luke is a black belt in American Kenpo and a member of Sensei John Sharkey’s Team AKA and a member of Matt Mullins Sideswipe Performance Team. Luke is known across the world for his Extreme Martial Arts.

Luke has hosted Nickelodeon’s Just In commercial franchise and has appeared in numerous commercials and print work for PUMA, Target, Time Warner, Kono Magazine and Macerich Malls to name a few.

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Luke has a co-star role on this week’s episode of True Jackson VP starring KeKe Palmer from Akeela and the Bee, Jump In, and this summer’s LongShots. True Jackson is about a teenage girl who gets hired as the Vice President of a fashion company. This week’s episode Saturday, 12/6/08 episode is titled “Ryan on Wheels” and will also co-star skateboarder Ryan Sheckler. Check your local listings for show times.

KICKgen COO, Tracy McCoy remarked, I have seen Luke perform on national stages many times. I remember thinking in 2005… Luke is going to be a star, and now at 16 he is well on his way. It is so exciting to see KICKgen members earn status in the entertainment world. I have no doubt we will see Luke on the big screen some day.

Accra-Ghana team: SLATA wins bronze!

Congrats to Elisha Davidson and the SLATA team! You’re Awesome!
South-La Accra Taekwondo, SLATA, is a member of the WORLD TAEKWONDO FEDERATION [W.T.F] and GHANA TAEKWONDO ASSOCIATION [G.T.A]. This group is a voluntary organization which started gaining roots in 1990 supported by the Ex-Executive Director Ghana Taekwondo Association.

Martial Arts in Accra-Ghana is a way of life, as well as, for physical well being, Discipline, Community Services and the Spirit of brotherhood. The team just ended the 2008 KOREA CUP TAEKWONDO CHAMPIONSHIP in ACCRA-GHANA- on 11/22 & 23 and SLATA won bronze MEDAL in WELTER WEIGHT Female Division.

For those of you more seasoned members, please reach out to Master Davidson / User name: Elidav and KICK him and offer help using KICKgen.

KICKgen member, Jackson Rudolph wins Gold!

Jackson Rudolp, a KICKgen member since May 2008(Jacksonr) recently competed at the 2008 WKA World Championships. Jackson’s journey to the 2008 WKA World Championships began over a year ago when he attended a regional WKA tournament. The USA team tryouts had been about a month prior to this tournament and several of the parents of team members approached Jackson’s parents and told them that he should try out for the 2008 team. As Jackson focused on his training and traveled the NASKA circuit he used the tryouts as one of his motivations to work even harder, and in June of 2008 his sweat was rewarded with a spot on Team USA!



As a team member of the Premier Martial Arts National Karate Team Jackson had faced stiff competition against some of the top junior competitors in the country, but this would be his first time to face international competition on this level. He knew he had to make it through an elimination round to get to the finals to have a chance to compete for a gold medal and his first world championship. He studied the WKA rules and adjusted his forms to fit them and after a lot of intense training, he was ready to leave for Orlando, Florida where the U. S. hosted this year’s championships.

On Sunday, November 9, the World Championships were kicked off with a grand opening ceremony at Disney’s Wide World of Sports. After several opening speeches and the introduction of the new WKA president, Klaus Nonnemacher of Germany, Team USA took the field and formed a human tunnel and greeted competitors from 24 countries. After all the teams had filed in and were seated, they were treated to a performance by Sideswipe. It was a great experience for Jackson to see all of these martial artists from places like Switzerland, England, Brazil, and Ireland. Boys and girls that live half way around the world speak a different language, yet have much the same dream as he, TO WIN A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP!

Monday and Tuesday brought the elimination rounds. The competitors were all very serious and competition was intense, only the top four would make it on to the finals. You could see on their faces when there was a drop or a misstep the agony of knowing they would not go through to the final round. After 9 ½ hours of competition, Jackson was a finalist in four divisions and would be competing for medals at the finals to be held at the end of the week.

After taking much of Wednesday to rest and practice, Jackson woke up Thursday morning calm and ready to go. He would have three finals on this day, the first of which was Hard Style Forms. Jackson ran a strong form and was awarded the bronze medal for his effort. Next up was Weapons without music. Jackson ran a strictly traditional bo form that showed great power and technique. Most of his competitors ran a more creative form, but in this case traditional strikes won out over spins and Jackson won gold! The medal stand ceremony was very emotional for his parents and grandparents when they heard his name followed by the words “gold medalist and world champion!” His last event of the day was freestyle form with music and Jackson held on with strong karate technique against flips and extreme moves to take home silver in that division!

Friday brought Jackson’s final event of the week, weapons with music, and it would prove to be the most dramatic finish of them all! Of the four finalists, Jackson went first and came out strong and looked great. The other three competitors were all Canadian, and two were the gold and silver medalist from last year’s event. Jackson knew it was close, but …imagine his surprise when they announced a three way tie between him and last year’s medal winners. The only way to break the tie was to have the three boys run the forms again. Jackson was under tremendous pressure but was able to come back out and run the form with great intensity, when he finished the crowd erupted with cheers. Even the judges were smiling when they awarded Jackson with gold! After the medal stand ceremony, someone asked Jackson how it felt to be a two time world champion; he just shrugged and said he felt pretty much the same as before he was a world champion!

With the competition over Jackson was able to spend a little time talking to some of the other competitors, which proved to be a little challenging since most spoke very little English. He was introduced to girl from Italy by her coach and took pictures with some of the competitors from England and Canada and made plans to catch up with some of the Canadians at some of the NASKA events next year.

Jackson pretty much summed up his feelings on competition a few weeks ago when in preparation for leaving for the World Championships; he was interviewed by a local sports reporter who asked him why he competes. He said “It’s not for the trophies or the medals - it’s because of how I feel when I am in the ring competing.” Keep eye on this ten year old. We more gold in his future!

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This just in....

This past weekend, Julie Drapkin (Beast from the East)competed at the MAF2008,in the Jr. Black Belt division for Kung Fu in forms and weapons and won gold in both. Check out her youtube video.



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