On Saturday August 28th, the Tae Kwon Do Club at UCF will host an event in the Ferrell Commons Auditorium at the University to benefit the Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida. The sponsor is comBATON, the martial team sport who also sponsored the event last year.
Martial artists of all ages and levels can participate in the event in which athletes are timed in a sequence of challenges. The contestant with the fastest time will win the combine. After the combine athletes will be matched up in short combaton games of three on three. Combaton, also known as martial art football, uses kicks in the same way a football player would block or tackle their opponent.
There will be a short demo game by the Combaton All Star Team before the combine begins at 10 AM.
Once the official starts the timer for the combine, the contestant will have 6 phases to go through, starting with accuracy (throwing a combaton baton), agility (going over and under a set of hurtles), kicking ability (kicking a combaton goal pole), take-down ability (kicking a grappling dummy twice and throwing it to the ground with a judo throw), quickness in cutting (running around orange cones) and a full out sprint to the finish line.
There will be 1st, 2nd and 3rd place trophies for the contestants in each division. There are six divisions, starting with ages 5 thru 7 up through the over 40 group. All participants will get a free t-shirt.
Karate Depot has donated some great prizes and an iPod Touch will be raffled off. There will be other goodies as well.
The event registration starts at 8:30 AM and the event ends at 3 PM. Admission is two or more cans of food, if you are a UCF student, and for all others, the same plus $5. So, support the local food bank and come out and be challenged.
If you are not in the area but would like to make a donation to the Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida please CLICK HERE. Anything you can give will go a long way in helping.
Thanks,
Rob
