W.K.A open championships
18th September 2005

On the 18th September U.S.K.A's Qasim 'THE DREAM' Nisar and Tommy 'GUN' Collett along side cornerman Sean Quinn travelled down to Manchester to take part in the latest W.K.A open championships at the George Carnell sports and leisure centre. This would be the last time that the USKA duo would compete under these rules and in this environment before the World championships in November and they were both hopping to do well to set them in good stead for Canada.

Qasim waits patiently for the start of his first round bout at the W.K.A open championships in Manchester.
The bout starts off with Qasim throwing a left lead round kick to the head which misses just by inches. Qasim wastes no time and follows it up with a triple jab which pushes his opponent back as the jabs hit the top of his head.
His opponent moves to the left and THE DREAM catches him with a left hook/right leg straight leg to the body.
Qasim continues forward and throws eight straight punches towards the head with most of them scoring. He finishes the flurry with a rear round kick to the body.
Qasim with his legs now in gear scores a nice rear round kick to the head followed by two more head kicks in quick succession.
Feeling under pressure and knowing he needed to do something to turn the fight around his opponent comes forward throwing punches which Qasim evades with ease.
Qasim constantly scores with the double jab notching up points with the judges.
A lead side kick to the body touches off his opponents chest and at this point Qasim is in total control of the contest.
Qasim is mixing up his shots now between the jab to the head and the round kicks to the body. His opponent does not really know how to deal with him.
It's all Qasim now as he opens up with a spin kick to the head that scores.
His opponent turns his back as he is feeling a little out of his depth against Qasim.
The bout ends with THE DREAM predictably getting the decision from all three judges.

Though to round two.....................

A height advantage against his next opponent should prove beneficial as round two of the tournament opens up.
Qasim measures his man with a lead head kick that just falls short of it's target.
He suckers his opponent in with a lead leg side kick to the body.
Qasim starts to use his jab against the shorter opponent which is working for him well.
His opponent rushes forward throwing punches but Qasim anticipates the attack and covers up well.
Qasim has his rhythm now and starts to throw chopping round kicks to the body which are scoring well and catching the judges eye.
Backing up the kicks with punch flurry's Qasim again is in total control of the bout and not looking at giving up his lead on the bout.
In full flow and full of confidence Qasim mixes the hands with the legs right up to the sound of the bell.
No doubt about the result. Another unanimous decision for THE DREAM from all three judges.

Through to the final..................

The final now and Qasim is facing Manchester's well travelled James 'BUCKET' Cassey.
Qasim as in the previous two rounds of the competition opens up the action with a range finding lead leg round kick to the head. Cassey avoids the kick and presses forward on the attack but it looks clumsy.
Cassey then changes strategy and starts to pump the side kick which Qasim easily avoids.
Cassey gets close and hits Qasim with two hooks to the head.
Qasim responds with two round kicks cutting into Cassey's body.
Aggressively Cassey comes forward only to be met by Qasim's lead side kick to the body.
Cassey although aggressive and awkward was not landing cleanly enough for the judges liking and Qasim again gets the nod from all three judges.
A Victorious Qasim 'THE DREAM' Nisar picks up the gold medal and set himself up nicely for the W.K.A world championships in Canada in November.

U.S.K.A's second competitor at the championships is Tommy 'GUN' Collett.
In a close bout that saw his opponent smother his work. Tommy struggled over the one round to get his kicks out and score effectively.
Not alot in it but due to a few more kicks from his opponent Tommy loses a close call decision.
Unfortunately a bad day at the office for Tommy sees him crash out of the competition in the first round. this is disappointing for Tommy as a build up to Canada but everyone is entitled to at least one off day.

I'm sure both Tommy and Qasim will be back on top form when they take on the worlds best at the W.K.A World championships in Niagara Falls, Canada on the 4th November.

Report by Sean Quinn