ComBATON Demo at Orlando Predators vs. Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz Game

June 20, 2010 - PRLog -- Kung fu Football aka comBATON will meet Arena Football on July 24, 2010 at the Orlando Predators vs Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz game as part of the pre-game activities for tailgaters and others outside the Amway Arena in the last home game of the season.

For a sample of the game see a clip on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkL-yZwpRRU

The comBATON demonstration will be conducted in the grassy area visible as ticket holders enter the arena on the north side. ComBATON is a fusion of martial arts and football headed up by all around athlete and martial arts master David Turnbull of Florida. Master Turnbull is the national director of comBATON, owner of DC Turnbull Martial Arts in Sanford, Florida and President of Florida AAU TaeKwonDo.

Instead of a football, the players battle over a 14 inch baton and attempt to score on the opposing team's goal by dislodging a dangling baton from a goal. The game is designed to showcase martial arts kicks as part of the scoring points. A standing kick is worth 3 points, a jumping kick is worth 4 and a jumping spinning kick is worth 5 points.  Additional information about the  game may be viewed at comBATON's website at http://www.combaton.com.

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comBATON is a Martial Arts Team Sport. It is also known as Kung Fu Football. All players are martial artists and may be trained in Karate, MMA, Taekwondo, Kung Fu or other kicking art. Although not integral to the sport, there is an MMA component players may choose to gain advantage upon the opposing team. Similar to football, comBATON may be played by various age groups at different skill levels.