Dumbarton kickboxer Maia Bisley earns black belt after gruelling challenge
dailyrecord.co.ukDumbarton’s Maia Bisley rounded off a golden year by earning her black belt in kickboxing.The talented 12-year-old came through a gruelling nine hour process to earn the award, which she was presented with at the top of Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh.It marks the perfect end to a superb year for the Dumbarton Academy pupil, who won silver at the World Kickboxing Championships in Italy earlier this year and took home five golds from the Bristol Open last month.And proud mum Kim said earning a black belt was a remarkable feat of endurance.Kim told the Lennox: “When they go through every belt they go through each move almost 10 times.
All whilst bouncing on the spot.“We took the dog for a two hour walk and they were still low down on the belts.“In the eight hours previous they had gone through every belt of the syllabus.
In itself that took almost six hours.“Then they did 10 pad rounds and 10 sparring rounds. Then there was a fitness test. All before they had to run to the top of Arthur’s Seat in under 58 minutes.“We had been up a couple of times, we knew if you were feeling at your fittest and feeling refreshed then you could do it just fine.“But their bodies were broken.
They had been going for nine hours.“Parents put themselves at different points in the journey. I walked to the top with the dog and by the time I got to the top I had the fear for them all.
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