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Name: Kevin Saliba

Date of Birth: 26 May 1979

Sports that  trained in at least for 12 months: Gymnastics, Tennis, Football, Volleyball and Athletics.

Current Hobbies: S.C.I., Kickboxing, Jogging, Web Design, Reading, Playing Chess, Cooking.

Current Martial Art Qualifications: Black Belt II Dan in S.C.I. and Brown Belt in Kick Boxing.

Begin Training in Spirit Combat in 19 Oct 1992 at the age of 13 years at Marsa School of Sports.

Teaching Experience: Began teaching when he was purple belt at Marsa School of Sports with the children beginners class. From that time till now  had various different classes at different place. Some of this places are Marsa School of Sports, Paola Guze' D'Amato Secondary School, Msida Junior College and Zejtun Zanshin Dojo.  Apart from that also did self defence lectures for different associations including St. John Ambulance and Scouts.

Other Martial Arts Trained in: Olympic Wrestling, Thai Boxing, Kick Boxing, Ninjitsu, Karate, Fencing, Wing Chun and JuJitsu.

Spirit Combat Grading History:

Date Belt
   
01 May 1993 Red I Tab
01 February 1994 Yellow
11 March 1995 Orange II Tab
23 July 1995 Green I Tab
26 February 1996 Purple I Tab
21 October 1996 Blue I tab
19 April 1997 Brown II Tab
12 September 1998 Shodan Ho
02 May 1999 Shodan*
25 May 2002 1st Dan
10 September 2004 2nd Dan

*As per S.C.I. rules one have to wait at least 12 months to grade from Shodan Ho to Shodan. Sensei Kevin is the only one of two persons on the island (the other being Sensei Andrew) that managed to grade to Shodan in less then 12 months.  He was given permission from Kancho Adrian to do this due that in the grading to Shodan Ho both of them got all 'Above Average'. Till today nobody have managed to repeat that feat.

Competitions Experience: 

Date Organizers Competition Type Rank
07 December 1997 Spirit Combat Int. Sparring 1st Maltese Champion Title
07 December 1997 Spirit Combat Int. Kata 2nd
07 December 1997 Spirit Combat Int. Weapons Kata 2nd
07 December 1997 Spirit Combat Int. Breakfalls 3rd
Summer 2000 Group of 4 or 5 KickBoxing Clubs Semi-Contact Kick Boxing Draw
23 June 2001 Martial Arts All Styles Weapons Kata 2nd
27 October 2001 Martial Arts All Styles Point Sparring 1st Maltese Champion Title
27 October 2001 Martial Arts All Styles  Point Sparring 1st Maltese Champion Title
08 December 2001 Martial Arts All Styles Point Sparring 1st Maltese Champion Title
08 December 2001 Martial Arts All Styles Point Sparring Draw
27 April 2002 Martial Arts All Styles Semi-Contact Kick Boxing 2nd
20 July 2003 Malta Open Karate Int. C'ships by SKSM Weapons Kata 2nd
Summer 2003 Spirit Combat Int. Weapons Kata 1st Maltese Champion Title
Summer 2003 Spirit Combat Int. Point Sparring 2nd
14 March 2004 Malta National Kata C'ships by SKSM Weapons Kata 2nd
17 July 2004 Malta Open Karate Int. C'ships by SKSM Weapons Kata 3rd
27 November 2004 Martial Arts All Styles Back to Back 1st Maltese Champion Title
27 November 2004 Martial Arts All Styles Point Sparring 1st Maltese Champion Title
27 November 2004 Martial Arts All Styles Weapons Kata 1st Maltese Champion Title
16 July 2005 Malta Open Karate Int. C'ships by SKSM Weapons Kata 4th 
16 July 2005 Malta Open Karate Int. C'ships by SKSM Sparring Tournament, was open to all weights and belt levels. 20 fighters took part incl. foreign people. Top 10
18 March 2006 Maltese Kickboxing National Tournament Semi-Contact Welter Weight Division for the Maltese Title 3rd