Seni

Seni is the industry’s acknowledged meeting place, visited by thousands of dedicated martial artists, exponents, instructors and enthusiasts and a melting pot for the entire industry to exchange ideas and discover the latest innovations, products, arts and services. The most complete inter-active martial arts experience, Seni08 represents the festival’s 10th year anniversary and to mark this fantastic achievement and to celebrate the Beijing Olympics, the show is set to be part of the Chinese governments ‘China Now’ festivities, so expect a subtle Chinese flavour running through the event. Similarly, Seni08 will positively reflect the fact that the UK will be hosting the 2012 Olympics. Split into six distinctly themed zones – ‘Classical Warrior’, ‘FightSport’, ‘PowerSport’, ‘Survival’, ‘Tournament’ and Olympic Youth -each of the zones delivers a unique pro-active experience, including exciting feature events and talent to enable the show to appeal to the widest range of fighting art enthusiasts. The Seni show stretches across 15,000 square metres in Halls S9-S15 of the ExCeL, with over 10 feature arenas, 30+ live events, 30+ instructional seminars, 100's of demonstrations, open championships and numerous challenges visitors can participate in. Alongside the themed zones there is a film festival and a non-stop schedule of demonstrations, displays and seminars featuring the very best National and International Masters. Seni has gradually built the largest series of tournaments anywhere in the world, from The Gracie Invitational and the Capoeira Campeonata, the only events of their type in Europe, to events such as the London Karate Classic and London Wu Shu Open. Newly planned tournaments for Seni08 include Fencing, Freestyle, Wing Chun and an All Style Championships, making ten tournaments in total across 4000sqm, 16 matted arenas involving some 4,000 athletes!