Training at Patong Boxing Gym Ban Karon Phuket Thailand
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The olympics came to Proactive and the advanced kickboxers had great success in the challenges
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Martial Arts:
Kickboxing, Freestyle Martial Arts, Kali weapons and all aspects of self-defence in a fully matted Martial Arts centre.
With plenty of bags and a regulation size ring for sparring, we can tailor your sessions to suit your needs and skills. We focus on the core-skills right from the start so you get the benefit of learning the skills and being active and get to relieve the stresses of daily life on the kick bags!
You can also progress through a fully graded kickboxing system to Pro Level 10 or Martials Arts Syllabus to Black Belt and beyond!
Kickboxing, Freestyle Martial Arts, Kali weapons and all aspects of self-defence in a fully matted Martial Arts centre.
With plenty of bags and a regulation size ring for sparring, we can tailor your sessions to suit your needs and skills. We focus on the core-skills right from the start so you get the benefit of learning the skills and being active and get to relieve the stresses of daily life on the kick bags!
You can also progress through a fully graded kickboxing system to Pro Level 10 or Martials Arts Syllabus to Black Belt and beyond!
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Steve is a highly qualified and experienced kickboxer, and martial arts practitioner, having graded to Kickboxing Pro-Level 10 and completed a gruelling 30 rounds of sparring in 2009 and is a 3rd Dan Black belt martial artist, currently in training for his 4th Dan.
Healthy and fun for the whole family
Kickboxing is a great way to get heart healthy too! Kickboxing provides an overall cardiovascular workout that aids in weight loss. It helps to tone the whole body through a series of punching and kicking drills and combinations. You get a cardio and resistance workout at the same time. Kickboxing for men and women is a total-body exercise that will work the entire body and not just target areas. Kickboxing will strengthen, tone and reduce fat all at the same time. Since kickboxing is a total-body workout, you will also increase flexibility, burn calories, improve coordination and increase cardiovascular fitness. All training is tailored to suit your skills and abilities so it is a suitable activity for all age groups. It is one of the few activities the whole family can be actively involved in together so you can be a positive role model for your children share quality time with them and get great health benefits for yourself as well. And as you become more proficient and confident with your skills, many women, especially find the self defence aspect of kickboxing and other martial arts very re-assuring.
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The History of Kickboxing
Muay Thai Boxing is a hard martial art that originated in Thailand. There is evidence that it can be traced back to a form of ancient boxing used by Siamese soldiers called Muay Boran. During the Sukothai era (1238 – 1377), Muay Boran began the transition to a means of personal advancement for nobility as well as a style for warriors to practice, and its evolution continued when King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) ascended to Thailand’s throne in 1868. Under Chulalongkorn’s peaceful leadership, the art transitioned to a means of physical exercise, self-defense, and recreation. Further, it began to be practiced at events like a sport, and rules were adopted which included the use of gloves and other protective gear. In 1920, the term Muay Thai began to be used, separating itself from the older art of Muay Boran. Many years later, a Japanese boxing promoter by the name of Osamu Noguchi came to know the martial arts form of Muay Thai. Along with this, he wanted to foster a style of martial art that held true to karate in some ways but allowed full striking, as the karate tournaments at the time did not. Along with this, in 1966 he pitted three karate fighters against three Muay Thai practitioners in a full contact style competition. The Japanese won this competition 2-1. Noguchi and Kenji urosaki, one of the fighters that took on the Muay Thai opposition back in 1966, then studied Muay Thai and blended it with full contact karate and boxing to form a martial art style that would eventually come to be known as kickboxing. Along with this, the Kickboxing Association, the first kickboxing organization, was founded a few years later in Japan. Today there are several unique styles of kickboxing being practiced around the world. Interestingly, some of these styles do not consider themselves to be ‘kickboxing’ even if the general public tends to refer to them as such. Characteristics of Kickboxing The characteristics of kickboxing are quite varied. For the most part, it involves the striking martial arts and includes punches, kicks, blocks, and evasive maneuvers. In addition, depending on the style, kickboxing may also involve knee strikes, elbow strikes, clinching, headbutting, and even takedowns or throws. Generally, practitioners use gloves and kickboxing competitions take place in a ring, as it is primarily a sport martial art. A branch of kickboxing called cardio kickboxing, which utilizes the use of kickboxing style strikes almost exclusively for fitness purposes, has also become quite popular in recent times. Basic Goals of Kickboxing Kickboxing is a sport martial art that readily lends itself to self-defense. Along with this, the goal in kickboxing is to utilize any number of combinations of punches, kicks, elbows, and sometimes throws to disable an opponent. In most styles of kickboxing, participants can win either by way of judge’s decision or knockout, which is similar to American boxing   Quality time training with my son
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Benefits of Kickboxing
Dexterity and Hand-Eye Coordination
Perhaps the most immediate benefit of kickboxing is an increase in the boxer's dexterity and hand-eye coordination. The target training exercises used in kickboxing are designed to increase both the efficiency and accuracy of your strikes and attacks, benefiting your ability to coordinate your eyes to your hands and feet. Your peripheral vision is also enhanced giving you a better awareness of your surroundings at all times. The benefits of increased dexterity range include better coordination while driving or operating machinery, and better quicker response in a threat situation. |
Strength Training
Strength training accounts for a significant amount of the exercises used in kickboxing training: abdominal and core muscle groups, arm, chest and back muscles are all utilised during kickboxing training. The benefits of increased body strength is more than the ability to lift or carry heavier loads; building spine and leg strength is very important to create a sturdy body frame and can reduce the risk of injury during an accident or physical trauma. Confidence and Self-Esteem Even if you feel relatively confident about yourself when you start a kickboxing course, as you become more proficient, your level of calm and self-assurance will improve. Most people when attacked or approached with force would "freeze" or be very compliant but the kickboxing student has learned how to respond in a conflict scenario. And of course, as your skills develop you have a responsibility to only use those skills in the training situation or in the case of self defence. Though you have some skills you must remember that those skills are no guarantee of protection, but can go some way to affording you some protection in a dangerous situation. In short, kickboxing students develop a level of self-esteem that carries over into other aspects of their life such as their social and professional relationships. |
Pad Drills in the ring
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Gymspa @ Hammers
Go to the videos page to see latest footage from Anthony's fight at Hammers May 20th
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