Eastern Kickboxing allows for the participation of all levels of skill; from beginner to advanced level. You will develop a high level of fitness both mentally and physically.

We teach "Semi-Contact" Sports Kickboxing and NOT "Full Contact" that you see in a ring on the T.V.

See examples of "International" competitions shown below.

Sport Kickboxing is the Sport side of Martial Arts; whereby students may combine fighting techniques from other arts i.e. Boxing, Thaiboxing, Karate and Kung Fu in order to compete to a very high level. Kickboxing is also a method of Self-Defence as well as being superb for keep fit and is practised by Sports people of all kinds to enhance their fitness.

Kickboxing exists today because in the 1970's, westerners who practised Martial Arts wanted to test their fighting ability against their counterparts in the East, mainly Japan. Therefore, a system of rules was drawn up acceptable to both parties, enabling them to compete against each other to see who could win out in a series of matches between the two "worlds". One of the first Champions was an American named Benny "The Jet" Urquidez from Los Angeles via Mexico. He managed to beat the best that Japan could throw at him resulting in him becoming a legend in the Sport of Kickboxing and later going into Films. This was "Full Contact" though ... as Semi-Contact was introduced later. As people wanted to work on speed and not power. Therefore, there are no knock-outs involved.

In today's Sport Kickboxing Martial Art classes, you will find people from all walks of life and all ages training in a relaxed atmosphere. You will see students doing "Padwork" in pairs, Skipping, "Shadow fighting", Exercising, Sparring with others and generally working on techniques towards their next level or Belt.

Would be students that wish to participate in Sport Kickboxing without fighting are welcome at many clubs as there is a great demand for Sport Kickboxing's for fitness benefits. Sport Kickboxing training is way up the list of demanding fitness pursuits and has an immense benefit on cardiovascular and flexibility areas. Along with this comes muscle toning and potential weight loss combined with a great sense of fun.

POINTS SPARRING - - SEMI-CONTACT SPORT KICKBOXING

is ... by far the most popular discipline. The objective is to penetrate your opponents defences and deliver quicker than your opponant; with an effective and controlled technique with your hands or feet. Above the waist ONLY. No face shots are allowed in our classes for beginners.As soon as the referee, sees either of you making VERY VERY light Contact he/she will stop both of you and award the correct point(s). You MUST pull your strike of aswell to show control.

The scoring system is:-

 (1 pt) for punching; body kicks and Footto foot sweeps. (2 pts) for head kicks and jumping kicks to body. (3 pts) for a jumping kick to head. Each time a fighter scores; the match is stopped and the judges score the point(s). The winner is the fighter with the highest score when time has ran out.

 Chief Instructor 3rd Degree JACQUI KEIR has ...

4 x Naional Grand Champions

33 x 1st Places

18 x 2nd Places

5 x 3rd Places

 LIGHT-CONTINUOUS KICKBOXING

This is only available to advanced levels.The objective of this is to hit your opponent with as many techniques as possible with control.

There is no stopping to award points for any of the clean contact techniques made. These are calculated up at the end of the round(s). The winner is the fighter whom landed the most techniques; and who ever was judged to be technically better.

... Either of these; if practised regularly, will provide a good cardiovascular workout.