Long Eaton Kickboxing

Welcome to the Long Eaton Kickboxing.

Class Times

Wednesday

Kickboxing: 6:00pm to 8:30pm *

Saturday

Mixed kickboxing: 9:30am to 11:00am (From 7 years and over)

A Brief History of Kickboxing

Kickboxing is a term used for many types of stand up martial arts that developed around the world which include Muay Thai, Savate (French Kickboxing), Full contact Karate, Japanese Kickboxing (K-1), Kyutooki (Korean Kickboxing), Sanda (Chinese Kickboxing) and Bando (Burmese Kickboxing) . The common theme with all the arts is they use a gloved (boxing) fist hand technique similar to western style boxing; mixed with kicking techniques and other striking weapons such as the elbow and knee. Clinching, sweeps and throws are also allowed in some Kickboxing style matches.

The Long Eaton Kickboxing syllabus was developed for Light Continuous Kickboxing, Full Contact Kickboxing and Japanese Kickboxing.

Full Contact Kickboxing and Light Continuous

Full Contact Karate (American Kickboxing) was developed in the 1960's by Joe Lewis and allows hand and foot techniques above the waist, striking is done with the hand and foot only. The first US World champions at the sport were Joe Lewis, Bill 'Superfoot' Wallace and Jeff Smith. Other rules developed by kickboxing organisations also included sweeps, throws and 'low kicking'.

Light Continuous fights take place on either mats or in a ring with the objective being to win a fight by points with the 'contact' being controlled.

Japanese Kickboxing

Japanese kickboxing (also referred to as K1 style) developed from Kyokushinkai and Muay Thai in the 1960's and pioneered by Osamu Noguchi who formed the first Kickboxing Association in Japan.

The rules are similar to Muay Thai but with limited clinching and no elbowing allowed, striking is by hands, feet, knees and shins. Target areas also include the legs primarily the thigh muscle.

* Wednesday night kickboxing class has an open door training programme; training starts at 6:00pm but you are welcome to come and train at any time between 6:00pm to 8:30pm (maximum 1.5 hours). This offers our members flexible training to suit their needs. However it is recommended for new members to start at 6:00pm to gain basic knowledge of warming up and stretching techniques.