Hi everyone...i was wanting to know about kick boxing classes...I've never done it before so i guess i want to know about kick boxing classes for BEGINNERS lol.
I'm also under 18...would that make a difference????

Any info welcome guys!

SARAH XXXX

Try Paul Powers' personal trainers in Malin Bridge.
My little brother (aged 12) goes there and has been going since he was 5.
One-on-one tuition, can be expensive though...
Think nowadays it is £20 per hour. Find a friend to go with you and split the cost :)

To be honest i'm not looking to do it THAT seriously...i'm looking to join a group. Someone mentioned on a different thread that theres somewhere on Broomgrove road?Anyone care to shed some light on that please?

Sarah xxxx

I train at a place on wellinton street in town near devonshire cat pub. Its a great gym to learn at and they have beginners sessions on Mon 8.30pm thurs 8.30pm Fri 7pm sun 12pm they also have a women only on thurs 7.30pm. Its about £4 per session. Check out the web site www.sheffieldkickboxing.com
Its a good mixed group of all ages shapes and sizes, everyone is really nice and will help you settle in. Even if you don't try this club try to pursue kick boxing as a hobby as you''ll notice an improvement in fitness, health and weight but most of all self confidence almost straight away!!
Good luck:thumbsup:

hi there, if your looking for a beginer kickboxing class i may be able to help, if you know where birkdale school in broomhill is then i do a small class there thats open to anyone. im only a coach tho im not a full instructor as im not a black belt yet and im covering the class for the year while our instructor recovers from an injury. that means that untill i do my brown belt grading there isnt any sparring for insurance reasons. classes are tuesdays and thursdays 4pm till half 5 price is £2.50 or £3.00 one or other cant remember. if ur intrested our first session this year is on tuesday 24th jan in the main hall. we do kickboxing, bit if ju jitsu self defence and a bit of bjj (ground work). the class i have is between 12 and 16 years old an almost all of them only started in september.

Originally posted by xsarahbabex
Someone mentioned on a different thread
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Someone mentioned somewhere on Broomgrove Road...could someone tell me a little more about that class please?
Thanks for info people its been useful!!! I'm going to look at all my options before i decide!!!!

SARAH XXX

Sarah, Freddylee mentioned classes at Broomgrove Road in another thread - i think AFK (the gym mentioned on Wellington Street) run classes at Broomgrove Road. Try clicking on the link provided by sr1sag and maybe emailing them (the web site doesn't appear to mention any classes at Broomgrove Road, or at least not in the 'Training Times' section).

Broomgrove road
thats just of eccllesall road
the building is a gym called sport hallam

you get FREE classes there if you have a "silver" membership
whatever that means :)


Phone 0114 2252449
They can help you as to what the exact location on broomgrove road is.
Begginer class is:

TUESDAY: 730pm and THURSDAY 730pm

eebs
you teach kickboxing too? you say your instructor is injured, whose your instructor? just curious

xxSharababexx

AFK do classes at the gym on welling street as well as broomgrove road

The classes at broomgrove road are on tuesdays and thursday 19:30 till 20:30 and 20:30 till 21:30 for the more advanced.

I do private lessons with farhad at the gym but decided to start going the the uni courses aswell, my 1st session was last tuesday and it was great, a good mix of old, young, male and female.

Get yourself down, Pm me if you decide to go for it, I'll look out for you, the more the merryier

Well just to let you all know that i'm going to my first class next tuesday (to the one on Broomgrove road):clap: ....Thanks a lot for all your help people...will anybody else be there from this site?
I hope i'll be good at it! anyone got ne tips for me? Or random info about kick boxing coz i dont know much about it!

SARAH XXXXX

just try your best, listen to your instructor, ask questions whenever you need to and most of all enjoy yourself! Let us all know how it went. I'm sure you''ll enjoy it!
:D

you'll be fine shara.

I won't be there on tuesday as I'm on the oil rigs till 28/01

I'll be there when I'm back, you'll be an expert by then though and kick my ass !!!!

Tell Farhad (instructor) your new to kickboxing and he'll see you right,

stick with it, theses a lot to take in at 1st, but you'll get the hang of it

enjoy...........

freddylee, my instructor is jim rigby hes taught me everythin i kno so far but hes out of action for a little while. he has told me to check out the kickboxing club at wellington st gym to keep up the training while hes away and i have been meaning to go. i ave spoken to Farhad already an told him ill be coming to train after i finish my exams this month.
ps sarah gud luck with the class, and i hope you stick with kickboxing without dought best sport there is (only in my opinion tho)

wow you were tauht by Jim Rigby?
i remember him he was tauht by the same guy who taught me!
Farhad himself!

Jims excellent technique is a testament to farhads teaching

Thanks for all your support guys...how will i recognise any of you if your in my kickboxing class...can you get photos up on these thingys???

SARAH XXXX

go and introduce yourself to farhad he knows who i am
he might even know some of the others too

Shara,
i'll be in the class on tuesday as I have been sent home from the oil rigs due to bad wether, I'll come and introduce myself

se you tuesday

Heya...how will i recognise u...u got a foto..or shal i send u myn?

SARAH XXX
p.s. why u call me shara when my names sarah:D

Hi sarha,

I ant got a photo on my comp.

I think I will recognise you from who wasn't there last time, but if you've got a photo send it to make sure....

Have you spoke to Farhad ???

Hey...oh thats fine then. whats ur name coz im not exactly gonna call u notorious hahaa!
Ummm nope i havn't spoken 2 him, was i supposed to? oops!
What do the classes consist of by the way?
Also are there changing rooms and that ther?

Sarah

Sarah,

I've Pm'ed you with some info

ill try to get down when im next on the ground

Sarah,

How did you find it last night ??

Sorry I didn't have much chance to talk to you, it was my firends 1st session too so I was helping him a lot..

Are you going on thursday??

Hi sarah
how did you find the class?
what was the atmosphere like were they a friendly lot?
how did you find farhad and the way he approaches the class,..etc?

Simon...yeah it was brill thanks and yeah i'll be coming on thursday if i can scrounge a lift of my parents :thumbsup: lol...don't worry i was trying to get my head round all of it anyway so if you'd have spoken to me in the middle i would have probably punched sam in the face instead of the shield by accident. Soz i had 2 rush off at the end as well...feel free 2 add me on msn littlemisscrazy1@hotmail.com (if u hav msn that is)

Freddylee...again i had a great time, everyone there seemed lovely. Farhads a funny guy and a great instructer hope that answers yours question and Farhad if your reading this cheers for being patient haha.

Sarah xxx

hi sarah
yeah farhad is dead patient dunno about funny tho:P his joeks are abysmal!
You said you were partnered with sam? which sam is that? is she an absolute beginer or had she done it bfore.
If its the sam from bfore then i think i know who you mean

errm sam who has been doing it like 4 years...you know her?

Sarah

is that the short mixed race girl who wears red thaiboxing shorts?
i remember her she was a Red Belt last time i was there

Questions for Freddy or Sarah.

Hi,
I have been thinking about taking up kickboxing and had a few questions I wanted to ask about the lessons at Sport Hallam.

1. Do you have to be a student or a member of Sport Hallam to attend and what is the cost?

2. What level of fitness are you going to need to participate in the warm up and classes?

3. Is it very complicated to learn?

Sorry so many questions but I'm interested in learning.

Thanks for any help with my questions.
Jebb:help:

Hi Jebb
1. you do not need to be a sport hallam member to attend
i think its between £3 and £4 per class, i dont know because im an assitant and i got a complimentry sports card for it.
plenty of non students and non memmebrs attend they just par per class.

2. the fitness needed is not a lot for beginer classes
surely its farhad and Co's job to get you fit?
if Farhad doesnt get you fit, tell me and ill give him a kickin in sparring for you :P

3. beginer class syllabus is dead dead easy to learn , more so than most martial arts

i..e basic boxing stance&guared, simple boxing punches , a couple of kicking and kneeing moves. maybe the odd block or self defense technique.

Jebb
the times are
Tuesday : 730pm
Thursday : 730pm
in other words there is a class tonight

ring the gym on 0114-2252449
if you cant find the gym
the thursday class is never full anyway so youll be ok
just introduce yourself to farhad and hell show you the rest of the crew on here.

DAMN!!! cant wait to get back to sheffield

Hi Freddy,

Just a quick thank you for all the info. Will get myself along on Tuesday.

Thanks again.

Jebb:thumbsup:

heya jebb...well speaking as a beginner i didn't find it too difficult to keep up with, just pay attention and "go with the flow" haha. You'll love it!

freddylee...yea sam is the mixed race girl.

Whos going tonight by the way?

SARAH XXX

hey just wodnering
does Wayne still go on that night?
if you were there youd have seen him
he always wears a vest and red kickboxing trousers and he is well muscular, but ripped more than bulky, not very big
farhad moslty uses him as a demo partner

wayne is dead popular with everyone
hes a flashy kicker (but i coudl probably have him)
hes polite and helpful to beginers and always takes time out
and hes dead safe with everyone (and he pretends to take farhad seriously :P)

Ha...yes he seems lovely! If he's the guy i think he is that is.

Why??

Sarah

what about that blonde girl called amy
she looks like a model and shes a orange belt i think?
is she still there?

erm no i don't think so...well if she is i havn't met her!!
x

freddylee r u the guy on the sheffieldkickboxing.com in the bolton section of the mediagallery with black hair????

Sarah
XX

yes i do have black hair
but that is all i am saying :P
why dont you ask farhad who i am :)
he he he
Ok so Amy wasnt there?

Back to topic
Begginers classes:

Now Recuritin NEW Beginners :
MONDAY = 830pm
THURSDAY = 830pm

Womens only beginer class = 730pm

Mixed ability classes =
FRIDAY = 7-830PM
SUNDAY 12 MIDDAY

JUNIORS (UNDER 16'S)= 6PM

www.sheffieldkickboxing.com

Yea...farhad confirmed it!!! HA HA..why wouldn't u tell me

well i assume she wasn't but i guess she might have been:confused: not sure though!

yeaa errm bak 2 topic:cool:

SARAH

woops!!!
forgot to mention the above classes were at the wellington street boxing gym in town

how conveient is that?

In the city?

Near the devonshire cat? everyones favourite pub!!!

Where are SarahBabe and Notorious?
Hey I may be back in sheffield again , might actually be down to one of the classes, Sarah, do you attend any of the classes at the gym in town too? Or is it just broomgrove Road?

Nah freddy i only attend the classes on broomgrove road!!! Bout u, or do u go to both?

Where about r u atm if ur not in sheffield:confused:

let me know when you come down so i know someone else there coz there are different people every session with a couple of exceptions!

Sarah xxx

I go to both when i can
sometimes im in sheffield sometiems im away from home
depends where my flying takes me!

Both gyms are good
Broomgrove is more the "sports centere" environment with nice well lit decor and matted areas,..etc

The wellington street boxing gym is a typical back street boxing gym with all the punch/kick Bags ,boxing ring, speedballs , floor to celiing ball , even a concrete bag!

I prefer the welllington street class myself coz of the equipment
But both gyms attract a very friendly crowd
theres no attitudes no egos none of this slagging off of other martial arts that often takes place in certain gyms either.

Hi guys!

Im interested in taking up kickboxing too!!

Im a complete and utter absolute total beginner though so am a bit worried about it, esp. turning up on my own knowing nothing?!

I notice that you have a women only session on Thursdays at 7.30 and a beginners session on Thursdays at 8.30 at Wellington St - which do you think would be best for me bearing in mind Im a woman and a beginner??!!

Thanks,

--Trotterete--
I was in the exact same position as you a couple of weeks ago! I'd never done it before and i was going by myself...which i actually thought was part of the fun lol.
Firstly, I think you should come to the mixed classes! I've been paired with guys before and it's more difficult as they are stronger but you improve more as well. Also, in the mixed classes i would say there is an equal number of boys and girls (roughly) each session!
There's plenty of people who are either brand new or have only been doing it for a short amount of time so don't worry.

Sarah

P.s. see ya soon!!!

Hi troterette
there are classes on thursday at both venues
there is wellington street boxing gym
Both classes
laides at 730pm and beginers at 830pm are suitable for absolute beginers
on thrusday wellington street is tauht by kathryn and mark howarth
me and kathryn used to train in kids class togetehr back in the day
At the broomgrove road gym on thursday (and tuesday) you get to train with Farhad who actually tauht both kathryn and mark

both are good classes.
These are the classes you should come to as a new starter:
Wellington street:
Monday 830pm (with Farhad)
Thursday :
730( ladies) 830 (mixed) : tauht by mark and kathryn

Broomgrove Road
Tuesday 730pm
Thursday 730pm
Both tauht by Farhad (the head witch doctor himself:P)

good chocie of classes to choose from
ring Farhad 07775 914155 for advice or email the AFK on info@sheffieldkickboxing.com

NEW CLASS STARTING THIS WEEK:

FAMILY CLASS

FRIDAY 6-7PM:

SUITABLE FOR ADULT BEGGINERS (ABSOLUTE NEW STARTERS) AS WELL AS JUNIORS

WELLINGTON STREET BOXING GYM:
info@sheffieldkickboxing.com

Theres quite a few parents and kids or little kids with older brother/sister who want to train together.
I find it works well

Ok, thanks for all the information guys!
Sounds really good!!

Am thinking of coming along tomorrow to the Broomgrove Road 7.30pm one - you reckon this would be ok?!

How much is it and what should I wear / bring??!!

Many Thanks!!

:thumbsup:

Hi Troterette
you should be ok to come on tuesday i know that 730pm is a beginers class
just wear normal gym stuff and no shoes for now but you may need to get kickboxing kit off farhad when you been going long enuff.
its £3.50 per class at broomgrove road and £4 at wellington street.

Thankyou!!

Am still a bit unsure, but I think I'll be brave and give it a go tomorrow at the Broomgrove Rd one!!

See any of you then - maybe??!!

:thumbsup:

dont be too unsure, youre not going to get thrown in at the depe end
best thing to do is introduce yourself to Farhad and say your new kinda like Sarahbabe did and he will look after you well
hes good at that , dead patient with new starters which is why AFK is so successful in everything from bringing confidence into timid new beginers and getting people out of their shells, to the fully comprehensive grading syllabus and even to the ring (for the nutters who actually want to fight! granted most people arent really arsed about all that crazy stuff:P LOL ! )

Naah seriously youll be ok

if you have any doubts ring Farhad on 07775- 914155

forgot to mention that new starters are joining all the time so you wont be alone , sarahbabe has only been to a few classes herself i think???

even tho i ahvent met ehr myself

Ok guys, you've persuaded me!!
Im going to go along to the Broomgrove Road session at 7.30pm tonight!!
If you're there - please be gentle with me!!

:thumbsup:

Hi troterette
did you check it out then?
how was it?

Hiya!

Yes I did check it out - went last night to the 7.30pm class at Broomgrove Road, and it was brilliant!!
Really enjoyed it - everyone was friendly and there was a good atmosphere - and I didnt feel at all intimidated.
I'll def be going again!! I cant make it this Thurs or next Tues - but I'll be there next Thurs!!

Got a couple of bruises but it was well worth it!!

:)

Thanks again for all the info. and encouragement!!

Hey...sorry i forgot to keep looking on here!

Trotterette...glad u had a good time...i'll see you next time you, i wasn't able to go on tuesday as i had an essay to write :gag:

Sarah x

Hi Sarahbabe and Troterette
what techniques have you guys learned so far?
im missing it down there and will be down to say hello soon
have you just learned punches and kicks ? or self defense too?

have you seen that guy called saj yet?
he is one of the instructors , the one who teaches the dangerous self defense techniques

Those self defense tehcniques are good to know. Example, head lock escapes, mount position, guard position, How to throw someone pinning you down,..etc
aint it a pity that a lot of martial arts claim to teach "self defense" but what they teach you will get you more badly beaten up than nothing at all

Could anyone tell me the youngest age at which the Wellington Street gym allow children to train?

Cheers

Lee

Hi Lee i think there are kids as young as 9 or 10 there
i would say 8 would probably be the youngest age to train there as long as they have another friend that ae to train and partner with

Cheers for that Freddylee.

hey sarahbabe and troterette
i was at the class earleir this week didnt meet either of you there
BUT
i did notice that everyone in the advanced classes were up for a rumble theyre fighting soon

Hey sarahbabe do you know who is fighting next week?
farhad wants me to do some reffing and judging, he wont let me fight as he says im not ready and not fit enuff

heya...errm farhad said that pretty much all the guys in the later class are in it! I was needed to help out but i'm going to newcastle so i can't, which is a shame coz i wanted to see everyone in action, ah well.
When and to which class did you go to kickboxing? You probably went when i was ill!
Sarah x

Oh and yeaah i met Saj on thursday he taught us a couple of moves which i was pretty chuffed with :D I've learnt most of the beginner moves...i think...just the basics i guess...
SARAH x

Nice one sarahbabe
have you learnt any grappling yet or any self defense moves?
like defense when someone gets you on the floor etc?

hey i hear that farhad is starting another class at U sport , you know that sports centre at S10?

also known as goodwin sports centre
i dunno who is teaching it, maybe farhad? or possibly me helping out when im next on the ground.

itll be on a wednesday

Hey, sorry only just replying now - basically I've been poorly sick :(

Im gutted - only managed one class on a Tues night a couple of weeks ago at Club Hallam, but havent made it back there since!

Am def planning on doing though - really enjoyed it, its just nasty flu germs have got in the way - boo!!

I cant make it next week either but hopefully w/c 27th Feb, I'll manage to get there - fingers crossed!!

hey troterette, are you makin it down to our tournament?
some of our guys are fighting on it!

27th feb eh?
i should have that day off i think

Hey Sarah , were you there on tuesday i was there and everyone was goin on about how well our guys did in the tournament
TWO gold medals and Two bronzes

way to go to AFK!!!

Noo i wasn't there tuesday...i had an asignment to do :( i;ll be there tonight though...when r u next going?
Yeah i heard how well the guys did!!!
SARAH xxx

all of it is down to the quality of farhads coaching
look at the percentages of who got medals

Loughborough = 15 medals out of 35 fighters = 43%
Leeds = 3 medals out of 12 fighters =25%
Teeside = 2 medals out of 5 fighters = 40%
Newcastle = 1 medal out of 6 fighters = 17%
Sheffield (AFK) = 4 medals out of 9 fighters = 44%

Overall sheffield just shaded loughborugh by percentage of medals
Also :
Gold medals :
Loughborugh :
Ladies 57kg , Mens : -79kg/-86Kg/86KG+
4 champions for louhborouh

Leeds= ladies -63kg
Newcastle = ladies 63kg+
sheffield = Mens -64kg / -71kg

Teeside = 2 Silver medals (mens -64kg and ladies -63kg)

Overall Gold medal % :
Loughborugh = 4/35= 11%
Sheffield = 2/9= 22%
leeds= 8%
newcastle = 17%

Conclusion :
farhads team are possibly the best univeristy kickboxing team in the country

well done we have reached over 2000 views!

just a quick remidner when the classes are:

WELLINGTON STREET

MONDAY = 630-830 ( ADVANCED CLASS)
830-930 = BEGINNER CLASS
THURSDAY = 730-830 (womens only)
830-930pm (beginer class)
FRIDAY = 6-7pm (BEGINER CLASS)
7-830pm ( MIXED CLASS)
SUNDAY 12 -2pm (mixed class)

The Wicker Camp is the place to be, if you don't mind Thai Boxing. Christian Paul world champ teaches there.

freddylee-haha well i'm good like that, jokes :p
when u next at kickboxin...i should be there 2moro but it depends what time my hockey match finishes!

SARAH

How comes everyone wants to cash in on kickboxings popularity?
you get taekwondo and thaiboxing people coming on this thread and saying try our club instead blah blah blah

anyone would think that wicker or the taekwondo clubs are short of members?

LOL

Sarah , hope youre keeping it up good
when are you takin your white belt?

my instructors wtf 5th dan andy hill and wtf 5th dan paul oxtaby (40 years experience between them), will be opening a kickboxing club up shortly watch this space, short of students der! over 300 in sheffield alone, 4 trianing with the british olympic team,(which team do you train with freddy).

what the hell do andy hill and paul bushby know about kickboxing
LOL
what a joke
have they been anywhere near a kickboxing ring?

i seriously doubt it

LOL

oh yeah andy,.. sorry i mean claw, there isnt kickboxing in the olympics

your right there freddy, but it would love to be one!. andy hill spent time in the ring at croft house youth settlement/hillsborough boys as a nipper to teens, mr OXTABY spent ten years practicing his skills as a kick boxer in the ring with a twice european champ long before you probably thought of putting gloves on

Oxo has been doing kickboxing since 1986 trained with Phil Glover European champion and coached Glynn Page to English title WKA and has fought on WKA show.

Do you also know that kickboxing evolved from karate taekwondo and tand soo do.

The greatest kickboxer ever Benny the Jet URquidez was a tang soo do exponent.

Kickboxing is a cross breed of the above mixed in with western boxing.

benny the jet practised karate not tang soo do althouh chukc norris did tangsoodo

lets face it andy sorry "claw"
youve finally realsied that TKD is a **** style which is why your wantin to branch into kickboxing :P

TKD is on its way out now is it?
lookin at the TKD in the olympics which was really a bit of an embarassment to martial arts in general i can see why

so big deal if any hill spent time in croft house boxin gym,.. how many fihts did he actually have?

also i have heard that a representative for TKD was asked from the WTF which they didnt want to talk about :P
Karate and kung fu gave their representative , can TKD stylists no longer actually fight?

LOL

can TKD stylists no longer actually fight?
I would love to see anyone from kickboxing fight at WTF OR ITF.
There have been many TKD exponents cross over to Kickboxing and MMa successfully.
Back in the day Owen Comrie WTF Rick The Jet Roufus Kenny Walton Elvis Parlsey etc and people like Mark Weir TAGB.
Kickboxing is not a style its a set of rules for all martial artists to particpate in.
Kicboxing came from traditional MA such as TKD Trad Karate Lau Gar kung fu etc etc
Get your history correct .....do you know what the worlds most popular MA is Taekwondo....Master Sken is a TKD master did you know that ....

what the hell ..LOL ..what a joke ..i seriously doubt it ..LOL
Where is the joke? :confused: Apart from FreddyLee's repeated lacking displays of any respect, and his factual and historical accounts :hihi: :P

FreddyLee is just one of those "our style/club is the best, why would you want to train elsewhere" kind of people, with a lack of MA knowledge and no respect for others.

Who cares if "farhads team are possibly the best univeristy kickboxing team in the country" (even though loughborough clearly did better with 4 golds)

How comes everyone wants to cash in on kickboxings popularity?
you get taekwondo and thaiboxing people coming on this thread and saying try our club instead blah blah blah

anyone would think that wicker or the taekwondo clubs are short of members?

LOL

Sarah , hope youre keeping it up good
when are you takin your white belt?

Theres a lot of that sort of thing around. :hihi:

You'll not stop it, but you know what right, so dont stress.

have a good one

Argghhh people..calm down!!! Agree to disagree or something and we can talk about what this thread is meant to b about :D

and freddylee..i'm doing my grading in like 2 weeks :help: lol

SARAH

out of interest, what does your grading involve sarah? what will you be required to do in order to succesfully obtain your belt?

To be honest i'm not quite sure coz i've never done one before! Apparently i just have to prove i can do certain techniques by themselves and in combination with other techniques. Because i've only had like 10 sessions i'm well nervous lol but apparently i was doing red belt combinations pretty gd so with any luck i'll be okay!
You do kickboxing anvil?

SARAH

no, i don't - Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is my current discipline of choice :)

i have done western boxing, but never kickboxing - i hear that AFK is a great place to train though, despite what freddylee says! LOL :hihi:

actually i trained in wing chun for a while with a guy who trained/trains at AFK and he highly recommended the place.

good luck with your grading :thumbsup:

nice one sarahbabe good luck with it
Anvil thanx for the comment when r u popping down?

Thanks anvil :)

Are there any kick boxing clubs in or around westfield/halfway??


I'm not sure if one's already come up in here but i don't have time to read 7 pages.


Thanks

westfield and halfway?
No idea
what about sam jones helath club? wasnt there something there at one time?
Or even south yorkshire boxing academy on a tuesday night?

Anyway Sarah , when are you doing your grading?
is anyone else doing theirs?
i wanna take my brown belt but farhad said my fitness isnt up to scratch, kathryn had to wait a year and a half for her brown belt

I'm doing it this saturday...you should come down for moral support lol! When u next gna b at a session? yea lots of ppl r going for their gradings...hopefully im ready altho i haven't been going long at all!!! I felt so mean last time coz everytime i did front kick the girl i was with fell/amost fell over :( lol
I'm sure Farhad knows best ;) ahaha!!!!

SARAH x

Good luck for your grading Sarahbabe :)

waheyy i just passed my grading....only got a B tho..i guess not that bad for a sprained foot but i wanted a better grade haha...anywaaaaay YAY I PASSED :hihi: :D
absolutly shattered now so i gota gooo

SARAH XXX

Is there anywhere else they do kickboxing. ? other than city centre?

I've seen WTF Taekwando advertised at Hillsborough Leisure Centre in the Star.

Mods, in this instance WTF is not intended as swearing, it stands for World Taekwando Federation, so Edd, please don't edit it out.

:D Kickboxing and Taekwando are different though..and having done both i would say kickboxing is a lot better :P
With AFK (sheffieldkickboxing.com) you can train either in town on wellington street OORRR on broomgrove road (where i train) at sheffield hallam sports centre just off ecclesall road. These sessions are on tuesdays and thursdays 7.30 to 8.30 for beginners and 8.30 to 9.30 for advanced!:D

SARAH X

congratulations sarah :)

:D :D Thanks anvil:D :D

Hi
WHAT A SMALL WORLD!!! I KNOW FARHAD PERSONALLY.

Farhad is very good trainer. There was another thread on here about some kick boxing classes etc, the title was 'childrens self defence classes'.
Unfortunatley Farhads classes were to far and a family member of mine goes to Adrain Abdalla's class (prokung fu), which are held in Hillsbrough and Woodseats. Check out their website.
prokungfu.com

Adrians very good too, inparticular for younger and more inexperienced students.

thanks

I am thinking about going to the 393 club in Hillsborough to train with Adrian Abdalla...anyone go there?
What days do they do it??

Thanks

Whereabouts in hillsborough is that.
never heard of it.
but may be interested. can you get hold of some info.,
?

it's on langsett road - opposite Morrisons.

know they train on sunday's at 5pm which I am interested in doing.

want somewhere to train on a wednesday close to Hillsborough as I dont drive!!!

I would like to do Kickboxing class. but it all sounds a bit too much, proper. whereas I would be better doing a casual class at a gym.
which gym does it.
does that gym across from Meadowhall do a kickboxing class or boxercise class?

beth, what do you mean by 'proper' and 'casual'?

I mean. at the place at Langsett road, if you dont do it right. they make you do 100 press ups. or punish you. that is what my husband said. because I wanted him to come with me. and he refused.

are you sure he just didn't want you to come to the club.
I can't imagine that they keep many novices if they punish you for getting it wrong.

I would like to give it a go. I want to build my confidence up.
so, if anyone has been, if they can tell e what it is like. I am quiet. so I would like some encouragement./a push.

I train at Marsden's freestyle @ Hillsborough Arena and they are really friendly and patient.

What goes off there. hillsborough arena. is that don valley?

i can't comment on any club 'punishing' people for not doing things right, but AFK kickboxing club (city centre) has a good reputation, as does the JKD class at the source, nr meadowhall. why don't you give them a try?

Whats JKD.
is there a website for them?

hey up. im a kick boxer i train with the great britain coach. it is at woodhouse next to the stag. on monday and wednesday. monday is the best 7 while 8.

Whats JKD.
is there a website for them?

JKD is jeet kune do and is the martial art/concept devised by Bruce Lee. It often (sometimes) includes kali/escrima, western boxing, kickboxing, savate, BJJ, and a host of other disciplines. I believe that Mark incorporates some of the filipino stuff (escrima), and on another thread Inosanto referred to the class as JKD/boxing/kickboxing. Although i've never trained there, Mark has an excellent reputation and i'm sure he won't make you do 100 push ups for getting something wrong...(will you Mark?) :hihi:

lunnster just out of curiousity which "great britain coach" do you train with?

the only instructor ive heard of in woodhouse is a guy called terry
he does some tournaments and farhad refs a bit for him
not a kickboxer tho hes a karate man (terry) but he seems ok ive said hello to him and he seems polite etc

marsdens all styles is ok too i went up to train there a couple of times good blend of karate and kickboxing.

as for Adrian Abdulla , no comment :P

The man you're speaking of ,(Terry at Woodhouse) is Terry Noble 4th Dan in Goju-Ryu Karate.Do a good bloke and, as you say, polite person.He's only done a couple of touraments as far as I know,prefering all round "in depth" Karate to sport karate.

ahh is that the guy
dark haired fella with a tash right?
yeah nice guy but people need to stop getting karate mixed up with kickboxing.

hey sarahbabe did you do the gradin with the main group ? or did you do a "small group" grading?

has anyone else graded recently?
what grade is blonde amy now?

wow!
theres almost 4000 views
keep it up forumers!!!

Farhad was doing the grading at set times so i chose a later one but apparently most of the group did it in the morning so there was only me and one other girl in my session.
loads of people took their grading apparently but i cudnt name half of them lol.
dnt really know amy but i heard she wasn't very high up...i think someone said yellow belt not sure though!
SARAH xxx

hi sarah
Farhad told me the results this morning, he sounded a bit ruff on the thraot maybe he has a cold?
he told me the fights were great and AFK won most of theirs

Wayne won the british title no surpirse there and so did someone called sunny singh?
who is sunny singh is he good? ive ehard hes dead cocky and he talks to his opponents when hes fighting them and dances in the ring and stuff , is he really that good? ill soon find out once ive sparred with him

as for Adrian Abdulla , no comment

Can I ask what you meant by this??

adrian abdulla is not a kickboxer, never has been a kickboxer
none of his "fighters" are ever involved in kickboxing events
no one in kickboxing have ever heard of him

sorry to say this but you did ask

adrian abdulla is not a kickboxer, never has been a kickboxer
none of his "fighters" are ever involved in kickboxing events
no one in kickboxing have ever heard of him

sorry to say this but you did ask

May I ask how you are so sure of this??

You sound like a complete prat to me!

SAMA have loads of clubs in Sheffield and Buxton.
All instructors are qualified in Kung Fu and Kickboxing.

They also teach in schools and colleges in sheffield.

So if no-one has heard of him then you must be mistaken cause YOU'VE heard of him..........Loon:loopy:

It seems to me that you have your head so far up your own ar*e that you cant see daylight.

Thought martial arts taught you respect??:suspect:

gazelle
he is but we all like to torment him so we put up with him LOL
JUST KIDDING FREDDY;-)


Freddy just looked at the post you put.
wow!
there’s almost 4000 views
keep it up forumers!!!

Did you know most of them are by you lol

gazelle
personal insults will get you nowhere :P

what is Adrian abdullas record in kickboxing?
how many kickboxing bouts has he had?
do you actually know what kickboxing is?

oh by the way freestyle karate point fighting flick with a backfist and then stick yopur hand up to score a point is NOT kickboxing.

martial arts hasnt tauht either you or the abdulla brothers respect seein their conduct at tournaments and the way you call people a prat for no reason.

theres another thread "kickboxing or freestyle karate"
you want to argue then go on that thread :P

:P CAAALLLMMM DOWWWNNNNN CHILDREN!!!!!! :P

nah freddy, sonnys really good and seems like a nice guy so i dunno where you heard all that stuff from :rolleyes: when u gonna come 2 see if i'm any good then ahahahaha.
I felt so mean the other week coz the girl i was paired with kept falling over everytime i kicked the pad, so we had to put this mat behind her..oops.

SARAH x

p.s. no more fighting children :D

Just a quick mesage to Freddy Lee.

Freddy, have you ever used Ax kick Boxing site by any chance?

ive used it a couple of times
i am 50 pence on there

sarahbabe
have you staretd sparring yet?
ive never met sunny but he soudns dead funny ive been told what his fight was like
naah im gonna kick his ass in sparring
ive ehard that waynes improved loads, amy is still a yellow belt? she was orange belt last time i looked!
or is it a different amy?

Freddy

Do you know if Farhad uses this forum at all, I just wondered as you mentioned you were at his house with him whilst you were writing a reply on the forum and thought Farhad might actually participate on the forum at some point, I know up until a certain point he was very vocal on Ax you see.

I've been going to Farhad's classes since October. I highly recommend them to everyone. He's an absolutely brilliant instructor and the atmosphere and attitudes of all the people that attend are brilliant.

Razor adam???
i remember Razor Reza! are you new razor? which classes do you go to?

respect!
freddy

another thing razor the girls at AFK are dead nice and friendly too, specailly amy

Yeah Farhads a brilliant instructor..i wouldn't have passed my grading after only kickboxin for like 2 months wud i !!!

---stussoincos---Nah farhad doesn't use the forum duno why tho he shud coz its great :huh:

---freddylee---farhad might hav said orange.Im thinking u quite like amy dnt u ehyyy. Yeah sonnys funny, i was taking photos of him, wayne n farhad on tues but they wer crap at doing "hardboy" faces n kept laughin :( got some "interesting" photos. Nope i havn't started sparrin yet and yeah wayne seems pretty amazing at kickboxin so i assume hes improved.

:D :D Yeaaah girls at AFK are really nice mwahaha :D :D

SARAH XXX

Hey guys i wonder why my ears are burning????:P

hey sarah that was a funny training session ... u taking photo's of 2 topless men and farad haha. theres something you dont hear everyday..

just for your guys information Amy is a Green belt now she did her grading with me a few months a go.

Freedylee im not that cocky when I fight I just like to play with my pray before I eat it or it would spoil the fun. haha . Im not that gud either just happened to be lucky never to have lost ;)

I go to the tuesday and thurs class at the hallam gym you should come down some time. But Il only spar with you if you promise to take it easy on me..:)

And any other kickboxers from the club on here to let you know ther is a social wed 5th April i.e next 8pm at Champ. EVERYONE WELCOME!

Hi I wanted to start doing kickboxing, but again im female and wouldnt want to go on me own :( trying to get friends interested but isn't there thing :(

hi before you start kickboxing make sure the instructor has a good rep and a solid foundation in martial arts (traditional) karate, kung fu or tae kwon do. as there are a lot of cowboys out there, look at .prokungfu.com they teach kickboxing at hillsbourgh 393 club i think good luck.:) :)

hi before you start kickboxing make sure the instructor has a good rep and a solid foundation in martial arts (traditional) karate, kung fu or tae kwon do. as there are a lot of cowboys out there, look at sheffield academy of martial arts in yellow pages they teach kickboxing at hillsbourgh 393 club i think good luck.:) :)

Hi I wanted to start doing kickboxing, but again im female and wouldnt want to go on me own :( trying to get friends interested but isn't there thing :(

AFK do women only classes - i have heard good things about the place independently of any of the posts on here (which are plentiful!)

thanx guys
sunny singh cant wait to spar ya LOL

cavegal, why would a kickboxing instructor want or need grades is karate or kung fu???
personally ive met too many black belts in karate who have terrible technique so no thank you
ha ha ha

all the instructors at AFK also have had experience in full contact bouts some fighting at title level in both amateur and pro
so that destroys cavegals theory of "cowboys" :P

oh and AFK is affiliated to W.A.K.O Pro
which is the biggest worldwide association there is

Sonny i'm glad i got u blushing ahahaha...see that's how nice i am, defending u and everything :thumbsup:
Yeah well i guess i'm the special one being able to take pictures :huh: haha jokes.

Whos coming on wednesday? coz i don't wanna be a loner...u gonna come milad?

see ya all tnight!!
Sarah xxx

thanx guys
sunny singh cant wait to spar ya LOL

cavegal, why would a kickboxing instructor want or need grades is karate or kung fu???
personally ive met too many black belts in karate who have terrible technique so no thank you
ha ha ha

all the instructors at AFK also have had experience in full contact bouts some fighting at title level in both amateur and pro
so that destroys cavegals theory of "cowboys" :P

oh and AFK is affiliated to W.A.K.O Pro
which is the biggest worldwide association there is



Freddy i think i mentioned some where before Any one can teach kickboxing it isnt real martial art you usually find instructors that couldn't make the grade in a traditional martial art i.e. Karate , kung fu, tae kwon do (they find it to difficult so leave before grading to a dan grade or black belt )then set up a kickboxing club ! and if you read any martial arts magazine there are loads of adverts saying that if you are a brown belt that you can set up your own club and affiliate to any association you want yes even WAKO. But i must stress that instructors that have already succeded in reaching Dan grade or black belt in their chosen style are far more reputable when it comes to teaching kickboxing , after all there are only 4 basic punches to master and 6 or so kicks ( most other kicks are variations of the basic kicks) Sorry to burst your bubble:( :( :(