Why Choose East Midlands Kickboxing?
East Midlands Kickboxing are a localised division of the Professional Kickboxing Association (PKA), the UK's premier kickboxing group. With over 120 clubs nationwide and more than 2000 students we are a leading force in the world of modern martial arts today, please feel free to explore our website to learn more.
Improve Your Fitness Level in 2010
Are you bored with your current workout? We offer an exciting and dynamic way to lose weight and get fit, our classes are designed to provide you with an all-over body workout. By the very nature of the sport you will receive an outstanding cardio and conditioning workout you will become more agile, more supple and toned.
Learn Realistic Self Defence
It's a sad fact these days that knife crime and muggings are forever in the headlines, self preservation is becoming a harsh reality we all have to face, While we cant make you bulletproof, we can help you gain extra confidence through our well practised self defence systems. With luck these are skills that you will never need.
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"You are just a few steps away from one of the most enjoyable and rewarding experiences of your life"
Dan Maguire - PKA Regional Instructor & EMK Founder |  |
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Past Present
Kickboxing - A Brief History (Continued)
Kickboxing as we know it today has envolved enormously since it was first born into the world back in the mid seventies. At the time it was simply an adaption of modern freestyle karate and other traditional martial arts but with boxing gloves. Now over 30 years on Kickboxing has evolved into its own unique sport and has become a highly respected martial art discipline.
East Midlands Kickboxing are amongst an elite of martial arts groups who strive to offer our students the very best tuition and training available in the UK today. We are affiliated to the Professional Kickboxing Association (PKA), the PKA are the founders of American Sport Kickboxing in the UK under our principal Mr. Mike Haig.
Beware of Cowboys. There are many well respected traditional martial arts groups within the UK, however some less succesful associations have jumped on the Kickboxing bandwagon since it has become more and more popular. We at East Midlands Kickboxing have our roots in pure American Sport Kickboxing, we are not ex-Karate or ex-Kung Fu practioners but 100% Kickboxing Trained.
In recent years we have fine tuned our classes to appeal to the masses rather than just the hardcore martial arts practitioners. Only when training with us will you learn true Sport Kickboxing how it was originally intended to be, dynamic, varied, exciting and above all else, safe. Below is a list of just some of the health and well being benefits you will receive from training within our classes :-
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Children * Helps Prevent Child Obesity * Teaches Respect & Discipline * Improved Focus & Attention Span * Better Behaviour at Home & School * Beat The Bully - Anti-Bully Training * Make New Friends |
| Teens & Adults * Proven Weight Loss * Better Muscle Tone * Improved Cardio Fitness * Greater Strength & Flexibilty * Improved Self Confidence * Encourages Positive Mental Attitude |  |
Although we have trained many great fighters, sparring and competition is completely optional, you will never be forced into doing anything you do not want to. Most people attend for fitness and health reasons and never wish to get involved in the competitive aspect, instead many of our students enjoy the grading syllabus which we practice in each session. An average class will consist of the following activities :-
* Stretch and Aerobic Warm Up * Thin Air Techniques in Lines * Evasion Techniques in Pairs * Grading Syllabus in Pairs * Focus, Shield & Bag Work
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| * Realistic Self Defence Drills * Upper & Lower Body Conditioning * Fun Activities / Team Events * Stretch and Cool Down * Optional Sparring After the Session
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We do not teach the same class each week like you might see in aerobics for example, every class is new, varied and exciting. If, as instructors, we taught the same class week in - week out we would get bored just like the students would get bored. However because we have an enourmous wealth of martial arts knowlege we can offer you something different every time, to book your FREE introductory class visit our find a club page or contact page today.
Still Not Convinced?
Our Instructors are highly trained in martial arts and qualified to teach classes. They all hold a black belt in Kickboxing along with a recognised teaching qualification, first aid certification, enhanced CRB forms (Police checks) and also instructor indemnity insurance all for your peace of mind, visit the Instructors page for more detailed information on our friendly staff.
Our Prices are very competitive and we beleive that we can give you the BEST kickboxing tuition you will find in the area, we back this up by offering you a full money back Guarantee on any fees paid if you are not fully satisfied, this is pretty unique in martial arts but that's how confident we are that you will love our classes. Contact us today to learn more or to book your FREE introductory session.
To get a better idea what our classes entail why not have a look at the Gallery section to see up-to date pictures of our instructor and students within the actual classes. We also hold regular training seminars for our members, such as self defence, sparring and weapons training, click on Events to see what special courses we have coming up soon, all in your local East Midlands area!
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Martial Arts Movie Star Scott Adkins
Recent seminar ran for the PKA by Scott Adkins, star of TV and Cinema
(see events and gallery for more information)
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 | "After years of boredom in gyms I have thoroughly enjoyed the variation Simon Haslam, East Leake, Leicestershire |
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Many of our instructors have appeared in Combat magazine, the UK's No. 1 Martial Arts Magazine
Scott Adkins Dean Williams Duane Reid Garreth Jones Rachael Weaver
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