Sep 21, 2016 | Kickboxing, martial arts
What type of fighter are you? Are you fighting and competing at the level that you’re capable of? Do you regularly perform better in class than at tournaments? Are you losing to people you shouldn’t be? Do fears and self-doubts paralise you and prevent you from...
Apr 18, 2016 | Karate, Karate in Leighton Buzzard, Kickboxing, martial arts
Another blog about DRINKING MORE WATER….yes yes I know…. There’s a lot of debate surrounding recommended daily water intake. For years, the general rule of thumb was to drink between six and eight glasses a day, but this theory was dismissed as “thoroughly debunked...
Feb 29, 2016 | Flexibility, martial arts
Flexibility is key to allow us to move freely and comfortably, and can also help prevent injury during exercise. Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) stretching relies on reflexes to produce deeper stretches that increase flexibility. What is PNF...
Jan 25, 2016 | Karate in Leighton Buzzard, Kickboxing, martial arts, Motivation
“Kickboxing can’t offer me anything more than a gym” Five years in the gym V Five years in the dojo – One equals a black belt! If you came to a kickboxing class and you worked at a slower pace than you were able to and didn’t push yourself, then what...
Jan 24, 2016 | Karate in Leighton Buzzard, Karate Students, Kickboxing, martial arts
1. How old were you when you started training and why did you choose martial arts? I had done a couple of years kickboxing on and off at other clubs when I was younger but had serveral years off, moved house and then started with ECKA age 33 (and very much a beginner...
Dec 1, 2015 | martial arts, Motivation, Yoga
Yoga and Martial Arts At first glance, Yoga and Martial Arts seem like opposing forces and philosophies, but on closer inspection they are in fact opposite sides of the same coin, yin and yang you could say. After many years of constant back pain, trips to osteopaths,...