Welcome to Woburn Sands Kickboxing Club, Milton Keynes January newsletter.

A very happy new year to you all and I hope you had a fantastic Christmas and welcome back to training.

What a great month December was! Firstly massive congratulations to Adam who won his first full contact fight by a technical KO in the 2nd round. Adam took control of the fight from the first bell (apart form a couple of kicks he received below the belt!!). He showed great footwork, punching combinations and power. I think I was more nervous than he was! If you haven’t seen the video yet click below and watch it, it’s well worth a few moments of your time. Make sure you catch the pictures at the end (As taken by Mark “The Lord” Lynham). The support for this event was fantastic, thanks to everyone who came up to Coventry for this great night.

This really concluded a great year for Adam, having aslo won both nationals and the ECKA grand prix title. Watch this space for 2012!!

December 11th was our final grading of the year. 33 of you graded with fantastic results including Adam and Kat achieving A grades, well done to both of you and everyone else who graded. It was also a landmark grading with Lee, Paul and Kabibi achieving their Brown belts, their last grading of this kind as they now move on to 1st KYU courses and grading training with Sensei Dev.

Beginners 3 week course 11th January

I have had a fantastic response to the course which is now 75% full!! If you know anyone who might like to try kickboxing, this is an ideal opportunity for them. I will be teaching all the basics, pad work and self defence. All this for 50% off at only £9 for the three weeks.

January will see quite a number of new students, as always please help them and welcome them to our fantastic club.

MK KickBoxercise

I have now re-branded Woburn Sands Ladies Kickbxercise to MK Kickboxercise. MK KickBoxercise now has it’s own website and generic Facebook page, please take a few minutes and have a look at the both at

This exciting new brand now consists of the ladies only classes, a NEW Bootcamp from Saturday 14th January and Personal Training.

The ladies classes continue to be busy with the introduction of the Tuesday class. I’m really excited by MK KickBoxercise as it can help even more people achieve their fitness goals using non-contact martial art techniques. If you are interested in attending the Bootcamp (for men and ladies) please contact me to book. I am limiting places to make best use of the new hall. I now offer 1-1 Personal Training at fantastic and very competitive rates, all based on my unique blend of Kickboxing and Kickboxercise.

2012

The ECKA calendar for 2012 should be with us by the end of January. We should then know our grading dates, competition dates etc. for the year. I’d like to encourage as many of you as possible to start thinking about attending the summer course. This is generally held at the end of July at Loughborough University. It’s a fantastic inspiring weekend to train with other ECKA students, learn new skills and socialise with other clubs.

Finally….

I want to share an inspirational story with you. Karen is a friend of mine from my (mature student, me not Karen!!) Uni post grad days. Please go to her page and click like and share her amazing journey. Through hard work and dedication she is achieving her goals and changing her life (all with a smile on her face to boot, (excuse the pun!). I think this is an amazing way to share your journey and get real motivation, whilst helping to inspire others. Think about where you are now, where you want to get too and how you can achieve your goals in 2012, how will you share your journey?

Here’s her link to her Facebook page and blog, please go to it an click Like:

See you at your next lesson, train well!

Ouss

Sensei Mike

ECKA - Woburn Sands Kickboxing, Milton Keynes