Kicking through the mud – a new kind of challenge for Hastings kickboxers

May 10, 2018May 10, 2018

While some people were just lounging in the sun and taking things easy at the weekend a team of five from Hastings Kickboxing Academy decided to get their kicks in a different way.

Ollie Lockwood, Jade Sargent, Sophie North, Scott Pells and Harvey Baker under the watchful eye of HKA chief instructor Carl Denne headed to Fawley, near Henley-on-Thames to take part in the London West Tough Mudder event.

Tough Mudder combines a gruelling 12 mile cross country course with a range of obstacles to climb over, scramble through or immerse yourself in, Carl says: “It was my first ever Tough Mudder, I’m really not a running person so to complete 12 miles was a huge achievement for me.”

The HKA team saw the event as ‘just another training opportunity’ and for Sophie who recently underwent shoulder surgery the event was a very special test that she came through with flying colours.

Here’s some photographs to celebrate HKA’s triumph outside the ring!

31956520_10214106906804202_7467132099607134208_o — Muddy… very muddy. The HKA team at the end of Tough Mudder and feeling the sense of satisfaction of a job well down

32073310_10214451128685980_1157817771619254272_n — Ollie Lockwood, Scott Pells and Harvey Baker.

32104997_10214451128405973_3373100317359996928_n — Born with a smile on his face – Chief Instructor Carl Denne setting the pace.

32105168_10214451127445949_3680789532472508416_n — Orange headbands all round – Ollie Lockwood, Carl Denne, Jade Sargent, Sophie North, Scott Pells and Harvey Baker.