Hastings Kickboxing Academy held one of its regular gradings earlier this month and according to Chief Instructor Carl Denne the results show the clubs members just keep getting ‘better and better. Carl says: “Since our change to the time table last month we have already seen a great improvement in the classes as we now […]
At the weekend Hastings Kickboxing Academy (HKA) took part in the WKO Five Nations tournament. For the academy’s Chief Instructor Carl Denne it was a big day: “I just want to say how proud I am of the way the team conducted themselves, this was HKA’s first tournament in about seven years, so it was […]
Jake Willard (in the white trousers) raised the bar again at the Casino Rooms in Rochester at the weekend in only his second full-contact fight. Jake was matched against Sonny Grieves from the world-class gym, Mick Crossland’s Combat Academy. Both lads had had time off due to injuries and both were clearly wanting to win. […]
I’m very proud of our Hastings Kickboxing Academy (HKA) team in their performances at the Casino Rooms in Rochester at the weekend writes Carl Denne. First up was Sanjay Rajan competing in only his second fight. The Casino Rooms is a night club and represents a massive step up for a youngster at this stage […]
He’s only just 16 but Billy Joe Fitzgerald is already marking his mark in the world of full contact kickboxing. On Saturday night, in just his second full contact fight and matched against a strong and very able opponent Billy Joe notched up his second decisive win. His opponent was Jack Johnson from TKO and […]
Head Coach at Hastings Kickboxing Academy (HKA), Carl Denne, has pronounced himself ‘so proud’ of his fight team that took part in Battle of Kent at the weekend. Staged at the Lordswood Leisure centre there were more than 90 fights in three rings, “when we arrived I knew it was going to be a busy […]
Hastings Kickboxing Academy (HKA) was out at the TKO light contact event in Maidstoneon Sunday where a number of members of the HKA team were competing in their first ever fights. HKA’s Chief Instructor Carl Denne gives us a detailed run down on the action from the day, Carl says: “We were out with a […]
Fighters from Hastings Kickboxing Academy walked in to the ‘Kombat Zone’ at the Casino Rooms in Rochester last night and they came away with victories under their belts. Nick Lelliott was in a rematch against Matt Geere, the man he’d beaten in Hastings last autumn, and not only did Nick win his fight by a […]
We’ve enjoyed meeting people, talking to them and finding out their story and as part of our review of 2018 we are revisiting some great profiles of local sporting heroes. There’s Stu and Tarnya Allen who are helping put British wrestling back on the map, Ross Garnett who was taking swimming lessons in 2017 and […]
