Hastings Kickboxing Academy attended a light contact show at TKO last weekend writes Carl Denne. Although we have a big team we could only match Riley Davis and Abigail Jordan. ‘Super’ Riley was up first and was awesome. He was controlled, listened and gave a perfect little performance wining not just his second fight but […]
Hastings Kickboxing Academy has a new English Champion in its ranks. Billy Joe Fitzgerald fought in his first IKF open tournament in Gillingham, Kent where after a tough day of competition he secured his title in style. HKA chief instructor Carl Denne said: “In one of the busier weight categories Billy Joe won his way through […]
Chief instructor at Hastings Kickboxing Academy, Carl Denne is looking forward to the next few years as he watches his students grow and develop. “We really are starting to get some amazing young talent in the gym and really looking forward to the next few years as they develop and expand theirs skills as kickboxers,” […]
•Scroll to bottom of page for video link Last Saturday saw Carl Denne stage his ninth Hastings Kickboxing Academy Fight Night. Feedback from those who attended confirm it was Carl’s biggest and best show yet with the night’s final showdown between local favourite Marlon Gillett and Michael Samperi who’d travelled from Italy specially for HKA […]
Hastings Kickboxing Academy was out in force on Sunday when TKO promotions staged Kombat Zone at the the Casino Rooms in Rochester. First of the Hastings fighters in to the ring was Callum Helsdown in his first full contact test against a very talented and strong opponent. At the end of the three rounds Callum the […]
Carl Denne says he’s just experienced one of the proudest moments of his life. It’s a couple of months since he put himself through the rigours of a kickboxing grading and his 3rd Dan Belt and certificate arrived this week and he says he feels humbled that he has, ‘earned’ his stripes. “This is my […]
In two decades of teaching Carl Denne has become one of the town’s most respected kickboxing instructors. But while during those 20 years Carl has graded hundreds of students he hadn’t graded himself since passing his second dan back in 1998. “Over the last couple of years it began to become more and more of […]
Last weekend Hastings Kickboxing Academy had a great day at Battle of Kent. First up was Billy-Joe who had two fights and scored two wins, he deserves a massive ‘well done’. His first fight was fantastic. Billy-Joe only has one button, he just goes in to fight with no slow, or light mode, which means […]
Hastings Kickboxing held its biggest ever grading last weekend, with what Chief Instructor Carl Denne says were some impressive improvements from his students. “The hard work and dedication has not gone unnoticed and the results from the grading have shown this. As our ‘tots’ start to get older and stronger, they move up a group […]
