Hastings Kickboxing Academy (HKA) hosted it’s first day show on Saturday July 24th at its new premises on Castleham Industrial Estate. Back to back action saw 28 bouts displaying a mixture of Kickboxing, K1 and Muay Thai. The event was attended by fighters representing clubs from eight martial arts organisations located throughout the South East, […]
Last weekend Hastings Kickboxing Academy (HKA) held its first Muay Thai seminar hosted by Liam Harrison. Carl Denne, owner and Chief Instructor at HKA said: “Liam ‘The Hitman” Harrison is one of the top English fighters in Muay Thai and Kickboxing, winning numerous World Champion titles throughout his career. “The seminar was a huge success, […]
Adapting to survive has become the watchword of many businesses during the Covid-19 lockdowns that we have experienced in the last year. One of the business sectors hardest hit have been the independent gyms that have been forced to close choking off much needed revenues. While Chief Instructor at Hastings Kickboxing Academy (HKA) Carl Denne […]
There’s no keeping a good fighter down and that’s certainly true for Hastings Kickboxing expert Carl Denne. In the teeth of the pandemic Carl has taken the brave decision not to hunker down and ride out the storm but to take the bull by the horns and move his thriving club, Hastings Kickboxing Academy (HKA) […]
As it was for so many gym owners lockdown was a body blow to Carl Denne. For four months he has remained relentlessly upbeat, posting daily messages of support and encouragement to Hastings Kickboxing Academy’s 300 plus members. Today the day he feared might never come has actually arrived and he’ll be throwing open his […]
When, overnight, the government tells you your business is going to have to close and they don’t know when you’ll be able to open up again it’s not just an uncertain time it’s a frightening time. Like many other small business people Carl Denne of Hastings Kickboxing Academy was left reeling back in March when […]
Ten members of the Hastings Kickboxing Academy Fight team travelled to Birmingham to take part in the ICO British Open. It was the first time the fight team had ever taken part in an event like this and according to Chief Instructor Carl Denne the whole team put on strong performances and represented HKA extremely […]
On Saturday night George French made his second appearance in the Queensberry Boxing League (QBL) in a stunning venue at the Epsom racecourse. This time he was matched against a much fairer opponent John Barnard at light middleweight. After just 30 seconds of the first round George found his range and quickly took control of […]
Finding his confidence… Last week ‘Gorgeous’ George French stepped up a a few notches just six weeks after going for trials for the Queensbury boxing league writes Carl Denne of Hastings Kickboxing Academy (HKA)! They could see he had talent and offered us a tough match against an very experienced boxer Ami Raham. In true […]
