When Ore Village Primary Academy decided to host a ‘breakout afternoon’ last week Hastings Kickboxing Academy (HKA) was there to lend a hand and to let the youngsters have a first hand taste of the sport. The idea of the breakout afternoon was to break away from the curriculum and encourage children to try new activities, 32 […]
It was a big weekend for Hastings kickboxer Dan Brown who scored a knockout win in his first full-contact fight. Hastings Kickboxing Academy instructor Carl Denne says: “Dan has been training very hard over the last few months and this showed in his performance.” After winning a few light contact fights over the last year, […]
Hastings Kickboxing Academy travelled to Greys in Essex for Cyclone Fight night at the weekend. Callum Helsdown jumped back in the ring in his second ever full contact bout. A slow and shaky start as he struggled to find his range against a taller, older, heavier man – the fighter was changed at the last minute […]
Hastings Kickboxing traveled to Lordswood in Kent last weekend for a light contact event. First up was Charlie Drury in his first ever Kickboxing fight. Charlie was excited but nervous for his first bout matched against a taller lad. It was an evenly matched fight and both young men tried their hardest to take control […]
Fifty members of Hastings Kickboxing Academy (HKA) graded last weekend and according to chief instructor Carl Denne there were some ‘fantastic achievements’. Carl says that gradings don’t just grade the children in the actual martial art but also helps them to understand things like time keeping for events, making sure they have everything they need […]
Six-year-old Riley Davis wanted to do something for people who “don’t have much things” and on Sunday he did just that. Proud parents Aaron and Lucy with Riley after he completed his challenge. Riley’s goal was to do 1,000 burpees, an exercise feared by even some of the hardest athletes, and in the process he […]
