AFK Kickboxing

02/06/2026

It’s nice to see this write up online about one of our fighters

This one is ALI HUSSAIN

31/05/2026

Saturday at Dunstable Conference centre was a successful day out for AFK

SUPER FIGHT SERIES

ALI HUSSAIN fought against a very tough and aggressive opponent from Weymouth

After landing a perfect knee and causing a knockdown he went back and finished the bout in the first round.

His first comment was “ who’s next?”

26/04/2026

On this weekend just gone
The AFK juniors had a very successful season of matches

On Saturday recently promoted Brown Belt FAHD did an exhibition match with a 31 year old experienced competitor who was a real gentleman
On the PPC event in Doncaster where both fighter earned the respect of their respective clubs and also the entire crowd

The very next day both Ali Hussain and Fahd fought in the KINGS CUP championship

Ali won after the first round when his opponent was withdrawn by his corner

Fahd won both his matches on decision to opponents who knew him from TikTok.

In the whole weekend AFK went through 4 victories

The best is yet to come,…..

04/04/2026

The last weekend in March was quite a successful one for the AFK fighters

On Friday
Fahd took a last minute charity boxing bout which he won in the first round.

On the Sunday
Ali Hussain won his 4 nations title in 11 seconds of the first round.
He is now
Yorkshire
English
4 nations champion and plans to fight for the British title on April 18th in Sheffield.

We are looking forward to great things from the AFK squad this season and for those of you who wanted AFK to remain closed let this be a huge two fingers up to you especially if your own club is in the toilet

02/02/2026

29/11/2025

17/10/2025

01/10/2025

WOMENS KICKBOXING
EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 730pm

De Hood Boxing Centre

Queen Mary Road
Sheffield
S2 1EE

09/09/2025

AFK would like to say that the magic behind AFK is not down to just one man but the magic has been contributed to by a number of major players.

We are going to be detailing our staff name by name in the next few articles:

So far our committee consists of:

Chairman and chief instructor: FARHAD Ali ( SHIHAN)

Self Defence consultant and Community Relations : SAJAD BAROO ( SEMPAI)

Designated Safeguarding Lead : MARK
PICKFORD.

Logistics Officer : DANIEL OLDALE

Strength ,Fitness and Conditioning: BRETT FROST

Muaythai technical consultation:

JOSH DAVIDSON.

Student Welfare: AMAN ASAD

Chief cornerman and Deputy instructor:
LIAM ALLSEBROOK.( SEMPAI)

Assistant coach and cornerman:
LEWIS HATTERSLEY

Assistant coach and cornerman:
ISHMAEL ALI ( SENSEI)

Assistant Coach:
ANDREW CAMPSILL ( SENSEI)

Junior Team Captain:

FAHD AL-SHEMALI

Official Sponsor:

Henna by FIFI

ANY actions that AFK takes part in be it business transactions with regards to venue hiring or other business dealings with other clubs and promotions is always voted on by the names above .
Any disagreements or complaints must be addressed to all of the above before being dealt with

Regards: The Committee

11/08/2025

There has been two fatalities on a boxing show in Japan 🇯🇵

Both were caused by brain haemorrhages

In this case I would say that it was not JUST the fight that caused the brain damage but all the sparring building up to it .

Some fight gyms
1. Spar too much
2. Spar too heavy
3. Try to “ win” in sparring

Another side effect of sparring is developing
“ glass jaw”

Getting knocked out is a reflex your body learns
When you have taken too many head shots
Your brain decides to switch off basically telling you to give your body a break.

The result is :

YOU GET KNOCKED OUT!!!!

if you’ve been sparring heavy for a few years then you can expect a fight record including a few knockout losses because your body will be defending you from yourself.

As a result
At AFK we do
1. Light sparring
2 . Dutch glove drills
3. Body sparring

All of the above are much superior to heavy open sparring and any gym that pushes it is to be avoided at all costs!!!

My sincere condolences to the families of the boxers and please follow the advice of AFK Instructors to keep sparring
1. To a minimum
2. Reduce the contact levels

It doesn’t matter if you THINK you’re going light . If your partner drops to the floor then

The answer is simple:

ITS TOO HEAVY!!!!

SPAR SAFE !!!
NOT HARD!!!