The South West Kickboxing Academy and Martial Arts offer Semi Contact Kickboxing Classes, Spirit Combat classes and Women's only Self-Defence classes in Tavistock and Bere Alston. The South West Kickboxing Academy has one class on a Wednesday night for kickboxing and child and adult spirit combat classes on Thursday nighta with regular grading's, national seminars and fight days thought the year.
Students enjoy sessions focused on;
Improving Fitness
Learning fun self defence
Making new friends and social networking
Improved flexibility
Improved confidence
Improved body shape
Chance to compete those who want to fight
All sessions are based on semi contact work for those who wish to spar or fight. Steve being a Sports Therapist for a number of county and regional sports events ensure safety of all students and helps them adapt there training around any injuries they may have. Students enjoy a good social atmosphere, with the senior students regularly arranging social activities. Whilst also helping out in busy classes, with assisting students who are struggling. We are part of the Martial Arts All Styles group (MAAS), in which head coach
Steve Lilley is a senior official, who helps with judging and refereeing at national events. Sessions are based around a warm up and cool down which includes fitness and flexibility work. with the bulk of the training session envolved around line work to improve
balance and co-ordination, pad work for hands and feet, pad drills for combinations, take downs, self defence drills and semi contact sparing. We students with any or no martial arts back grounds, from about the age of 8 at present.
