SMA - Sport Martial Arts

SMA - Sport Martial Arts Sport Martial Arts is founded by Multiple World Kickboxing Champion Sallie McArdle. Sallie brings a However this class is also a great workout for beginners.

SMA offers coaching to beginners and seasoned competitive athletes alike. If your goal is to simply try a new fun active form of exercise or to compete at a higher level, SMA caters to the community and will help you achieve your goals. Sallie McArdle is one of the most successful Martial Artists to come out of Ireland. With 25 National titles ranging from Full contact to Light and Semi Contact ki

ckboxing, Sallie often dominated the world of female competition in the 90's earning 13 World titles and 3 European. She was one of the leading competitors to raise the standard of women in the sport and train alongside the world's top coaches. Boxing
•Sallie headlined and won the first female sanctioned amateur boxing match, held in the national stadium in Ireland ,back in 2001. Fun fact: Also on that bill were Katie Taylor (best pound for pound female boxer in the world) and Nicola Adams (2 x Olympic gold medalist)

Qualifications;
•3rd Dan BlackBelt - W.A.K.O. Kickboxing
•2nd Dan BlackBelt - Mugendo
•1st Dan BlackBelt - WadoRyu Karate
•International W.A.K.O. Referee
•Boxing Coach
•Personal Trainer
•Chinese Medicine Practitioner
•WAKO NZ - Executive Board member


•Currently SMA shall be running the following class schedule for term one Boxing. Our focus will be on good technique, combinations and fitness. Friday classes will focus more on fight fitness with optional sparring for those more advanced. We look forward to seeing you ! Tuesdays
6:30pm - 8pm Adults & Teens

Fridays
3:30pm - 4:15pm 5-7yr olds
4:15pm - 5:15pm 8-12yr olds
5:30pm - 7pm Adults & Teens

Cost: Adults class: $100 for 5 weeks ($10 per session)
$15 drop in
Junior class: $35 for 5 weeks ($7 per session)
$10 drop in

Payments are made in advance. Weekly automatic payment accepted also.

Always great to see the seniors encouraging the juniors. Some of them joined in the junior class before warming up for t...
17/06/2026

Always great to see the seniors encouraging the juniors. Some of them joined in the junior class before warming up for their own sparring class and the kids loved it!

09/06/2026

It’s all about the Bromance…. 😂!!

Good to see some of you this morning for sparring! Really good session. We are on track for next months competition!!
06/06/2026

Good to see some of you this morning for sparring! Really good session. We are on track for next months competition!!

Awesome turnout tonight for our points training class… huge improvements! Starting to look like you know what you’re all...
04/06/2026

Awesome turnout tonight for our points training class… huge improvements! Starting to look like you know what you’re all doing! 😂 awesome everyone!!

Great session tonight everyone! See some of you Saturday and the rest of you next week!
21/05/2026

Great session tonight everyone! See some of you Saturday and the rest of you next week!

07/05/2026

Working on those hand/eye coordination 😉

The pain is real 😂😎
29/04/2026

The pain is real 😂😎

When u let the juniors design the obstacle course and you quickly realise it’s far better than yours 😂
29/04/2026

When u let the juniors design the obstacle course and you quickly realise it’s far better than yours 😂

16/04/2026

A bit of light sparring in the term break. Looking forward to seeing everyone back at it next week with normal classes. Remember we are starting our points training classes on Thursdays at 5-6pm this term. See some of you Saturday and the rest of you back at it on Tues.

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Hathaway Terrace
Nelson
7010

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Tuesday 6pm - 8pm
Thursday 4:30pm - 7pm
Saturday 11am - 1pm

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