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" Press release "
regarding the recent newspaper articles on a Channel 4
documentary featuring Children’s Thai-Kickboxing 24/04/2008.

Warrington Kickboxing Studio runs children’s martial arts classes weekly, and does not allow any children to compete, at all. During training at Warrington Kickboxing Studio, all of our members, children and adults alike, must adhere to strict safety conditions, and wear protective equipment consisting of Headgear, Bodyshield, Arm-guards, Shin-guards, and padded Gloves that are double the standard in padded weight, (being 16oz as opposed to 8oz). Further to this, although the children are wearing headguards, children are never allowed to have any head contact at all.

Unfortunately, Thai-Kickboxing does not have a national regulatory body that every school must conform to as a mandatory requirement, and many schools choose to not follow any of the aforementioned basics.

Some Instructors even advocate children competing to professional standards, without any protective equipment and allowing full-contact knockout blows to the head, as seen in Thailand. Again, this must be stressed that this is not supported at all by Warrington Kickboxing Studio.

Warrington Kickboxing Studio operates to the highest of safety standards, and is one of the countries leading martial arts centres due to this. Warrington Kickboxing Studio also conforms to a leading regulatory body, working with the Amateur Kickboxing Association of England ( A.K.A. ).

This body, is working towards the ideal of developing Kickboxing as a potential future Olympic sport. The Olympic Style Rules, ( O.S.R. ), used for the Olympic sports of ‘A.B.A.’ Boxing and ‘W.T.F.’ Taekwondo ( a kicking martial art/sport ) are the basis for the ‘O.S.R.’ Kickboxing format, where 'players' compete in a sport for points wearing complete safety equipment, as opposed to 'fighters' looking to defeat an opponent by aggression.

Additionally, as with Olympic Boxing, should a player be losing a match the points scoreboard, a contest is stopped early due to the ‘Outclass’ rule. This further enhances the sport as a game, rather than a sensationalised fight, that players can safely compete in.

To view an O.S.R. Kickboxing bout, click here

Further information can be found at the following websites, and we invite anyone that has any concerns to view these.

The addresses are, www.warringtonkickboxingstudio.com
and
www.aka-england.org.

Also, on the Warrington Guardian’s website, should you run a search for Kickboxing ( not Thaiboxing ) you will see several editorials on Warrington Kickboxers representing their town and country on A.K.A. events under O.S.R. rules.

Should anyone wish to discuss further this subject, please contact the school director, Neil Holden, either by email through the Warrington Kickboxing Studio’s website or by telephone on 07973-43-18-18.


Further Reading - Past Years Achievements:

Please take time to view through some of our news archives on Warrington Kickboxing Studio and the achievements of its members.

Also interesting is to follow individuals development, especially on the competition circuit as they advance through the national rankings and capture championship belts.

Many people have joined W.K.S. because of our reputation as being one of the leading martial arts centres in the country, and when you read our archives, you will see why.

Since it was established in 1994, W.K.S. has produced over 30 Blackbelts, and as well as coaching several National Champions, has in recent times had many students represent their country and compete at International level. This has seen Warrington gain 2 European and 2 World Champions!.


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2008 - Very Latest News - Warrington & Worldwide

2007 - News and Results

2006 - News and Results

2005 - News and Results


2004 - News and Results

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