KBOX
KICKBOXING ACADEMY
Central Chambers, Eldon St, Barnsley S70 2JN
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Dates for your diary:
2025
​​​JANUARY
Tuesday 7th - Training begins again
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MARCH
Saturday 22nd - Grading Day
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JULY
Saturday 19th - Grading day
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DECEMBER
Saturday 6th - Grading day
Thursday 18th - Awards & Graduation
Saturday 20th - Last Training day
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2026
Tuesday 6th - Training begins again
At the end of each year we give awards to KBOX students who we feel have deserved public recognition for various reasons.
Awards which we have every year are Student of the Year (Adult) and Junior Student of the Year (under 16). All others vary and we tailor them according to an individual student's area of excellence.
This year (2024) I am delighted to congratulate the following people:
Glyn Emmerson - Adult Student of the Year
Andrei Ernu - Junior Student of the Year
Sebastian Fiddaman - We created this new position of Junior Instructor to match and encourage Seb's natural talent and enthusiasm for teaching,and passing on his knowledge to his fellow young students.
Holly Ward - Star student (Athleticism and effort)
Tilly Nixon - Star Student (Knowledge and Performance)
Finn Rushforth - Star Student (Sparring and commitment)
Annalise Mitchell - Star Student (Progress and Junior support)
Kacper Podgorski - Little Dragon Award (for very young students showing outstanding hard work, for trying, listening and acting on advice).
Awesome work everyone, these are thoroughly deserved - let's carry on being amazing!
Chief Instructor Izzie Kirk
WHY
KICKBOXING?
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Learning kickboxing increases your fitness levels, blasts fat at around 750 calories an hour, tones every muscle in your body and releases endorphins, the natural stress buster & mood booster which in turn improve your self esteem and confidence.
If that's not enough, it also improves your hand to eye co-ordination, balance, flexibility and reflexes.
Kids and teens love kicking. It's engaging, fun, burns off all that energy, helps to fight bullying problems, improves confidence and attention span, and helps to prevent anti-social behaviour.
Martial Arts generally can assist with ADHD, Autism, behavioural issues and similar. Our Chief Instructor holds certificates in ADHD, Autism and Asperger's Awareness and is engaged in continuous training in understanding these fields, with a view to helping students feel comfortable and so get the most benefit out of their training with us.
KBOX provides discipline for adults and children whilst maintaining a relaxed and friendly, family atmosphere.
All students wear full protective gear for medium contact sparring and are fully insured.
TRAINING
KBOX delivers classes aimed at a broad mix of people from age 6 through to 70+ with vastly differing abilities and levels of fitness.
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We train together. We help one another. We learn control and respect and how to encourage each other to become the best version of ourselves by working as a team in a professional but relaxed, family type atmosphere.
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With us, you'll learn focus pad training, techniques, shadow sparring, contact sparring, circuit training and some games.
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We do not routinely engage in competitions, instead we focus on technique, self improvement, confidence building, grading through our belt system, fitness, social awareness and fighting for defence.
No experience is needed, just the will to keep trying!
ETHOS & DOJO
Fun and enjoyment are key to learning and improvement, and we believe that discipline and respect come hand in hand with achievement.
Our kickboxing works with defence in mind. It draws on various martial arts disciplines including Taekwondo, Jujutsu, and Boxing, but originates from a club teaching Japanese Wado Ryu Karate- 'Wado Ryu' meaning 'Harmony' and so we follow that same ethos.
We don't use Japanese terminology or practice katas as such, but overall it looks similar.
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Our Dojo, or 'training room' is situated in a fun and lively environment in the centre of Barnsley, right across from the Transport Interchange.
