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Hour six of my client's Kickboxing course looked towards improving more fluidity in kicks. We used the double round kick to improve this area.

19.08.2025 Hour six of my client's course saw a return to shoot boxing. Given that the restrictions focused on punching with Greco-Roman...

As the title indicates, the ninth hour of my senior client's 10-hour course also concerned footwork training. This is the current theme for him, as well as my teenage client, my couple client and just recently my client who is recovering from a motorbike injury. Footwork and upper body mobility are the foundations for Boxing more than anything else. With these principles effectively in place, everything else makes more sense. Good positioning creates better opportunities, mak

The first hour of my couple client's new course continued my mandate to focus on fitness and retaining skills. We did this through a series of footwork exercises, using the mirrors and also partners.

17.08.2025 This morning I was booked to teach the first of a two-part seminar on social violence for the On Running store at Bicester...

This afternoon's training saw my client finish his adaptive training.

This was the eighth hour of my teenage client's private Boxing course. Tonight we looked at several footwork patterns and isolated them in drills and sparring exercises.

14.08.2025 This afternoon my client entered the seventh hour of his course. This was a private boxing lesson. After the last lesson's...

13.08.2025 My client's 1.5 hour Muay Thai session focused on the clinch. All our rounds used this important area of the art and sport as...

12.08.2025 Hour five of my client's Kickboixng course focused on building combinations. We used the following 3-minute rounds: Teeps to...

My couple client are about to get married and wished to change the focus of their training on fitness. They also had the added benefit of retaining their skills through a series of cardio-conditioning exercises, going through all the Mixed Martial Arts (Combat Conditioning) ranges.

08.08.2025 My Cotswold Karate teacher client focused on knee strikes today. It seemed like a natural progression from our low kick, Dutch...

06.08.2025 Wednesday night's 1.5 hour Muay Thai class concentrated on what has become the sport's most important weapon, the teep. This...

05.08.2025 Hour four of my client's Kickboxing course focused on dealing with the round kick to the body. We are specifically concerned...

Hour four of my client's course, where we are now working around injuries he sustained in a recent road accident, continued with work on his left hand. We worked on the focus mitts and belly pad. We also brought in the right hand a little but strictly controlled for speed and touch contact.

04.08.2025 Hour six of my new client's Boxing course. With the foundations laid on footwork, head movement, defence and straight punches,...

Hour four of my Cotswold Karate client's course and decided to go back through the previous week's rounds, as seen in this video.

Hour seven of my teenage client's Boxing course brought us onto uppercuts. I try not just technically teach techniques so that clients learn them in a passive fashion, rather I like to create opportunities where they will use them. Then, afterwards, we look at refining them.

Tonight's lesson plan for my 1.5-hour client focused on integrating the Muay Thai ranges. I was excited to share my passion for kickboxing, and I wanted to ensure that each component was engaging and educational.

29.07.2025 Hour three of my client's Kickboxing course brought his round kicks up to the mid-section. We layered this onto his previous...