Kao Loi Thai Boxing

Happy New Year to you all and what a great start for Kao Loi.  Since moving to the new gym in September we have had our busiest week so far.  We have had a number of new members who have enjoyed their first sessions at Kao Loi, including quite a few juniors.  But the highest profile newcomers have been the Harrogate Town Football team who were put to the test during a 2 hour session at their Wetherby Road Ground!!

The session began with a general warm-up followed by some technical input about how to punch, frontkick, roundkick, and hold pads.  Then the session began in earnest..9mins of non-stop punching and kicking saw the team pushed to the limit.  However they responded fantastically encouraging their partners and pushing themselves as hard as they could. 

After recovering from this first blast they were challenged to a 3 minute test involving 4 punches followed by 1 squat thrust, then 4 punches followed by 2 squat thrusts, and so on.  The time limit was 3 minutes and the record was 18 squat thrusts!!

Some more recovery and then a core strength and conditioning set followed by a cool down and some stretching.  Simon Weaver (manager) and John Gray (conditioning coach) were very pleased with the session and John has written a blog entry on their website with a breakdown of the activities.  Click here to view the blog