There are many excellent gyms within the world of kickboxing but only one can claim the unique flavour of Belfast's Prokick. Prokick was established at the end of 1990 by Billy Murray, Ireland's most successful full-contact kickboxer. Murray's tale -…

Billy Murray began training fighters at the start of the 1980’s in Newtownards’ Pound Street gym, before he moved to Switzerland.On his return, at the end of 1990, the Prokick gym, a fitness, self-defence and fight stable, was set-up in…

The involvement of young Prokick members is central to us. Since Prokick's inception, we have always built much of our work around the junior ranks. Indeed when the President of the Republic of Ireland, Mary McAleese paid a visit to…

The origins of Full Contact Kickboxing can be found in Thailand in the 2,000 year old discipline of Muay Thai fighting. Thai boxing was devised, initially, for self-defence. It only developed into a sport when unarmed combat in warfare became…

Q. What is Kickboxing? A. Kickboxing is a Martial Sport, which has developed from many other Martial Arts, including Karate and Muay Thai (Thai-Boxing). It involves kicking, punching, elbow strikes and knee strikes. It is taught in Prokick in its…