A group of boxers from Hong Kong came further east to pick up tips in the Martial Arts.
Billy Murray’s world famous kickboxing school of excellence played host to a boxing team from the Chinese colony who are set to join forces with the PSNI for a historic clash against an Irish select in Newforge this Friday. And in a bid to pick up some local knowledge, they visited Billy Murray’s kickboxing, ProKick Gym in east Belfast. When there yesterday (Tuesday) they watched ProKick gym members training. The ProKick men are getting ready for the hugely anticipated Brawl On The Wall kickboxing event in Derry City’s Millennium Forum later this month.

“We’re honoured to have the visiting team come to see us,” said Murray. “We have a good reputation with the martial arts fraternity in that part of the world and there is a lot of cross discipline movement there between kickboxing and boxing, so I suppose its natural that they’d look us up on the trip. My team presented the visitors with Prokick booklets, gloves and focus pads which they were really taken back by our hospitality.”

Belfast’s Lord Mayor popped in to say hello and wished the visitors much success in their visit to Northern Ireland. Lord Mayor Rodgers invited the Chinese squad to the City Hall for a tour and tea in the famous parlour.

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The Brawl On The Wall event will take place in the Millennium Forum on September 29. It will see the best in rising Irish kickboxing stars take on the cream of European talent for a number of European titles. For further information and tickets, see www.prokickshop.com

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