Stevie continuned to say: " I really enjoy my time at Prokick where I’ve met some really good friends.

Friends that I never thought I’d have, from all over Belfast, Northern Ireland and beyond. And it’s thanks to Mr Murray and Prokick, they made it all happen. I enjoy teaching the skills that I’ve learnt to the kids that come to my class.

Some of the biggest kicks I get out of teaching kickboxing is seeing the kids progress, it really means something to me. When I see kids coming into the room not knowing anyone, standing with other kids around them but feeling embarrassed because they can’t do the moves properly yet after a couple of weeks those same kids are jumping up and down and can’t wait for next week’s class.

One of the delights on a personal front thing for me was seeing my eldest daughter, Morgan progressing and achieving her yellow belt. From she was 4years old she has been wanting to go to kickboxing. I told her she couldn’t until she was 6 years old. Sometimes I had to sneak out of the house or she would go into a fit. It’s not easy being me you know. Now she loves it, I’m just pleased she and a lot of other kids are getting the chance to do something like this. My other daughter Rihanna, I’m sure will want to start kickboxing but it’s a long way off, she’s only one year old, haha. I think the world of my two children.

My only regret is that I didn’t start kickboxing a good bit earlier in life, the years I’ve wasted standing about street corners drinking carry-outs, messing about and getting into trouble when I could’ve been kickboxing, doing something with my life -who knows where I could be now, what a waste. So that’s why I enjoy teaching kickboxing, giving the kids in my area the chances that I never had.

Each time a student of mine makes a grading I get the buzz, like the feeling I’ve just won a fight, it really means a lot to me seeing the kids progress, getting more confident and learning the sport of kickboxing.

I am hoping to get back into the ring sometime soon as I’ve been out though illness with vertigo, not nice.

So that’s all for now I hope you enjoyed reading a little about how I got started and what the sport means to me.

I will upgrade this as I move on through the sport."

Bye for now,

Stevie Kidd