News and Information for September 2012…


The sport of Kickboxing has been growing massively lately, and not just here in Northern Ireland but all over the world.  And as such, the surge of enquiries into the gym here at ProKick on a daily basis has made it increasingly difficult to reply in person to everyone who writes to us.  We try our best to reply to all enquiries but due to the sheer volume of mail we receive makes it very difficult to do so immediately.  Therefore we have decided to put some of those answers in our new ProKick mail-outs.  Thanks so much for everyone who has written, e-mailed or called in so far and we hope that we have answered any and all of your questions.

Starting off with the main subject on everyone’s lip: The Rebuild of the ProKick gym and of course, beginner’s classes and how can I get fit quick.

Rebuild the Old ProKick Gym
Further talks were held just last week with and at Dundela football club about the Re-development for the long-awaited rebuild of Prokick.  Here was the first teaser from over a month ago.

Beginners Classes
Our latest six week Beginners Course started on Monday 20th August at 8.15pm, and was booked up fully pretty quickly.  If you would like to take part in one of the world's dynamic sports, you can book here now. for the next course starting September 11th.

We have had a staggering 15 brand new Beginners Classes since the start of the new year and all 15 have been a raging success and at full capacity within weeks of first being advertised, so if anyone you know is thinking of starting, tell them to get in contact to book their place.

Advance Beginners Classes
For those of you who have passed your 6 week beginners course, you now have 2 classes to fit into.  The first is on Mondays at 7.45pm or Thursdays at 6pm, which is a strength and conditioning class –kickboxing style-, (Places need to be booked in advance for this class) we hope to see you all there keeping up your hardwork. 

Sparring Classes
A new sparring class kicked off on the 30 August - Level 2 which concentrates on the low leg kicks.

Up-Coming Grading
For those of you that have completed beginner and advance beginner classes you should be eligible to attempt the first grade - Yellow Belt.  We have a grading day coming up on the 16h of September.  Anybody looking to advance within the syllabus end of the sport will have the opportunity to do so this coming month.  See reception on your next class for more info.
 
Up-coming Events with ProKick fighters
On the competitive side, ProKick's team have had a busy month and September is looking to be just as busy if not busier. The team have been invited to compete at shows all over Ireland, England, Scotland and there are other events coming up in Switzerland, Malta, France and Japan.  List of events.
 
This Saturday the team are off to compete in Glasgow at Katana 6: 'REBELLION'.   And our very own Gary Hamilton will be making his ring comeback. Gary hasn’t been as active within the sport over the last few years due to work, personal and family issues but he’s stepping into the Katana event as a sudden re-explosion back into the deep end of the sport.  He has been training hard recently and is looking to reclaim his championship crown.  And teammate Alex Ciocoi will also climb between the ropes for his 3rd competitive match.  Don't forget to log on to ProKick.com and leave us your comments and wish the guys luck.

The Prokick team are also gearing up for a trip to Switzerland in October.  Gary Hamilton, Johnny Smith, Karl McBlain and Darren McMullan have been requested by Mr Carl Emery to take part in an event for The Peace Fighters. The Peace Fighters is a not-for-profit charitable organisation set up by Billy Murray and Carl Emery to help disadvantaged or underprivileged children in Europe and beyond.
 
We also have a Malta trip coming up - N’Ireland vs Malta.  Click this link for information about the Malta event.

There's also a trip coming up to the home of K-1: Japan.  Gary Hamilton has been asked by Mr K-1 for, possibly, a coming up match to compete on Ernesto Hoost’s ‘Mr Perfect’ K1 event.  
 
Billy's Boot Camp
Continuing on the fitness note, that's right, you guessed it! Billy's Boot Camp is back every saturday! For those of you who want to take part in an intense early morning training programme that really pushes you to your limits then please book now.  Again Boot Camps are open to all gym members and, although tough, guarantee results like you have never seen before.

Social Media helping our ProKick members stay intouch
We are kindly asking everyone to make their way to our ProKick FaceBook page and share us with your friends. We have also added a new Twitter page to our repertoire so make sure you follow us there and we can 'Tweet' you all youressential updates.  If you don't receive any updates via text or email from us then please email us at info(at)prokick.com or speak to us after your next class.

New Image gallery and other add on's for ProKick.com
We also will have a new, easier to use, image gallery up and running in the September.  The previews of it look pretty impressive and we hope you all will like it too.  We’re working hard on the development of our website, which we are very proud of.  And later next month we will offer all members a fully functional self-contained/self-manageable profile page which you will be able to access through your ownfacebook page.

Send us your News
If you are a non-Prokick member and would like to feature your event or article on the worldwide section of our site, send us your news, your story, your report, along with a photo related to it, and we will gladly review to a view to publish.  The Prokick site is the highest-hit sporting web-site in Northern Ireland and also gets a lot  of international traffic.