Bloodloss Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 Ones of which I could read about Kickboxing because I am interested in learning it but there isn't a place around here where I can go to practice. Only in sadness can you find happiness. Only in death will you find life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
italian_guy Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 I'm strongly convinced that you cannot learn a MA from a book. If you do not have any kickboxing school in your area and you want to learn kickboxing the thing I would do is join a karate, TKD or Muay thay school which are the TMAs that looks more like kickboxing. You will learn skills that will give you an advantage as soon as you find a real kickboxing school. Anyway a good book about kickboxing IMO is The Complete Idiot's guide to kickboxing. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodloss Posted February 13, 2004 Author Share Posted February 13, 2004 Um thanks I think. Maybe I should just move to America or Norway, seems to be plenty of schools around there which teach it Only in sadness can you find happiness. Only in death will you find life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iolair Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 I agree that you can't really learn a martial art from a book - especially as a beginner. However, kickboxing is (more or less) boxing punches with karate kicks - so taking up boxing and/or karate (or tae kwan do) would be useful steps. However, a good book on Kickboxing is "Kick Boxing : A Framework for Success" by Pat O'Keefe. See here --> http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1840240938/iolairwebroma-21 And yes, there certainly are Kickboxing schools in the UK - I teach beginner's kickboxing in Kent, and there's a club in the same town too. Currently: Kickboxing and variants.Previously: Karate (Seido, Shotokan, Seidokan), Ju Jitsu, Judo, Aikido, Fencing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zal Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 Hi! I know this is a bit off topic but iolair I noticed in your signature that you trained in Canterbury! I train in Karate and Kickboxing in Ramsgate! Small world eh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodloss Posted February 18, 2004 Author Share Posted February 18, 2004 Yeah I know, I've found a place where I can do Kickboxing. Guess our small town does have something good in it after all. Thank you for the book link as well iolair. Only in sadness can you find happiness. Only in death will you find life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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