Happy New Year!

Welcome to 2019 and I hope you’ve all had as good a Christmas with your families as I did!

It’s going to be another busy year at Kao Loi! We are delighted to again have the support of our sponsors K9 Patrol for the coming year. Many thanks to Lee and Kate for their ongoing support.

Classes and personal training sessions restart on Monday 7th January, starting with Juniors at 5pm, Fat Buster at 6pm, Pad Blaster at 7.10pm, followed by Sparring and no gi rolling at 8.10pm. Something for everyone!

If you’d like to book a personal session please get in touch.

We have already matched most of our fight team in February and March. Ciaran fights pro K1 in Warrington on February 17th, and we hope also to get Nathaniel matched on the same show. Then Harry and Craig both fight pro MMA on the Almighty Fighting Championships in Leeds on 23rd March. They are sure to be excellent events so get in touch if you’d like to reserve tickets.

I look forward to seeing you on Monday and once again..Happy New Year!

Busy 2018 for our fight team

Our fight team has had an exciting first half of the year with more great nights for the club coming up.

Ciaran Smith has represented the club twice, winning in York, and then on the highest of stages fighting on the undercard of Glory 54 in Birmingham. Ciaran acquitted himself well but lost on points but learnt a lot from the fight.

Craig Skelton has fought twice on the Almighty Fighting Championship and registered two first round stoppages. He will now make his professional debut in November.

Jason Roberts made his fight debut during his 6 month training trip to Thailand. He could not get an amateur MMA fight so took a Thai fight against an experienced Thai fighter. He competed well but then received a blow to the eye which restricted his vision and had to retire.

Harry Ettridge has been training in LA with Uriah Faber at Team Alpha Male, and on his return made his pro debut on the same AFC bill as Craig. He also won after his opponents corner pulled their fighter out after the first round. He will be back in action soon and is looking forward to returning to LA for another training camp.

         

 

Sponsorship deal for 2018 with K9 Patrol

We are delighted to have agreed a sponsorship deal with Lee and Kate Chandler from K9 Patrol.

With the money from their sponsorship we have been able to design and purchase new Thai Pads for the gym, and clothing for the fight and coaching teams.

Feedback on all the gear has been excellent so thanks to Sibiga Fight Gear for their supply.

For more about K9 Patrol Security Services click on this link to their website:

https://k9patrol.co.uk/

 

National MMA and International Thai Boxing fights for Kao Loi

Harry, Oskar, and Kris all in action over the last couple of months.  Oskar at the start of his career, Harry forging a new path in MMA, and Kris saying farewell to competition at the highest level.  Here is a link to the French Television coverage of the event featuring Kris and Oskar

https://www.facebook.com/pmt63/videos/10154400577713314/

Here are the articles from the Harrogate Advertiser :

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Kao Loi Physio room and Physio

Craig Brown, a member of Kao Loi for some time, has come on board as our resident physio. He will be offering his services to our members in our new facility from the end of January.

Kao Loi Christmas Meal

Thanks to all who came and Merry Christmas to everyone. Enjoy the break and see you in 2017.

Gracie Barra Black belt Tom Harris at Kao Loi

Thanks to Tom for a fantastic seminar at Kao Loi. He was very impressed with our new gym!

Tom is an excellent coach and a UFC judge, and we will be welcoming Tom regularly at the gym to work with all our coaching team and participants throughout 2017.