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We have an exciting opportunity for a 4 week women’s only beginners course in Muay Thai 

If you’re looking to make a positive change for mind and body but have been worried about being the ‘newbie’ that has no idea what they’re doing, then this is for you. Our women’s only complete beginners course willl teach you the core skills of Muay Thai from scratch, and even better you’ll be amongst other women all trying the class for their first time too.  Muay Thai is the original form of kickboxing, and is known as the art of 8 limbs, including strikes with fists, elbows, knees and shins.  Come and try, you’ve nothing to loose!

Please check availability and book on below

 

Location Maqam Centre, Queens Park (London)
Start Date Tuesday 17th October
Time 7.40pm
Duration 1 hour, for 4 weeks
Price £49 special offer
Availability 3 spaces left
Book Now! 4-week beginners’ course £49 4 weeks Queens Park 

What will I need?
As this is a beginners course we urge you not to rush out and buy equipment from local stores, as firstly you won’t be able to use it in our classes, but also because it might not be suitable for Muay Thai.
You don’t need to bring anything but a bottle of water to your first class, however if you already think that you’d like to continue, then you first investments should be:

Hand Wraps
Ankle Supports
Gloves
Focus Pads

We can’t wait to welcome you to your first class and are here to support you on your journey,

Keep inspiring as you never know who’s feeling inspired by your choices,

Khadijah Safari

New Courses include: Fulham, Queens Park, Finsbury Park & Acton

Please check availability for each location., with 4 to choose from

Location Acton (London)
Start Date Thursday 8th September
Time 7.30pm
Duration 1 hour, for 4 weeks
Price £49 special offer
Avaibility 6 spaces left
Book Now 4-week beginners’ course £49 for 4 weeks Acton 

 

Location Finsbury Park (London)
Start Date Monday 5th September
Time 7pm
Duration 1 hour, for 4 weeks
Price £49 special offer
Availability 3 spaces left
Book Now!  4-week beginners’ course £49 for 4 weeks Finsbury Park 

 

Location Fulham (London)
Start Date Sunday 18th September
Time 4.15pm
Duration 1 hour, for 4 weeks
Price £49 special offer
Availability 16 spaces left
Book Now!  4-week beginners’ course £49 4 weeks Fulham 

 

Location Maqam Centre, Queens Park (London)
Start Date Tuesday 4th October
Time 6.30pm
Duration 1 hour, for 4 weeks
Price £49 special offer
Availability 9 spaces left
Book Now! 4-week beginners’ course £49 4 weeks Queens Park 

What will I need?
As this is a beginners course we urge you not to rush out and buy equipment from local stores, as firstly you won’t be able to use it in our classes, but also because it might not be suitable for Muay Thai.
You don’t need to bring anything but a bottle of water to your first class, however if you already think that you’d like to continue, then you first investments should be:

Hand Wraps
Ankle Supports
Gloves
Focus Pads

We can’t wait to welcome you to your first class and are here to support you on your journey,

Keep inspiring as you never know who’s feeling inspired by your choices,

Khadijah Safari

Why you should join a Women Only Kickboxing class in Birmingham

Importance of physical activity
Physical activity is known to bring about health benefits with substantial evidence that vigorous activity has many more benefits than a moderate activity such as walking would (1). According to the NHS, martial arts (combat sports) are classed as a form of vigorous exercise (2).

Benefits of kickboxing for Women
Kickboxing is a combat sport and has many forms such as Muay Thai and American kickboxing. Training regularly in kickboxing develops long-term physical fitness (3) as well as hand-eye coordination, focus, confidence and self-control.

More women join this martial art due to its many benefits including:

Self defence
Learning kickboxing will equip you with the tools necessary to defend yourself. Confidence, fitness, and new skills are only some of the tools you will gain. You’ll also develop an understanding of when and how to use these techniques to help you escape dangerous situations.

Social aspect
Learning and sweating in a group setting- whether we are distancing or close contact- will allow you to create friends in an ‘all in this together’ friendly environment. You’ll hold each other accountable, giving you that extra push to show up and smash the sessions together!

Discipline
Being present in sessions will allow you to grow as a person and instill confidence and discipline even outside the sessions in your day-to-day life. Developing a stronger mindset will allow you to achieve your goals better.

Are you more comfortable in a female-only environment?
For whatever reason, you feel more comfortable in a women only environment but you can’t find one in your area. We’ve got you covered! Running classes on different days at various times in multiple locations across Birmingham.

So, whether you’re a total beginner or advanced at Kickboxing, you will get the right amount of work and learning!

You find a class but it has a male instructor!!
You’ve just found a class and at the bottom of the page, you’ll see a male instructors name and picture! So much for Women only…

At Safari MMA, we strive to provide a safe learning environment where the male gaze has no place. The hall/gym will be closed off for women only for the hour.

Of course, our instructors are fully qualified kickboxing instructors, first aid trained and DBS checked.

Classes are suited to all levels!
So if you want to get fit and learn self-defence skills, head on over to the Safari MMA website for details on how to book your first ladies-only kickboxing session.

First month is half price! £18 Only. Then £36 from the second month onwards. Offer expires 12th June 2021.

Classes available:

Handsworth, Birmingham – Saturday’s 10am Book Now!

References:

 NHS. (2018). Benefits of exercise. Available: https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/exercise/exercise-health-benefits/. Last accessed 8th June 2021.

(2) NHS. (2019). Exercise. Available: https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/exercise/?tabname=fitness-guides#what-counts-as-vigorous-activity. Last accessed 8th June 2021.

(3) Christoph Delp (2006). Kickboxing: The Complete Guide to Conditioning, Technique and Competition . California: Blue Snake Books. 3-8.

We are looking for 14 Children and Youth in the Milton Keynes area to take part in a FREE 14 week Ninja Course, where they’ll even get to enter in for their first White Belt achievement in Muay Thai Kickboxing.

We are working to try and help both families and children to stay active and feel part of a group during these challenging times, and have teamed up with Leap to offer these sessions for free.

The sessions are a great way to keep children focused, to work on self-discipline, and keep both mentally and physically healthy whilst learning an exciting new sport.

These places will go fast, and we cannot hold spaces.
We also have 2 other groups available for boy’s youth and adolescent men, training in Muay Thai, which will also be free if you know anyone interested.  All details are below, with links to book.

Please book the place in your child’s name with their details, but be sure to include your details for the emergency contact.  (We are constantly opening new places up and just filled a girls youth group in case you’re wondering why this one is for boys only, the children’s group is for both girls and boys!)

This sessions takes place once a week.

Children aged 4-8
Mondays 1st March 5pm
To book click this link
VT Children Muay Thai Program 2

 

Boys Youth aged 9-14
Mondays from 1st March 6pm
To book click this link
VT Youth Muay Thai Program 2

 

Adolescent Men 15-19
Tuesday from 2nd March 6pm
To book click this link

VT Youth/Men Muay Thai Program 2

As we are in throws of another 4 weeks of a National lockdown, it’s seems ever more appropriate to write a Safari MMA blogpost!

If we learnt anything from the UK’s first lockdown, it is that we have all had to learn a new way of life, nothing was as we knew it. At first this was incredibly hard for so many of us, as we were trying to juggle so much change with regards to work, home-schooling, leisure activities and seeing family and friends.  We made it our mission at Safari MMA to create a new way to provide our classes and we spent many late nights making it possible! We enjoyed every small victory win of making this happen, however it wasn’t without its testing times, these were invaluable to us as instructors, staff and a business as a whole as we grew stronger as a team.

We stand by our ethos to unite people from around the world through Martial Arts, regardless of background and culture. We know how important exercise is when it comes to physical and mental health, now living in uncertainty this can have an unwanted affect on all of us in one way or another. This is why we have worked so hard to make sure we can still give you access to all of our Safari MMA classes from your very own home gym via zoom! The UK’S lockdown gave us the opportunity to grow our timetable of classes to! Our weekly schedule now includes Fitnastics, Yoga, Pilates and Kickboxing on top of our Muay Thai classes. I have also used this lockdown to concentrate on my newly launched YouTube channel Khadijah Safari with plenty of Self defence and everyday life tutorials so make sure you check it out, You never know you might learn something new!

One thing we know is that we are all in this together and although there is currently no clear end in sight of these unprecedented and difficult times, we can remain positive that we are all stronger, more aware and resilient than ever before. Lets set ourselves some goals over the next few weeks and come out of this second lockdown with a sense of achievement! What’s you goal going to be?

We’ve got you! Lets do this! 👊

Khadijah Safari

Looking for 10 men in Milton Keynes who want to relieve stress whilst getting super fit, super fast!
START THIS WEEK!
Learn how to combine speed, power, endurance and skill through the explosive art of Muay Thai Kickboxing. 
8 week beginners course.   
When: Tuesday 15th September   

Time: 8pm

Duration: 8 weeks

Where: Broughton Sports Pavilion, Milton Keynes

Price: Buy 1 get 1 half price (for full 8 weeks)

So £60 for 1 person, or £90 for 2.
Text to book your place 07412 993535

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