Shaolin Kickboxing Club is a community sports club based in the South East of England. It was founded in 2004 by Kingsley Morgan with the aim of bringing the skills and methods found in the ancient martial arts into the 21st Century.
In addition to helping each of its students realise their potential Shaolin Kickboxing actively supports local communities by providing martial arts classes and demonstrations at a number of schools, youth clubs and community projects.
History
Legend has it that an Indian monk Bodhidharma (known as Da-mo in Chinese) came to a monastery called Shao Lin - which means 'little forest' around AD 500 where he noticed that the Shaolin monks were in poor physical health and became breathless very quickly when practicing or training. He took it upon himself to teach the monks exercises and breathing techniques to help them promote strength, fitness and well-being. These techniques were subsequently developed over the generations in the Shaolin Temple by the monks as a means of survival and by the Chinese military, and serve as the forerunner to all other forms of martial arts.
The modern style of Shaolin Kickboxing is proud of its tradition, which in addition to its Chinese Kung Fu and Wu Shu roots contains perfected elements of Tae Kwon Do and Muay Thai, (themselves influenced by their predecessors) and Grappling/Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) and Western Boxing. As a result practitioners believe that Shaolin Kickboxing contains the most effective mix of self defence, fighting and physical fitness techniques available today.
Training
Training is mainly concerned with punching, kicking, kneeing and elbowing techniques, but also includes joint locks, blocking and throws. It also includes shadow boxing forms known as Paau Ch’ang Ch’eun which (roughly translated) means Panther’s long fist. While several instructors are skilled at ground fighting, the Club offers the option of taking either a traditional or a kickboxing syllabus root, both very practical for self defence and full contact competitions run by the Chief Instructor and Deputy Gerry Abram. Morgan has trained several of his students to fight in the ring. Two of these became British kickboxing middle weight and heavyweight champions respectively.
Shaolin does not expect all of its students to want to fight in full contact competitions, but the option is there if they choose to, and if they have the skill and temperament to satisfy the Chief Instructor. Black belt holders also learn how to use traditional weapons, such as the broadsword, long staff, 3 Sectional Staff, Knife and Eskrima Sticks. All Instructors are approved by the Club’s Technical Committee and have received first aid training.
Gradings
Shaolin Kickboxing Club gradings consist of a shadow boxing form, compulsory movements, fixed sparring (blocks, locks, strikes and throws) and timed fitness test. After reaching 6th grade, candidates are also be tested on their free sparring (wearing gloves, shin pads and gum shield, along with a groin guard for men or a chest guard for women). The contact level increases until eventually full contact after 2nd grade (though contact up to that point is often dependent on the particular candidate; they may well reach heavy contact at earlier grading). To obtain a black belt, there is a destruction section (breaking bricks, tiles and wooden boards with punches, chops and kicks) with compulsory movements, multiple forms and considerably more free sparring, including a two-on-one. From 1st degree onwards, weapons become part of the syllabus. The main centre for grading is normally held in Elstree, Hertfordshire.
The kickboxing syllabus does not include training in forms or fixed sparring, concentrating instead purely on bag work, skipping, conditioning, circuit training, fighting techniques, grappling, ring work and sparring.
Ranks
*8th Grade - Junior White Belt *7th Grade - Senior White Belt *6th Grade - Junior Blue Belt *5th Grade - Senior Blue Belt *4th Grade - Junior Red Belt *3rd Grade - Senior Red Belt *2nd Grade - Junior Brown Belt *1st Grade - Senior Brown Belt (black stripe) *First Degree (or higher) - Black Belt Status *Senior Master Status - 4th - 5th Degree Black Belt *Chief Instructor & Chief Examiner - Kingsley Morgan
Sheehan ALI REZA NABIPOUR MORE THAN 28YEARS OF TRAINGIN IN different martial arts systems. participated in seminars ,championships all over the world. D.O.B. : 01.07.1971 Nationality : IRAN started Athletics TO: Martial Arts 1980 Martial Arts Systems: kickboxing &full kontact karate& sayokan&New Self Defense Profession: Profession Martial Arts Teacher Residence : IRAN Tehran Azadi Dojo : NO-TABAR FARD. 21 MATRE JAE .AZADi .TEHRAN-IRAN E-Mail : sheehanreza@yahoo.com Telephone: +98 21 666250 17 Mobile: : +98 912 512 9910 P.O.Box : 14515/ 1191 Tehran IRAN Web : www.imaf-eu.ir :www.imaf-eu.de : www.sayokan.ir Martial Arts Backround: Graduation: 6. Dan : kickboxing :IMAF(International Martial Arts Federation Europe) 6. Dan : kickboxing :IMAO(International Martial Arts Organization) 6. Dan: sayokan : SWF(Sayokan World Federation) 6.Dan GOSHIN KAIKAN: WGF(World GOSHIN KAIKAN Federation) 6.Dan New Self Defense: WGF(World GOSHIN KAIKAN Federation 5.DAN kickboxing: WKA (World kickboxing Association) 5. Dan Iran karate federation 5. Dan contact karate Honorary Black Belt Degrees in: Some Received titles: IRAN Tehran National championshiop sun shoo for 3 times(1994&1996) IRAN National champinship full contact karate for 3 times(1997&1998) IRAN National champinship kickboxing for 3 times(1997&1999) champion of boxing tournament Turkey Istanbul (1998) IMAO champion of kickboxing Arabic countries( 2002) champion of kickboxing tournament Turkey Istanbul (2001) WAKO world Cup champion full contact& kickboxing Hungary (2003) Asian Open Kickboxing Championships in kickboxing in Nasik India (2006) IMAF World champion Martial Arts EMden/Germany (2007) FORMER FUNCTIONS 1-COACH of champion of open european championship in SHIDOKAN KARATE in ARMENIA(2007) 2-Head coach of second rank of Asian Open Kickboxing Championships in kickboxing in Nasik India (2006) 3-Head coach of champion of Asian Open semi-grappling Championships in semi-grappling in Nasik India (2006) 4-Head coach of second rank of world martial Arts Bravery Games SAYOKAN - kayseri- Turkiye (2007) 5-Head coach of champion of world Open championship inTeam kata sayokan in Emden Germany(2007 ) 6-Head COACH of champion of European Open Championship in Light contact kickboxing And Semi Contact(Point- fighting)and Forms in 13 th june 15 june 2008 Poland 7-Head COACH of European Open Championship in kickboxing -Semi Contact(Point- fighting)and Formsin 30 may 2009 Germany 8-Head COACH of INTERNATIONAL OPEN POLISH CUP-Semi Contact(Point- fighting)22nd September 2009 POLAND 9-Head COACH of world Open Championship in kickboxing -Semi Contact(Point- fighting) 17-18 oct 2009 BELGIUM 10- Head COACH of 18 CZECH OPEN 2010 INTERNATIONAL KICKBOXING TOURNAMENT (CZECH FULL CONTACT UNION-WAKO)24-26.September 11- Head COACH of world Open Championship in NTERNATIONAL KANG SAO Federation -Semi Contact(Point- fighting)FULL CONTACT- KANG SAO OPEN COMBAT 15-17 oct 2010 POLAND
ACTUAL FUNCTION: 1- SWF: President (Sayokan World Federation) 2- IMAF : President (International Martial Arts Federation Europe HQ BRANCH IRAN) Member of the following organizations &Federation &Association WAKO , WKA , USKBA , IAKSA , WKF, WFKBF .ECKA, WSF-IMAF .SGF WASKO. WAMO. IMAO. ISKF, IKSF.. IPKA and ISA and IMAF.Achievements in tournaments 1-champion of open european championship in SHIDOKAN KARATE in ARMENIA(2007) 2-second rank of Asian Open Kickboxing Championships in kickboxing in Nasik India (2006) 3-champion of Asian Open semi-grappling Championships in semi-grappling in Nasik India (2006) 4-second rank of world martial Arts Bravery Games SAYOKAN - kayseri- Turkiye (2007) 5-champion of world Open championship inTeam kata sayokan in Emden Germany(2007 ) 6-second rank of European Open Championship in Light contact kickboxing And Semicontact(Point- fighting) and Forms in mystowice poland 2008 IPKA&ISA&IMAF is very eager to have close cooperation with your organization in Amateur & professional levels. There are many remarkable champions in Iran holding national & international titles and more than2700 kickboxing trainee all over the country. We are very wishful to be guided in amateur & professional levels, considering championship events are very limited in Iran. Hopefully we will be provided with your guide lines. Many thanks in advance for your kind attention and tracing this issue and ll remain, Respectfully Alireza Nabipour President: IPKA (Iranian professional kickboxing Association) SWF Representative in Iran (Sayokan World Federation) Representative (IMAF)EUROPE BRANCH IRAN
