Banstead TaeKwon-Do

Just a quick post to say the Level 1 Kettlebell workshop I hosted down in Redhill at the Extreme Fighters MMA Gym on January 22nd went down well and from everyone’s point of view was a great success. The Level 1 workshop consists of 3 hours of getting to grips with the safe technique of the basic kettlebell fundamental lifts, however this particular date was attended by traditional and mixed martial artists so I kept this in mind when dishing out drills.

It was a great afternoon with lots of jokes, fun and laughter and of course lots and lots of kettlebell lifting reps.

There were 10 attendees from a mixture of TaeKwon-Do Schools, Mr Dennis, Mr Andie Adolph from Spirit TKD and Mr Steven Elliot and some fighters from Extreme MMA.

This workshop covered:

• Kettlebell design differences, pros and cons
• Double handed swing
• Single handed swing
• Hand to hand swing
• Clean
• Overhead Lockout
• Military press
• Push Press
• Working for Reps
• Working for Time
• When to tense and when to relax
• Density training
• Ladders
• Finishing with an 8 minute kettlebell complex routine.
• Fun and jokes

Mr Adolph from Spirit TKD travelled down from Hertfordshire with a TKD student to reap the benefits of this Kettlebell training workshop and I am pleased to say they found the afternoon very worthwhile and went away with some excellent new knowledge:

“Thanks for a great afternoon. The tuition was excellent and gave a good insight in how to use KB’s properly. I’m certainly finding out which parts of my body have been worked. Thanks again James, and I look forward to attending the next workshop.” – Andie Adolph from Spirit TKD, Hertfordshire

Thanks to Mr Dennis and Mr Elliot for allowing me to use the Redhill Extreme Fighters MMA Gym as the training location.

If you’re interested in experiencing my Level 1 Kettlebell Workshop in or around Banstead, Epsom, Sutton, Carshalton, Wallington, Redhill or nearby areas then please get in touch. Finally, keep your eyes peeled for L2, 3 and 4 later this year.

Here are some photos from the day:

James Davis

Banstead TaeKwon-Do (www.bansteadtkd.co.uk)

IKFF CKT (http://bansteadtkd.co.uk/kettlebells/)