K1 gyms in Ireland

chprt

where are the best K1 gyms in Ireland at the minute.

I am not talking about thai boxing gyms that do K1, but are there any very good "K1 only" gyms in Ireland


many thanks

Paddy

Peetrik

The best? I'd be surprised if there are any at all.

I'd imagine you would have a much better idea than I would but for the sake of discussion... I'm just guessing here but I'd say that any decent K1 fighters about, despite their style being more suited to K1 (Aslan, Casserly etc) are training in Thai gyms as thats where the competition/coaches with contacts are.

cstlgr

Apologies for hijacking your thread Paddy..... we are running a mixed sport show(MT,K1,maybe FC and MMA) in april in Galway featuring a few K1 bouts but its not easy to make matches right now , there seems to be a lot of full contact kickboxing gyms competing in a shinpads version of k1 but are not keen to fight the full version. Not aware of any k1 only gyms but hopefully that will change soon as its probably the most consistently entertaining of all the fightsports.

cstlgr

meant to say...we are looking for k1 fighters for the show april 13 Galway!
lads here
63kg 10 fight
63kg 3 fight
80kg 3 fight
82kg 1 fight
email to ctbc@gmx.com thanks.

Synyster Shadow

cstlgr wrote: »

meant to say...we are looking for k1 fighters for the show april 13 Galway!
lads here
63kg 10 fight
63kg 3 fight
80kg 3 fight
82kg 1 fight
email to ctbc@gmx.com thanks.

can you send me more info on this please...like requirements ect

cstlgr

Synester shadow Can you email me your details , phone number etc I will call you thanks.
K1 rules 3x2 for most of these, weigh in day before.

DTB

Aiden brooks out in ashbourne

black dragon

I've been teaching K-1 for several years now and have a class every Friday at 6pm.
I ran the first K-1 tournament in Ireland 7 years ago in Leisureland with over 1100 fight fans in attendance - we flew in 8 heavyweights from England, France, Belgium, Holland and a couple from North & South of Ireland who all fought down to one for a cash prize and we had it televised and it went out every day for a month on one of the Sky channels.
We have a couple of K-1 fights on all of our shows and regularly send people away to the Algarve & France for K-1 fights.
We have fighters wear shinnies if they are amatuer or without if they're pro - we don't just call it "Pro Rules" and let them go without.
If a fighter is Pro - they get paid - if not, they dont - but there has to be a difference and we dont let fighters go "Pro" after 5 minutes.
Normally a fighter would have over 20 fights at least before going "Pro" and then we find his/her activity might suffer as they may not get as many fight offers - quite simply put: if a promoter wants to put on a "Pro" fight, they may struggle to match someone up and then they have to fly a fighter (& coach) in which would probably cost (between flights, hotel, food & purse fees) a minimum of €1000 for one fight - if theres a title involved then factor in sanction fees, good quality belt etc.
So in these economic times, practicallity dictates as sponsors are sparce and not as willing to part with their hard earned cash.

chprt

Pete

have you any footage of your training at all? or how do you train differently to the normal kickboxing training you do

black dragon

give me a call Paddy and we can discuss it

Bres

Spartan Training Centre are doing K1 classes Mondays at 7pm and starting a friday class in the next few weeks

cstlgr

Pete you are welcome to send me a list of fighters for our Galway show we can defintely match a few of them have you got anyone k1 at 67kg? 70kg 80kg look forward to hearing from you .

cstlgr

looking to match T Bob Tinica at anywhere between 67 and 70kg k1 rules. his record 35 f 30w 2d 3l. any k1 gyms /coaches out there interested please email ctbc@gmx.com thanks

Morph the Cat

I thought K1 was a company!? And they hold kickboxing matches.

That's like asking where to train in UFC, no?

oc_pl

Morph the Cat wrote: »

I thought K1 was a company!? And they hold kickboxing matches.

That's like asking where to train in UFC, no?

Very true Morph, but I think people are asking are there any K-1 style clubs i.e. low kick, knees and limited clinch, as there are in the Netherlands.

JohnMc1

Morph the Cat wrote: »

I thought K1 was a company!? And they hold kickboxing matches.

That's like asking where to train in UFC, no?

K-1 is a company. K-1 uses International Rules but for ease and convenience its been dubbed K-1 rules.

Morph the Cat

oc_pl wrote: »

Very true Morph, but I think people are asking are there any K-1 style clubs i.e. low kick, knees and limited clinch, as there are in the Netherlands.

Like Muay Thai?

alanrebelsw

No clinch limit in muaythai

Tim_Murphy

K1 is a company so I don't really see the difference between people saying that they 'train K1' and the much ridiculed 'I train UFC' brigade.

Morph the Cat

Tim_Murphy wrote: »

K1 is a company so I don't really see the difference between people saying that they 'train K1' and the much ridiculed 'I train UFC' brigade.

That was my point.

JohnMc1

For what its worth I tell people I train GLORY World series.

Morph the Cat

I train Bellator.

black dragon

Hi Don - sorry mate but I've five fighters fighting in France on April 13 - appreciate the offer though and hopefully we can work together sometime.

oc_pl

Morph the Cat wrote: »

Like Muay Thai?

I suppose people say they train K-1, because it rolls off the tonuge easier than low-kick kickboxing with limited clinch. I really don't see what the big deal is :rolleyes:

Morph the Cat

oc_pl wrote: »

I really don't see what the big deal is :rolleyes:

Nobody said it was a big deal.

oc_pl

Morph the Cat wrote: »

Nobody said it was a big deal.

Great, maybe the thread can get back on topic now.

MMA Lucan

Ryoshin Fight Team have an active stable of K1 fighters & offer K1 classes on a Tuesday & Thursday at 8pm. We currently hold the ISKA Pro Middleweight K1 title through Henry "Herculeez" Fadipe, & have a good team of amateur K1 fighters coming through the ranks this year. Also Uvais "Aslan" Bisayev trains with us. He does however represent Bridgestone for Thai & K1 as it was his original gym, but he represents us within MMA so he will be around the gym to help guys out. We always welcome guys looking to pursue a career within K1, not only MMA.

Peetrik

MMA Lucan wrote: »

He does however represent Bridgestone for Thai & K1 as it was his original gym.

Bridgestone is his current gym. His standup coach is Paul Kelly

MMA Lucan

Peetrik wrote: »

Bridgestone is his current gym. His standup coach is Paul Kelly

Yes & I never indicated that he was no longer there. If you had read it correctly you would understand that I am saying he is sticking with Bridgestone for Thai & K1 because that's where he started, & he is a very loyal guy. We 100% back his decision & fully agree with him

Peetrik

Sounded like you were saying he only represented Bridgestone as it was where he started but he does his standup training in Lucan in a Pramuk/Banchamak kind of situation.

Wouldn't want there to be any confusion.

MMA Lucan

Sorry if it seemed like I was saying he left, just meant that he does still represent & train in Bridgestone. All sorted

Stillweak

Morph the Cat wrote: »

I thought K1 was a company!? And they hold kickboxing matches.

That's like asking where to train in UFC, no?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eponym

but its very impressive that you know the difference.

Morph the Cat

Stillweak wrote: »

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eponym

but its very impressive that you know the difference.

Your link is irrelevant. UFC and K1 are not eponyms. The sport was not named after the organisations.

Saying you train in "K1" or "UFC" (assuming you don't actually have a contract with either company) is like saying you do the "hoovering", or you like to eat "Taytos" when you mean crisps in general, or you drive a "Jeep" when it's just an SUV. Or like saying you train in NFL.

Nice try at using a big word though - pity you used it in the wrong context and your attempt to pwn me fell flat on it's face.

pablohoney87

Does any of that really matter?
Can everyone agree that the ruleset K-1 uses is a unique ruleset and that ruleset has commonly become known as K1 rules?

Morph the Cat

pablohoney87 wrote: »

Does any of that really matter?
Can everyone agree that the ruleset K-1 uses is a unique ruleset and that ruleset has commonly become known as K1 rules?

No - it doesn't matter. I made a simple comment on Page 1 that a few people agreed with - then we moved on. Then "Stillweak" moseys in days later and tries to pwn me like an amateur.
So no - it doesn't matter - but tell that to Johnny Come-Lately above, who decided to drag us off topic 3 days after the original post.

And my original comment wasn't even a sneer or having a go - I just asked a question, as I myself wasn't 100% sure, since I don't follow K1, but was aware they hold/held kickboxing events.

I thought K1 was a company!?

See? A question - that others answered, then we moved on.

chprt

So I am guessing there are no good K1 gyms in Ireland at the minute, as no one seems to know any of them


paddy

Morph the Cat

chprt wrote: »

So I am guessing there are no good K1 gyms in Ireland

I don't believe K1 have opened a gym here yet - but there may be a few other gyms that train using their rule set.

I know Kokoro train K1 rules on Tue & Thu night from 20.00 - 21.30. Daragh Kennedy is the trainer, and he's excellent.
https://www.facebook.com/mmaireland/info

oc_pl

chprt wrote: »

So I am guessing there are no good K1 gyms in Ireland at the minute, as no one seems to know any of them


paddy

Hey Paddy, why are looking for K-1 Gyms?


Paul O' Connor

chprt

Paul, how are ya?

I suppose there is a reason for my question, but i want to keep it to me for now


paddy