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Health Benefits of Kickboxing

Posted on: January 14th, 2012 by admin No Comments

Kickboxing is a subset of martial arts from Thailand commonly known as Muay Thai, an art practiced for centuries. Kickboxing got attention in the west when martial arts became popular among villains in western movies. After gaining popularity in the west, kick boxing produced similar styles in Sub Continent region, ranging from combat to a cardio-focused workout. Kickboxing finds its origins in Karate and is a martial art technique that involves controlled kicking and punching movements typically delivered from a standing position. Many people from around the globe practice kickboxing as a full-contact competitive sport, whilst others use it to promote overall fitness or to learn self defence. Irrespective of one’s motive to learn kickboxing, this active form of exercise has the ability to benefit your health in numerous invaluable ways.

In Pakistan, if someone needs to compete in kickboxing tournaments or just to learn it as a self defence, “Synergy MMA Academy” in DHA Lahore is the best place to acquire this skill and achieve your goals. Kickboxing is taught by “Mr. Bashir Ahmed”, the pioneer of Mixed Martial Marts in Pakistan who has fought Muay Thai professionally in Thailand and is ranked third in Muay Thai by the Global Combat Alliance based in the Eastern United States.

Kick boxing course in DHA Lahore at Synergy teaches physical exercises that include repeated bursts of movement, which promotes heart health by providing a cardiovascular workout. The arms and legs rapid movements that make up the crux of kickboxing enables the heart to pump blood in a more efficient manner, especially when done during constant punch and kick routines that stretch for 30 minutes or longer.

Synergy also offers kickboxing for weight loss, the course which is tailored to enhance physical activity that burns fat, tones and builds muscle resulting in significant weight loss. Depending upon the kickboxing course that you choose, you can burn as many calories per hour with this sport as you would by jogging or brisk walking, however with much more enthusiasm and excitement.

Along with weight loss, Synergy offers kickboxing for women in DHA Lahore through which women can increase their body’s flexibility, tone their legs and thighs, and get rid of unnecessary fat. Most people lose flexibility and coordination as a natural part of the ageing process, which is further exacerbated due to inactivity, but kickboxing can help to combat this loss of agility. Performing basic kickboxing moves at Synergy requires you to twist your body and deliver far-reaching, elevated kicks, which provides key flexibility training for your body.

Kick boxing for ladies in DHA Lahore offers courses that allow participants to practice stress relieving exercises. It enhances your self confidence by making you feel good about your physical fitness and strength. The course is a perfect choice to take a break from the daily routines of the life such as demanding work at job or performing daily household chores. Thus by shooting kicks and throwing focussed punches, one is not just improving his overall health condition but is also refreshing itself for the next day by sweating out the daily stress.

DHA Lahore Kickboxing is a one place that promotes health and fitness; offers stress relieving exercises; teaches self defence exercises and ensures freshness of body and mind.

www.club-synergy.com

Shaheen Academy holds it’s first smoker!

Posted on: April 20th, 2010 by admin 1 Comment

Originally slated to be Pakistan Warrior Challenge II, the 2nd ever MMA event in Lahore on April 17th turned out to be Shaheen MMA Academy’s first smoker.

For those who don’t know, a smoker is an event that can be considered before amateur. They are full on fights but are meant to be so local clubs can get experience. They are usually small affairs with a limited number of fights.

Shaheen MMA Academy will be regularly holding smokers. They will be trying for approximately every 2 weeks. 1-3 fights per smoker.

Smoker events do not have to be only MMA but also boxing, kickboxing, wushu and grappling, although the focus will be on MMA.

The next PWC is possibly going to be in an 8 man tournament format, in the light weight category 65-70 kilograms. It will be held on Sunday May 16th.

Cash Prize  of 5,000 rupees to the winner. Tournament will only take place if 8 LW fighters are found. If this does not happen then PWC will be single elimination as before.

Next Shaheen smoker coming soon.

Pakistan Bans Lahore the movie

Posted on: March 23rd, 2010 by admin 1 Comment

The Pakistani censor board has banned Lahore the movie from being screened in Pakistan. The board had objection with some scenes in the movie. Both the director and producer are surprised by this decision and have claimed that there is nothing in the movie against Pakistan. The movie is based on the world of MMA and its story is about a match between an Indian and a Pakistani fighter. The climax of the movie is set in Lahore.

The movie was set to be releases in Pakistan. Rashid Khawaja, a Pakistani producer, had shown keen interest in buying the rights to screen the film in Pakistan. However due to the decision of the censor board this will not be possible. The board has objected because according to it some of the scenes in the movie portrayed Pakistan in a negative light.
Sanjay Puran Chauhan , the director of the movie has claimed that the movie was not a typical bollywood fare and did not bash Pakistan. Talking in an interview he said ‘Lahore’ is not a typical Bollywood commercial film. It’s not a Pakistan bashing film. It is a very different and balanced project with no negativity or biases against any country. We were very keen that it releases there (in Pakistan), but now we are disappointed’

Some of the scenes of the movie were even shot in Lahore itself. The director wanted to shoot more but he was not given a visa for Pakistan. On this he said ‘We were kept on hold for a long time and they kept delaying the process. We got foreign crew, mostly from the Netherlands, and then we had to employ local crew. We could only take exterior shots as we were told by locals that shooting with Indian actors could create hassles,’

He has claimed that he is surprised on the decision of the censor board as he has tried to keep the tone of the film neutral. ‘We were told that the authorities aren’t pleased with certain portions of the movie. But every film has certain tones without which it will lose its essence.’

The movie has been played out and critically acclaimed in many different film festivals. It is going to be released worldwide on the coming Friday.

The ban on this movie is furtive. Indian movies had been banned for about four decades in Pakistan but this had no effect on their popularity. Just like all movies Lahore will also somehow find its way into the screens of Pakistani movie watchers. The movie might have had some negative portrayals about Pakistan. Since it is an Indian movie it was pretty much a given that the Indian fighter will be shown winning in the end. However we cannot know if the ban by the board was justified until we see the movie ourselves. This controversy is only going to help the movie as now more people will be interested in watching it than before because people will want to know the reason it was banned…

History of Pakistani Boxing

Posted on: March 23rd, 2010 by admin 1 Comment

Boxing in Pakistan it a sport which refuses to wither away. While Pakistan lacks proper sporting facilities and equipment its boxers have still managed to reach top levels through sheer hard work and dedication. Pakistan’s boxing history is filled with many victories and potential for being even better. In the hwole of Pakistan there is not even a single gymnasium or indoor stadium of an international standard. Yet we still have some great boxers around who can become great MMA fighters.

Boxing in Pakistan was started in Karachi. 1 year after it’s birth A national boxing championship was held. Pakistani boxers have had some great victories in the Asian games. What was encouraging is that it seems that the quality of Pakistani pugilists has been increasing at a rapid rate as most of our victories have been achieved in the last 2 decades.

The first major victory for Pakistani boxers came in the form of the Pakistan Boxing Team winning the Asian Boxing Championship Manila in 1983. This was the kick-start that boxing here required and after this a stream of victories started to come. After this Pakistan managed to achieve its biggest victory yet when Pakistani boxer Hussain Shah managed to win the bronze medal at the Seoul Olympics 1988. This was Pakistan’s first and to date the only Olympic medal in boxing.

Pakistan’s best medal came in the Commonwealth games in Manchester 2000 when the Pakistani boxer Haider Ali won all the way to the top and grabbed the gold medal. Pakistan’s boxing team also accomplished an amazing feat when they won the Asian Boxing Champion ship held in Vietnam in 2003. Pakistani Boxer Noman Karim elevated his country’s boxing profile when he got the bronze medal in World Boxing Championship Moscow 2003. At the 18th commonwealth games Mehar Ullah won the silver medal in boxing.
Notice how the first victory was achieved in 1983 and from then on has only managed to become better and better. There have been many attempts to bring Pakistan’s boxing into the mainstream however it has failed to succeed. The reason is that Pakistan’s boxers are still not at the level where they could hold spectacular fights which people will be interested in watching. Among all these victories we have failed to create a boxer who would win constantly. A great sportsman is the best thing that can happen to a sport. Just look at Golf, it was not a very big sport but after Tiger Woods entered the scene golf has become much more common. We need a fighter, a star in boxing who will be able to enter the mainstream in Pakistan.

Another thing required is for there to be proper places to train boxers. Boxing is a glorious sport. It involves a lot of money and there have been many great movies made about it (The Rocky series being the most famous one). Once a proper training ground is established the people will come to train themselves. There also need to be much more amateur fights in Pakistan in order to polish the talent we have.

As of right now, there a few proper boxing gyms in Karachi, particularly in Lyari. These gyms have rings and bags. In Lahore, one gym which has a proper facility including rings and bags in Synergy Fitness Club.

If interested in learning this sport please call Gym Manager Ali Haider 0333 407 2724 for those in Lahore. You can also check out the website here Synergy MMA and Fitness Lahore