KBOX Kickboxing Academy

All back up and running again now everyone. Thanks for your patience.

Hi everyone, Please note that our website, (and emails as a result) is currently down and we expect it to be like that for a couple of days. If you would like information on trying out training with us, or have any other queries, please DM us here.

Hi everyone, The Met Office and BBC weather are still offering a range of forecasts which all say it will snow somewhere between 5 and 9, and some heavily- so I am damned if I do and damned if I don't and it's disappointing in the first week back , but I have to think about everyone's safety, so I am reluctantly cancelling all tonight's classes to be on the safe side.

Stay home and safe everyone

Izzie

KBOX would like to offer huge congratulations to the following students on passing their grades at Christmas and on being awarded for all year round excellence. Thank you to all our students for being with us this year. We wish everyone a very merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and we will see you all in 2026 . Izzie x

End of Year Awards 2025

Club Student of 2025 - Seb Fiddaman
Cadet Student of 2025 - Antek Grzeskowiak
Best Sparring of 2025 - Maisy Rose Ogden
Best Progress of 2025 - Hannah Winskell
Outstanding Newcomer of 2025 - Callum Wilson

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​1st DAN BLACK

Brett Stephen Biggs

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BROWN (3rd Kyu)

Alex Ernu

​(Distinction) Andrei Ernu

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PURPLE (4th kyu)

(Distinction) Oliver Duke

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BLUE (5th kyu)

(Distinction) Patryk Mackowiak

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GREEN (6th kyu)

(Distinction) Igor Wnuk

​(Distinction) Maisy Rose Ogden

Kelly Claydon

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YELLOW (8th kyu)

(Distinction) Bethany Nelson

David Duke

Charlie Fairhurst

Charles Beverley

Isabelle Beverley

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RED (9th kyu)

Marie Watson

​Dylan Watson

Louie Watson

Bailey Vincent

Leo Vincent

Alfie Vincent

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WHITE (10th kyu)

Callum Wilson

Danny Goodfellow

​John Hawkins

Milena Kantak

​Hawa Mbengue Sesay

​Bella Sacre

We are still open as usual throughout the holidays everyone!

Hi everyone, Tomorrow (Saturday 20th ) is Live in Barnsley, so they will be closing Eldon Street and Regent St to traffic from early on. If you park in the Upper Seam (Courthouse) car park, access will be from Old Mill lane only.
We are open at 10.30 for the kids' class and 12.10 for the adult class as usual.
Parking may be tricker than usual so we are prepared for late arrivals. Call me if you will be one of them please.

Absolutely brilliant turn out tonight in both kids and adult classes, despite the hot dojo. Thank you everyone. There were a couple of children who came without a drink...please remember its vitally important to bring water to classes.

Following our latest Grading Day, held on Saturday 22nd March, KBOX would like to offer huge congratulations to the following successful students who passed their belt tests. Judges were Chief Instructor Izzie Kirk, with Mark Grosse and Garry Kirk:

BROWN (3rd Kyu)

Seb Fiddaman

PURPLE (4th kyu)

Andrei Ernu

BLUE (5th kyu)

Oliver Duke (Distinction)

Finn Rushforth (Distinction)

GREEN (6th kyu)

Patryk Mackowiak

Jacob Tout

ORANGE (7th kyu)

Glyn Emmerson

Billy Emmerson

Antek Grweskowiak (Distinction)
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YELLOW (8th kyu)

David Chelaru

Bruno Bredovskis

Holly Ward
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RED (9th kyu)

Hannah Winskell

Isabelle Beverley

Charles Beverley

Kaleigh-Skye Hemming

Denis Farkas

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WHITE (10th kyu)

Bartlomiej Maziarz

Luke Emsley

James Lewis

Bethany Nelson

Lily Bashforth

Charlie Fairhurst

Leo Vincent

Alfie Vincent

Bailey Vincent

Whether you're having a bad week, a bad day, or just fancy a brew, biscuit and a chat - our groups are here for you. ❤️

Our groups run every Monday 7-9PM (except bank holidays), face to face in over 260 locations as well as online.

There's NO booking and NO fees. Any man 18+ is welcome to just turn up.

All location details can be found on our website or drop us an email to [email protected] to join our online groups.

To start 2025 we would like to congratulate the following students who will be beginning the year as a higher grade, following our end of year Grading Day. Well done to:

Annie Smith – White Belt (10th kyu)
Maz Kay – White Belt (10th kyu)
Hannah Winskell - White Belt (10th kyu)
Kaleigh -Skye Hemming – White Belt (10th kyu)
Denis Farkas – White Belt (10th kyu)

Holly Ward – Red Belt (9th kyu)
David Chelaru – Red belt (9th kyu)

Glyn Emmerson – Yellow belt (8th kyu)
Billy Emmerson – Yellow belt (8th kyu)
Antoni Grzeskowiak – Yellow belt (8th kyu)
Maisy Ogden – Yellow belt (8th kyu)
Riley Russell – Yellow belt (8th kyu)

Patryk Mackowiak – Orange belt (7th kyu)
Jacob Tout – Orange belt (7th kyu)

Anyone who did not pass this time, use all of the time in classes, and practice at home, between now and next grading (March 22nd) to make sure you know, and can do everything required. If there is something on your syllabus that you are unsure about, now is the time to ask!

Tonight's classes will be running as usual.

Although the main roads and pavements are largely clear, the car park is still quite snowy and the slope from the car park to the pedestrian crossing is very slippery, so it is better to walk around the buildings where they have cleared the pavements.

Please take care and we hope to see you later.

Thanks

Izzie.