TFC Show walker dome

Chris Stewart and Stu Wells fought on the TFC show in Walker ...both lost unfortunately but not for lack of trying or training, thats MMA for you and we are very proud of you. it was Chris's first fight on a massive show and gave a very good account of himself and the gym as did Stu so well done both of you :)

IKF tournament 30/10/2010

Dave Holliday fought for the IKF amateur cruiserweight title in manchester on saturday and stopped his opponent at the end of the first round. Dave has been training for years but this was only his second fight and second win. He is not that bothered about fighting but when he does, he does it well!! Well done Dave, couldnt go to a nicer guy :)

Bad Company Seminar 06/11/2010

Richard Smith, head coach of Bad Company Thai Boxing, returned for the third year running to hold a seminar with his wife, world champion thai boxer Lisa Houghton-smith. great turnout as usual with some fantastic techniques delivered by two of the best coaches in the world!

NFL Thai boxing @ liquid envy

Team Phoenix fighter Carl Adams made his thai boxing debut in style on Sunday at the Northern Fight League's thai show at liquid envy nightclub in newcastle.

Carl gave away weight and experience in his first bout and won by stoppage in 1min30 seconds of round 1.

carl didnt really get going after giving his opponent 2 counts out of 3 knockdowns and left the ring without breaking a sweat, he made up for this lifting pints afterwards!

very proud of you mate, well done.

Ron Balicki October Camp

We now have 16 Team Phoenix members going to Leuven Belgium to attend the 1st Annual Ron Balicki Europe camp! This is going to be an amazing event! if you dont want to miss out all you need is a 40 pound deposit to secure your place!

for more info contact matt teasdale at team phoenix.

Ron Balicki seminar at Team Phoenix 2010

Once again, Team Phoenix played host to the awesome Ron Balicki who travelled over from Los Angeles for a 2 day seminar in July.

As usual with Rons annual seminars here, the gym was packed out and this year was the biggest yet with over 70 people attending from all over the UK and Europe.

Day one of the seminar covered Jun Fan, Kali and Thai Boxing and day two covered Silat, Panantukan and Shoot wrestling.

Ron explains and demonstrates techniques with the ease you would expect from one of the greatest and most experienced martial artists in the world. He is also however, very good at breaking things down in order for people of any level to clearly understand.

He splits the techniques up then layers them in order for people to stay at a level they feel comfortable with whilst allowing them to advance if they want to.

Ron is a fantastic personality and a natural at creating a really good atmosphere in seminars. He has just so much knowledge to share. Its a true privilege to have him at Team Phoenix. The whole weekend was brilliant with lots of old friends making their way to Newcastle from across the UK and it was also a chance to welcome new people to the gym who had made the effort to travel a long way in order to train with Ron.

We had a typically mad Newcastle night out on the saturday too!

All in all an amazing weekend, roll on next year!

Vinny Shoreman Seminar

On Saturday April 24th Vinny Shoreman held a seminar at Team Phoenix.

it was a fantastic seminar and Vinny, as always was full of good surprises. NLP is poerful stuff and we look forward to trying out some of the techniques Vinny taught us.

Cant wait to have him back!

Luke wins in Teeside!

massive well done to Luke O'Neill who won his Thai Boxing debut last Sunday at the Teeside fight night at the Marton hotel and country club, promoted by Teeside Thai Boxing Club (Dave McRobb).

Luke won (split decision) after five very hard fought rounds.

He performed superbly as did his opponent Tom Evans (Faktory gym) considering it was their first fight. Well done Luke, we couldnt have asked for more from you, all your hard work paid off!

Good Luck to Peter Robinson

All at Team Phoenix are wishing Team Phoenix Instructor Peter "Peaches" Robinson the best of British as he tackles the Lightning 12 off road endurance run on Sunday. The Lightning 12 is a 10km circuit through the woodland and hill lined setting of Malvern hills. Pete will be running this grueling circuit for 12 solid hours! We at Phoenix know he will prevail and best all his personal challenges as Pete is super strong in mind and will never quit.
This run among many others is in preparation for Petes ultimate challenge of doing the Marathon des Sables in 2011. This is a 6 day 151 mile marathon across the Sahara desert and is considered the toughest foot race on the face of the earth.
If you would like to sponsor Pete for his Marathon des Sables please contact Team Phoenix.
All the best Peaches!

Bad Company Clinch and Elbows workshop

Bad Company Workshop 13th March 2010

Today, myself (Maz), Matt, John, Iain and Gary headed down to Bad Company Gym in Leeds as the fantastic Richard Smith was putting on a 3-hour clinch and elbow workshop.

The 3 hours flew by which is always a good sign. We worked mainly on the 3 basic footwork steps and turns and throws in the clinch and timing and positioning. Having trained privately with Richard for a few years now, we had briefly touched on some of the stuff before but there was loads of new techniques and just enough time to get the hang of each one properly.

I really hope Richard and Lisa put on more of these workshops!

NFL Show, Newcastle

NFL Show, 12th December 2009

Team Phoenix MMA fighter Chris Douglass took a little break from his usual MMA activites, to try his hand at stand-up and fought on the NFL show held at Newcastle University, fighting Pro K1-Rules 3 x 3minute rounds.

Chris is a grappler (and a very good one) and has always had doubts about testing himself in pure stand-up, but he handled the fight very well, pushing his opponent back constantly with punches and keeping the pressure on throughout.

There was a little controversy about the points decision as it went to Chris’s opponent Juan and many people there thought that Chris had done enough to take it. We personally felt a draw would have been the correct decision, however taking nothing away from Juan at all who was very tough. It was good matchmaking from Mr. Jose!

MSA Muay Thai Premier League Bolton

Muay Thai Premier League Show, Reebok Stadium, Bolton 7th November 2009

We had the pleasure of watching Liam Harrison take on yet another Top Thai, Saketdao at the MSA Muay Thai Premier League show at the Reebok Stadium in Bolton. Also on the card was Saenchai V Rob Storey, Andy Howson V Rungraeeve Sasiprapa, Jordon Watson V Stephen Meikle and a heap of other talented top English fighters.

These shows are going to set the standard for Thai Boxing in the UK and are going to get bigger and better every time. The next one is scheduled for March 2010 at the M.E.N arena in Manchester and headlining will be Liam Harrisons rematch with Anuwat Keuwsamrit.

It was a real honour to see Saenchai fighting in England again for the second time this year.

NFL Feb 2010 @ Newcastle Uni

Chrissy Quinn made his Thai Boxing debut, loosing on points after 5 very exciting rounds and giving a very good account of himself in the process.

Dean Bell, also making his debut, took the fight on a weeks notice and won on points after 5 rounds of very smart fighting.

well done both of you.