Vinny Shoreman seminar

Vinny will be returning for a seminar on Saturday 22nd January 2011. Places filling up fast.

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!