You have the option of training purely for your self improvement and enjoyment or you can follow the competition route which are able to offer due to our membership of the WKA and BFKKO into either light contact competition or the different styles of full contact fighting.
More advanced elements such as ring work, sparring and conditioning are held in seperate classes and if you wish to compete you will be invited to qualify for the 5 Elements squad. As a squad member you recieve additional training teaching you how to compete and win.
We compete annualy at the WAKO British championships and a number of other promotions such as Genesis. With competitions being held regularly both in the UK and internationally a genuine meaningful national and international ranking can be obtained.
At 5 Elements we cover:
- Full Contact Kickboxing
- Low Kick Kickboxing
- K1 Style
- Muay Thai Boxing with UK and Thai
- Semi and Light contact events
2010 WAKO British Championship Result
Helen Robinson-Carey - British Champion <56kg
Nick Lumb - British Champion <81kg
Matt Shipton - Bronze Medal
Reice Lodge - Bronze Medal
Ross Jack - Bronze Medal
Kloe Wilson - Bronze Medal
Wayne Russell - Bronze Medal
009 WAKO British Championships Results
Colin Heard - 5 Elements - British Champion <63.5kg
Matt Shipton - 5 Elements - Silver Medal <75kg
Michael Brooks - 5 Elements - Bronze Medal <81kg
Nick Lumb - 5 Elements - Silver Medal < 86kg
Wayne Bond - 5 Elements - Silver Medal > 91kg
Stuart Tyler - 5 Elements - Bronze Medal >91kg
All six 5 Elements Fighters from the competition squad who entered gained a medal. Stuart Tyle had to retire due to injury but still gained a bronze medal.
Overall this is a fantastic result.
Michael Brooks and Instructor/Cornerman Tony Willis as Michael wins WAKO British Amateur Title (2008)
"Despite only having taken up the sport eighteen months ago, Essex kickboxer Michael has just won his first British title. A fast-paced test of agility, strength and tactics - kickboxing is one of the most frenetic of the martial arts, and Essex has a new British Champion. Eighteen-year-old Michael Brooks, from Basildon, won the -81kg British Full Contact Kickboxing title, held at the World Association of Kickboxing Organisation's championships, in Nottingham."
Michael says the sport of kickboxing is a great discipline to compete in, for a number of reasons: "It's really intense fitness wise, because obviously you're working as hard as you can for two minutes.
"It works the whole body," continues Michael. "It's a combination of everything - you've got to be strong, at the same time you've got to have endurance, you've got to be co-ordinated.....so it's a good all-round sport."
Chris Lovell & Michael Brooks with trainer Tony Willis after winning their full contact kickboxing bouts at the Genesis show in Doncaster 2008
