David Thorneycroft
My name is David Thorneycroft and I am writing this article for the Voodoo Gym website. I started training at Voodoo Gym in August / September 2010, so just over a year ago. It has been the single biggest achievement I have ever accomplished in my life. Before staring at Voodoo Gym I weighed 20 stone 13 pounds at the age of 20 years old! I was a lazy couch potato, to put it in the nicest way possible, and was always that kid that was last to be picked at sports, would always have a note from the parents or any excuse to get out of any physical exercise. One day, enough was enough, and I...
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Dave ‘Witch Dr’ Kari – Head Coach and Manager – Voodoo Gym. Dave Kari is an expert in Martial Arts and in the teaching of it. He has a talent for teaching that he developed as a professional academic teacher and commercial trainer. By applying these delivery skills to his solid yet intuitive Martial Arts instruction he stands out from the crowd as a coach. His Martial Arts experience began over 26 years ago covering a vast array of styles including: Traditional Japanese and Korean Martial Arts Muay Thai under Master Sken American Style Kick-Boxing He...
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Charlie started training in Karate at the age of 6 for two years having achieved a purple stripe belt. Then he trained in Chinese Kick-Boxing, pursuing that for another year. Then he started training at the Voodoo Gym in the Junior MMA Kick-Boxing class. After a year of hard work Charlie was asked to join the adults MMA Kick-Boxing class and Submission Wrestling classes. After 6 months he started training in MMA which he is currently developing. After a further 6 months he then achieved his Junior MMA Kick-Boxing brown belt from Dave Kari and has attended his first Train the Trainer course to...
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