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| Cage rage heavyweight champion of the world Ian Freeman opens the new gym with co owners James Denny and Scott Clist |
A GYM helping to train cage fighters and teach martial arts opened in Trowbridge on Saturday.
The custom-built Revolution Gym, in Court Street, is run by chief instructor Scott Clist, and Jamie Denny, owner of combat sports equipment brand Spitfire.
Mr Clist, 30, is a former British kickboxing champion with more than 19 years experience in martial arts, and is preparing to challenge for a British cage fighting championship.
The gym, which will host martial arts classes daily, boasts more than 100 sq metre of mat space, along with punch-bags, weights, male and female changing rooms, and an on site equipment shop.
A training cage is due to be installed soon.
Cage fighting, or mixed martial arts, is a combat sport mixing elements of boxing, kickboxing, wrestling and jiu-jitsu that has been rising in popularity recently.
Mr Denny, 24, said: "The name Revolution is no accident. We wanted to create somewhere with the best training and the best equipment. There are no egos here, everybody is welcome and you can take as much from it as you want."
As well as running cage fighting, kickboxing and fitness classes, Revolution will be putting on specialist martial arts seminars in the coming months.
These include screen-fighting seminars with Zara Pythian, a 13- time world martial arts champion and film star.
Mr Clist has previously been cast in martial arts film FUROR after attending a similar seminar.
He said: "I was just expecting a five minute fight scene, but ended up being one of the main characters."
He has now been cast in another two films, including one he wrote himself that is set in Trowbridge, entitled CAGED.
Call (01225) 755090 for more information.
6:55pm Thursday 27th March 2008
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CommentPosted by: stuart, westbury on 4:17pm Fri 28 Mar 08
"No egos here", I always pose like this and tell everybody about the film I was in
"No egos here", I always pose like this and tell everybody about the film I was in
Posted by: Walter McCabe, Freshford on 4:26pm Fri 28 Mar 08
Its now official this afternoon, our stuart of westbury is just up here to wooden spoon it ;-))
Its now official this afternoon, our stuart of westbury is just up here to wooden spoon it ;-))
Posted by: moocherx, ex-Trow on 3:01am Sun 30 Mar 08
i guess as a gym/kick-boxig centre, the pose is more appropriate than, say, photographing them playing with kittens.
i guess as a gym/kick-boxig centre, the pose is more appropriate than, say, photographing them playing with kittens.
Posted by: GSXRRRSP, WESTBURY on 12:04am Fri 4 Apr 08
isnt there enough violent yobs without training them to do it .....
isnt there enough violent yobs without training them to do it .....
Posted by: blackdog, southwick on 7:33pm Fri 4 Apr 08
[quote][bold]GSXRRRSP[/bold] wrote:
isnt there enough violent yobs without training them to do it .....[/quote] Well put
Why a cage ?
Is there not something less violent they could spend their time teaching our young people?
GSXRRRSP wrote:
isnt there enough violent yobs without training them to do it .....
Well put
Why a cage ?
Is there not something less violent they could spend their time teaching our young people?
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