Kickboxers kick butt

Kickboxing students from shihan Raymond ‘The Whip’ Phillips’ Xtreme Kickboxing Technologies (XKT) Brakpan branch performed extremely well at the recent Great North 1 Championship in Valhalla, Pretoria.

Logan Green

April 8, 2018

The representatives from Xtreme Kickboxing Technologies’ (XKT) Brakpan branch at the last Great North 1 Championship in Valhalla, Pretoria are, back: Sensei Ryan Phillips (team coach), Ryan Roets (gold medal in full contact), Sharkiroon Peck (bronze medal), Frans De Bruyn (two gold medals), shihan Raymond Phillips (XKT President). Front: Matthew Gething (gold medal), Calie Boshoff (silver medal and bronze medal), Morne Simpson (silver medal and bronze medal). Absent: Brendan Davis (two gold medals), Johan Bosh (one silver medal and one bronze medal), Juan Grove (two gold medals) and Christian Smit.

According to Phillips, the president of XKT, students representing XKT branches from all provinces took part with XKT Brakpan’s student adding 15 medals to the overall haul for the event (eight gold medals, three silver medals and four bronze medals).

“We estimate that close to 400 students took part in this prestigious event,” said Phillips.

“We are now preparing for the South Africa Championships at the end of April.

“We have a busy calendar particularly now with all the various fighting disciplines we take part in (kickboxing, MMA, Brazilian jiu-jitsu) and we are also looking forward to competing in our first amateur Muay Thai event later this year.”

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