Self Defence Ireland Association

Welcome to Hebron Kickboxing.

We are based in Dungannon, and we provide training in Kickboxing, Mauy Tia, Self Defense,kenpo and Karate. If you would like to participate please call us from the phone number shown at the top of our site.

sdfireland@gmail.com

About us...

All the clubs under the name Hebron are insured by the WAKO. The Certificate of membership is under William Ferry Hebron Kickboxing Club – Chief Instructor. We at the Hebron Kickboxing club teach kickboxing, self-defence, Karate, Kenpo self-defence and Cage Fighting. We also teach our students discipline, self-control, and how to deal with different situations that might arise in the workplace, school, and in the street or at home. We show you how to escape from wrist grabs, body grabs, hair & clothing grabs. We show you how to deal with punches, head butts, kicks, & groin attacks. We are more than a club because we train together and become one unit everyone helps each other to become better person.

What is Kickboxing?

Kickboxing refers to a group of martial arts and stand-up combat sports based on kicking and punching, historically developed from karate, Thai boxing and western boxing. Kickboxing is often practiced for self-defense, general fitness, or as a contact sport.

KICKBOXING

A Brief History

During the early seventies the American martial arts world was shaken to its foundations by the demands made on it by a fresh young new generation of practitioners. Fighters started looking for a competitive format in which they could use their skills to the full effect, full power punches and kicks in bouts fought to the knockout. The development of specialised protective equipment speeded up the evolution of this new sport, which became known as kickboxing. Between 1970 and 1973 a handful of kickboxing promotions were staged across the USA. In the early days the rules were never clear, one of the first tournaments had no weight divisions and all the competitors fought off until one was left. A very young Benny Urquidez reached the final. Weighing in at 10 stones Urquidez faced the 14 stones Dana Goodson. Urquidez won the tournament by pinning Goodson to the floor for more than 10 seconds, which was part of the rules.

The Hebron School of Martial Arts club had been invited by the Mayor of Dungannon so that they could be recognised for the work we do in the community.
It was a great honour for club this is the second time for the club to be invited to meet the Mayor William was honoured by the Mayor back in 1998.
The Mayor said that the club had achieved a lot of awards over the years that we had been running.