Hey my name's Michael and im 10 yrs old. I have been interested in fighting for quite a while but i only started taekwondo about 4 weeks ago (i'm a white belt). i come from Victoria, Australia and i train at Chang's. My Dad tells me i'm a natural at it...i won in high kick after just 4 training sessions and i always win in sparring at training. um, yeah, i wanna be a kickboxing when i'm older. i will fight for macedonia in tarik solak promotions (http://www.tariksolak.com.au).
(no, i wont be a muay thai kickboxer just regular).
so,
WHAT DO U THINK,
should i do it?

Forget TWD if you want to be a kickboxer. They're two different things and TWD will teach you bad habits.

Anyway, no matter what you do, stick at it and give it 100%. Starting at such a young age is ideal and you could have a very promising career in front of you.

Good luck!

All the best.

Keep up the TKD if you want to be good at TKD.

If you want to be good at kickboxing then take kickboxing.









This thread looks so fake-no offense if it isn't. I just think it probably is.

TKD, I don't want MuayThai. 10 years old saying some of what was said.

Some of the typing looks too forced and some looks too good.




TKD Kid-if this is legit then ignore me. Sometimes its hard not to be suspicious. I'm not normally suspicious but...maybe I'm just getting old.

It has too be fake, who'd want to do TKD rather than MT??....lol
Youngsters, nowadays.......lol

Got a 6 year old doing a workout with a 12 years old at FFC.
How about that for faking at a topic :)

At the right you can just see a piece of the carefully Mr. Lucien Carbin watching those 2.

How about getting a lesson in punching by Mr. Gilbert "Hurricane" Yvel?

Or learn how to kick with Ilonka "killer Queen" Elmont.

Eric

Anymore more pictures of Lucien Carbin new gym it looks really good.

Flame

Hi Flame,

How about paying respect to the master himself. Always nice to see that don't you think. He will become 50 years old on sept 7th btw. Can you believe that?

Lots of photo's & video also on www.ffcarbin.com & www.killer-queen.com
Both site are still under devellopment and change a lot.

BTW. How is Claudia doing? Is she in your tournament Aug. 31th?
Still looking on more photo's on her.

Regards,
Eric

Ever heard of Tyrone Spong yet?
A junior champion & doing a tough fight in Russia next month.

Thanks Eric

Great pictures Luien looks good for 50 send him my regards and maybe one day well make it out there... Claudia had four wisdom teeth pulled so she will off for a couple two or three months...Doctors orders!!!

Flame

Eric

Whats Tyrone's age...how many fights???

Hi Flame,

I'll talk to him tomorrow. I'll ask.

Think he is 16 or 17 if I'm not mistaken.
One of Lucien's promessing fighters for the future.
Think he and Tarik are the 2 upcoming men to watch from Amsterdam
at the moment.

Regards to Claudia. Wish her well for me.
Eric

Ps. Photo is Ilonka & Tarik.(keep forgetting his last name, I should write it down :))

He is one tough fighter...formerly (or is it still...?) known as Memo Janjira, he is small and very technical for a kid!!! i remember when they were here in guadalajara he gave me good advices about kicking, stances, some combos, strategy, etc. and his sis Mely...probably the best kicker i have ever seen...and believe me....i have seen a lot!!! Memito will be at Mr. Mcphails event this Aug. 31....saludos desde mexico!

Nakmuaymx

I think Memo is 10 also and very skilled fighter with a big heart always puts on a good show...and fun to watch...

Flame

Sorry Flame, I was in a hurry before.
Looking forward having you & Claudia over in Holland one day.

Btw. Tarik's last name is El Idrissi.
They currently are making a database of all FFC-fighters for their website.
Of course all this info will be available for Brain to use for his AX-database if he wants. Damn thing is these fighters prefer training to filling out questionair forms I guess.:)

Take care,
Eric

Ps. On the photo are Allistair "Demolition Man" Overeem & Tyrone Spong.

THE legend himself lucien Carbin i know him quite well ! and his girl the world champion fought my girl Jussy Lowe about 1.5 years ago in Holland on a 2 weeks notice and gave her a great fight losing by only a couple of points ! Illonka Elmont ! top fighter like Gilbert Yvel both of lucien Carbins gym !
And Lucien doesnt look a day over 40 ! top man !
cheers
sandy man holt
p.s. to the 10 year old good luck ( top of the page )BUT walk b4 you run ! id say !

REECE from my Bolton and Wigan gym u.k. the kids though do muay-thai BUT with NO head contact and are padded up ! they are allowed all kicks, punches knees and elbows ! BUT with boxing gloves, body shield, and shin-pads. This is posing with us , his instructors in my / our Wigan-Thai-Boxing-Club after his 3rd: fight and he won it over 3 rounds on points ! H'es here with his winning smile n trophy ! he turned 10 last week by the way ! and this was taken about 2 months ago !
cheers
sandyman

If I'm not mistaken this is you congretulating Ilonka. :)
(I'm not sure this fight was last year though.)

And this fight against Jussy Lowe Ilonka won on points.
Have they fought more then once? I honestly dont know.

Take care,
Eric

No they only fought once as Illonka was due to fight lisa houghton but it didnt happen for some reason ?? ( did at a later date in HOLLAND also ) and Jussy steppen in in just over 2 weeks ! 5 rounds of Action a good fight ! BUT Illonka won on a narrow points win ! Fair play to her ! she is GOOD also
cheers sandy man

Where did ya get the photos from ?? YES IT WAS LAST YEAR ! 2001
and yep thats me in the corner
And yes in her dressing room congratulating her ! ( sportsman ! ) we are yep
DID you take the photo ?? ( thankyou, anymore ? ) and was you there ?? did you see the FIGHT ?? thanks

Take from a tape of the fight. Unfortunatly it was a lousy cameraman, because the tape was half B&W, half colour. (poor quality) and shot by someone having a camera in his hands for the first time in his life.:)

And no unfortunatly I wasn't there.
Think this photo is also you between the first & second round.
It was a good fight indeed & Virtual Dub makes as many photoshot of the fight as you like :)

Take care,
Eric

Anychance you can post any fight pics: on another topic ?? CALLED lets say
"GIRLS FIGHTS"

as it will create some interest to the female fraternity too an A/X cheers ERIC and or as well on here
some action shots as many as you can ?? IF POSSIBLE ?? thankyou very much as we DIDNT get any photos from this Holland fights ! thankyou
sandyman

I'll promise to do that very soon. Think you are right to attracking more attention to the females in this sport.
Hard on them now especially with Dan's server down:) But I've heard it will be up very soon. For now check your mailbox.

Take care,
Eric

god..why do u think im lying to you this is not fake and im serious i wanna be a kickboxer. why do all threads end up turning into photo galleries...=S
anyways above is me along with the macedonian flag and a lot of adidas logos as you can see...
i will soon have some kickboxing pics of me and TKD, fighting, etc..

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man, karate, tae kwon do, they all the same. they both teach u how to punch, kick and the main thing...FIGHT. i cant find any kickboxing clubs but taekwondo is all the same...

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god..why do u think im lying to you this is not fake and im serious i wanna be a kickboxer. why do all threads end up turning into photo galleries...=S
anyways above is me along with the macedonian flag and a lot of adidas logos as you can see...
i will soon have some kickboxing pics of me and TKD, fighting, etc..

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man, karate, tae kwon do, they all the same. they both teach u how to punch, kick and the main thing...FIGHT. i cant find any kickboxing clubs but taekwondo is all the same...

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this kid can kick some serious ass....that's me and memito on the pic
saludos desde mexico!!!!

Why do you guys think I', lieing? TKD, kickboxing...all the same.

Why always photo...?

LOL

.....

Kid if you're legit cool. Maybe we're just too old and jaded. Plus I wouldn't put it passt some jokers on here to play a joke.


TKD and kickboxing aren't the same.


TKD is great(depending on the instructor) for many things. Kickboxing is kickboxing. MuayThai is MuayThai. Boxing is boxing.

Though TKD could help you some in kickboxing it can also make things very hard for you.

kickboxing/muay thai have the advantage over a lot of other martial arts in the full-on way in which you train. But you're young enough to do more than one if you like.

Hi Flame,

Got the info for you on Tyrone Spong.
He is a very skilled & talented fighter.

Weight now. 68-69 KG
Height: 1,88 M.

Born Sept. 3th 1985.
Record:
18 fights.
1 loss
17 wins
8 Ko's

Dutch junior champion (66Kg.)

Next fight Sept. 15th in Russia.
Oppenent: Lucien won't tell yet

Take care,
eric

Thanks a lot Eric nice picture Tyrone looks very strong and I'am sure very well trained...

Flame

Here are 2 kids 8 and 9 years old fighting on our show Ring Of Fire 9.
This is my student in the long pants Conner Mcgorry 8 yrs old vs A 9 year old from the Russian American team in NY coached by Vladamir Boradin.

This is A 10 yr old student of mine Marco Furman knocking his opponnent out of the ring at A show that was at my school called the Junior Kickboxing Challenge.

Sahin & Lucien working out.

It is great to see the kids in action !!

In Ny it is mostly my school and the Russian schools who train kids to fight.

We need more kids training and fighting since they are the future of the sport.

Taking on the bigger..

Not taking shit from anyone this 12 year old...

BTW. He will be on Dutch Television coming Saturday. Don't have the details yet.

dutch kids train seriously it seems

and it shows when they are adults!

This is my son Josh, He and his older brother have been training since they could walk (Muay Thai). Josh was 10 in that pic, he has fought 3 times, and loves it!!
The older one Jay has fought once and dosen't like it, even though he won his first fight and Josh lost(he has made up for it since then)!
I trained them from young so they would be able to defend themselves, it was there choice to fight. (Just in case anyone was thinking I pushed them into it)
vj

Go Kids Go !
All Good !

Hey Vincent your Looking still Lean like me too, Gopod To see !
Hate it when people say ! its coz they are Older and get fat coz of that !
Wrong Attitude Imo
slightly off Topic But.... :-)

TKD kid-
Stick with your TKD for a while as it will give you a kicking edge over most KB & MT guys who have only done KB or MT. If nothing else TKD will work on your stretching and teach you how to head kick. As you are only young you will find it easier to get great flexability, which if you keep working on it will stay with you for ever. It's very hard for an older person who has never been able to do the splits to start trying as an adult and actually get to that kind of flexability. Then later when you are ready go to a KB or MT school as they will teach you how to turn those slappy TKD head kicks into jaw breaking power kicks. You will also be an interesting fighter because you can head kick, and this always helps to draw a crowd. Nothing more boring than a KB or MT fighter who only does the jab, right, thigh kick combo........ YAWN......zzzzzzzzzzz
As some of the others have said though, if you want to fight in MT you will at some point need to train in it, or chances are you will get your arse kicked in the ring, as they tend to have more power than TKD, but don't let anyone tell you TKD isn't a good way to get started. Some of the best MT & KB fighters of our time got started in one martial art or another.
Just have fun and put into it what you expect in return, you can't be the best if you don't train like you are!

Im with Mark L.

Not buying it

Hey Sandy your right keep on training. I'm still my fighting weight!! I am training for a triathelon in August. The swiming is great, hard but good!!
Keep on training, age is just a number!! Look at me I'm a 108 !!
vj

I think Gilbert left FCC and is at VOS.
Looking sharp there Vincent!

Vincent Hats Off to you Sir ! Nice-1 Inspiration !
as i Always say
" Lead By Example "

Vincent Hats Off to you Sir ! Nice-1 Inspiration !
as i Always say
" Lead By Example "

OOPs Double Post Sorry
Me aged 27 Cough Cough hahah LOl
This Year so that makes me age
`2004`