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Members Class Notice
24th Jan 2012
The following amendments have been made to the timetable:
- An additional BJJ(GI) class has been added on a Monday at 19.00- 20.00.
- The 19.00 BJJ(GI) class on a Tuesday will run until 20.15 AND will be followed by BJJ(NO GI) from 20.15-21.45.
- The Shootbox/Fighter Development class on a Tuesday at 20.15 will be cancelled.
- The BJJ(GI) Class on a Thursday at 19.00 will run until 20.15 AND the later class from 20.00-21.00 will be cancelled.
- An additional MMA/BJJ(NO GI beginners) class will be running on a Thursday from 18.00-19.00
KO Muay Thai coming to Hooks Gym
24th October 2010
The world famous KO team is set to bring its expertise to Hooks Gym, taking over the Muay Thai training starting the first week of November.
KO Gym was established in London by former World Champion Bill Judd in 1976. KO has developed to become one of the premier gyms outside of Thailand producing over 40 British, European and World Champions. Fighters such as World Champion and Contender star David Pacquette and young superstar Greg Wootton are part of the KO team as well as World Champion and K1 star Marius Cieslinski who has established KO Poland. KO has also produced many of the big Thai Boxing shows for TV (Sky, TWS) featuring WMC, WBC, ISKA, WKA and WAKO Pro world title belts. Bill Judd is the UK Muay Thai Team coach and has produced many Gold medalists over the last 3 decades and is one of the most sought after coaches in the world.
Hooks Boxing Club 'Padathon' Fund Raiser
11th September 2010
Hooks amateur boxing Club is holding a 'Padathon', with hesd coach Steve Newland padding various boxers for 150 rounds. Money raised from the event will be put towards the boxing club and organising Hooks boxing club shows. Anybody who wishes to take part in the Padathon can pay £5 for one round and everyone is welcome.
The event will take place on Sunday 12th septemebr at Hooks gym at 1pm
Steve is a world class coach who has produced national and Olympic champions. Amongst others there will be a number of personalities from the sports world including Alex Reid, Olympic champion James Degal and UFC fighter John Hathaway.
Florent Malouda visits the fight team
1st September 2010
"I was down at the London Shootfighters gym last night and experienced at first hand the hard work and dedication the guys have for their sport. I knew this was a difficult discipline but I was amazed to see how technical and complicated some of the fight moves are, and also how fit you need to be to compete in MMA (mixed martial arts)." read more »
Luke Robinson wins National boxing title
25th May 2010
Hooks boxer Luke Robinson showed tremendous boxing ability stopping his opponent in the ABA boxing finals on Sunday 23rd of May.
The referee was forced to call a stop to the bout in the 3rd round declaring Luke Junior national champion in the cruiser weight division.
Luke who just turned 18 has been training with London Shootfighters for the last 4 years and is seen as an Olympic prospect. He was the first member of Hooks gym's new boxing team
Everlast sponsors Hooks Gym
8th May 2010
Legendary boxing and sports company 'Everlast' ,the original sponsor of Mohammed Ali, has come in as a major sponsor of Hooks Gym and its fight teams.
Already a sponsor of Hook's top MMA fighter John Hathaway, the Everlast logo, seen on John's shorts in his last UFC win can now be seen throughout Hooks Gym.Everlast have generously sponsored all its Boxing and MMA fighters, providing full kits for every competitor as well as equipment for the gym as a whole such as the new boxing ring inside Hooks boxing club and sparring equipment not only for fighters but all members who take part in the combat classes.
Hooks and its fighters are proud to join the other select athletes that Everlast has chosen to support and intend to wear the logo with pride inside the ring and cage.
Olympic Champion at Hooks Gym
9th Dec 2009
Olympic champion boxer James Degale has been using Hooks Gym to train for his upcoming professional bout. James a former student of Hooks boxing coach Steve Newland has been using the gym's Olympic size ring for training and has been sparring with standout young amateur boxer Luke Robinson and former ABA and Cage rage champion James Zikic.
London Shootfighter John Hathaway takes his undefeated record to 13-0
14th Nov 2009
London Shootfighter John Hathaway took his undefeated record to 13-0 after crushing Paul Taylor in a unanimous decision victory at UFC 105 in Manchester. 'Hitman' Hathaway, the youngest fighter in the UFC took on the very tough and more experienced Taylor in a battle between two English fighters and won every round with excellent wrestling and devastating ground and pound all backed up by a relentless pace that Taylor found hard to keep up with. Taylor showed fantastic heart, hanging in the fight as the referee looked on closely in case it needed stopping, but showed the price by the time the bell rang having taken a lot of damage from Hathaway's strikes. John, happy with his third UFC victory this year but disappointed not to finish the fight, was proud to be sponsored for the fight by legendary fightware company Everlast and Hitman fight gear.