Tuesday, February 09, 2010
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Changing & Enriching People’s Lives
Junior Roadtrip 2008
Changing and Enriching Peoples Lives   GFC are a force to be reckoned with in the Muay Thai world and the club’s pedigree dates back to 1983 when Darren Phillips started training with Sandy Holt and Master Sken. Darren went on to teach for Sandy and one was one of his main instructors through this golden period.  Darren started the Heywood Thai boxing Club in 1994, renting a room in Heywood and then three years later moved to a full Time gym in Bury.  “When I left Sitnarong around about 2000 I changed the name to GFC.  Not many people know what this means, but it’s basically a Mickey-take of me!” 
GFC: Road Trip 2008     GFC Junior Road Trip   On the 11th August 6 GFC Juniors travelled down to Crawley to compete on John Jarvis’s show.  Setting of at 9.30 in the morning, the team faced a 250 mile journey to get to the fights.  Things were going great until we hit the M25 and traffic, no wonder the M25 is known as the world’s largest car park! The team ready to set off in the morning (apart from Zac who went down the night before) Arriving a little late, the team weighed, all making the desired weight for their fights.

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Master Sken's Premiere Show

Andy Thrasher’s inclusion in the line-up for Grandmaster Sken’s “MSA Muay Thai Premier League” show on Saturday 7th November 2009 is a continuation of a relationship that goes back to 1998 and Andy’s introduction to the art of Muay Thai. A keen footballer at the time, Andy originally went to the GFC club, then Heywood Sitnarong under (then) Master Sken, simply to help heal a collarbone injury but fell in love with the art of Muay Thai and the rest, as they say, is history. It was the beginning of a career that has been defined by Andy’s all-action style and a high knockout ratio that has seen him hugely popular with fans, fellow fighters and promoters alike. Master Sken puts Andy’s popularity in perspective when he states-“I have organized many Muay Thai shows and Andy Thrasher has participated in these shows. I found that he is an exceptional fighter. He has fought many high quality opponents. On Sunday 31st May he won the WKA World championship and proved himself one of Britain best fighters.”

Whilst he admits that sometimes the only way to win a fight is to dig deep and have an old-fashioned tear-up, Andy is no one trick pony and has always sought to develop and mature as a fighter with improved technique and tactics. To this end he believes that all Thai fighters must eventually train in Thailand. Although he has trained with some top Thai trainers and fighters Andy hasn’t trained in Thailand yet but will rectify that by travelling to the Jitti gym in July, and hopefully once or twice more later in the year....
 
 

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Ax Kickboxing - A useful message board which, despite the name, is mainly Muay Thai related.

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