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Author : O'Keeffe Pat
Title : Combat kick boxing
Year : 2002

Link download : O_Keeffe_Patrick_-_Combat_kick_boxing.zip

About The Author. Pat O’Keeffe’s first encounter with kick boxing was in the mid-seventies when as a private student he studied a blend of Goju Ryu karate and kick boxing under the legendary Steve Morris for some two years. Prior to this he had trained in karate, judo, ju-jitsu and aikido and currently holds a 4th dan in Mod-Ka karatejutsu. In April 1979 he met and started training under Geoff Britton, the then British B.A.F.C.A. team coach, and remained his student until 1989 when Geoff moved to Spain. Whilst with Geoff Britton, Pat had twenty-eight kick boxing fights starting in October 1979 and finishing in October 1987. During this fighting career he fought three World Champions and the Belgian professional champion, Rudi Van Damme, a fight that appeared on World of Sport, the only time that kick boxing has been shown in a sports programme on terrestrial television. Towards the end of his career he fought Nigel Benn the W.B.C. ex-World Professional Boxing Champion who was competing in both kick boxing and boxing at that time. Since then Pat has officiated as both a judge and referee at every level in the sport including international events and has appeared on Meridian Television. Now a successful trainer, he is presently the British head and team coach for the American kick boxing organisation K.I.C.K. ...