Fighting fit with kickboxing

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Fighting fit with kickboxing. Gulf News visits the KO Gym in Dubai and learns a few kickboxing skills from instructor Damelza Taumafai. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv

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00:00Everyone's trying to get fit in Dubai, but no one wants to spend hours on a treadmill.

00:10For a more fun and exciting way to stay in shape, some residents are turning to kickboxing.

00:15Gulf News went to a local gym to try out this martial art form.

00:18I'm here to do some kickboxing today at the gym. This is my second time. I'm hoping that

00:23this time I'll be a little bit more tougher and stronger and a little better at it this time.

00:30Harder. Use the body. Try not to do this. That's here. You have to square up here.

00:39Demilza Tomafe is an ex-cop from Australia who runs the KO Knockout Gym with her family,

00:44where she trains members in kickboxing and Muay Thai boxing.

00:47I started coaching in my mid-teens, like 16, 17, and competing in my first fight when I was 13.

00:56To the side. Don't step up. Step to the side. That's it. Step to the side. Roll the body. Harder. Harder.

01:05Our motivation is that it's kind of inbred in our family. We've been doing it for a long time,

01:12so this, to us, is normal. It's our family sport, pretty much. Some people go out and play cricket

01:20or kick the ball around, whereas our family have always been in the fight scene.

01:25To the right. Kick. Drop it back to there. That's it. To the right.

01:31The main thing that's good about teaching is people start seeing results and they get really happy,

01:35and you see the change in their mood from their normal self, where they're just coming in because they're really struggling.

01:42To the point where they're doing it themselves.

01:45It's a rough sport for sure, but kickboxing is fun to do and a good way to stay active.

01:50Nadia Odemardash, Golf News.

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