We are a contemporary fitness centre conveniently located in the heart of Central - offering a range of fitness programs catered to different levels of fitness and demand. We are on a high floor in a modern building with a bird's eye view of Central.

We offer an interesting alternative to routine, boring gym workouts and regimen, which can become repetitive and demotivating.

Kickboxing is a combination of aerobics, boxing and martial arts. It is a great alternative for people who have become bored with weight room cardiovascular activities such as brisk walking and jogging on a treadmill and stationary bikes.

Kickboxing offers intense total body workout - it blends a mixture of high-powered exercise routines that strengthen the body and mind and improves endurance, cardiovascular power, flexibility and coordination. It is also great for relieving or venting out frustration and anger. In short, it is a total body workout whilst learning simple self-defense moves.

The American Council on Exercise (ACE) which evaluates exercise programs and products, rates an hourly kick boxing workout could burn up to 800 calories. This is equivalent to a two hour advance level step aerobics workout.

One of the funny secrets of the fitness world is that for all the talk about the importance of stretching, many athletes and other fit people don't bother with it. It's hard to gauge the benefits, and it seems as if the time could be better spent running, lifting weights, or perfecting sports skills.

Proper stretching before and after workout can improve your performance, increase your flexibility, help prevent injury, and make you feel better. However, that traditional way of stretching (Ballistic, Static stretch…) - lock your knees, bounce, hold, hurt, hold longer……actually makes muscles tighter and more prone to injury. Traditional stretching forces that tearing to occur, and that's not only counterproductive, but could be dangerous. If you force too deep a stretch while the muscle is doing all it can to keep itself from being stretched, something's got to give. And a torn muscle will repair itself with scar tissue, ultimately making that muscle less flexible.

Flexibility is an important element of a well-rounded fitness program. There is a gentle yet effective approach to flexibility training that is easy to learn: Active-Isolated (A-I) stretching method. This method used successfully by scores of professional, amateur, and Olympic athletes is now available to everyone.

A-I stretching was pioneered by kinesiologist Aaron L. Mattes, MS, and is the product of his more than 30 years of experience working with athletes of all ages and abilities. Jim Wharton, president of Maximum Performance International sports clinic in New York City, and his son Phil, vice president of the clinic and a competitive long-distance runner, used Mattes's technique to correct Phil's scoliosis, and found that the technique also improved his running times. The Whartons then began employing this method with amateur, professional and Olympic athletes in the sports clinic. Track star and triple Olympic gold medalist Michael Johnson is just one of many athletes who successfully use this technique.

A-I stretching is appropriate for all, whether they are elite athletes or couch potatoes. The body positions are comfortable and manageable for almost anyone, including seniors. The stretches are gentle and relaxing, yet invigorating.

A-I stretching is based on the physio-logical principle known as reciprocal innervation and inhibition. Muscles in the body work in pairs. As one muscle in the pair is innervated to contract, the opposing muscle is inhibited. This synchronization of paired muscles allows for coordinated movement patterns. For example, when we perform a biceps curl, the arm is flexed at the elbow by the action of the biceps contracting. At the same time, the triceps muscle, which causes elbow extension, is inhibited.

As the name implies, Active-Isolated stretching isolates one joint motion at a time. To stretch a muscle, it isolates the opposing muscle and contracts it through a full range of motion. This inhibits the muscle targeted for the stretch, allowing this muscle to relax and achieve the most benefit from the stretch.

Another unique feature of A-I stretching is its active-assistance component. First, you may actively move through an isolated range of motion to the point of tightness (the stretch point). Then the trainer assists the stretch to gently increase the range of motion. Then repeats the movement about 10 times, with the assist lasting no longer than 2 seconds, and then moves on to the next stretch. For tight areas, you can perform 2 or 3 sets.

This basic routine can be used as a warm-up and/or cool down before or after a cardiovascular or strength training workout, or you can use the individual stretches between strength training exercises.

Wing Chun Kuen is said to have been created by a Shaolin nun, Abbess Ng Mui who passed the fighting skills to Yim Wing-chun. One day, Yim Wing-chun came upon a fight between a snake and a crane. She took the lessons she learned from observing the fight between the two animals and combined them with her own knowledge of Shaolin kung fu to create a new style. Wing Chun emphasizes on simplicity, directness and physic science. Efficiency is gained by aiming at the shortest distance to the opponent's core, using the least movements, and positioning at the right angle.

Wing Chun believes in using the least amount of required force in any fighting situation. A small amount of force, coordinating strength by the elbow, the arm, the waist, the form and the whole body, when precisely applied, can deflect large and powerful attacks. This is achieved through balance, body structure and relaxation.

When the Wing Chun practitioner is effectively 'rooted', or aligned so as to be braced against the ground, the force of the hit is believed to be far more devastating. Additionally, the practice of 'settling' one's opponent to brace them more effectively against the ground aids in delivering as much force as possible to them. This is called "the long bridge to generate the power", or "the inch vigor".

Siu Nim Tao, a practice routine of Wing Chun trains many things such as, keeping the body still while moving the arms correctly, providing a stable state to return to while executing Wing Chun, correct stance, force generation, and breathing correctly. Great emphasis is put on relaxation while performing Siu Nim Tao. It can be used as a mediation exercise.

Bruce Lee, the most influential and famous martial artists of all time, learned Wing Chun from Yip Man Sifu and Wong Shun Leung Sihing, well-known masters in Wing Chun. Some military and police also incorporate Wing Chun as part of their training. Nowadays, Wing Chun Kuen has already many branches all over the world.

Tai Chi Chuan is a Chinese Wudang Taoism martial art. The founder is said to be Zhang Sanfeng of the Song Dynasty. Originally, the movements were practiced as individual techniques. It was not until Wang Zongyue of the Ming Dynasty, who linked the movements into the choreographed form that is now been studied and followed by many around the world. 

The prevailing schools of Tai Chi Chuan include: Chen, Yang, Wu, Sun, Wu and Zhaobao. Each school has their own characteristics. The traditional Yang Style taught by our instructor focuses on stretching naturally in comfortable postures. It emphasizes training on the legs and waist through ease of movement and natural breathing. It is an exercise of the whole body that improves fundamental human physique, enhances immunity, and helps in treating sickness. This martial art helps cultivate harmony within and is suitable for persons of all ages.

Our instructor, Felix Au Yeung has many years of teaching traditional Yang style Tai Chi Chuan experience. Strictly adhering to tradition, he would like to promote Tai Chi Chuan for better health and fitness, so that people can devote more energy to their career, life, and living with each other in harmony.

Arnis is a unique form of martial arts which originated in the Philippines over 1000 years ago and cover a range of self-defense moves using kicking, punching and grappling, with the use of combative weapons. It is both an art and discipline and focuses on practical self-defense skills, whilst strengthening and conditioning the body.

Combatants work with a single stick, double stick, knife, espada (saber), staff, and a nerve stunning weapon known as the dolo. At Kickstart, our training weapons are made of rattan and we use padded sticks for practice.

Arnis is geared towards today's busy people who want to learn a traditional martial art with practicable self-defense skills. This Philippine martial art has proven methods of defensive tactics used by Filipino Police officers and citizens themselves to protect their homeland. This style of self-defense utilizes cane or weapons as extensions of your hands, and applies the same principles using an umbrella, walking stick, a pen or just your bare hands for equally effective self-defense maneuvers. Arnis' training is fun, practical and suits both men and women equally.

Stretching is useful for both injury prevention and injury treatment. If done properly, stretching increases flexibility and this directly translates into reduced risk of injury. The reason is that a muscle/tendon group when subject with a greater range of motion will be less likely to experience tears when used actively. Stretching is also thought to improve recovery and may enhance athletic performance. Additionally, increased flexibility of the neck, shoulders and upper back may improve respiratory function.

• To increase and maintain the complete range of motion of joints
• To relieve muscle soreness - Light exercise promotes a better supply of blood and oxygen to the muscles than complete rest and should be pursued unless injury to the muscles or joints precludes further activity
• To help separate muscular fibrosis and break down adhesions that may result from trauma or inflammation
• To assist in decreasing unnecessary neuromuscular tension, promote general body relaxation and reduce emotional stress
• To relieve muscle-joint stiffness associated with the aging process
• To increase extendibility - A muscle can be stretched 1.6 times its resting length before it tears
• To elongate and realign the collagen fibers
• To help prevent joint and muscle strains and tears as a major part of the pre-activity warm-up
• To help provide greater potential for enhanced physical and athletic skills
• To reduce tightness that may contribute to pain, spasm or cramping
• To provide an important adjunct toward recovery during the process of rehabilitation
• To improve preparation for athletic activity - Warm-up stretches facilitate increased blood shunting to muscles, increases body temperature, reduces muscle tension, heightens neuromuscular integration and improves connective tissue pliability

We offer group and private classes catering to different levels of fitness and requirements - from beginners to advanced kickboxers. We have experienced and well credentialed instructors who offer technical instruction as well as serving as sparring partners.

Please consult our fitness program instructors for details.