Melton Thai Boxing & Combat Sports is situated within a dedicated martial arts center of excellence 'Jubilee Sports, Martial Arts and Fitness Center', situated in the historic market town of Melton Mowbray. The center is a very welcoming, fun, and friendly environment, with safety, good technique, and your satisfaction being the priority. 

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Melton Thai Boxing has origins that go back to the 80's, when Assistant Kru Sy Pryor's Dad ran the club, training local fighters to great success.

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The club has now been rekindled, and In association with Melton Traditional Judo, we offer you the opportunity to learn traditional Muay Thai, K1, Boxing, Lethwei, Submission Grappling, and Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), with kids and adult classes held weekly.

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Boxing training is carried out at our training center, Jubilee Sports in Melton Mowbray, and one other local location for ring craft and sparring.

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MMA is also carried out at our Melton training center in conjunction with Melton Traditional Judo Club. Incorporating Freestyle Wrestling, Trad Judo, Thai Boxing, and Submission Grappling.

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K1 training is held at the Melton training center, and we have established training links with a top Kickboxing gym in Amsterdam Holland (Mikes Gym) where we try to visit each year.

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The clubs Thai Boxing lineage follows a traditional path that leads back to the origins of the art within the UK through Grand Masters Toddy and Sken.

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Our Muay Thai Camp in Bangkok Thailand is overseen by Great Grand Master Sitiwatjana (Toddy), and gradings are formally recognised and registered with the Thai Government (There is no requirement or expectation for adult students to grade).

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We try to visit our camp in Bangkok at least once each year for training, gradings, and fights. The next trip will be in 2019 to the camps newest location, which is a floating river gym in Petchaburi, 120km from Bangkok.

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We are also making links to a traditional Lethwei Camp in Yangon Myanmar (Burma) and expect to visit them in the very near future.

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It should be noted that there is no expectation for adult students to grade, or, enter into competitions, please feel free to train for self defence and fitness, although a fighter programme is available for those that want it.  

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Throughout the year the club competes on many top full contact open events around the UK, as-well as promotions such as MMA, Muay Thai Grand Prix (MTGP), and Bare Fist Boxing Association, with plans to expand the area of competition to Holland, Thailand and Myanmar in 2019

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The Coaching Team

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Senior Coach 'Kru'

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The club was re-formed in 2017 and is led by Senior Coach 'Kru Del Wild'. Del has studied Boxing, Muay Thai, K1, MMA, and other Martial Arts for over 30 years. Del competed across the North West of England and Wales as a kid, before joining the British Army at the age of 16. 

 

From 1986 as a kid in the North West of England and throughout his career while moving around with the Military Del studied under many respected Coaches, which included Master Toddy. He also ran military MMA, K1 & Thai Boxing clubs wherever he was based for long periods, providing training for military personnel and their families.

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Del also boxed at his local ABA YMCA club at the age of 11 before moving across to Thai Boxing, and is currently a qualified and registered boxing coach with England Boxing and Melton ABC, he was also involved in coaching military boxing teams, as well as local civilian boxers. He was an Army Endurance Trainer, and is also a qualified Olympic Weight Lifting and Fighter Specific Strength & Conditioning Coach, and is currently working towards further coaching qualifications with the UKSCA.

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Del remains competitive as a professional and travels to Thailand and Holland each year to further his training in Muay Thai, Muay Boran 'Ancient Boxing', Krabi Krabong 'Sword & Staff', and K1 Kickboxing. 

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He is currently focusing on his students who have various fights in early 2019, which include Submission Grappling, MMA, Muay Thai & Boxing in the UK. 

 

During 2019 he plans to travel to Thailand, Myanmar, and Holland to train and fight, as-well as fight pro bare knuckle Muay Thai in the UK.

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His approach to coaching is to provide the student with as much knowledge as they need to succeed in their goals, while keeping their learning simple enough to allow focus and effective application.

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Record: (W.D.L - 17.3.12)​

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A Class - (1.0.1 Muay Thai) 

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Amateur - (8.2.6 Muay Thai) - (2.0.1 K1) - (3.1.2 Full Contact Kickboxing) - (3.0.2 Boxing)

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(W.D.L - 5.3.1)

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Pro - (0.0.0 MMA)

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Amateur - (5.3.1 MMA)

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Assistant Kru 'Phu Chwy Kru'

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Sy Pryor is the associations Assistant Kru and is extremely experienced. As a kid he trained under Master Sken, and with his Dad at the original Melton Thai Boxing Club. He competed at British and European levels, seeing his childhood fight career peak when he challenged for the European title in his later teens.

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He also stepped back into the ring in 2018 to re-kindle his MMA fight career, successfully taking silver medal at the British Championships. Hes is now focusing on coaching our fighters and will then look towards training for further bouts throughout 2019

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Sy also has Senior Instructor grades in Judo, and is the owner of Melton Traditional Judo Club. Sy has trained top Judo fighters around the UK throughout his adult life and is a regular guest instructor at local British Judo Association Clubs. Sy is a ground fighting specialist and heads the clubs MMA grappling programme.

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His beliefs are of a traditional nature, and has the outlook that Martial Arts & Combat Sports should be available to all and everyone, regardless of their background or ability.

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Squad Captain & Senior Student 'Kaptan Khlab' (Picture Coming Soon)

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Phil Durant is the Squad/Fight Team Captain, and Senior Student. 

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His Muay journey started in 2017 and has already shown that he has a promising future in the sport ahead of him. His rapid grasp of the sport is purely down to a strong background in other martial arts, meaning he was able to adapt his technique very quickly. 

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Phil is responsible for team/competition administration and club etiquette during classes and squad training.

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Phil is an instructor under Sy Pryor at Melton Traditional Judo, and is training towards fighting in Muay and MMA in 2019, he will also be a part of the MMA coaching team.

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All coaches are DBS checked, Safeguarding, and First Aid certified. 

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The Team looks forward to welcoming you to training, and wishes you every success on your journey.

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Chok Dee....'Good Luck'.

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