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MAGAZINE COVERING FULL CONTACT SPORTS TO BE LAUNCHED
By
Luke Robbins
A
NEW online
magazine for combat sports is being launched.
Full Contact Magazine will cover the best in MMA, Kickboxing, K-1, Muay
Thai
and Boxing and BareKnuckle Boxing.
Phil
Doherty said:
"This is a brand new publication from the company behind Martial News.
"It
will be
feature led and will cover the best in MMA, the Kickboxing sports as
well as
boxing.
“But
will also have
features on nutrition, training and other aspects of combat sports.
"We
already
have some great columnist lined up from across the combat sports world.
"It
will be a
subscription based publication and will feature live streaming TV
courtsey of
our partners FightNightLiveTV."
The
new magazine
will go live at the end of July beginning of August and subscribers
will be
able to read it either onsite or by have it sent direct to their email.
If
you would like
to contribute to Full Contact Magazine as a writer or a photographer
contact
editor Phil Doherty on
| phil.doherty@martialnews.co.uk |
By Martial News Reporter
WORLD Kickboxing
champion Kash "The Flash" Gill has said the death of his mother made
him determined to succeed.
Kash, who won four world titles and a host of European and British
belts, said
that the death of his mum Surgit Kaur from a heart attack when he was
nine-years-old changed his life.
In his autobiography he recalls how the tragedy created a fierce
determination
to be the best at everything he did.
He said: "I remember looking out of the window, when she was going to
the
hospital. We were quite excited because the ambulance was at the front
of the
house.
"Losing your mom at that age doesn't help you. As a young kid you think
people are going to live forever – you just don't realise.
When he was growing up in Birmingham after the death of his mother his
father
Gurmej Singh Gill worked 18 hours a day to keep the roof over his and
his four
brother and one sister's heads.
Not only was he dealing with losing his 42-year-old mother, he also had
to
contend with racism despite being a rising star on the kickboxing world
having
already conquered British and European titles.
Kash has always been acutely aware of the deprived background that he
grew up
in and the successful struggle of his father to provide for them
against the
odds.
Throughout his kickboxing career he has worked hard to help give other
children
from poor backgrounds the chance to do something positive through
martial arts.
He has
used his contacts with
the rich and famous to get them to join in his
cause to help disadvantaged kids from the Birmingham area.
These
include
Olympic champions, top footballers as well as TV personalities and pop
stars. He was a guest at 10 Downing Street and has enlisted MPs in his
cause.
He wrote in the book that his wife Julie and children Ellie, Kallan and
Mitch
are the most important thing in his life.
Kash
said: "Becoming world
champion was one of the greatest moments of my
life but having three healthy kids - Ellie, Kallan and Mitch
–
nothing can beat
that, believe me."
He has now opened his own full time gym in Birmingham where he
continues his
quest to help the children from deprived backgrounds reach their true
potential
through martial arts.
Kash's remarkable life is told in his autobiography My Life in A Flash.
It is
published by Brewin Books and was co-written with Shirley Thompson.
The book is available in all good book stores priced at £14.95 and is also available on Amazon.
