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Kicks Martial Arts Centres have been in existence since 1978 in Brighton and quickly became known for quality karate and kickboxing in Sussex, teaching the Wado Ryu style of karate, and kickboxing. As usual with most martial arts clubs, KICKS began life in church halls and leisure centres teaching to small groups of children and adults. As the clubs grew it became necessary to open a full time dojo and in 1982 the Lewes Road dojo was opened and has continued there ever since.
Our Chief Instructor Chris Kent 6th Dan Wado Ryu Karate and 6th Degree Kickboxing was instrumental in building a strong base for all types of people to learn the martial arts.
Satellite clubs were opened in Hove, and later in Peacehaven, and it was from the Brighton dojo and the two satellite clubs that KICKS produced world-beating students in kickboxing and karate, as well as providing a base for students simply to practice their art.
It was around 1990 that, after some radical changes, KICKS boomed, and started to spread its wings across the county, opening clubs in Heathfield, Lindfield, Hailsham, Eastbourne, Uckfield, Bexhill, Burgess Hill, Crowborough, Ringmer, Winchelsea, Wadhurst, Tunbridge Wells over the following 10 years.