 Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the touchland here on Y254. I'm Robert Osoro. We're just coming into the late stages of the touchland considering that it is a weekend where we are having many things happening here in the country. The Kenya primarily coming to the end tomorrow and also we have got the Kenya Simbas playing the elephants at the RFUA ground. Also some games are happening in Mauritius contrary to the Africa Athletics Senior Championships are happening there and so far Kenya is in second in the medal standings with 11 medals and our major ones are there in four gold medals but right now we shift our focus to talk about kickboxing here in the country and joining me to talk much more about kickboxing is Taqid Master who is also the Competition Secretary in the Kenya Kickboxing Federation Taqid. Karibu san Kwa nga na ngovu bana Kwa sautini ibolagini kukiaribika kumkono na umgunitofa uti Kumkono na umgunitofa uti Ama ni kuchioka Hazi, misto kagi Mutu liya tui Ado isa wibin Last time we were here we were talking about the Nairobi Open That was happening actually at the Baraks at Kawa Baraks But now we are here to talk about the Rift Valley Championship That will be heading into Nakuru Tell us a bit about that event Okay, the event will be on the 18th This month, that's next week Saturday So it will be held at Madison Square That's in Nakuru So I decided to name the tournament Rift Valley Open Because it's about Nakuru County So all teams from different counties will participate Including the KDF team also Remember last time the Nairobi Open was at Kawa Garison So the KDF team hosted us there So we as the federation decided to have the tournament there Now this next tournament should be in Nakuru The Rift Valley Open We are really telling more spectators More fighters from different teams To come and participate Because these are the tournaments that we are using to select the national team Yes That will participate in future international assignments Well the last time when Takid was here We just talked about kickboxing But today we are going to learn what actually kickboxing is And joining us also here in studio To show us what kickboxing is Actually Wilson Shagger Wilson is a happy man Yes He is a happy man He is a happy man Wilson Shagger there also And also with another team member Isai Kibbe Kamao is also in studio Yes He is a team Kenyan man He is a kickboxing man He is in Olympics He is in all of Kan Games He is in one of the championships In the host international assignments So the only thing I know Is that he supports me Because he is in Kenya He is rugby He is athletics He is football I have played football in Kenya I have played football in Kenya I have played athletics in Kenya Yes I want to build my team I will help the team To support the team We need to keep the same team We need to make sure we get to the next stage We need to make sure we get to the next stage We need to keep the same team We need to support the team We will be back in the same place Yes Well, today we are talking about kickboxing And we will be talking much more about it But first of all because we have got Isaac here And also Wilson We are going to be showcasing some what about kickboxing is all about but this one you talked about it will be low. Remind me that we have full contact and low kick. So show us what a full contact is my friend. Nhipi ganae nuban. So you can tell us what that one is. So this one is full contact. What does it entail? So full contact is aware but now the rules, the training wise that we have in contact but we call it normally in boxing. But now we have full contact but the rules if there is a tournament he won't be here with his top but he will be there next. But now the difference when it comes to where he is in this fight on the elbows is that he will kick nicely. Now here what we are doing is this federation we deal with full contact. Now if we have the tournaments we bring in the low kick and we have full contact together because they are all kickboxing. But also for... Okay now you can chill a bit. So I was explaining this with full contact is what he has been doing because he hasn't used any elbow strike, no knee strike. But now whenever he is using a knee strike like now if I tell him to use a knee strike. Can you show knee strikes? Now that's a knee strike. Now show the elbow strike. Elbow again. Now the elbow strike or the knee strike or kicking to the shin, kicking down low to the shin. Kick that now. Now when they are kicking down low they should be using the top of their feet. So when he is using the shin now that comes to the low kick and mostly it's Muaythai style. Now for the full contact with the roundhouse that we use. We use the roundhouse now you see. And it's not low it should be higher above the belt. So now that's what we call full contact now because the targeting is above the belt. Now whenever people fight the whole body from above the belt to below the belt. That's where it comes to now I mean low kick and mostly it's Muaythai, the elbow strike. We use elbow strike, we use knee strike, we use all the other techniques. While we are only defending ourselves on the streets let me say for self defense. But now it comes to tournaments we have those rules. We use full contact as it is a t-shirt. We use protective gear as it is a t-shirt. We use light contact as it is a t-shirt. We use light contact as it is a t-shirt. We use semi contact as it is a t-shirt. We use semi contact as it is a t-shirt. They play like karate in a way. You score, it's being stopped for the police to be counted. But now full contact there is no control. The way you start it from a minute until three minutes. That's when you finish the first round. Then you relax in between an interval of a minute. So the one that you are taking to Nakuru is which one? That's full contact. But now we always incorporate the low contact guys also. But we don't have more of them here in the country mostly. The one that dominates, I'm not just trying to praise it because it's ours. But the one that dominates a lot here in this country for the Kenyaki Boston Federation. That's full contact mostly. Okay. So that one has been full contact that you'll be expecting there. So tell us about the teams that you'll be expecting in Nakuru. Okay. We have Menengai from Nakuru. We have Tsunami from Nakuru. We have Takits from Nairobi. We have KDF. That's another region in Seoul. KDF are always on their own. I think you understand what I mean. Then we have USIU. We have Kangemi. We have different types. We have Roy also. We have Scorpion from Roy again. So there are different types of clubs that we'll be participating. Like 15 clubs that are really confirmed. Then there's also one from Mombasa. And any advantages, winners, what do they take home? As for now, what we always do. My dream is to see kickboxing. We are making it big at least to help our youth who have got this talent in the future. Like after every tournament I would wish that we would get stakeholders who would come in. So that we would get a token of life. Maybe let me say number one should get a certain amount. Number two and number three. But for now we always give certificates, medals and trophies for clubs. Profes number one, two and three are for clubs. Then medals number one, two, three are for individuals. Then we have certificates for number one, two, three are for individuals also. This helps a lot also when it comes to our record when we are selecting the national team for any international assignment. Well, and the exact place and time that the event will be taking place. It will start from 9.30. It will be at Madison Square in Nakuru. That's in Nakuru City Center. Yes. It's based there. It's a well-known club that many boxers who have been. Does it have allegiance to the famous Madison Square Garden in New York? I don't know why they named it that way. But it has that root of most Kenyan national team kickboxers for sure. Yes. Not kickboxers, boxers. Boxers. But like now Aysa Kibbe here is from Nakuru. He's been in all Afghan games also. That was in Algiers, Nigeria. Which he also brought silver medal for kickboxing. We have Wilson Chege who is also the national team is from the kids kickboxing team. So we have different national team members. Ladies, we have men. We are also starting now with the selecting kids junior team. When we talk about kickboxing here in Kenya because for me now we have interacted I think twice when we did the Nairobi Open and now that you are previewing the Rift Valley Open that will be happening next week. Saturday Sunday? Saturday. Next week on Saturday at Nakuru's Madison. How big is it in Kenya currently? As per my view and as per my take now kickboxing is gaining momentum for sure. Because what I can say is that if I look at it the way it started like some years back and now just some months because remember corona brought everything down. Yes. And we are already picking up you see. But now since we started getting back it's been like let me say 6 months now and it's really productive for sure. We have most teams that are participating. The only problem is that you see with kickboxing or any kind of martial arts or let me say combat sports most people who participate are from ghettos and slums you know that. It's not like golf you see. So you find out that they want to come participate because they are no fans. Sometimes somebody wants to come and participate in Nakuru for example now. If there will be no more a lot of teams from Nakuru that region it won't be easy because people from Nairobi the only people who will manage to come maybe from USIU maybe from Takizan from places like KDF because maybe they might get away of transport to Nakuru. But not all from other places like Cairo So kickboxing is now big it's now ranging to the classes of Taekwondo in Kenya also because Taekwondo has been there for long in peaks and everything else and these are Tongin model Karate so we also now getting it there and we would like to be the biggest martial arts style in Kenya. It is good that you have bought in Karate and Taekwondo and when people look at Karate Taekwondo and also kickboxing from a layman's perspective they look a bit similar considering that we have your colleagues two of them here can you just show us an exhibition the difference between Taekwondo, Karate and kickboxing. Okay, now the difference is these like now I would tell Wisod to do a roundhouse Kibbe kindly hold the roundhouse target for Wisod roundhouse one now just hold it roundhouse way but do 360 with the front leg 360 now such kicks are Taekwondo Taekwondo is 75% kicking 25% punching and now can you take a deep stand for Karate then Karatekas do deep stance mostly Taekwondo they use walking stance but Karate deep stance now if he wants to punch the guards will be here then there's a way he'll move in with the punch known as Giyako Zuki for us that's a Japanese word Giyako Zuki punches they call Zuki but now Giyako is a reverse one but for way we call it reverse punch Taekwondo call it they call it Geri so can you try to hit reverse punch that's how Karatekas do it also so they are saying you move bit here like this to the other side so that's a difference and they also have a backfist for a backfist that's also in Karate mostly Shotokan Karate for a backfist they mostly target the temple of the head so Karate originated from Japan China and the Karate that we have in Kenya mostly that is now well known the Tommy model is from North Korea Taekwondo is from South Korea but we have two different types of Taekwondo we have ITF Taekwondo which is traditional and that's from North Korea then we have WTF WTF Taekwondo Federation and that's the one that most people do even in Kenya that's what we do now with kickboxing we have American type which is ours full contact and then we have the one from Thailand that's Muay Thai then now with Karate I've told you that 75% is punching 25% is kicking then the stances are deep but Taekwondo stances and kickboxing stances are walking sure as that Muay Thai Muay Thai is the one that I was showing the knee strike the elbow strike that elbow strike hold the person close trying to bring the head down side techniques that Muay Thai does and the American which we are using for the competition full contact now try to combine hands and sticks for full combat one two one three avocado two three two three one two we can relax a bit we see that's full contact now and now there's a difference between kickboxing and Taekwondo all are martial arts even wrestling is martial arts it's something that combines your arms your legs everything the difference for kickboxing it's not that I'm trying to praise kickboxing but it's real sense because I started while I was 12 years I started with Karate which was known as Onwado from North Korea they later named it Tomil model so after Tomil model I joined Taekwondo Taekwondo is where I got my name Taekwondo Kid then from 2006 I joined kickboxing and now I've done almost all these martial arts plus Wushu that's Chinese one so if you look at it deep I mean kickboxing is more vigorous and for any kind of self defense free twice for the militaries if you look at it it's always kickboxing and Krav Maga because with kickboxing there's no control but the discipline is the same discipline for kickboxing Taekwondo and Karate is the same you know most people always think last time you asked me such a question and today also according to the question that you asked about the martial arts if you summarize everything in we all have discipline and that's why while you are talking you ask us why are we talking like we are a lot of discipline the kind of discipline that we have we are a way of life we are not like bouncers I wanna talk then I feel like I'm a lion the lion's inside not from the outside the power is from the outside it's always from the inside yes one of the things that people want to know someone out there is watching actually and would want to join your organization and also learn more about kickboxing will be where the major advantages of kickboxing disadvantages or advantages start with any let's go with advantages first advantages for self defense is good for you no one can just attack you or take anything from you because everybody needs self defense number two is for general fitness because now most people even if you go online for sure most people always asking for kickboxing if they want fitness because me I mostly deal with personal trainings with the expertise and different people even with the kids most parents do kickboxing ladies kickboxing because it turns your body general fitness you kick general workouts like sit ups everything is in so it's cardio is more intense just the same as boxing then another thing is the confidence that it gives you and the discipline then also career wise you can do kickboxing then later you turn to be a coach personal trainer anywhere can turn it to a profession I have Kibbe here who coaches people in USIU I have Wilson Chege who does also training most of my students who are not there because he is the team captain of the kids and also he does most of his personal trainings and that's how they are living with their families disadvantage no not disadvantage according to me unless you go smoke and do something then you pretend you can jog from KBC to Thika you can do 1000 push ups no no no that's a lie so it's not a disadvantage then getting injuries depends on how you control yourself into the fitness and that's why you always have trainers they always look after what you should do and what to do so that you can be avoiding more injuries here when talking about injuries what are some of the major injuries that come around when someone is doing kickboxing mostly you might just get maybe the leg injuries if you hit somebody let me say elbow because an elbow me those are hard parts of the body the joints you see so mostly if you hit them you might get that the top of your feet might become swollen let me say it's not a big injury for sure unless in the tournament but what I do say I don't always count any injury a lot because there are referees the work of a referee in the ring is to oversee this tournament everything is and there are rules that govern the tournament it's not like what you see in the movies and it's not like what you see on the streets but in the ring there are rules but even right now if you go to the tournament you try even sparring me right here I want to knock you down these guys will be watching they'll be telling us no they are limits so that's the work of a referee and if there's a tournament and we see that the other opponent is more superior than you you are a coach or the second that always throws in the towel to save your life finally as we are coming to the end of this segment we'll have to recap the tournament it's first of all called Rift Valley Kickboxing Open and it's happening in Nakuru Madison Square June 18th next week Saturday if someone is going to find you how can they find you and join kickboxing in Kenya they find us through Kenya Kickboxing Federation Kenya Kickboxing Federation Facebook page or me as Takid Master through my YouTube account Takid Master Kenya or most people contact me also through my number that they get me through if they want to ask about tournaments they want to ask about anything to do with fitness and kickboxing so you get me through 07 16 859 113 07 16 859 113 if you want to get to YouTube account of Takid Master Kenya then you will get everything then if you want to get more from the Federation Kenya Kickboxing Federation Facebook page just that disclaimer that number is only for kickboxing so don't call Takid for any private matters it's mostly for kickboxing and fitness that's why he has actually so tell fans to come out some of the entertainment that they are going to expect in Nakuru so that you will go to Nakuru and get to know them I would say if you go to Nakuru and you know them if you want to get to know them then you will get to know them even though you have not been to Nairobi if you are not going to be in a van then you will go to Wilson and you will go to the movies and you will go to Kuked and very soon by there after Nakuru I will try to get to know them if you want to get to know them then you will go to Nairobi and you will get to know them if you want to get to know them well sir good one there we have been talking with Takid Master he is actually the competition secretary at Kenya Kickboxing Federation and also member of professional kickboxing here in the country also we had Wilson and Isaac Kibbe Kamau who are actually here in the studio with us and we are giving out talking about Kenya Kickboxing and also the Rift Valley open that will be happening in Nakuru Madison Garden on the 8th of July 2022 that will be next week on Saturday that's why we come to the end of the touchline thanks a lot Takid, thanks a lot Wilson and Isaac we appreciate you coming here in the studio that's why we come to the end of the touchline today make sure you enjoy some of the things that are happening all around the world Game 5 will be coming your way I think next week we also got tomorrow Simba's against the elephants in the Karikap march and see how Simba's can they win that one and make their third win in the Karikap first division marches I'm Robert Osoro on behalf of Max Solaseke and everybody has managed to make this broadcast a success we say thank you and good afternoon enjoy the rest of your viewing here on Y254