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“You can’t only train twice a week for a sport like this,” Petersen said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not having a permanent venue also means that Petersen has to cart the equipment to and from lessons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Restarts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
This is not the first time Petersen has had to completely start over. Prior to starting the club, which is the only kickboxing club in Mitchell’s Plain, he worked full-time as an industrial engineer and martial arts was his hobby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“When my business went belly up, I decided to put my energy into my real passion. I have 30 years’ experience in martial arts,” he said, adding that the club had several changes of venue and name before they settled at the Methodist Church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Petersen has since added a sports science degree notch to his belt and the club has about 15 professional fighters, dozens of trainees, the youngest of which is nine, and several members who joined just for fitness but are not interested in fighting competitively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prior to the donation, Petersen had been slowly rebuilding his equipment with help from other clubs. He bought what second-hand equipment he was able to and asked clubs to donate their broken equipment to him. A friend in Paarl repaired it for free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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