Leicester PKA Kickboxing

When you join PKA Kickboxing you will receive a licence book and will be covered by our injury insurance. All kickboxing classes are extreemly safe and rarely do any injuries occur. However, Kickboxing is a contact sport and for this reason all Instructors all First Aid trained. By joining Leicester PKA you are also becoming a lifetime member of all UK PKA groups. In 1973 the former World Heavyweight champion Joe Lewis and the Senior Vice-President of Universal Studios Tom Tannenbaum conceived the idea of fully sanctioned full contact karate tournaments.

It was in 1974 when promoters Mike Anderson and Don and Judy Quine came together to form the Professional Karate Association (PKA). September 14th, 1974 was the date of the first World Championships promoted by the PKA in Los Angeles Sports Arena, California. These first championships that were held on a matted area attracted enormous worldwide media interest and television coverage.