The Benefits of Combat Sports Combat Sports have many benefits however their main goal is to promote a healthy life style. Combat Sports are focused on developing physical and mental strength in the participant. Combat sports include; Boxing, Kickboxing, Muay Thai, MMA, Wrestling, Tae Kwon Do, Judo and BJJ plus many other martial arts that […]
The Phoenix System Phoenix has a team of dedicated coaches and runs a structured and organised developmental program called the ‘Phoenix System’. The system was designed by Anthony Manning as an integration of ‘what works’ martial training and a military systemised training system: it is a professional academic approach to sport development programs. Phoenix specialises […]
Anthony Manning – Head Coach and Owner, founder of Phoenix. Anthony is the head coach and owner of Phoenix Gym; which opened in 1996 as a full time Combat Sports training facility. Anthony was the first of Phoenix’s NSW and Australian Champions at Kickboxing. He has trained thousands of regular Canberrans to become champions in […]
Captain Scott ‘the flash’ joined Phoenix in 2007 and has practically never missed a days training in 10 years. Scott joined when he weighed over 100kg from body building and is now a lean and fit machine that set a training example second to inspire everyone. He soon found the love and benefits of martial […]
Pia has been a member of the Phoenix family for a nearly 10 years. She joined as a fun way to get fit and then became obsessed with Muaythai and the challenges and results it gets. Starting as a gumby beginner who couldn’t do a push up, she developed into one of the highest ranked […]
Jos joined Phoenix as a member in 2009, after many weeks of pestering by her partner Lee. She quickly found a love of hard exercise in the Muay Thai and fitness classes and forged strong friendships with the coaches and students which keeps her coming back every week. Jos has progressed through the Phoenix Muay […]
Bobby Farquhar has been involved in combat sports for over 30 years, both as a coach and as a competitor. Bobby has found his home as the Boxing program Coach at Phoenix and has been developing and building the program in 2018. Boxing for Bobby has been a lifelong pursuit. Teaching and coaching alongside international […]