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Strong Women
Muay Thai: why are so many women getting involved in the UK kickboxing scene?
By Alice Porter
3 years ago
3 min read
If you want to get fitter, stronger and more flexible, there’s only one workout to try: Muay Thai. Kickboxer and writer Alice Porter has been finding out why the martial art has attracted so many women recently.
Boxing has become one of the most popular ways to exercise in recent years, with boxercise classes and studios popping up all over the UK. And thanks to more of us realising just how enjoyable punching a bag can be, what was once a male-dominated sport is now being embraced by women on a large scale.
In fact, of the 85,000 people who have memberships at Kobox, one of London’s most popular boxing studios, a whopping 75% are women.
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