Body Combat

My favourite gym class is Body Combat. I really enjoy all that jumping, kicking, punching and shouting! "Hah hah hah hah!" :) Sometimes I feel like Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan or Jet Li. Take your pick. Hehehe ... It helps that the eyes can also feast on beautiful muscles during the class while you are working out your flabs. :p A few of the instructors do look really yummy when they do the body combat.

For the uninitiated, body combat is a martial arts-based class. It combines moves and stances developed from a range of self-defence disciplines including, karate, kickboxing, tai chi and tae kwondo into an adrenaline-pumping routine. And it is served on the platter with a huge range of upbeat music. Thus, for 45 minutes to an hour, you can sweat it out in the gym and have great fun throwing punches, jabs, hooks and kicks.

For first timers, it could be a bit strenous and confusing with all the different movements at first. But after a few classes, you will get the hang of it. Just do not take the martial arts bits so seriously coz most of the time, many instructors do not pay that much attention to the precision and accuracy of the martial arts. It's just a great way to do some cardio exercise. Among my favourite moves are the round house kick and the jumping kick. Not that I do it with great precision, style and accuracy but one could dream eh. ;) In any case, it is a lot easier for me to do body combat than body jam or aerobics as my coordination level is not too great. Besides, I swear I am born with 2 left feet! :p

So, the next time you get to the gym, you might want to check out body combat. You won't regret it! :)


"If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them."
~ Bruce Lee