One of the hardest habits for many children to develop is that of organisation. From their first day, we say “The sky is the Limit!”. We do not believe in limiting children when it comes to success. At Holohan Martial Arts we encourage children to grow to become confident, fit and happy using a comprehensive curriculum of martial arts, leadership and life skills. Our goal at Holohan Martial Arts is to create the same learning and experimental environment for children that Paddy’s coaches created for him when he joined the tribe. Members of this program may attend as many classes per week as they like, however, they are encouraged to not over train. Members of this program can avail of a range of classes such as jiu-jitsu, MMA, muay thai at a higher level. This program is designed for members with experience training in martial arts. Onyx program is a program aimed at intermediate to advanced level. Members are encouraged to participate in a maximum of 3 classes per week when on the emerald membership program in order to learn the fundamentals of martial arts whilst decreasing the risk of injury. On the Emerald membership program, members complete must complete 30 classes in order to progress onto the next membership level. This program is aimed at beginners looking to try something new or people looking to get back into martial arts. To arrange your consultation call 0 or email programĮmerald program is a foundation program based on the fundamentals of martial arts. During this consultation, we will assess which membership level would best suit you. Prior to joining Holohan Martial Arts, all new members are invited to the gym for a membership consultation where you are given a tour of the gym and our facilities. Holohan Martial Arts offers two different membership levels for adults, Emerald and Onyx. The most common HMA member is your everyday human being, who works full-time, has a family, goes to school or is looking for fun, fitness and community. Our adult members range adults of all ages and genders. If you enjoyed this, you may like to watch some of the other female fighters I have interviewed over the years.Holohan Martial Arts is open to everyone. I was terribly happy to finally meet Chocolate and Jack in the visit to Pattaya, and really look forward to training with them again. When you support them, you are supporting me. Onyx MMA is my valued sponsor and their support goes a long way toward helping survive, keeping me writing. You can find their website here and you can reach out to them on Facebook here. If you live in Singapore, or find yourself in Singapore and you’d like to give Onyx MMA a try, everyone there seems to have a great attitude with top notch training.

But I thought she was delightful on film, because it’s just a slightly uncomfortable version of how she normally is. She said she was “so awkward” on camera, which her trainer and the owner of Onyx MMA, Jack, seemed to confirm.

When we sat down for our interview, Chocolate was very nervous. You can see it in her social media presence, the way she comments on photos, the faces she pulls, her absolute love for food… she’s just fun – check out the elbow she bombed at the top. But training with Chocolate, because of her lightness of attitude but sincerity in work, is very much like how the kids play together in the small ring – but it carries over because it’s the way she is, her modus operandi – which is awesome. But starting out in the small ring, it felt like a practice round before we carried on our training in the larger ring: both of us doing padwork and then getting right back into clinching. So there’s this feeling of privacy that the big ring doesn’t offer – the big ring feels like you’re on display and you’d better act accordingly. But it’s like training in a little cave, or for those of us who have ever sat in an orchestra pit, it’s like that. The canvas is cushy, giving a feeling quite like training on sand, and the bare bulbs that are meant to light the area don’t so much offer any light as just allow you to realize how low the ceiling is. We were in the smaller ring at Petchrungruang, where the kids tend to gather and just play fight for hours at a time. And she’ll get that point back, no doubt. They’re similar to the “oi!” of calling out a point in the Thai habit, but there’s a small hint of protest in the sound as well – it’s joyful, but it’s got this wonderful, “oh no you didn’t!” hint to it as well. My interview of Chocolate at Petchrungruang in Pattaya (above)Ĭhocolate lets out these “oh-hoy!” exclamations when I land a good knee or give her a quick turn in the clinch.

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