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    Bakalkar and Ramakanthan are amongst the many young women to have been inspired by film stars with well toned bodies. "When celebrities, especially stars like Bipasha Basu, Deepika Padukone, Tabu, Sonam Kapoor and several male actors, started flaunting their kickboxing abilities; and when the media began writing about it extensively, ordinary women in the age group of 15 to 50 years wanted to learn the sport to get bodies like them" explains Leena Mogre, a Mumbai-based fitness expert. Full Article at News Blaze
    When celebrities, especially stars like Bipasha Basu, Deepika Padukone, Tabu, Sonam Kapoor and several male actors, started flaunting their kickboxing abilities; and when the media began writing about it extensively, ordinary women in the age group of 15 to 50 years wanted to learn the sport to get bodies like them
    SOURCE: News Blaze 3 months ago
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Kickboxing in The Cities and Even Villages of The State of Maharashtra
  1. It is great fun to kick and box. I had always thought of doing it and now I am
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  2. Today's female actors love to do their own action scenes unlike in the olden times when body doubles were used. Besides, kickboxing also helps them maintain their bodies.
    SOURCE: News Blaze 3 months ago
  3. Kickboxing helps in strengthening one's core muscles and building up lean muscle tissue.
    SOURCE: News Blaze 3 months ago
  4. When the School Games Federation of India introduced kickboxing as one of the participating and competitive sports at the school level in 2006, it caught the imagination of girl students who found it great fun to vent their energy in kicking and boxing.
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  5. Girls coming from economically poorer backgrounds can easily get jobs in the railway, police or army if they have a certificate from our association. Besides, it helps build their self-confidence when they know that they can protect themselves if required
    SOURCE: News Blaze 3 months ago
  6. Kickboxing learnt at the gym won't prepare a person in combat arts. One definitely can't defend oneself when attacked. But with gym training one is better equipped to hold back attackers for some time
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  7. I joined it as it sounded enjoyable. I hope it will help me get into better shape
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  8. Our girls can easily defend themselves far better than other ordinary girls until help reaches them.
    SOURCE: News Blaze 3 months ago
  9. Ask any of those men practising in the fitness gym to try and attack us. We will defeat them in no time.
    SOURCE: News Blaze 3 months ago

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