仲間 NAKAMA:
Is a Japanese name for: mate, friend; fellow-thinker, group, companion.
NAKAMA GYM is a gym where people get together to actively engage in sports. We are active in the following classes and trainings: kickboxing/muay thai, judo, karate and MMA (Mixed Martial Arts). NAKAMA has grown and grown by the friendly way of treating each other.
John Kuipers (1987) is working in a creative, energetic and innovative way. In his work and as a human being, you notice that he is driven by “where there’s a will there’s a way”. And if it does not work out how it should? “Then it’s just what it is.”
John is a trainer in heart and soul, who is always in search of finding the strength in people.
At NAKAMA you can enjoy kickboxing and MMA (Mixed Martial Arts). Where anyone can train at his own level/with his own goal. Like:
- Intensive sports guidance:
We help you to set goals and achieve them. Think of weight loss, improving your fitness, build confidence, and more.
The origin of NAKAMA-Gym finds its way out of the Japanse word. People around John shared his love for martial arts (kickboxing and later also MMA), but most of the time they did not feel the right ambiance at the gyms where they were training. That’s when John decided to start his own trainings in Ermelo with a few people. Some people left the group because it was not what they were looking for. But the group that stayed remained true to what they believed:
Kickboxing is a martial art which teaches people how to fight with hands and legs and defend yourself. The sport is based in the United States and Japan, which became popular in the early 1970s. In the United States, kickboxing has emerged as a system for measuring different fighting styles and martial arts.