Are Jamaican keen on Boxing particually Tai Boxing and also marshall arts.
I will be moving to Jamaica before next April n' would like to move to a area where these sports are.
Would i have to go ta a particular parish or area, if these sports are rare.

I have seen those clubs in Portmore, Kingston and Montego Bay

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Yes I know that in Montego bay they have like ultimate fighting championship type competitions.......The Gym that D belongs too promotes that stuff.

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Boxing used to be big here, but its popularity has declined over the years. There is a Jamaica Boxing Board of Control and we send fighters to international events from time to time.

There are martial arts schools and clubs in Jamaica. Check the Yellow Pages.

Our "Busta Fighters" combined martial arts team is tearing up the global competition scene.

I've heard of some "kickboxing" clubs/gyms - BlackDragon Kickboxing and Shi Tai Kickboxing. However I doubt the styles are Muay Thai - most likely just kickboxing (boxing + kicks). Last year and this year there were some Muay Thai fights put on in Montego Bay. I hear attempts may soon be made to popularize Muay Thai more out here and have some training camps setup. If you know Muay Thai, you may be able to participate in that effort to popularize it here.

The most popular styles here are:

Karate (Shotokan, Seido)
Taekwondo (ITF)
Kung Fu (Northern Shaolin, Eagle Claw, Tai Chi)

There are some guys training in Aikido here.
I hear rumours of some Ninjutsu stuff going on in the shadows ...
I've heard there are some Wing Chun practicioners in the island.

There are clubs in various parts of the island. The main areas of focus though, would be Kingston, St. Catherine (Spanish Town, Portmore), Mandeville,and Montego Bay.

All the best with your training.

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"Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake." - Matthew 5 v11 KJV

Very waggish indeed.

They have MMA gyms in MoBay? Where? What's the name of the gym?

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"Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake." - Matthew 5 v11 KJV

Very waggish indeed.

Bounty I don't know that much about it...I don't know what an MMA gym is......I went to the gym with and it was a real rough kinda place....lol and I know they promote these body building shows and like kickboxing, well D calls them fighting championships....have to find out the name of the gym for you

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Ok. Please do. Thanks.

MMA = Mixed Martial Arts

I can imagine it would be a "rough" place. lol

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"Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake." - Matthew 5 v11 KJV

Very waggish indeed.

LOL Well it was nothing like the New York Sports club that I go to here....lol
I just needed a treadmill to run on the hills to steep for me in Montego bay...lol

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I studied Martial arts for 6 months in Jamaica... Kong Fu in Kingston and Aikido in St. Mary .. there are teachers and clubs all over the island you will find more clubs and gyms in the less rural parts of the island yet there are private classes and teachers surpassingly in rural parts as well.

check out this link
martialartsjamaica.com

p.s I just checked out that site it use to list alot of the schools and clubs in Jamaica seems like they havent paid there server bill.. sorry
here is one I have for
Capoeira Jamaica
but i dont know if your into that