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In photos: Georgia’s champion-training DIY basement kickboxing gym

16 June 2017 by Lazar Mikov

Karajala Kick­box­ing Club (Lazar Mikov/OC Media)

Karajala Kick­box­ing Club is a training facility in Karajala, a small village near Tbilisi. The club is located in the house of trainer and owner Isvahan Aliyev, a pro­fes­sion­al kickboxer. Aliyev, and all of the members but one, are ethnic Azer­bai­ja­nis born in Georgia. Saying that the facility lacks equipment would be an under­state­ment — it has only one bench press and one punchbag — but despite this, Aliyev says that some of the children from the club are Georgian kick­box­ing champions. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Minorities, Top Tagged With: azerbaijani, georgia, kickboxing, minorities, sport

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