The welcoming facade of one Hammersmith kickboxing club hides a curious secret. New members are received warmly into the club, and allowed to spar with the instructors. The instructors are not only involved in tuition and sparring, but are almost certainly in league with the equipment shops which provide official merchandise. Nothing new in that racquet you might think. But based on this reporter’s experience on Saturday afternoon, it seems that these instructors are prepared to stop at nothing to gain sales, even going so far as to kick new members in the bread basket and elbow their feet repeatedly to ensure that official club protective gear is bought. This reporter has difficulty walking right now, but has somehow been brainwashed with the sense of community that the cult, sorry, club builds up. In fact this reporter actually enjoys going and having his extremities mashed, and out of a sense of self-preservation has ordered some padding. One day, perhaps this reporter will be on the pyramid, taking advantage of new members and inflicting pain to sell pads….