Despite being formed less than a month ago, the Wichita State kickboxing club is off to a strong start. About a dozen people congregated in the Heskett Center this week to learn the basics of a martial art that teaches self-defense and discipline.
Founder of the club, senior Michael Sonexarth, said his uncle was a kickboxing champion in Thailand. Sonexarth took up the sport when he was around 5-years-old. He stopped a few years later but picked it back up late in high school.
“I was doing it for about a couple of months at the YMCA,” Sonexarth said.