Muay Thai & MMA · Barking, East London
In 2000 Darius Skliaudys became the first Lithuanian to win a European Muay Thai title. In 2005 he fought at K-1 World MAX in Japan. Today he holds the pads in Barking — and your first class is free.
Who is actually holding the pads
On 20 July 2005 Darius Skliaudys fought at the K-1 World MAX Championship Final in Yokohama Arena, Japan. The same card featured Masato, Buakaw Por.Pramuk, Andy Souwer and Ramon Dekkers — the best strikers alive at the time.
A year earlier he had beaten Hideo Tokoro, the Japanese star who went on to fight in PRIDE, DREAM, Bellator and RIZIN — and who is still competing today. He drew twice with UFC and PRIDE veteran Naoyuki Kotani. He shared a ring with Jomhod Kiatadisak, a Thai legend with 276 wins and four world titles.
Most people never get to train with someone who has been at that level. In Barking, you can — on a Tuesday evening, for the price of a takeaway.
The receipts
| Result | Opponent | Event | Date | Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Lorant Grof | Soul of Fighter | 16 Jun 2012 | KO (punch), R3 |
| D | Naoyuki Kotani | ZST 9 | 18 Feb 2006 | Draw |
| W | Andrejs Zozulja | Shooto Lithuania: Chaosas | 7 Apr 2005 | KO |
| D | Naoyuki Kotani | ZST Grand Prix 2 Final | 23 Jan 2005 | Draw |
| W | Hideo TokoroPRIDE · DREAM · RIZIN veteran, still fighting today | Shooto Lithuania: Bushido | 20 Nov 2004 | Decision, R2 |
| W | Nikolajs Haustovs | Shooto Lithuania: Gladiators | 29 Sep 2004 | KO, R1 1:20 |
| W | Norimichi Isozaki | ZST 6 | 12 Sep 2004 | KO (punch), R1 0:49 |
| W | Takahiro Miyano | ZST 5 | 5 May 2004 | KO (flying knee), R1 1:24 |
| L | Takahiro Uchiyama | Shooto Lithuania: Vendetta | 4 Apr 2004 | Submission, R1 |
| D | Takayuki Okochi | Shooto Lithuania: King of Bushido | 14 Nov 2003 | Draw |
| W | Antanas Jazbutis | Rings Lithuania: Rampage 2 | 3 Aug 2003 | Decision |
No mystery, no surprises
Most people who walk through that door have never thrown a punch in their life. That is the normal starting point here, not the exception. Here is exactly what happens, minute by minute, so you can stop worrying about it.
Come in shorts or joggers and a t-shirt. Bring water. That is genuinely all you need — gloves and shin pads are here to borrow for your first sessions.
Skipping, footwork, mobility. You go at your own pace. Nobody is timing you and nobody is watching you.
One or two things only. Jab. Teep. How to stand so you don't get pushed over. Darius corrects you personally — that is the whole point of training here.
Where it starts to feel good. You hit things properly, with someone telling you how to hit them better.
Short, hard, finished. Scaled to whatever shape you turned up in.
No sparring. Not in your first class, not until you say you want to, and never with someone you are not ready for.
Real sessions, real gym
It is not just his record
A coach's real record is what his students do. These are his — at WKO championship shows, at Cyclone Fight Night, at KBX. Same man, same pads, same Tuesday evenings in Barking.
Who actually trains here
Never trained. Not fit. Slightly terrified. This is the most common person in the room, and the classes are built around them.
Kids from four upwards. Discipline, confidence, and somewhere to put the energy. Sibling places are discounted.
Muay Thai is one of the best things you can learn for confidence and self-defence. Women train in every session here.
If you want to compete, he has taken people to WKO and Cyclone shows and brought them home with belts. Ask him.
Membership
Every price is on this page. No joining fee, no auto-renewal, no card details taken without you asking for it. If you get injured, lose your job or move away, you get the unused part of your membership back, pro-rata.
Start free. If you like it, the two-week pass is £25 and it comes off your first month.
The honest way in. No card, no commitment.
then £25 for 2 weeks unlimited
The £25 comes off your first month
Rolling. Walk away whenever you like.
£26 a week
No minimum term
Long enough to actually get good.
£95 a month · £22 a week
£690 save £120 · 17% off
Most people pick this one
Twelve months will pass either way.
or £89 a month × 12
£1,380 save £360 · 26% off
A single class is £15. Train twice a week and the 6-month membership already costs you less per session. Train three times a week on the 12-month and it is £6.50.
Train eight sessions in your first month. If you are not sharper, fitter and more confident than when you started, Darius refunds the block. No argument, no forms. He can make that offer because almost nobody who trains eight times in a month ever asks for it.
Timetable
Can't make those times? Message him — 1-to-1 sessions run through the week.
The things people actually worry about
No, because most of the room started exactly where you are. Beginners are the majority here, not a minority being tolerated. Nobody watches you. Everyone is too busy trying to get their own technique right.
You get fit by training, not before it. Waiting until you are in shape to start means waiting forever. Everything is scaled — you work at the level you turn up at, and it moves as you do.
All sparring is optional, always. Beginner sessions involve no sparring at all. If you eventually want to, it is controlled, it is light, and you are never put in with someone you are not ready for. Plenty of people train here for years and never spar.
Darius is 45 himself and still holds a full mid-air split. Muay Thai scales better with age than almost any other sport, because technique beats athleticism. Adults in their forties and fifties train in these sessions every week.
Yes. Women train in every session. Muay Thai is one of the best disciplines there is for confidence, fitness and genuine self-defence — and this is a coached class, not a room full of people throwing hands at each other.
Shorts or joggers, a t-shirt, water. Gloves and shin guards are lent to you for the first few sessions so you don't spend money on kit before you know you like it.
You get the unused portion of your membership back, pro-rata. That is written into how this works and it is not something you have to argue for.
No. There is no auto-renewal and no rolling contract you cannot get out of. Nothing is charged that you have not explicitly agreed to, and you can cancel by message. When your term ends, it ends — you decide whether to start another.
227 Gascoigne Road, Barking, IG11 7LN — a few minutes from Barking station. There is street parking around the unit. People travel in from Dagenham, Ilford, Romford, Stratford and East Ham.
Book your free class
Fill this in and Darius will message you back himself to confirm which session to come to. Usually within the hour.
Prefer to just talk? WhatsApp him directly or call 07301 079766.