Hello, I’m Hafiz

I have played sepak takraw since I was a boy, on a sand court at the end of our village, under coconut palms with a net strung between two posts. It is volleyball played with the feet, a woven rattan ball and no hands, and it asks for more hip, balance and spring than any game I know.

At thirty-one I am not a champion, just a player who wants to stay loose for a weekly game with friends. Most adults who play do not want a full training programme. They want to kick a little higher, land softly and get through the evening without stiff hips. So each week I draw three cards and build a twenty-minute session from them, and then I send it out.

What I sell is the same method made easy to use: the card deck to print, drill sheets for hips, jumps, balance and kicks, a workbook for twelve weeks, and two video courses. You do not need a net, a team or even a ball for most of it. A bit of floor and a timer will do.