Double Impact 17

Double Impact 17 is a sports club in Saintes, Charente-Maritime, bringing together a combat-sports training hall and a strength and fitness space. The club welcomes people with varied goals, from getting active and improving fitness to learning fighting techniques, building confidence, or preparing for competition. Its combat disciplines include English boxing, kickboxing and K1, Muay Thai, MMA and pancrace, alongside self-defence and cardio boxing.

The programme also features cross training, light kickboxing, classes for children in baby MMA and baby kickboxing, and training for competitors. Members can use a freely accessible cardio and weight-training area to complement their classes, and the club offers sports coaching. An InBody assessment provides a personalised overview of measures such as muscle mass, body fat and hydration.

Double Impact 17 offers subscriptions by session, month, quarter or year, and a first class is free. Located at the Maison des Arts Martiaux in Saintes, the club also organises La Nuit de l’Impact, a boxing and pieds-poings gala