Boxing Classes & More

I wanna know if there’s any free boxing classes for teen in NYC? ;i really wanna know cause i wanna start boxing,just for fun and to keep active (: Thank You

It’s not free, but if you want quality instruction, I would recommend checking out Gleason’s Gym in Brooklyn, New York. Gleason’s trains amateur boxers, pro boxers, and pro wrestlers. If you want to learn, go with the best.

If you want free boxing lessons, I would start by checking the YMCA, or some cities even have their own police boxing leagues that are offered to the public to keep kids off the streets and away from gangs and/or drugs. Some churches also offer boxing.

I want to start taking kick boxing classes but I don’t know where I can go that has a reasonable price. Also, it HAS to be around Omaha!

Thanks!

Omaha, wow, I’m from Omaha, try this:

http://www.google.com/#q=kickboxing+omaha&hl=en&safe=off&sa=X&prmd=ivnscm&source=univ&tbs=plcs:1&tbo=u&ei=aT02TYXgJsH38Abf-tCCCQ&oi=local_group&ct=more-results&resnum=1&ved=0CC8QtQMwAA&fp=fd0f73886609171d

I recently found out that there is an LA boxing gym in my city and i was wondering if anyone could just let me know what they thought of that place.

But i found most of the classes to be more for MMA and kickboxing than for actually boxing. Thats why i went only a few times

Im thinking about joining a class, Im just wondering what would typically do in a boxing class for adults?

Basics,
Fitness 1st and foremost. We done (all gyms are a bit differant) upto 10 rounds of skipping then a run. This was mixed with the usaul excercisers aimed at the torso muscles. For example 5 rounds of 2mins skipping, a 15min run, a 10min situps, leglifts (on your back, legs strait, heels an inch off the ground, lift too 6inch then 12 and back. Ouch), etc.
Once the coach is happy with your fitness, you are taught how too punch, stance, move, etc. This invovles in the ring with a trainer with pads and working the bags. All going well you will then advance too sparring.
A wee hint is that if you turn up fit on your first time you will be "trained". If not— you wont.
My trainer ended up being the NZ olympic coach. So he must have been doing something right. LOL
Good luck.

I’d like to start taking a kick boxing class at a local gym but I’m a little intimidated. How difficult would it be to pick up?

With the exception of Matt Skelton, most kickboxers don’t make good boxers. Hatton was only a youth when he changed from kickboxing to boxing. At amateur club level at least, the kickboxers I’ve seen and spared with, can’t handle the sparring. The quickness and frequency of the punches are alien to them. – Skelton probably would have got knockouted by Bruno, and maybe Gary Mason.

Yeah, theres a massive difference between kickboxers at club level, and those who are at the top, or in the higher echelons. In boxing, at any level, you can’t go into a boxing ring and not expect to get punched in the face and in the guts if your in an open sparring session with a sparring partner.

Oh I do a bit of kickboxing to keep fit is completely different to being a boxer at any level.

are there any classes i can take that teaches me how to fight like boxing but you dont get in the ring?

Just join a boxing club and tell them you don’t want to get in the ring. A lot of people just do boxing for the fitness so you won’t be alone.

Looking for notable boxing gyms (boxing only no mma) in the Los Angeles area preferably in the 818/661 area. Currently id love to go to the Wild Card gym in hollywood but does anyone know if they offer classes or how it works? I know its 5 dollars a day to work out there but do you work out on your own? How much do they charge to train you???

Rene,
At Freddy Roach’s Wild Card Gym, located at 1123 Vine Street above the Laundromat there are a host of trainers that will work with you, one notable guy there is Macka Foley , great guy! All of the trainers there charge FOR their expertise and it’s well Worth the money. My advice to you is go there for a couple of days and see which trainer catches your eye and then go up and start a conversation with him/her. There’s not a trainer out there that won’t talk to you.

Hey, I’m looking for a good boxing gym for a twenty-year old guy. I’m looking for an actual boxing gym, not a place that only offers classes in aerobic boxing (though if the boxing gym does aerobic boxing as part of a schedule to keep in shape, I have no problem with that.) I’m also not looking for a gym that is going to just take the money and teach garabe, no mcdojos basically. Any help is appreciated, thanks in advance.

the gym i went to was called Xtreme Couture. it’s a gym that offers many activities which include boxing (so it doesn’t specialize in just boxing). it has a boxing ring, as well as many boxing bags so you can do leisure boxing or actual fighting boxing. they have boxing classes there too. the gym itself also offers muay thai, kickboxing, wrestling and jijitsu. it also has crossfitness training, and many machines to just work out on. AND it also offers dance classes, yoga, kettlebell, etc
membership is $84/each month. i’m not sure but i think they’re doing a special promotion now. in your membership, you get to do ANY activity/lesson you want. each lesson has a personal trainer/coach.

i definitely recommend you trying it out. it offers a 14 day free trial. i just finished my free trial the staff there are friendly and informative.

it’s located on the west end of toronto. so in Etobicoke, Queensway/Kipling Ave

I need some ace arguments or debate points for an upcoming discussion about getting a horse for my 14th birthday. Let me tell you the background information: I am 14 in february. I am going to ask to start planning for the horse in late january or early feb when the parents ask what i would like for my birthday, for the horse to be bought in late march to mid april. I have been riding two/three years officially, but I had my first few rides when I was 9. I am currently sharing a horse four days a week. During those four days I do everything for the horse- bring her in, muck out, fill haynets, groom her, change her rugs, do waterbuckets and her feet, etc. Because its winter, unmistakably, noting the Big Freeze in the UK, which is where I live, it of course means a lot more work, horse-wise. It also means that in the past 6 weeks, which is the time I’ve been sharing the horse, I’ve only ridden her three or four times, because it gets dark quickly and its been so icy. My dads main point against is that he wants to know I’m commited to horses. To be honest, i go up all the time in -8 degrees c, work for hours and hardly ever ride, i even did xmas eve, xmas day and boxing day without complaints, and i’m still prepared to carry on is proof that I’m commited I think. I have saved up some money for christmas that I can contribute towards costs, although my dad has mentioned that money isnt the problem, but he wants to be certain I’m ready. I know I will be starting my GCSES soon but as there is a new law that all coursework has to be done at school, i am pretty sure it means less after school work but a lot more classwork. Even if there is a lot of work, my school finishes at 3:30, I’m changed and up at the yard by 3:45 and usually home by about 4:40 if im quick. I dont go to bed until about half ten, so theres plenty of time for horse and work.
Just to be clear, I do love my share horse, but I think she is too big for me to handle (she crushed my foot yesterday and I had to go to hospital, and she was much bigger than I’d hope to have when I was looking for a share horse, but there wasnt many share options in my area), and also the fact that I feel quite limited with her. I cant go to shows, I cant jump on her even though jumping is my favourite, because she had an injury, and shes 18, which i know is still young-ish but I’d have to enter veteran classes at shows and shes not as speedy as I would have liked. Despite this she is incredibly kind and patient (the foot thing was an accident) and has the perfect temperament for a first horse. Also im a bit of a worrier, I worry when its not my day to do her because the other girl who shares her puts the water buckets right near where she poos, so I’ve found several rather nasty buckets of water, I found string in her bedding and rugs dumped on her stable floor, in the poo, which I’ve had to handle and clean.
Those are my current arguments. Can you think of any other points for or against that me or my dad might come up with? What do you think of my situation? And when I say arguments, I mean a calm, non shouting discussion that we happen to be on different sides of. I havent raised any of these points with my dad yet by the way.
Thanks, and sorry its so long!
By the way, we dont go to college (Uni) till at the earliest 18, but I was planning a gap year so it would be 19. I did mention money, and my dad has said that money isnt a major problem. My mum grew up aroud horses and she knows how much it costs. I know that i could stay with a share horse, but I’d much prefer my own, for reasons I listed above, and my friends have horses and they go up every day and I feel left out sometimes because the go on rides and have fun without me.
He hasnt made up his mind, cos I havent asked him yet, so y’know…

Hi there , point out to your dad how responsible you’ve been by sharing a horse which meant you caring for it as well as the enjoyment side[riding] also you have been having riding lessons with a profrsiProfessional teacher, and maybe he/she would give you a written letter to your dad saying what your ridiing standaStandardalso because your mum was brought up with horses you’l have her to help at times when you need it, i know you said you want a horse in feb/march but this is not the ideal time to get one ;summer time is the best for buying a horse , this is what my tutor says, i am currently studying horsecare at college, just passed my first exam thank goodness! anyway in summer you and your parents could have some great days out looking for a horse for you best wishes to you hope you get your dream,

Im thinking of taking up boxing but I don’t know where to learn. I don’t know if this matters (different classes depending on gender) but im a girl.

http://www.boxinggyms.com/addresses/washington.htm

None in Olympia but hopefully some of these other ones are close to you.