Registration required. Must sign waiver. Limit 1 per person, may buy 1 additional as gift(s). May be ...
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Registration required. Must sign waiver. Limit 1 per person, may buy 1 additional as gift(s). May be repurchased every 120 days. Limit 1 per visit. Valid only for option purchased.
Experienced instructors leads clients through a complete body workout that includes boxing combinations and cardio routines
- Beginner class offered select Mondays from 6–7 p.m.; combination class offered select Mondays from 7–8 p.m.
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Boxing Footwork: Full-Body Fighting
Your instructor will teach you to punch, but also to use your other limbs to win. After all, boxers don’t fight with just their arms; they use their whole bodies, especially their feet. The way a boxer moves his feet determines how vulnerable he is to punches—standing with one foot forward and the body turned slightly makes him a smaller target. And, of course, it can give his punches power. By pivoting the back foot and turning the hips and torso, a strong boxer can put upwards of 800 pounds of force behind a punch. The problem is that the same forward momentum that gives the punch strength can also throw the fighter off balance, so an opponent fleet-footed enough to sidestep the attack may be rewarded with an opportunity to counterpunch an unstable target. In a sense then, the object of footwork boils down to two conflicting goals: get your feet set so you can put power into your punches, and keep your opponent moving so he can’t do the same.