You don’t need to know anything anything about boxing or even tried boxing before. all you need to do is show up to the club and we will show you the rest. although previous talent is always welcome here, we like to start people from scratch. Teaching you the way of England Boxing, through a series of training drills, different styles, partnerwork and routines.

If you want to do some homework first?

then familiarise yourselves with this:
Your stance and guard. Your stance is positioning your feet just over shoulder width apart but also in a diagonal position. this would position your most dominant hand to the rear and your least dominant in the lead. you keep this side on / diagonal stance throughout your boxing training and when competing. it enables you to keep balanced and generate more power through rotation, especially the rear most dominant hand and your torso is more side on to your opponent. this makes your body a slimmer target to hit.

when demonstrating the correct stance we recommend your rear heal should be aligned with your lead toe, and you remain on the balls of your feet for agility. you need a coach to show you exactly what is meant here.

your guard is your defence. the number one place people want to punch you is in the head, so put two big gloves in the way of it. your thumbs should be aligned with your cheek bones and not obscuring your vision. both of your forearms should be positioned vertically like a number 11. from this position, every time you throw a punch, your hands should return to this exact position. your punch has not finished until your hands are back to your face. imagine they are on a piece of elastic when being thrown, they spring straight back into position afterwards.

Still want some more?

throw straight punches. you can also do this by changing levels, throwing single straight punches to the head and to the body or vice versa. when you throw punches to the body make sure your shoulder are in line with your target. you must bend your knees and not throw punches downward, exposing your face and chin.

log in and check out our videos in the members area to learn how to defend against straight punches to the head and body.

Don’t drum in bad habits

It’s essential that we see you to help correct technique and to make sure that punches, defences and counter punches are all perfectly sound and effective.

to progress from straight punches, take a look at throwing lead hook and rear hooks to the head. do the same for the body but make sure you bend your knees and get your shoulders down to target height.

defend and block hooks to the head.

defend and counter hooks to the head and again for the hooks to the body.

now get to the club so we can put these basics into practice, with a partner you can throw one or two punches, they must defend them and when confident, they will throw a counter punch back.

Please bring your hand wraps to protect your wrists and a fitted gumshield is essential for training in partners.