Boxing or kick boxing

Dalas

Can someone suggest where I could start either boxing or kickboxing (at a beginner level for girls) I am on the southside and dont really wanna have to go though traffic...

padraigcarroll

imo.... i think boxing training is of the best on the planet.
Try Mick Dowling's in terenure, he has one or 2 girls training there, i saw one of them fight last year in the stadium, she won.

vasch_ro

How far south ?
There is kick boxing in:
Loughlinstown Leisure Centre
Total Fitness Sandyford
Westwood Leopardstown
DFRC Ballinteer ( Female instructor )
Star Fitness Bray ( Female Instructor)

I think the lads at Na Fianna in Ballally Dundrum do a little kicking and Boxing too, in an MMA context

fianna.5u.com

Here at Fianna we do "stand-up" which is kind of like boxing or MT though limited in the sense that we are aware of take downs etc. We also use clinch boxing etc.

Peace

Gaillimhtaibhse

Dalas wrote:

Can someone suggest where I could start either boxing or kickboxing (at a beginner level for girls) I am on the southside and dont really wanna have to go though traffic...

I kickbox (IKF) and taekwondo (WTF). Would recommend kickboxing for girls. Why? Your legs are your strongest weapon, girls typically don't have much of a punch, and are easy to block. Anyway, with kickboxing you have the best of both worlds.

turbot

In my experience, boxing training is often harder and more rigorous than a lot of martial arts.

I think you before you answer this question, you need to explore for yourself:
- What is it you want to achieve?

Do you want to have a fun way of staying fit? Do you want to learn how to really defend yourself in tough situations? etc.

Once you've figured this out, you need to survey the classes within reasonable distance of you, and find what best suits you. I think it's much more important you have a really good instructor in the class you chose, than what ever your choice is is called.

IMO, for self defense purposes as a girl ... unless you can find a good wing chun class, I'd say go for boxing.

Do that for eighteen months twice a week, and chances are you'll:
- be able to hit someone quickly, enough times and hard enough you could handle many more people in many situations
- you'll probably be fast enough to avoid anyone untrained in landing a punch... and not phased if they do
- you'll also probably be fit enough to out-stamina a lot of other people

Why boxing:
- The training is harder, both physically and in terms of sparring
- There is very little room for flowery nonsense. Run a search on video.google.com at watch how some people spar even at black belt level. Some of it is laughable. Many martial arts include subcultures of moves that would be "physically expensive" to try in the street.
- Only some martial artists practice practical punching that includes hitting hard enough to have a decent effect. I'm not saying that they can't all hit hard, only that many of those punches you see coming for miles and are much less likely to land

Now, if you've done boxing for say two years, and then you take up kickboxing, or even do both in parallel, you'll have a big advantage, because you'll know how to punch, and punch well, and you'll be very fit, and you'll be visually fast enough to keep out of the way, with practical grounding in fighting.

In terms of kickboxing, there are a lot of kickboxing classes that are martial artists practicing.

I did an art quite similar to TKD for quite a few years, and then I did some TKD classes in college. My TKD training was less practical than the previous art I'd studied, and I'm miffed as to why anyone would punch from the hip... which to me seems like a bad habit entirely.

Even during my pre-TKD martial arts days, the ex-boxers in the classs taught me lessons I still remember to this day.

Millionaire

if your goal is a hobby and to get real fit...

do Kickboxing..

If you want to learn to defend against a rapist or a mugger etc

I recommed Krav maga...

In Krav Maga, you will learn to punch, kick, knee , elbow, other strikes, escapes from grabs, holds, escapes from rape positions on the ground, and self defence against weapons...

Krav Maga is an intensive system, and excellent for women....

why do I say this.... well I trained lots of gals to kick butt in KM, and also as a blackbelt(4th dan) in kickboxing... i know it is limited for self defence!

Dalas

Hey thanks so much everyone. Such a great help I am going to really think about it I didnt realise there would be so many options or so much to consider. Boxing does seem quite extreme fitness wise but I really like the idea. It is definitly a combination of getting fit/having a hobbie and being able to defend myself. So now I have to choose!
Thanks again

RedRaven

Dalas wrote:

Hey thanks so much everyone. Such a great help I am going to really think about it I didnt realise there would be so many options or so much to consider. Boxing does seem quite extreme fitness wise but I really like the idea. It is definitly a combination of getting fit/having a hobbie and being able to defend myself. So now I have to choose!
Thanks again

Mike Dockery teaches Muay Thai on the southside, Laughlinstown I believe...its a good style to learn...usually girls have less power than guys when striking but if your using your elbows its all in the technique as mens and womens elbows are as sharp as each other!!! Try Muay Thai!!!;) Good luck,hope you find what your looking for!!

oxygen_old

have you a link for Mick Dowlings in Teranure? I wouldn't mind checking it out. Any suggestions for a club for a beginner guy boxer. Just looking for a pastime ,no aspirations to go pro or anything