Fundamentals

This is a great class for individuals who wish to explore various standup fighting as well as ground fighting techniques. Whether you desire fitness, self-defense or to sharpen existing fight skills, this class combines various strikes, counters and defenses into conditioning and simulated fight situations. This class emphasizes the development of punching and kicking combinations, defense against punches and kicks, as well as offensive and defensive footwork. Tuesday classes will focus more on basic fight techniques while Thursday classes will focus more heavily on applied fight situations and controlled-contact sparring within the context of the progressing disciplines mentioned above.

Advanced

Building on Standup Fight Fundamentals, the first half of this class emphasizes the development of advanced fight skills ranging progressively from kickboxing, Oriental/Thai rules (add elbow &knee strikes, leg kicks, and sweeps) to San Shou rules (add throws and take downs), as well as strategies against ground fighting specialists. The second half of the class is dedicated to applied fight situations and controlled- contact of the progressive disciplines mentioned above.

Required Gear

Fight Gear: Boxing gloves, mouthpiece, and groin protection are required (esp. in sparring); and headgear, shin pads and foot protection are highly recommended; so bring your gear or visit our pro shop. What to wear: Comfortable clothes that allow unrestricted movement and to help protect our floor mats we require that your shoes have non-marking soles. You may also want to bring a towel and plenty of water.