Boxing club says no!

[porkypara]

I went to the local gym and they told me to piss off basically lol...I only wanted to have a little blast on the pads ere and there and maybe some light sparring nothing serius...they wern't aving none of it lol.

They told me if you aint serius we don't you. Wich is as you say fair does

Which is your local gym?

[yvonne]

I went to the local gym and they told me to piss off basically lol...I only wanted to have a little blast on the pads ere and there and maybe some light sparring nothing serius...they wern't aving none of it lol.

They told me if you aint serius we don't you. Wich is as you say fair does

Which is your local gym?

I've seen the video of the GWYNFI AMATEURS in south Wales.Good stuff!Im from the North-east of England and theres a fews Boxing Gyms here!The Gym i used to go to when i was a nipper closed down twice.The first time was before i was born(back in the 70s i think)then it reopened in the early 90s when i was 9 or 10 year old.I joined up straight away.It was propper old school in there.I mean everything was covered in dust and cob webs.It still had the old blood stains splatted on the wall and floor.It did'nt matter to me,thats the way i like it!You should of seen some of our fitness equipment in there.We had a plank of wood leening against the ropes at a angle to do sit ups on.Mind you,you ended up with wooden splinters embeded in your back,ha.The bloke who reopened it was a local guy called Herbie James,a really nice man and coach too.He owns a pub now around the corner from were the Gym was and still is now.In fact he is still involed in the scheme of the Gym to this day.I checked it out about two years ago and i was welcomed with open arms"which was nice".It looks nice with all of the new quality equipment and a new lick of paint.It brought on the good old memorys flooding back again!

"BOYS WELFARE ABC AMATEURE"in Hartlepool.

[Dizaster]

Different Gyms have very different attitudes.. Some gyms have professional trainers that really just want to take on guys who want to compete, and rightfully don't have time for anyone else.

Other Gyms are more oriented to holding classes where ANYONE can come and join, whether they are coming for a day, or for the next 10 years...

Just try another Gym.. Boxing is a great sport to learn... Even if you don't like getting punched in the face, most gyms won't throw you into a situtation where your going to get punched in the face, unless your ready and willing (eventually you will be, and you'll welcome some glove to glove combat)..

If finding a good boxing gym fails, call your local police station, and they usually have places they train where it's open to public also..

Finally failing that, you can go to just a regular gym and see if they have any "boxersise" classes.. It's not completely boxing, but you'll pick up the basics and get very fit at the same time. Without much risk of getting punched in the face either,,, and then after that you may want to learn skills a little more seriously, and you can hook up with one of the more boxing oriented Gyms.