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Originally Posted by DickHardman
hi highlander. what are your thoughts on joining a boxing gym or a muay thai gym? you will get in great shape from boxing and muay thai. i have literally seen morbidly obese men turn themselves into athletes by training in muay thai and boxing. i am biased, but i believe muay thai and boxing are awesome arts that have a lot to offer and get people in great shape. whats great about boxing is its a very popular sport, you can find a boxing gym almost anywhere.
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It's funny you should mention this. In the area I am located there are not a lot of what I would call hardcore serious martial arts locations. I'm not into the family night at Y.K. Lee's martial arts studio where we all line up and do katas together. I like the hard core sweaty atmospere of a real gym type studio/dojo. I live in Oviedo, Florida and my current jobsite is in Oveido as well. The nearest "hardcore" facility I could find was a kickboxing/boxing facility in Orlando where David "thunder" Cummings teaches Muay Thia and kickboxing classes. He also doubles with another instructor and teaches Hapkido on the weekends. The gym also doubles the local "Jeet Kun Do" institute for additional training. The gym is branching out to 6,800 sq. ft. and going to have around 30 Muay Thai bags added. While I was committed to driving this distance to achieve my goal I may have found an alternate hence closer solution for the beginning phase of getting back into shape.
I haven't had a chance to check it out yet but LA Boxing just opened up a new facility down the road. I remember seeing the one and only ad they put on TV on the local news channel. It looked like a pretty decent facility. From what I hear from the "salesman" they do a Muay Thai kickboxing workout routine. They also have a ring with sparring nights and over (30) 150lb. Muay Thai bags to work out on. While I don't think it is as hardcore as the other faciltiy for the time being it is closer and might serve to get me going to where I want to be.