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Boxing Fundamentals

Your first jab, done properly

Level
Beginners
Intensity
2 out of 5
How long
60 minutes
Drop in
£12Gloves to borrow

Boxing Fundamentals is where everyone at Haymaker starts. Each week the coaches pick one skill and build the whole class around it, so after a month you have a stance, a guard and four punches you can throw without thinking.

Come as often as you like: the drills change every week, and the basics never stop paying.

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A beginner in a red T-shirt throwing a jab at a heavy bag while a coach watches her feet

When

  • Monday18:30with Dee
  • Wednesday18:30with Jess
  • Saturday10:00with Dee

How it goes

  1. Round 1

    Warm up

    Skipping, mobility and shadow boxing to get your shoulders and feet going.

  2. Round 2

    Technique

    One skill a week, drilled slowly in pairs: the jab, the cross, the slip, the pivot.

  3. Round 3

    Bags and pads

    Three-minute rounds putting it together, with a coach on the pads.

  4. Round 4

    Finisher

    Ten minutes of core work, then a stretch.

Who coaches it

  • Portrait of Dee Okafor in a black club T-shirt, arms folded, in front of a heavy bag“The Professor”

    Dee Okafor

    Head coach

    41 amateur bouts, ABA finalist 2014

  • Portrait of Jess Hale in a red hoodie with hand wraps on, smiling

    Jess Hale

    Coach, juniors and Fundamentals

    National novice champion 2017

Questions

I have never boxed. Is this for me?

Yes: it is made for exactly that. Most people in the room started here.

Is there any contact?

No. Fundamentals is non-contact; you only ever hit bags and pads.

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