| With all the kickboxing trainers in the city, you | | | | kickboxers of all levels, from beginners to pro |
| need to decide what you want from a class what | | | | athletes. Most allow you to learn at the right pace |
| your priorities are before deciding on a company | | | | for you, and commonly make sparring optional, |
| or martial arts academy. Before you enroll in any | | | | you only need spar if you want to. |
| kickboxing classes, it's very important that you | | | | If you're looking to do exercise-based kick box or |
| read about the school itself, and ask for | | | | standard kickboxing simply for fun and fitness, |
| information about the specific qualifications of your | | | | there are several types of classes to choose |
| potential instructor. Not only is this important for | | | | from. One, called Box Fit, is given at Martial |
| learning most high-quality kickboxing methods, it's | | | | Fitness on the Putney High Street London. Box Fit |
| also important for safety concerns. | | | | combines kicking and punching techniques with |
| There's a particularly high incidence of injury in | | | | circuit training that has been purposely designed to |
| kickboxing, mainly in the form of straining the | | | | give you a cardio workout while creating muscle. . |
| knee, "tennis elbow" (extensor tendonitis), and | | | | Whether you've had an experience where you |
| injured groin and back muscles. Not to bring up | | | | felt in danger, or you just want to feel safe and |
| any injuries participants may sustain during actual | | | | able to protect yourself in the city, kickboxing is a |
| kickboxing. Should you make the risk of injury | | | | great way to learn self defence. |
| keep you from practicing an exercise that you | | | | While cost is, of course, always a concern, it's also |
| love? Of course not. If you're careful, participating | | | | important to consider your own needs and the |
| in kickboxing classes with minimal risk is simple. | | | | quality of the teachers. With the right school |
| If, for example, you're interested in kickboxing for | | | | under the most- experienced instructor, you can |
| cardio fitness, there are several schools and gyms | | | | become a kickboxing champion. Or a super fit |
| in London that specialize in cardio kickboxing | | | | Tae Bo practitioner. Or a force to be reckoned |
| classes. There are several martial arts academies | | | | with when you're on your own. The choice is |
| that work on providing martial arts training to | | | | yours. |