Is Boxing useful for self defence? At Apollo’s Boxing in Bolton we believe that boxing can be used as a way of self defence! In both the boxing fundamentals class and our advanced boxing classes we teach our boxers how to throw their punches correctly and we like to warm up our boxers without boxing gloves so they get the feel of how a punch would land without a glove on and to make sure they are landing with the two big knuckles and with a closed fist!
At Apollo’s we like to teach this way because even though we wouldn’t ever want one of our boxers to have a fight outside of the ring however if they ever needed to defend themselves we want to make sure they would be prepared whether they are training just for fitness or to compete we like our boxers to be ready for any situation.
Some boxing gyms will emphasise a point scoring boxing system which is brilliant for boxing competitions but doesn’t always transfer over to an actual fight or even an MMA fight, At Apollo’s Boxing in Bolton we like to emphasise on making sure our boxers are getting the idea of causing damage to their opponent and trying to find the knockout using a mixture of defence and correct punching targeting weak areas on their opponents, and we feel this type of style transfers over to both self defence and also to MMA which is the closest you could get to actually having to defend yourself outside the gym!
Another staple of Apollo’s Boxing style is defence and a big part of the defence we teach is how to be elusive using both footwork and head movement again this something we focus a lot on in our boxing fundamentals class, our advanced boxing class and our boxing one to ones also!
As you can see from learning how to throw your punches correctly to teaching all of our boxers how to cause the most damage by hitting the right areas on both the head and the body to teaching an elusive defence and not just using a typical high boxing guard, boxing can be used effectively as self defence!
Training in our boxing classes and boxing one to ones doesn’t just improve your physical skills and fitness but also your confidence which most of the time will stop a lot of situations from happening in the first place!
Just to recap we do believe boxing is a very useful tool in self defence just like every other martial art!
If you are looking to learn boxing as a way to learn self defence then contact us at Apollo’s Boxing in Bolton, all of our boxing classes and our boxing one to ones will not only build the physical skills for self defence but also the confidence to deal with these situations if they happen to arise!