Butterflies In Action

This is a short video from one of our Thursday evening Ladies Only Training sessions at The Boxing Shop Gym. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all our dedicated Butterfly Boxers for their time, effort and energy.

Winter 2007 Challenges

New Winter Challenges are here. To work with the seasonal changes we have made the decision to bring all our Level I Butterfly Challenges home! All Butterfly Boxing training sessions will now be gym based through the darker winter months and resume outdoors again later this year.

The advantages of training at our fully equipped boxing gym are numerous, and it gives our Butterflies the opportunity to feel the essence of our boxing community.

The New Winter Schedule is as follows:

Level I

May 1st - June 5th

June 19th - July 24th

August 7 - Sep 11

Level II

June 4th - June 29th

Level III

June 1 - June 29
Competition Sparring on June 30

To all our current Butterflies who are going through their paces and to our new Butterflies:
Happy Training!

The Boxing Shop Team

Butterflies, Dragonflies and Life

Our first crop of Level II Butterfly Boxers have just completed their challenge and we have to say Wow! Level II finishes with the opportunity to test out newly acquired combinations on our Trainers. This time is was Gareth and also Shane who is one of our talented Amateur Boxing Team Members. The Butterflies were again impressive, some with their new powerful punches, other's with their ability to really box with thought and skill and others with the level of improvement in their boxing.

Our new Level I Butterflies have also been impressive with their commitment to skill development. So much so that they have been able to advance rapidly through our program.
This has certainly been an inspiration to us and has given us enough motivation to again review our program and make new changes that will again lift the bar for quality training.

One thing that I would like to emphasise to all our Butterflies is the fact that the training and techniques you are learning are those that many Fighter's have to take years to learn or be trained in. You are learning what many have to take years of knocks in the ring to develop, simply because there has been very few trainers who are able to teach proper defensive moves.

So, Dear Butterflies, be proud of what you are learning and experiencing. Be confident that you are learning good skills, even if it feels awkward at first. Our trainers are here to help you learn to master the basics and with practice, you will be a success.

Wishing you all a very happy, loving and safe Easter Holiday,

Huia