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Boxing

X8 — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:43:50 +0000

Boxing is a combat sport in which two participants, generally of similar weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds. There are three ways to win. Victory is achieved if the opponent is knocked down and unable to get up before the referee counts to ten seconds (a Knockout, or KO) or if the opponent is deemed by the referee to be too injured to continue (a Technical Knockout, or TKO). If there is no stoppage of the fight before an agreed number of rounds (e.g. 3-5, or 9 to 15 rounds), a winner is determined either by the referee’s decision or by a small team of judges’ scorecards.

Directory of recommended vendors:

Boxing Trainers:

Djinji Brown
305-331-5836
djinjibrown@mac.com

Dougie Mckinnon
305-401-4162

Juan Arroyo
786-955-4130
arroyo305@aol.com

Boxing Gyms:

Knockout Zone
305-754-ZONE (9663)
5084 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL 33137
info@knockoutzonemiami.com

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Normandy Boxing Gym
305-865-8570
1145 71st Street, Miami, FL 33141

The Tropical Park Demos Boxing Center
305-221-0678
7900 SW 40 Street, Miami, FL

Fitness Boxing Miami
305-835-7816
6940 NW 27th Avenue, Miami, FL

Fight Club Miami
305-529-9191
2900 SW 28th Lane, Miami, FL 33133

27th Avenue Boxing
305-835-7816
6940 NW 27th Avenue, Miami, FL 33147

All World Boxing and Kickboxing
561-983-9600
1000 Hollend Drive, Boca Raton, FL 33496

Round One Boxing
501-362-8938
2604 NW Boca Raton Blvd, Boca Raton, FL 33431

West Palm Beach Boxing Club
561-924-3540
137 Canal Street Canal Point, FL 33438

Gerrit’s Leprechaun Boxing
305-573-3802
3465 NW 2nd Avenue, Coral Gables, FL 33127

Fred Davis “Real World Training”
954-224-0327
10418 W. Atlantic Blvd, Coral Springs, FL 33071

Barrett’s Gym
954-224-0327
846 Ramblewood Drive, Coral Springs, FL 33071

Royalty Management Boxing Gym
954-929-7817
2034 Tigertail Blvd, Dania, FL 33004

US #1 Fitness Boxing
954-921-1486
714 South Federal Hwy, Dania, FL 33004

Angelo Dundee Training Center
954-382-5990
2240 SW 70th Avenue Building I, Davie, FL 33309

Punch Fitness
954-428-8990
4020 West Hillsboro Blvd, Deerfield Beach, FL 33442

Heavyhitters Boxing Gym
305-557-5994
1751 W 38th Place, Hialeah, FL 33012

Lord’s Boxing & Fitness Ctr
305-557-5994
4054 W 12th Avenue, Hialeah, FL 33012

Phantom Boxing Club
305-438-9536
318 NW 23rd Street, Miami, FL 33127

Showtime Boxing Gym
305-633-6119
4110 NW 17th Avenue Miami, FL 33142

South Florida Boxing Gym
305-607-2BOX
715 Washington Avenue 2nd Floor, Miami Beach, FL 33139

Thump Fight Gym
305-403-7325
8100 SW 81st Drive, Miami, FL 33143
Whether you’re looking to improve your skills in boxing, thai boxing, or mixed martial arts; or become stronger and faster for baseball, football, tennis, golf or any other sport you can think of, we have the tools to help you reach your goals. Even if you just want to get healthier and feel better, regardless of age or fitness level, we have what you need. From our Youth Boxing to our Silver Sneakers senior fitness classes, we are your home for a healthier you.

Biscayne Boxing & Fitness Club
305-754-5130
7200 Biscayne Boulevard, Upper East Side, Miami, FL
Different in three areas: facility, staff and attitude. Opened in 2009

Idol’s Gym
305-751-7591
5580 NE 4 Court, Miami, FL 33137
Idol’s is a fully equipped gym located in Miami’s energetic ‘Upper Eastside’ since 1993.

Budokon

X8 — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:29:12 +0000

“Budokon (bu-do-kon), is a living art. By that I mean it is the art of living. It is your waking and your sleeping, your walking and your sitting, your living and your dying. I cannot say that it is more special than any other art. In fact, it is not special at all. It is the practitioner who brings all that the art is, all that the art will ever be. Budokon is not about gaining ideas. There is nothing to gain from it. It is simply a way. Our way is the Zen way. We are not a religion or a devotional practice. We do not practice to become enlightened. We practice because we are enlightened. If you are seeking something in order to gain something, this is the wrong practice. Budokon is empty of gaining ideas. If you believe there is something to gain from it, you will always be disappointed by it. This is the first lesson in our art. We must come to it, like all things, with a pure mind, free from attachment and gaining ideas. This is why we suffer. Budokon is freedom from suffering, nothing more.”

Budokon is the brainchild of Kancho (Founder) Cameron Shayne and the practice was founded in 2000. The word Bu-do-kon translates directly in Japanese as (Bu) Warrior (Do) Way (Kon) Spirit, or Way of the Spiritual Warrior.
The Budokon physical practice draws upon ancient and modern yogic and martial arts styles. The foundation of the Budokon physical practice is precision, alignment and Zen mind. All Budokon techniques are designed to explore the body’s full range of motion. The practice dances between agility, control, speed, power, balance and flow. The physical practice is divided into two themes: The Yogic Series, and the Budo Series. Both themes constantly draw from and depend on each other. The Budokon Yogic Series was heavily influenced by Iyengar and Ashtanga yogic techniques and alignment. The focus is on control, calm, power and precision. These techniques are uniquely different from traditional Hatha Yoga in the sense that they not only work to improve range of motion and strength, but they also explore the body’s ability to sustain another person’s body weight. The Budokon Budo Series is a combination of standing and ground techniques drawn primarily from Okinawan Karate-Do, Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, and Olympic Style Tae Kwon Do. The objective of this series is to teach agility, power, focus and flow in the body and mind.

Tap your inner Karate Kid while building flexibility and calming the mind in this challenging new martial art. It’s definitely not a group fitness class and it’s much more than just yoga. Whether you’re a busy business professional who can barely find time to get to the gym, let alone try something new like yoga, or a yoga-enthusiast looking for a more challenging, cardio workout, Budokon has something for you. Budokon combines meditation, yoga and martial arts moves for the ultimate mind-body fitness workout. Students develop physical alignment, strength, agility, endurance, control, balance and flow. It’s popular on the West Coast thanks to celebs like David Arquette, Courtney Cox, Jennifer Aniston, Sean Penn and Olympic volleyball star Kerri Walsh, all of whom practice it to keep their bodies in peak physical shape. Budokon (which literally translates to Warrior (Bu), Way (Do), and Spirit (Kan) in Japanese) is just making its way to the Midwest. Budokon challenges your body and mind to new movements and opens you up to new energy levels. You may go through a series of break-dance-like floor slides, holds and kicks, squats, dynamic movements or do more traditional punching combos with lunges. Anything goes in these 60-minute classes, but each session ends with shavasana, or corpse pose in yoga, when you simply relax the mind, quiet the breath and release the muscles and lay flat on your mat. You’ll love letting go of all that tension and melting away the weekly stress.
Avoid wearing loose-fitting pants or tops that can slow you down. Also, you’ll spend the class barefoot, so good foot hygiene is encouraged.
X8 Miami personally knows the founder of Budokon, Cameron Shayne, and endorses this amazing fitness practice. There are a limited places that offer Budokon , but there are a couple Miami and Fort Lauderdale locations that offer this amazing workout and life changing workout.

Directory of recommended vendors:

Budokon
Cameron Shayne
President & Founder of Budokon
info@budokon.com

Muse Center For The Arts
954-525-4004
15 SW 7th Street, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
jugg1e@mindspring.com

The Standard Hotel
305-673-1717
40 Island Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33139
donut_o@hotmail.com

The Sports Club LA/Miami
305-533-1199
1441 Brickell Avenue, Miami, FL 33131

Haganah-self defense

X8 — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:33:02 +0000

Haganah was a Jewish paramilitary organization in what was then the British Mandate of Palestine from 1920 to 1948, which later became the core of the Israel Defense Forces.
Integrated Defensive Fighting Systems, Inc. (IDFS) presents the Fierce Israeli Guerilla Hand-to-hand Tactics (F.I.G.H.T.) program. The F.I.G.H.T. program uses the most effective self-defense system available today – Haganah. Haganah is a Hebrew word meaning “defense.” The Haganah self-defense system is a complete Israeli Combative methodology based on both Israeli martial arts and Israeli military tactics used by Israeli Special Forces operatives in extremely hostile situations. The Haganah system (and its components) was born out of a need to enable a state (or person) at a disadvantage – such as size or degree of armament – to defeat an adversary with an advantage.

Since it’s declaration of statehood in 1948, Israel (which is smaller than most states in the U.S.) has been under constant military and terrorist attack. As a result of its constant engagement in various types of combat, and its ability to defeat much larger opponents, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is considered by many to be one of the best Armies in the world today. Special Forces members of the IDF are regarded around the globe as top of the line, due to their extensive hands on combat experience. The techniques incorporated into the system have been proven in violent hand-to-hand combat situations in Israel and have been carefully adapted to street oriented self-defense.

The Haganah system is far from being an ordinary Martial Art; it is the wave of the future in hand-to-hand combat and street fighting methodologies. It incorporates both unarmed and armed fighting methods. One of the most important features of the Haganah system is that, unlike many traditional martial arts systems, it is continuously enhanced. The IDF periodically updates its hand-to-hand and other combat techniques based upon its daily combat experience. Haganah integrates those updates after adapting them for use by civilians and law enforcement professionals. Additionally, we are constantly evaluating other methodologies such as those used by the various U.S. Special Forces to add in any of their techniques, which would strengthen the system. There is no ego in the Haganah system. It uses the best of the best in self-defense and combat methodologies.

The F.I.G.H.T. program encompasses the hand-to-hand and empty hand weapons defense components of the Haganah system.
Principles
1. Avoid getting hit. Techniques will always have an element that minimizes the danger of you being hit, especially in your vulnerable areas.
2. Don’t be fancy. Techniques are simple and do not conflict with natural or instinctive body movements.
3. Defend yourself in the quickest, safest and most effective way. Most techniques include both defensive and offensive elements designed to protect you while inflicting maximum possible damage to your opponent to end the conflict quickly.
4. Use the opponent’s vulnerable and weak points. Techniques are designed to exploit the many other not so obvious weak points on the human body.
5. Don’t rely on strength. Techniques are designed to minimize your effort, enabling you to work effectively even when at a size, strength or position disadvantage.
6. Use available objects as weapons. The system is designed to teach you to effectively use improvised and ordinary weapons.
7. If forced to fight, no rules, no limits. If diplomacy fails, no hesitation, no holding back – anything goes.
Core Components
Haganah includes the following components (*some of which are limited access- require active duty or veteran military or law enforcement status or background checks and approval by IDFS):
Techniques of Self-Defense:
* Defense against punches and kicks and other strikes
* Escapes and releases from chokes, bear hugs and other grappling techniques
* Defense against cold weapons: knives, clubs, etc.
* Defense against hot weapons; guns, other firearms, automatic weapons* and grenades*
* Defense against multiple attackers
Hand-to-Hand Combat:
* Various types of arm blows including all hand parts, arms and elbows
* Various types of kicks including all foot parts with/without shoes and various knee strike tactics
* Ground survival techniques including combat neutralizing grappling techniques – pinching, tendon and muscle tearing, hard core submission (breaking) techniques and defenses against weapon deployment
Specialty/Advanced Training (Limited Access)
Israeli Tactical Knife Fighting (video is not limited access, seminar is)
Israeli Combat Shooting (video is not limited access, seminar is)
Counter-Terrorist Strategies and Techniques
Method of Training

Unlike many other systems which teach according to a belt level curriculum, adding techniques according to the rank level and seniority of the student, Haganah trains it’s practitioners in a military version/format. At its core, we have carefully picked two sets of the 18 most common street attack scenarios to work from. The first set of 18 counterattacks consists of empty hand strategies addressing unarmed assailants and the second set of 18 counterattacks consists of armed threat self-defense strategies addressing knife treats and attacks at gunpoint. Training is conducted in parallel in a three-month rotation system. This method has been proven very effective as a tool to train people quickly to be able to deploy the Haganah system in combative situations upon completing only three months of training. Our practitioners are exposed to the entire core system in that time. They have learned and trained in what would have been reserved as advance material in other more traditionally structured systems. They may then begin training in the armed self-defense components of Haganah. To support this speed of training we apply the Israeli military KAPAP/LOTAR training system to the two sets of self-defense techniques. KAPAP is the Hebrew acronym for “Face to Face Combat”, what is referred in the U.S. as “Hand to Hand Combat”. LOTAR is the Hebrew combination of two words Lochama and Terror which translate to anti-terrorism warfare. KAPAP is the teaching system in use in the Israeli military, where ordinary civilians (all Israelis serve in the military for 3 years) are turned into capable fighters ready to confront life and death engagements in a matter of months. LOTAR is the system used to teach advanced tactics to Israeli Special Forces. Haganah uses these training methods and certain tactical components of these two systems.

All techniques in the Haganah system lead practitioners to one of three points of reference (destination points) with three objective options- restraint, incapacitation, or termination. By limiting the variety of combat strategies, learning time is accelerated and depth of understanding and skill levels are increased. Our practitioners become adept at quickly reacting to attacks and if necessary improvising to achieve these few points of reference. Once achieved, our practitioners feel very confident and comfortable that, even though the engagement may not be over, it is theirs to win.

This is a very intense type of training and a full body workout that will prepare you for any situation. The headquarters for Haganah’s self defense fighting system is located in South Florida offering various locations to train.

Directory of recommended vendors South Florida Haganah:

Haganah USA – Mike Lee Kanarek – National Headquarters
954-475-2333
11850 West State Road 84, Suite A4, Davie, Florida
Mike Lee Kanarek email
X8 enjoyed the privilege of participating in Haganah USA, Mike Lee Kanarek’s cardio combat fitness class and “street situation” self defense tactical class. Mike Lee Kanarek is offering 20% discount to X8 participants! Mike Lee Kanarek is a legend in his field and the opportunity to enjoy a heart pumping “bad a** workout” and learn something from a master of his art is not to be missed! Mike Lee Kanarek and the Haganah USA crew in Davie, FL is definitely X!

ATA Black Belt Academy
239-948-86108951
Bonita Beach Road #340, Bonita Springs, Florida
atc178@fight2survive.com

Combat Concept and Fitness
954-261-9429
1102 SE 10 Street, Okeechobee, Florida
combatguard@gmail.com

Elite Martial Arts
239-248-2659
3275 Pine Ridge
senseipino@yahoo.com

Haganah USA East
954-931-1834
2030A Tigertail Blvd, Bldg 6, Dania Beach, Florida 33004
John Clarke

Jacksonville Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
904-242-9343
1475 Atlantic Blvd, Neptune Beach
jaxbjj@yahoo.com

Lauderhill Police Department
954-497-4722
5899 West Oakland Park Boulevard
pweaver@lauderhillpolice.org

Martial Arts Advantage
813-977-8800
14214 North Nebraska Avenue
maa@martialartsadvantage.com

Orange County Fitness & Sports
407-493-3333
1035 North Mills Avenue, Orlando, Florida
mthomson@shutts.com

Westchase Impact Martial Arts
813-600-5260
9652 W Linebaugh Avenue, Tampa
info@westchaseima.com

Wilton Manors Police Department
954-390-2172
524 NE 12th Street
shawnchadwick@excite.com

Acie Mitchell – Law Enforcement
305-237-1400
11380 NW 27th Avenue, Miami
aciemitchell@hotmail.com

Sports Performance Training

dsilva — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 07:01:40 +0000

Superior Edge
305 968-3734