Joey had a great first boxing session yesterday.  We chose Shraim's club in Bridgewater, about 30 mins from here.  Run by Ahmed, a Palestinian whose been in the US about 12 years.  In a strip mall, club is tidy and well-run.  Ahmed is a nice bloke and great with the kids. http://www.shraimsboxing.com/

Joey has been excited about doing boxing for some time and we felt it would be good for him - not a bad idea for all kids to be able to look after themselves, especially when they are small with a big mouth, like Joey!  We also felt it would help his discipline, concentration etc.

The session lasted and hour and was a great success.  Ahmed first looked to see what Joey's fitness and strength was like and Joey did all that was necessary and was quite impressive.  His coordination, which has not been good in the past, has much improved and he was able to do well in the jump-rope session and in doing other exercises.

Then we put on the gloves, which I have to say look rather enormous on Joey!  Surprisingly, Joey has quite large hands compared to the rest of him (his Grandma had already commented on that, suggesting that Joey should try the piano!).  Ahmed took him through the basics - keeping up the guard, basic foot movements and then the jab and cross.  Joey listened, focussed and did really well.  He thoroughly enjoyed it and was nicely tired at the end!