Starting stand up, need help please

[foxtrot]

Hi, I'm trying to figure out what I should take for my first stand-up martial art, I've been looking through the forums and am not sure what to try.:icon_neut I researched a couple places around here (northeast ohio) and I found Victory Asian Arts, they advertise tae kwon do, is that a good style to start with? And if anyone knows if that is a good school or not would be helpful because I can't find anything else about them. Also I'm 6'1 170 pounds, and I lift 3 days a week, I dont know if that affects anything or not lol. If anyone could suggest a style and a good place around here to train I would appreciate it alot, I have no experience with any martial arts other than wrestling. :icon_chee

 

[mschatz]

jiu-jitsu is not a stand-up style. Look for a boxing or muay thai place

 

[foxtrot]

Oops lol I didn't mean jiu-jitsu idk why I put that. I meant tae kwon do xD. I changed the first post now.:redface: But I can't find any muay thai places closer than 2 hours away which isn't really practical and no boxing places as far as I can tell at all. Thanks though.

 

[mschatz]

Oops lol I didn't mean jiu-jitsu idk why I put that. I meant tae kwon do. But I can't find any muay thai places closer than 2 hours away which isn't really practical and no boxing places as far as I can tell at all. Thanks though.

The boxing places will be in the ghetto and may or may not have a website or be in the yellow pages. See if there's a police athletic league in your city, they usually have good boxing programs.

 

[foxtrot]

Ok I'll check for a police athletic league, would that be in the phone book or like on the police station's website or something?

 

[mschatz]

Ok I'll check for a police athletic league, would that be in the phone book or like on the police station's website or something?

oldie but goodie

www.googlemotherfucker.com

no, but seriously. try a google search.

 

[foxtrot]

Umm well I'm trying to find one of those does anyone else have any other advice/reccomendations? Or is boxing probably the best place to start out?

 

[mschatz]

what city do you live in?

 

[villasenor]

boxing is your best bet

 

[foxtrot]

what city do you live in?

Canton, I can't find a police athletic league but I found a "shaolin boxing academy" about a half hour away, but I'm pretty sure thats not regular boxing.

 

[foxtrot]

boxing is your best bet

ok, thanks I'll keep looking for a place.

 

[mschatz]

Canton. That's Ohio, right? Any of these close to you?

Name
Address
City
State
Zip Code
Phone

Good Shepards
Boxing Club
933 N Howard
Akron
OH
44302-1410
330-384-0533

Kings Gym
24775 Aurora Rd.
Bedford Hts
OH
44146
440-439-5464

CASTLO
Police Athleic League
91 Bright Avenue
Campbell
OH
44405
n/a

Chillicothe-Ross County
PAL Ruffhouse Boxing
Club
1049 Columbus Ave. &
10699 Upper Twin Rd.
Chillicothe
OH
45601
740-779-3905
740-207-6745

Continental Boxing/
Tripple Crown
1 Nancy Wilson Way
Chillicothe
OH
45601
740-773-7529
740-775-5005

boxing4fitness
3460 Cardiff Ave.
Cincinnati
OH
45209
513-317-8879

Cansco Boxing
& Martial Arts
7766 Beechmont Ave
Cincinnati
OH
45255
513-474-6342
513-344-9247

Golden Glove
Boxing
10660 Reading Rd.
Cincinnati
OH
45241
513-563-8787

Millvale Police
Athletic League
(PAL)
3303 Beekman St.
Millvale Rec. Center
Cincinnati
OH
45225
-

Mt. Auburn PAL
270 Southern Ave
Mt. Auburn
Community Center
Cincinnati
OH
45219
513-841 1726
513-793 4389

Northside
Boxing Club
9651 Hamilton Ave.
Cincinnati
OH
45231
513-931-0278

Queen City
Boxing Club
1027 LIinn St.
Cincinnati
OH
45203
513-721-1018

Brighterside
Boxing
2182 East 81st
Cleveland
OH
44103
216-926-7512

Hard-Knock Boxing
4125 Fulton Road
Cleveland
OH
44144
440-888-5641
216-664-4149

Innercity-Boxing
669 E.185th
Cleveland
OH
-
216-541-4816
216-224-5056

Inner City Productions
and Management
PO Box 21485
Cleveland
OH
44121
216-224-5056
216-541-4816

Raul Torres
Academy of Boxing
3332 W. 32nd
Cleveland
OH
44102
216-355-7760

Salvation Army
Boxing Academy
600 Huff St.
Cleveland
OH
44103
216-531-9313

W.J.Edwards
669 E.185th
Cleveland
OH
44121
216-541-4816
216-224-5056

West SideBoxing Club
3256 W.25 St.
2nd Floor
(Enter the parking lot
off Meyers Avenue)
Cleveland
OH
44109
216-978-4778

Advanced Fitness
and Boxing with
Doug Owens
470 Schrock Road
Columbus
OH
43229
614-844-5658

Douglas Rec Center
(EX-Heavyweight Champ
Buster Douglas)
1250 Winsor Ave.
Columbus
OH
43211
614-645-7407

Gregory's Corner
6124 Busch Blvd.
Columbus
OH
43229
614-806-6359
614-738-1156

Ms. Barbara Jean
Thompson
P.O. Box 83532
Sawyer Receation Center
1056 Atcheson St.
Columbus
OH
43203
614-804-8572
614-645-3062

Thompson
Rec. Center
1189 Dennison Ave
Columbus
OH
43201
614-645-3082

The Porter
Training Team
2710 Maitland Ave.
Cuyahoga Falls
OH
44221
330-203-5590

Dayton Metro
Boxing Club
3998 Salem Ave.
Dayton
OH
45406
937-321-6608



Drake's Downtown
Gym
207 E. Fourth St.
Dayton
OH
45402
937-223-6193

Defiance
Athletic Club
Moving to new location...
Defiance
OH
43512
419-782-1434
419-438-6926

Claymont Boxing A.C.
335 MCrea Ave.
Dennison
OH
44621
740-922-6319
330-432-8996

Dublin Martial Arts
6255 Corporate Center Dr.
Dublin
OH
43220
614-789-9266

MLK Premier
Boxing Club
Shaw Ave.
East Cleveland
OH
44112
216-323-5841

Spears Amateur
Boxing Karate
5072 Pleasant Ave.
Fairfield
OH
45014-2518
513-863-8081

"X" Boxing
Symmes Rd.
Fairfield
OH
45014
513-673-0664

Excalibur Boxing
3249 Dixie Hwy.
Hamilton
OH
45015
513-892-7700
513-673-0664

Jerry Page Boxing
& Fitness Center
4749 Northwest Pkwy.
Hilliard
OH
43119
614-850-6160

Special Forces
752 W. Main St.
Lancaster
OH
43130
740-808-7721

A&B Boxing Gym
Salvation Army
Eighth St.
Lima
OH
45801
419-225-5397

South Side Spartans
719 S. Main St.
Lima
OH
45804
419-234-0120

Spyders
Boxing Club
429 N. Main St
Lima
OH
45801
419-234-0120

Freddy's Boxing
4th & Washington
(Masonic Temple)
Lorain
OH
44053
440 282 88134?

Z.A.C.'s Fitness
Studio Inc.
5824 South Lee Rd.
Maple Hts
OH
44137
216-518-1901

Sulky Houghton
Boxing Team
185 State Street
Enter from rear
Marion
OH
43302
740-396-2368
740-383-2698

GriffonRawl
Boxing
6090 Pinecone Dr.
Mentor
OH
44060
440-477-2846

Rusty's
BodyBoxing/
SafeBoxing
300 Deertrail Ct.
Niles
OH
44446
330-505-1525
330-550-5824

Shawnee
Boxing Club
571 Whitley Lane
Portsmouth
OH
45662
740-776-3435
740-354-8827

Steel Valley
Martial Arts
& Fitness
110 East Main St.
2nd Floor
Scio
OH
43988
740 945-1801
740 381-0820

Bullpen
Boxing Club
1401 N Detroit Ave.
Toledo
OH
43607
419-242-4176

East Side
Boxing Gym
617 Parker
Toledo
OH
43605
419-690-8969
419-932-4961

Glass City
Boxing Gym
3530 Suder Avenue
Toledo
OH
43611
419 727-4334
419 478-3962

International
Boxing Club
615 Front St.
Toledo
OH
43605
419-691-2584

Sedric's Ultimate
Boxing Gym
1205 Adams St.
Toledo
OH
43624-1510
419-242-4220

Toledo PAL
525 N Erie
Toledo
OH
43624
419-936-2943

Toledo Titans
Boxing Academy
2345 Dorr St
230 Ivanhill Dr
Toledo
OH
43607
419-810-0958

Cardio Boxing
and Training
by Kendra
214 Hoff Rd.
Suite E
Westerville
OH
43082
-

P.A.L. of
Zanesville
P.O. Box 1001
804 Pine Street
Zanesville
OH
43702-1001
740-450-8245

 

[foxtrot]

Yeah it's Ohio, the closest one there is the one in Akron, about a half hour. I'll check there first, the rest are all about an hour+ away, I live in the middle of nowhere lol.

 

[foxtrot]

Oops, double post. Thanks for all the responses though, I'm gonna be gone for an hour or two, if anyone knows anything else that might help feel free to post it. Thanks again. :]

 

[Nefron]

oldie but goodie

www.googlemotherfucker.com

no, but seriously. try a google search.

I clicked that.

 

[mschatz]

I clicked that.

LOL! Does it actually go anywhere?

 

[distorted]

I clicked that.

yeah so did i, doesn't go anywhere, woulda been funny...

 

[foxtrot]

I'm back. Lol I clicked it too I thought it was like an actual site or something.

 

[mschatz]

I clicked that.

yeah so did i, doesn't go anywhere, woulda been funny

I'm back. Lol I clicked it too I thought it was like an actual site or something

Yesssssss

*savors victory*

 

[foxtrot]

Does anyone know anything about the Shott Academy of Self Defense? It's right in canton and it says they offer kickboxing, thai boxing, boxing and like open gym training.