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Boxing and pad holding courses

for boxing instructors

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Our Story

Knowledge. Commitment. Excellence.

Head Coach Denis 'Angry Ant' Giakoumelos has been involved in boxing since 1978. 
His amateur boxing career from 1978 - 1981 saw him have 9 fights, with 8 wins and 1 loss. He moved into boxing training in 1992 and has been training amateur fighters ever since.
In 1997 Denis became a boxing course instructor delivering a wide variety of courses to participants learning to become a boxing coach and pad holder. 
Denis returned to the ring to compete in amateur masters boxing between 2013 - 2018. He had 12 fights with 8 wins, 3 losses and 1 exhibition. He won the Masters ABL State Bantamweight Title, Masters ABA Australian Flyweight Title, ABA Masters Open Flyweight Title and the Masters Asia Pacific Flyweight Title.

Upcoming Boxing Courses

Boxing Practice

Course Outline

Workshop 1 – Aims and objectives, injury prevention and duty of care, and hand wrapping (60 minutes)

Workshop 2 – Correct stance and basic punches (45 minutes)

Workshop 3 – Footwork (45 minutes)

Workshop 4 – Evasion drills (60 minutes)

Workshop 5 – Pad position drills (30 minutes)

Lunch Break (30 minutes)

Workshop 6 – Intro combinations/Shadow boxing (30 minutes)

Live practical class - Basic class structure (180 minutes)

Practical Assessment (10 minutes)

Theory Assessment (20 minutes)

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