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nicknack · Joined: 27 Oct 2005

Anybody know a boxing gym in Seoul that has an English speaking instructor? If not boxing, then muay thai is fine.

Thanks in advance.

Zyzyfer · Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2005 9:51 pm Post subject:

Hey, this looks familiar. I asked something similar a while back. Didn't get much of a response.

I'm getting a Korean to help me out with the search. I managed to find a couple of boxing gyms, but it was a tedious process. When I get some results, I'll post them up here, as I want to join a boxing gym.

There is a kickboxing gym in Ahyeon, right at the station, but I don't know anything about it.

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

manlyboy · Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2005 10:41 pm Post subject:

I used to go to one down the road from Ewha Womens University. It's two blocks down from Idae subway station, across the street from the movie theater, in the basement. The trainers don't speak English, at least I think they don't, I never worked with them. But there were always a few English speaking high school students around if I needed a translator.

I'd be interested in joining up somewhere out here in Bundang if anyone knows a place.

sistersarah · Joined: 03 Jan 2004 Location: hiding out

yeah, there is a place in ahyeon. i can give directions, if you want. i take taekkyon on the floor above it. i don't know much about it, but it might be worth checking out.

don't worry about the english too much. i take taekkyon and i don't speak korean well. after a while of going, you just know what you're supposed to do....

Zyzyfer · Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 4:16 am Post subject:

Finally figured out why I couldn't find anything in a previous search. Found a couple of things.

http://www.okboxing.com/introduction/introduction3_4.asp

Something near Chongshin Uni. Station.

http://www.yescall.com/lionboxing/page02.html

Something between Ehwa and Daehung stations.

http://hw114.co.kr/corp/sub_main.php?Lclass=12&Mclass=1251&sido_no=1&gugun_no=21&sch_mode=c_firm&search_word=&x=29&y=13

Something in some mysterious area of Yongsan.

Doubt anyone speaks English at any of them, considering the fact that nothing came up in an internet search for me earlier.

gochubandit · Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 5:06 pm Post subject:

im actually about to check out some muay thai thing off of Seoul Uni exit. the english is limited but i heard you can get around after awhile. there's also team tackle which is MMA, but the english instruction is a lot better.

Zyzyfer · Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 6:53 pm Post subject:

ejmlab · Joined: 17 Feb 2005 Location: Pohang

If you're interested in competitive amateur boxing I would recommend having a Korean friend locate a local Korean Amateur Boxing Federation Gym. This will get you the proper training and in the loop for some amateur bouts. I trained at a KABF gym back in 1998 in a small town in GyeongBuk province. I'm sure they'll have tons of gyms in Seoul. The trainer likely won't speak English but 90% of what they'll be training you on is foot work and positioning as well as strength and conditioning.

Beware of the Boxercise Gyms that have sprouted up all over Korea. You'll receive no actual boxing training...They are along the lines of Tai-Bo. Good luck.

Cheers

Lizara · Joined: 14 Apr 2004 Location: Seoul

Bunnymonster would know more about this, but there's a gym near Seolleung Station that does mostly wrestling stuff but has kickboxing classes on Saturdays at 6. It might be the team tackle place that someone else mentioned; anyway, the gym is run by Choi Mu Bae if you want to look it up, and the kickboxing classes are done by a guy named Kobus from South Africa, so they're all in English.

gochubandit · Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 1:16 am Post subject:

hey i just checked out the muay thai place. small, kinda ghetto, but the guy seems pretty good. English REALLY limited, but you can also see it as an opportunity to learn Korean better/faster. plus, body language is pretty much all you need. it'll run you about 90K a month.

will check out team tackle later. more expensive, but i think it should have english speaking instructors. fill you in later on.

nicknack · Joined: 27 Oct 2005

I don't know, kigga. The language barrier was a real problem for me before. Instructors just don't bother to tell you lots of things if it's too much work. They don't want to feel silly speaking bad English also.

I had a korean instuctor years ago and after training with him I went to a gym with a British instructor who learned in Thailand. He tought me more in 3 days than I had learned in weeks.

It takes so much energy to train. I don't want to just spin my wheels.

gochubandit · Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 9:09 pm Post subject:

hey i checked em both out. i'm sticking with muay thai because it seems like they are both instructed in korean.

BJJ has an english speaking striking coach (who is pretty kick ass btw). either way, you're gonna get instruction in korean. i know there's at least 1 gyopo there who can speak english. classes run in the evening as well, which doesn't fit my schedule. and it's expensive (120K won + reg fees).

MT has classes both in the morning and evening. it's cheaper (90K + reg. fees), but if pay in bulk, they subtract 10K for every month you pay in adv (80K for 2, 70K for 3, and so on). MT instructor trained in Thailand, but i tried some conversing and it's doable. i used mostly Thai rather than Korean to get points across. dunno if there's any English speakers there. i was there when class was out.

so take your pick. if you find a boxing one that has good instruction, let me know. i'll probably sign up for MT if i or you don't find any boxing gyms that have decent english instruction. pm me if you have ?s

Zyzyfer · Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 9:22 pm Post subject:

There's two boxing places that I need to check out. I'd do it today but I'm busy. I'll check one out during the week and the other out next weekend probably, since it's clear on the other side of the city from work.