AATees

For a serious response: Boxing is a great work-out and can be a lot of fun. I boxed in high school and a bit in college. The prep work is second to none, and 3 minutes is a very long time when you can't relax at all since someone else is trying to hand you your head.

Be sure to only spare using head gear and 16-ounce gloves. Also, learn to wrap/tape your hands very well. Being dazed and confused is only cute if you're rich, and injuring your hand (especially in the days of keyboards) is painful and a slow recovery.

I have no referrals in DFW, but the YMCA-Townlake in Austin and the Lubbock Warriors in Lubbock, TX were good clubs in the '80s. I now fight with swords! "Sabre = Physical Chess".

Regards,

Al

DFWs2k

much obliged, Al

oyitzpreston

theres a gym in arlington called the Gym alot of amateur UFC fighters train there

00S2Ked

muay thai ftfw http://www.saekson.com/home.html

s2ksleepy

holy crap someone mentioned lubbock!

AATees

In the '80s, the Lubbock Warriors were a premier golden gloves club. One of the members of my fraternity at Texas Tech was their light-heavyweight champion. He was also our frat-team coach. I fought Super-middleweight then (up from my welterweight days in HS). "Flash" used to take us over to the Warriors to teach us some humility; frat boys against guys who dropped out of high school to pursue boxing as a career. It was a slaughter-fest, leaving frat-boys battered and bruised. I thought I was fast. Thought I was strong. WRONG! We did win the inter-fraternity championship, but always knew who the studs really were.

Regards,

Al "too big a nose to be a good fighter for long"