Danielle Osei

I box because it is the only training I have found that occupies the whole mind. You cannot ruminate and slip a punch at the same time, and for a lot of my clients that hour is the only genuinely quiet part of the week. I coach technique first. Nobody hits anything hard in their first month, because power without mechanics is how shoulders and wrists get hurt. We build the stance, the guard, the footwork, and the discipline of returning your hands, and the conditioning comes as a by-product. I work with complete beginners far more than with fighters. If you have never thrown a punch and feel faintly ridiculous about the idea, you are exactly who these sessions are for.