6:00 am – 7:00 am
Boxing basics
Nelda Milligan · Bag room
Self-defense and boxing for women
Self-defense and boxing, taught by women
Practice stance, distance and a firm voice with pads and a partner, in English or in Spanish. Come on your own, with a friend or with your daughter.
- Classes in English and Spanish
- Beginners welcome
- Mothers and daughters
What we practice
A class with a clear order
Every class starts with a warm-up and ends with a bow. In between you work with a partner and pads, at your own pace.
Self-defense fundamentals
Stance, distance and a firm voice, then strikes on pads and how to release a wrist grab. Each class has a clear order, so you always know what is coming next.
Stance and distance
Voice and boundaries
Pad strikes
Boxing basics
Jab, cross, hook and footwork on the bag and mitts. Light-contact partner rounds come when you are ready, and not before.
Bag and mitt work
Footwork
Light-contact rounds
Mothers and daughters
Daughters 11 and up train beside their mother in a class of their own: the same drills, at a pace the two of you set.
Tuesday evening and Saturday morning
Partners, side by side
Everyone leaves together
The week at Rei
Self-defense, boxing and a mothers-and-daughters class, in English and in Spanish.
Fall session
Showing 7 of 7
Monday
12:15 pm – 1:00 pm
Lunch-hour fundamentals
Self-defense · Oralia Durazo · Main mat
Thursday
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Self-defense fundamentals, in Spanish
Oralia Durazo · Main mat
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Sample classes.
Classes of up to 14 women, and up to 10 pairs in mothers and daughters. Times change by term; the trial page has this week's.
Mothers and daughters
A class to share with your daughter
Daughters 11 and up train beside their mother the whole time. You practice the same stance, voice and pad work, partnered with each other, and every pair goes at its own pace.
Tuesday evening and Saturday morning
Daughters 11 and up, with her mother
Taught by Julisa, in English or Spanish
Workshops and series
Short series for a first try, for mothers and daughters, or for a fresh start with boxing.
Fall and winter
- Four weeks in SeptemberOpen
Four-week introduction
Stance, distance, a firm voice and one release from a grab.
A series for anyone who has never trained. Each week builds on the last, and every drill is with a partner you choose.
- Women 16 and up
- Saturdays, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
- Four Saturdays in OctoberOpen
Mothers and daughters series
The same drills, side by side, at a pace the two of you set.
Daughters train beside their mother the whole time and leave with her. A good way in if your daughter would like to try before joining a weekly class.
- Daughters 11 and up
- Saturdays, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
- Six weeks in NovemberOpen
Boxing for beginners
Footwork, jab, cross and hook on the bag and mitts.
No sparring and no experience needed. You learn the basic punches and how to move, one step at a time.
- Women 16 and up
- Saturdays, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Sample sessions.
Dates and hours can change; the trial page has the latest.
Your instructors
Three instructors, all women
They teach the whole week between them, in English and in Spanish.
Julisa Gonzales
Owner and head instructor
Julisa started Rei to teach the class she wanted when she began: women together, on pads, with time for questions. She leads the mothers-and-daughters class and teaches the Saturday fundamentals class in Spanish. Speaks Spanish and English.
Nelda Milligan
Boxing instructor
Nelda teaches boxing basics and pad work. She builds each class from the feet up and checks in with every pair before contact starts. Speaks English.
Oralia Durazo
Instructor
Oralia teaches the lunch-hour and Monday evening fundamentals classes in English, and the Thursday evening class in Spanish. She is known for her patience with a first class. Speaks Spanish and English.
What students say
4.8
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“The first class was easy to follow. Everyone worked at their own speed, and the coach checked in before each drill.”
Melisa A.“My daughter and I come on Saturdays. It is the one hour of the week we practice something together.”
Ixchel R.“I liked being able to ask my questions in Spanish. Nobody rushes you here.”
Jesenia T.
Sample reviews.
Ask us about a first class
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