Inside Kensington’s newest centre of excellence for boxing and combat: Boxcentric
Launching this June, BoxCentric is Knightsbridge’s first centre of excellence for boxing, Brazilian Ju Jitsu and Muay Thai. Tucked away in within one of London’s most salubrious neighbourhoods, Egerton Gardens Mews, our state-of-the-art members’ wellness club offers world class strength and conditioning coaches, championship boxing trainers, expert nutritionists and exceptional life coaches.
LEGENDS LIVE HERE
Our mission is to serve as London’s most prestigious boxing and martial arts consortium, taking a holistic approach to wellness and mindfulness. Our collective of in-house experts, all of whom were integral to the process of creating our unique fitness and wellness offering, comprises such sporting and health luminaries as:
John Conteh MBE – British former world boxing champion
Cathy Brown – Former English and European boxing champion
Rick Miller – Principal clinical and sports dietician
Dr Sara McIntyre BA, M.Phil – Highly skilled performance and mindset coach
WORLD CLASS EQUIPMENT
Our club centerpiece – a custom made 16ft boxing ring – provides the purest boxing experience that you would obtain as a professional boxer. Our carefully curated programme of boxing and combat classes includes Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Muay Thai and the classic noble art of boxing for both children and adults, creating a respectful, powerful community.
EXPERT COMABT DISCIPLINES
MUAY THAI
We offer expert Muay Thai combat classes from Thailand that use stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. It’s referred to as the ‘art of eight limbs’ as you use your fists, elbows, knees and shins to form one of the most effective and powerful martial arts in the world.
BRAZILIAN JIU JITSU
We also offer this world-renowned martial art that combines grappling moves as well as takedowns, throws, joint locks and choke holds with the aim of subduing and controlling the opponent. The focus on the use of leverage means that technique is favoured over strength, which has led to Brazilian Jiu Jitsu sometimes being referred to as ‘Human Chess’.
FAMILY FOCUSSED
Our aim at Boxcentric is to grow resilient, respectful and powerful communities – and this includes the next generation! We offer Boxing/Muay Thai/BJJ classes every Saturday for kids that are non-contact and focused on developing skills in a fun and friendly environment. Witness your child gain hand/eye coordination, self-esteem, discipline, and team ethics. Suitable for children from 5 up to 15.
INNOVATION AT OUR CORE
Innovative technology informs our class concepts with both VR and AR classes available, meaning that members can enjoy unique boxing and meditation experiences for the first time ever in a UK fitness club.
Cathy Brown, former professional boxer and CEO comments “We wanted BoxCentric to truly be the epicenter for world class experiences in combat. The mental and physical health of our community has never been more important. We want to offer a centre of excellence that provides unparalleled coaching experiences driven by legendary talent. Our aim is to build an elite, resilient community with movement, respect, skill and health at its core. Every element of our studio has been painstakingly and passionately crafted, built, selected and honed, and we are proud to offer a wellness ecosystem unlike any other. Members will experience a truly personalised approach to their needs and desires in terms of both mental and physical strength, in a premium, safe and welcoming space. We can’t wait to welcome you all!”
Upon joining, each member is given a completely personalised, concierge-style approach to their fitness objectives beginning with an innovative body scan, a complimentary MYZONE heart rate monitor*, a full InBody 770 health assessment, a life coaching consultation, a functional movement screening and a personalized DNA nutrition package.
PIONEERING NUTRITION
The club has an in-house nutrition and coffee bar, offering both members and the general public a selection of fortifying blended protein shakes made in house, fair trade premium performance coffee from Amunra, nutritionally dense Fresh Fitness Food boxes and personalised DNA based nutrition. All of our refreshment partners are carefully selected with ethics, sustainability, optimum performance and recovery in mind.
PHILANTHROPIC CULTURE
The art of combat and complete physical and mental resilience is in our soul, and charity also has an important place in the heart of our club. We are proud founders of the registered charity Head Guard, which seeks to assist and practically support women and children across the globe affected by trauma, to become self-sufficient. Our last mission was to Iraq to assist girls and women who suffered atrocities at the hands of ISIS. We visited in 2019, staying with the affected women to teach them boxing, and training some to become boxing trainers themselves. This year, we are visiting Nepal to empower children who have been used for trafficking.
BoxCentric is the living, breathing heart of the Head Guard charity, with a voluntary discretionary donation of monthly membership fees going towards the charity itself. Members will be invited to esteemed fundraising events throughout the course of the year, to raise contributions for the life-changing projects the charity executes with disenfranchised communities across the world.