Boxing Classes for Beginners Near Blackfen
Boxing Classes for Beginners Near Blackfen
Blackfen is a quiet residential suburb and a good place to live, but the range of available activities is not especially wide. If you want to try boxing for the first time, the practical question is where to go.
Honour and Glory in Kidbrooke is 14 minutes from Blackfen and runs sessions that are genuinely built around people who are starting from scratch.
What Beginners Actually Experience
The first few sessions at Honour and Glory introduce the basics: the correct stance, how to hold your guard, how to move, and the fundamental punches. The coach explains why each movement is done the way it is, not just what to do. Understanding the reason behind a technique makes it considerably easier to execute correctly.

You will not be thrown into a high-intensity group session and expected to keep up. The coaching adapts to where you are.
By the end of your first month you will have a working knowledge of the basic punches and combinations, a sense of footwork and distance, and noticeably improved fitness.
Good Schools, Active Families
Blackfen is known for its good schools and family-oriented community. Parents who bring children to Honour and Glory for the junior sessions often decide to train themselves. The adult evening sessions run Monday, Wednesday and Friday, so attending on a different night from your children is straightforward.
No Equipment Required Initially
Gloves and wraps are available for trial sessions. Once you are training regularly, having your own equipment is better, but for the first few sessions you do not need to invest in anything upfront.
Sessions cost £10 each. No joining fee, no contract. Full schedule on the recreational adults class page.
From Blackfen to Kidbrooke
122 Broad Walk, Kidbrooke, SE3 8ND. Head north from Blackfen Road through Welling. Free parking on site. The 132 bus also serves the area if needed.
See the Blackfen area page for full directions.
Claim your free trial session and find out what beginner boxing training actually involves.
For a broader overview of routes into the club, see our boxing classes near me guide.
Got a younger one? Our kids boxing classes run ages 7-16 - Junior Recreational Mon/Wed/Fri 5-6pm and Junior Competitive (10-16) Mon/Wed/Fri 6-7:30pm. First session free.
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Honour and Glory Boxing Club
Honour and Glory is a boxing club in Kidbrooke, SE3, based at 122 Broad Walk. The club runs structured group classes for adults and children from age 7, with no joining fee and no contract.
Head coach Anton Pattenden holds a British Boxing Board of Control trainer licence. Free trials apply to scheduled group classes; personal training is arranged separately by enquiry.
Address
122 Broad Walk, Kidbrooke, London SE3 8ND
Classes
Women's, Mixed Adults, Junior Recreational, Junior Competitive
First session
Free. Book a trial so Anton knows you are coming.
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