Butch Boxing and MMA

Butch's Boxing & MMA Gym is a family-owned and operated gym serving Bayside, Queens, since 2008. The gym teaches Boxing and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) classes for kids, teens, and adults of all ages and skill levels. The gym's Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu page describes the art as primarily ground fighting that uses leverage, joint locks, and chokeholds, and says BJJ training typically involves drilling techniques, live sparring (rolling), and conditioning exercises. Boxing sessions begin with jumping rope, shadow boxing, and calisthenics before moving into stance, footwork, guard drills, bag work, pad work, and light sparring. Youth offerings include Kids BJJ Class, Kids Boxing Class, Teen Boxing, and a Bully Proof Training curriculum that uses worksheets and role-playing to verbally defuse a bully and, if that fails, teaches children to defend themselves and physically control the bully until he or she gives up or help arrives.