I am a huge fan of Total Performance Sports (http://www.totalperformancesports.com) (and even though I linked, you should probably ignore their website. It sucks, but it's under total reconstruction right now, so they're not fixing the parts that suck in the old site). If you like (and message me with your e-mail), I can send you a coupon for a free week.
It is not a martial arts studio, it's a gym. But at said gym, Muay Thai is offered twice a week, taught by an awesome and gentle instructor named Heather. She's tiny and soft spoken but could also clearly kill you with her brain. As a bonus, you'd also have access to the weights, powerlifting equipment, etc. There are other classes as well, but this gym is unspeakably awesome and deeply geared towards making people strong and powerful.
It's still in process (in my opinion) of recovering from the "only men want strength training" forms of sexism, but it's doing pretty darn well, and the kettlebells classes are often more than half women.
The membership pricing structure is awkward, but boils down to how much you're willing to commit to. If you want no committment, a month membership is something like $59. But on the opposite end of the scale, if you're willing to pay a year in advance, the price comes down to $24/mo. So if *all* you do is Muay Thai, that's about 8 classes for $24 or $3/class. (Even if you *don't* commit, $59/mo= less than $8/class!) There are also usually informal classes on the weekend.
I see you don't have a car, and while Everett is not on the Subway T, it's very bus-able. It's just a short ride from Sullivan Square.
Another thing to know is that TPS is NOT bougie (like so many places increasingly are). The class times are geared towards people who work during the day, and the whole place is very multi-racial, multi-ethnic, and more-or-less working class and no nonsense. That said, I've had more people be nice, helpful, and outgoingly supportive there than in any gym I've ever been to. Actually, the people have been more nice and welcoming than in any *church* I've ever gone too!
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Date: 2010-03-09 04:11 pm (UTC)It is not a martial arts studio, it's a gym. But at said gym, Muay Thai is offered twice a week, taught by an awesome and gentle instructor named Heather. She's tiny and soft spoken but could also clearly kill you with her brain. As a bonus, you'd also have access to the weights, powerlifting equipment, etc. There are other classes as well, but this gym is unspeakably awesome and deeply geared towards making people strong and powerful.
It's still in process (in my opinion) of recovering from the "only men want strength training" forms of sexism, but it's doing pretty darn well, and the kettlebells classes are often more than half women.
The membership pricing structure is awkward, but boils down to how much you're willing to commit to. If you want no committment, a month membership is something like $59. But on the opposite end of the scale, if you're willing to pay a year in advance, the price comes down to $24/mo. So if *all* you do is Muay Thai, that's about 8 classes for $24 or $3/class. (Even if you *don't* commit, $59/mo= less than $8/class!) There are also usually informal classes on the weekend.
I see you don't have a car, and while Everett is not on the Subway T, it's very bus-able. It's just a short ride from Sullivan Square.
Another thing to know is that TPS is NOT bougie (like so many places increasingly are). The class times are geared towards people who work during the day, and the whole place is very multi-racial, multi-ethnic, and more-or-less working class and no nonsense. That said, I've had more people be nice, helpful, and outgoingly supportive there than in any gym I've ever been to. Actually, the people have been more nice and welcoming than in any *church* I've ever gone too!