I started kickboxing on Long Island back in 1999 and have kickboxed my way through countless personal and professional adversity, undergraduate and graduate study in psychotherapies, and continual and ongoing immersion into self-defense study. Since 1999, and for the previous 14 years, I have kickboxed, in and out of, countless private and public gyms, Dojo’s, and professional training schools across Long Island, Tucson, and stretching throughout Los Angeles. I have remained at The Karate Academy of Bethpage (www/ilovekickboxing.com), not only for the longest amount of time at any formal place of instruction, but have done so as a direct result of the level of professionalism and knowledge shown by the instructors, mission of the school (i.e., honesty, integrity, character), and amount of positive energy created in each class. From my first day of kickboxing at the school, and with 12 years of kickboxing under my belt, I was treated with dignity, respect, and extended courtesies that were not granted to me at other schools. For example, the instructors were never rude (they never told me how my body should be feeling when obviously I am an expert on that and know and understand what it is capable of doing and not doing), never entered my personal space unless I agreed it was ok, and communicated with me on a variety of levels both verbally and non-verbally. Having all of those accommodations, I have found to be rare, amongst even my top three favorite places to kickbox in the country! I would not hesitate for even a split-second to extend an extremely high and awesome recommendation to The Karate Academy of Bethpage (www.ilovekickboxing.com) and every instructor working there as they have done nothing but positively influence any kickboxing routine or technique I have learned throughout my journey.
