Description
Total K.O.'s 'Youth Program' is offered through Total K.O. Boxing Club, a newly incorporated 501(c)3 in Fort Worth. It is designed to build self-esteem, confidence and healthy choices through non-contact boxing training. Young ladies, aged 8-18, will also benefit academically with the assistance of tutors and practice leadership by becoming a "coach in training."
Background:
Total K.O. opened next to the FWISD administrative building in January of 2017 with the Pro-Bono assistance from Kelly Hart & Hallman, LLP through a veteran assistance organization called Texas Lawyers for Texas Veterans. Then, Total K.O. launched its core "Total Knockouts" non-contact boxing program in May; becoming Texas' first, and only "all-girls & women’s" nonprofit boxing club.
Program Description:
That year, in November, Total K.O. Boxing Club secured grant funding from United Way of Tarrant County. A "Social Innovation" grant to launch its first, Spring-Youth Program; a pilot, after-school health & education initiative that will seek out, identify, and encourage 20 of Tarrant County’s most at-risk youth--ranging from elementary to high-school--to get up, get moving, and get physically active. Specifically, those at-risk of obesity, failing grades, fighting, gang involvement, pregnancy, in addition to those dealing with bullying.
