Courses Terms and Conditions

Intro

Boxercise is an exercise concept based on the training methods used by boxers. Session’s typically involve hitting focus pads, but no class involves hitting an opponent. It is a fun, challenging and safe workout which is great for stress busting, accessible to all ages and fitness levels. As Specialists in this field we run courses to train and support fitness professionals and sports coaches to adapt the age-old art of boxing to deliver a safe, fun, and inclusive form of exercise and padwork coaching. We have been trading since 1993. Boxercise is a Registered Trademark and World Recognised Brand Name.

Existing training courses Incorporate: The Boxercise Instructor Training Course, Boxercise Advanced skills course, Kick Boxercise course, Kids Boxercise Course. The Boxercise Instructor Training course is the foundation course that must be completed before any other and to access this course attendees must meet certain pre-requisite qualifications (see website). The Boxercise Instructor training course can be taken by attending a Face to Face or Zoom training 8 hr intensive training course or Online distance learning (30 Day time limit).

Boxercise® – Trademark Legalities and Instructor Responsibilities

Boxercise is a registered trademark and Boxercise Corporation holds the Boxercise trademark for the UK, Europe, China, Taiwan, and United States of America in addition to having licensees in other countries that run our Boxercise Instructor Training courses.

Use of the name Boxercise to describe any fitness activity or product can only be granted by ourselves. Any instructor teaching an activity called Boxercise, or anything similar sounding, must be registered with Boxercise to do so. Breach of these trademarks will result in prosecution. Members of the public can check an instructor’s right to use the name Boxercise and that they are qualified, by selecting ‘Search for Qualified Instructors’ on www.boxercise.co.uk. The Boxercise qualification is recognised worldwide and is regarded as the world’s number one boxing fitness qualification.

By purchasing and completing a Boxercise course, attendees confirm and understand:

They may not teach anyone else to teach this exercise concept whether they call it Boxercise or any similar name
Only Registered Boxercise Instructor can stand in for my class / training session and call it Boxercise.
I will not share any course material, pre or post course resources in any format at any time.
I understand that it is my responsibility to pay my annual registration fee to Boxercise to remain registered as a Boxercise Instructor and may only use the name Boxercise if I practise safely and remain registered.
I will not set up in competition with Boxercise nor teach ANY similarly Boxing or Martial Arts Based concept via an instructor training course to other person.

Breach of any regulations contravenes Statutory Trademark Rights owned by Boxercise and renders me liable for prosecution. Boxercise will vigorously protect its intellectual property rights.

Payment

Payment is due at the time of booking. Most payments are made through our website Boxercise.co.uk and then head office receives notification of payment and attendees’ details.

Telephone bookings are also processed at head office through sage pay. If you wish to pay by credit card, we accept Visa, MasterCard, and debit cards such as Switch and Delta. We do not accept American Express, Laser and Visa Electron. You will receive a transaction confirmation summary when booking via the website and telephone bookings

Cheques and postal orders should be made payable to Boxercise. If you wish to pay by cheque you may firstly use the website to prepare your order, calculate charges then print and attach a cheque.

If you are not paying by any of these means but by purchase order, please contact head office to discuss requirements.

Contract

Contract is entered into once we receive your booking and take payment at head office. In the unlikely event that your order does not reach us either by post, fax, email or internet irrespective of whether an automated internet response has been received by your computer we will not be responsible for that order reaching us as this is out of our control.

Once payment has been taken your booking confirmation will be emailed to you within 3 working days. If you have booked your course on the web the day before the course, please contact us to ensure we have received the booking.

Information Provided

You confirm the information you have provided on you booking is true and correct at the time of the booking and should we discover this information is incorrect we can terminate you booking and registration at any time. You agree to keep us updated with any change of information.

Health and Fitness

By purchasing a Boxercise Instructor training course, you are confirming at the time of booking you are fit to attend and take part in an intensive day’s fitness training or the online distance learning course. If you are unsure of your health and fitness please consult your medical practitioner prior to booking on and attending a course. If you have any existing injury but still decide to attend the face to face or Zoom course please inform the instructor if possible prior to the course or if not on the day of the course and we will try to help, advise and adapt the course where possible but we are not medical practitioners so cannot diagnose or prescribe and you may need ask you to sign a waiver or to re-book for a later date.

If you have any disability or physical limitation and require details about our course / access requirements, please contact us and we can advise. If you purchase the online course, please contact head office prior to commencing so we can offer advice regarding adaptations. We have lots of experience so can help.

Photography / Videoing

NO Video recording on the training courses is allowed other than by us on prior agreement. Any breach of this is a breach of our trademark requirements and others confidentiality/ privacy who are taking part.

Finance

Prices are correct at the time of going to print. Boxercise, however, reserves the right to change its prices at any time. For any queries contact head office: 0116 240906 / admin@boxercise.co.uk

Boxercise Corporation: VAT Registration Number 739 4561 03. / Company Director – Andy Wake

Course Cancellation

To avoid confusion, you must confirm your wish to cancel a course in writing within 7 working days of making your booking. In the event that your booking for your course is made less than 7 working days before the course start date, you may not cancel within this period.

If you have difficulty attending a course especially with short notice, please ring head office to discuss so that we can try help you. On the day of the course there is an emergency dial option to use when you ring head office.

Refunds

Upon receipt of Course Confirmation you have 7 working days to cancel your booking and receive a refund. After this period no refunds are provided as your place could be taken by another student and the company loses those places permanently.

Transfers

If you are unable to attend a course we require notification of 7 days min leading up to the course. With 7 + days notification we will transfer you onto another course free of charge . If you originally booked onto a face to face course we can not guarantee we would be able to transfer you for free onto another face to face course but we will be able to transfer you for free onto a Zoom or distance learning course. Unless there are mitigating circumstance, we can only allow you free transfer onto another face to face course once.

If you are unwell or in an area of Covid 19 lock down and need to transfer within 7 days of the course because of government restrictions creating short notice, we will transfer you for free onto another course for free but cannot guaranteed it will be in the same learning format. We may ask for a Doctors note in some circumstance. If the Government sets strict Covid restrictions in a certain area or nationally and we are not able to run a face to face courses where possible we will transfer you to another face to face course when restrictions are lifted but if this is not possible we will transfer you to a Zoom or Distance Learning Course. We will not be offering refunds as there a many different learning format options to be able to become qualified.

Please contact head office as soon as possible if you don’t think you can attend a course and we will help. Earlier notification that you can not attend a course is extremely beneficial for us and venue / instructor ratio planning. Without notification we loose revenue and still pay out venue hire.

Course Fails and Transfers

Each Boxercise course incorporates an assessment that must be passed for the attendee to be granted the course qualification. Should the assessment not be passed the attendee can re-take the course up to 3 times for free. We have the right to suggest you try a different course learning format if we think it will benefit you. There are no refunds for those that have failed the course.

Annual License Fee / Registration Policy

As a company Boxercise requires everyone who has completed and passed the Boxercise course to pay an annual licence fee of £40. This enables us to maintain a register of all the Boxercise instructors and to maintain and protect the trademark Boxercise. The annual licence fee also entitles Boxercise registered instructors to the following services:

to be on the list of registered Boxercise instructors on our website thus enabling the public to ensure their instructor has been taught by a recognised body
to advertise their services on our website
to receive reduced rates on Boxercise equipment
to attend a free refresher course once per year should they wish for each qualification they hold - this helps maintain continuing standards of professionalism
to receive telephone advice through head office
to receive email newsletters
A Certificate / Online Manual / Post course Videos.
Access to the instructor portal for course promotional material and Kids Boxercise Awards.
Renewal pdf certificate as long registration maintained.
Access to the instructor only facebook group for ongoing support.

Boxercise will not register Instructors or send out certificates on completion of the course if license fee payment is not made.

Registration Fee Payment:

It is the responsibility of each Boxercise Instructor to ensure that their annual license fee is paid annually.

Standing order forms will be sent out with booking confirmations for the Boxercise face to face course and first payment is usually requested the month after you have completed and passed the course.

Boxercise Course bookings via Zoom and online distance learning will receive a PayPal subscription link for registration fee payment for the coming year. This subscription is a rolling annual payment.

In the future when no longer teaching it is the responsibility of the instructor to cancel their own standing order or PayPal re-occurring payment with their bank/ PayPal account.

If company’s wish to pay for their employees’ registration we can invoice them on receipt of an official purchase order or take credit card payment.

Boxercise will not register Instructors or send out certificates on completion of the course if license fee payment is not made.

ZOOM LIVE and INTERACTIVE TERMS AND CONDITIONS

By purchasing a Zoom online live and interactive training course you understand that you will be taking part in a full day’s Boxercise fitness training course that will be hosted via the platform Zoom.

All our Zoom Interactive / Live online training courses will follow the main course structure as the face to face training courses. On most of the Zoom training courses (not kick) you will also need to pair up with another person for part of the course (please see details below).

We will send you full confirmation details within 3 working days please read these terms.

Registered Boxercise instructors that have passed a Zoom course can still book onto a face to face course free of charge.

Zoom Course Resource Requirements

Require a Set of Gloves/ Bag Mitts and Set Focus Pads
Clear/ Safe Environment in which to take part in the course
Meet Technical Requirements
On some courses you will be required to pair up with another person so that we can observe your padwork and coaching skill (See Details on Individual Confirmations below)

Zoom Course Technical Requirements

You require an internet device such as a tablet, laptop with camera and mic or smartphone. You will need to be in a place with a good broadband Wi-Fi connection. WE DO NOT RECOMMEND USING YOUR PHONE AS TOO SMALL A SCREEN TO VIEW WHEN BEING ACTIVE.

We use Zoom meetings to run our online sessions. This is free to use and runs on most computers and devices.

Zoom Setup Advise

For the instructor to be able to see during the course, you will need to stand at least 2.5metres from the device. Make sure you have plenty of space around you and your paired partner. When Zoom starts you will be able to see yourself and can ensure the correct positioning and ensure the correct height and distance. We will need to see a full view of your body. There will be 15min available for people to set up before the actual start time.

Room setup example using Tablet and Stand:

Zoom and Online Distance Learning - Partner Requirements to Assist you on Course

For some of our Live / Interactive Zoom Training Courses on online distance learning course you will be required to have a partner to assist you whilst training. You will be required to pair up with some else during the Zoom courses so that we can observe you demonstrating the coaching techniques you have learnt and also practise some of the punching and pad work skills you have gained. This individual does not need to have a fitness qualification as you do but they do need to be fit and Healthy to take part. This will be your responsibility to ensure they are fit to take part and to conduct any appropriate PARQ screening.

Unless you are partnering up with another person that has also paid for the Instructor Training course the person assisting you does not have any rights on becoming a Boxercise Instructor and will not be assessed themselves.

The person you choose to pair up with we would advise being a responsible Adult that has the time to assist you for the length of time required. They will be asked also to hold the focus pads for you and to also throw some punches. You don’t need to be hitting hard as it is the technique that we will be assessing rather than power.

Boxercise Instructor Training Course – Via Zoom

You will require a partner to pair up with you from 1pm-5pm

Kick Boxercise Course – Via Zoom

You do not need to pair up with another person

Advanced skills course – Via Zoom

You will require a partner to pair up with for the whole days course and they will need to be competent with the main punches and 8 number system before accessing the course, they don’t need to be a Boxercise Instructor or fitness instructor but they do need to be safe and competent. (See Below for more details)

Boxercise Instructor Course Online Distance Learning

From Section 3 onwards you will require a person to assist you practising your skills in your own time. They will be needed for you to complete the second practical assessment.

Zoom Technical Difficulties Policy / Transfers

If for some reason the Zoom training on the day of the course is interrupted significantly by head offices Wi-Fi / Power Cut we will transfer you onto another date as soon as possible and should you not be able to attend another course online of face to face we will be able to offer you a refund.

If during the course we note you have technical problems we will be able to transfer you as long as there is space on the next date you wish to attend or suggest you book onto a Boxercise live training course. Any other reason for transferring please see cancellation policy

Boxercise Online Distance Learning Courses

Boxercise Corporation has 2 online distance learning courses which enable course attendees to work through a training course in their own time. On purchasing one of these online distance learning courses within 3 working days you will be emailed log in details to the applicable website. Once you have logged onto the website you will be deemed to have started the course and can work through the video tutorials and assessment. If, however you book the Boxercise and Kids Boxercise course as a 2 course deal you will not receive the kids’ online course until you have passed the Boxercise course

The Boxercise Instructor Training Course Online Distance.

The Boxercise Instructor distance learning course enable instructors to learning at their own pace. 6 hrs of Video Tutorials and 5.5hr of practice. Easy step by step guide. Attendees are required to practise punching and pad work skills consistently throughout the course. Assessments on the distance learning course incorporate multiple choice and 2 practical assessments. Attendees are required to send video homework footage for the practical assessments and for one of the video assessments will need a person to partner up with ( see above for details on partner requirements) . A set of focus pads and Sparring Gloves or Bag mitts is required for the course.

The course is in English.

Time Period for Completion of this online Courses.

Boxercise instructor Course 30 days from logging onto the course website.

On passing the course you will not have ongoing access to the online distance learning course website

The Kids Boxercise course online,

Is a 4-module based distance learning course with video tutorials and time limited theory assessment. There is not a time limit for completing this course and the kids course website resources can be accessed as long as you remain a registered instructor. This Kids course online is also available as a resource for people that have passed the face to face training course.

Privacy Details

For details regarding the website privacy policy please click here https://www.boxercise.co.uk/privacy-policy

In- addition to the above privacy policy after we have received a course booking and for longer term management of Instructors 3 databases are used by Boxercise Head Office for Boxercise purposes only.

The databases programs used are:

KEAP – Auto responder programme for confirmation details /newsletter / post course resources emails. Secure password to access.

Act – Main database for instructor personal details and record of course attendance and scores. Secure password to access.

Website – To hold the record of up to date registered instructors that the public can then search for. Boxercise instructor resources are held on the instructor portal of the website. Instructors have their own private login details for the instructor portal and can choose what input is displayed to the public.

WordPress Online Distance learning – For instructors that book on to a distance learning course Name and Email details are inputted onto the applicable WordPress website to enable the instructor’s access password to be sent.