Before self-defense courses, punching bags would sit for months without feeling the warm caress of a clenched human fist. Today's Groupon arms arms against assailants: for $21, you get 21 days of unlimited kickboxing fitness classes at Rondeau's Kickboxing (a $246 value). This Groupon can be redeemed at any of the three Rondeau's Kickboxing locations—in Johnston, Woonsocket, or West Warwick—and is good for Fitness Kickboxing, Group Personal Training, and Push It! classes.

Rondeau's Kickboxing is an all-women's gym focused on using boxing, kickboxing, and martial-arts equipment to improve fitness and provide self-defense skills. In Fitness Kickboxing, real kickboxing and boxing moves pave the way to awaken latent muscle groups and destroy stubborn fat enclaves. Push It! class is a variety pack of exercises that incorporates weights and cardio into a kicking and punching routine. An experienced instructor—such as Heidi, who has lost 75 pounds herself—will motivate self-defense-hungry people in treadmill sessions and free weightathons during Group Personal Training.

All classes are open to any skill level, and the certified instructors will guide each fist or deadly big toe through every exercise. Rondeau's Kickboxing also uses fitness for communal good, raising money with events like last month's Kick-Box-Athon, benefiting the Rhode Island Food Bank.

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Reviews

Rondeau's Kickboxing was applauded by the Johnston Sun Rise after one of its students fought off an attacker using skills taught during class:

• On the day of the attack, Fierlit’s instructor covered how to defend yourself using your elbows. Looking back, Fierlit believes that could’ve saved her life. “We had just thrown elbows here, so I hit him in the ribs,” she recalled of the incident…Losing weight is a common motivation for Rondeau’s clients, but she said Fierlit is now a poster child for why women should be concerned with more than a work out. – Meg Fraser, Johnston Sun Rise