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17/12/2008Frazzled financial types find relief at Frankfurt fight club

With the economy tanking, some find an outlet in packing a punch.

With Germany's economy hitting the wall, Frankfurt professionals have plenty to worry about these days, so some put their minds to rest by pulling on gloves and slamming sandbags, or each other.
"They need a complete change of pace," Oliver Wolf of the Executive Sports Club told AFP as clients whacked the bags and padded mitts held by partners under the guidance of a second trainer, former US soldier Orleans Dawkins, 51.
"They are very hard on themselves," Wolf, 37, said with a note of respect for his high-earning protégés. "They have strong characters and they are always looking to push their limits."
 
The clean, brightly lit club is a short jog from the towers of Germany's financial center and sits just above the Petrescu sports center and its sweat-stained ring where boxing legends Max Schmeling, Joe Louis, Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Robinson trained for bouts.

Equity brokers Ines and Marisa, who preferred not to give their full names or identify the bank they worked for, dropped aerobics at a traditional gym in exchange for a kickboxing workout here.
"You come to clear your head" by putting your body though its paces, Ines said.
"It was a hard day, and it won't get easier" at the boxing club, Marisa joked.
Both felt kickboxing beat sharing running machines with investment bankers while they talked shop. "And you have to watch n-tv there," Ines added, referring to the
German all-news television channel which has offered blanket coverage of the market meltdown.
That said, Ollie Wolf, who has a good feel for people, gets to know his clients' specialties and pairs them up if he thinks they could both benefit, even hosting networking parties on occasion.
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