The Team FVGC Striking program is designed to cater to people of all different experience levels. Strking practices consist of conditioning, footwork drills, heavy bag work, and focus mitt drills. Sparring and other more advanced drills are optional and up to the discretion of the student. Team FVGC Striking classes are mix of Western Boxing and Muay Thai Kickboxing.

Required gear includes shorts, a t-shirt, mouth guard, hand wraps, gloves, jump rope and athletic supporter. Optional gear includes boxing shoes and headgear.

Definitions:
Boxing is a combat sport in which two participants of similar weight fight each other with their fists. Boxing today is conducted in a regulated way, typically in a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds. Victory is achieved if the opponent is knocked down and unable to get up before the referee counts to ten seconds (a knockout, or KO) or if the opponent is deemed too injured to continue (a technical knockout, or TKO). If there is no stoppage of the fight before an agreed number of rounds, a winner is determined either by the referee's decision or by judges' scorecards.

Muay Thai has a long history in Thailand and is the country's national sport. Traditional Muay Thai practiced today varies significantly from the ancient art Muay Boran and uses kicks and punches in a ring with gloves similar to those used in Western boxing. Muay Thai is referred to as "The Science of Eight Limbs", as the hands, shins, elbows, and knees are all used extensively in this art. A master practitioner of Muay Thai thus has the ability to execute strikes using eight "points of contact," as opposed to "two points" (fists) in Western boxing and "four points" (fists, feet) used in the primarily sport-oriented forms of martial arts.