In addition, there are rooms for aerobics, rows of suspended heavy bags for striking with fists, feet, elbows and knees, and a jiu-jitsu room with a wall-to-wall mat.Īnd the facility includes a pièce de résistance for MMA fighters and fans - a regulation 24-foot UFC octagon. There’s a large number of large screens over the workout equipment, which includes treadmills, ellipticals, weight machines, stationary cycles and even an endless ladder - which has a conveyor belt allowing one to climb as long as one wishes without worry about height or a fall. Penn, BJ Penn’s older brother and manager, who largely oversaw the transformation of the former Hilo Lanes bowling alley at 777 Kinoole St. “Every time I look at a fight poster, it’s like a flashback: ‘I remember that fight,’” said J.D. Shin is the mother of Penn - a world jiu-jitsu champion and mixed martial arts legend who won Ultimate Fighting Championship belts in both the welterweight and lightweight divisions.Ī tour through the 20,000-foot gym revealed everything a fitness or MMA gym could want for equipment, as well as creature comforts such as large-screen TVs in every room - including the restrooms, locker rooms and shower facilities - carpeting and aesthetics such as a large black-and-white mural of Penn presiding over the workout gyms, and a collage of well over 200 UFC fight card posters, including those from Penn’s UFC Hall of Fame career.
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