Cappy kotz biography

At Cappy’s Boxing Gym in Seattle’s Central District, owner and trainer Cappy Kotz operates with this core belief: “In life, as it is in the ring.”

Not that he’s advocating punching the daylights out of people on the street, especially in these already tense times.

But working with both aspiring boxers and stressed-out 9-to-5ers needing an emotional release and fitness advice has taught him that the way people respond to adversity inside the ring is basically how they respond to challenges outside it.

Just as scared pugilists cave in before a formidable opponent delivers a crushing blow, people in daily life tend to scrunch their shoulders and curve their torsos inward, almost inviting a TKO from fate.

Kotz, 54, has made it his mission to use boxing techniques, posture correction and muscle-maxing physical-fitness regimens as tools for overhauling people’s gut rea