The Swimming Club (スイミングクラブ, Suimingukurabu) is semi-recurring place in Hajime no Ippo.
It is a place in Japan that hosts a public pool. Makunouchi Ippo used the pool as training for the Gazelle Punch and for soaking in the pool to relax his muscles before his fight with Shimabukuro Iwao.
Part I[]
Class A Tournament: White Fang Arc[]
Makunouchi Ippo used the pool as training for the Gazelle Punch. Takamura Mamoru, Aoki Masaru, and Kimura Tatsuya go visited Ippo, and his mother told them that he was at a swim club. They found him doing squats in the pool and he explained that swimmers have the strong legs he needed. Aoki and Kimura joined the training, but were unable to keep up with the resistance from the water after a few minutes. They were surprised that Ippo has been doing it for a week, blindly trusting the coach without knowing what the actual move is.
Part II[]
Submarine Wars Arc[]
After Ippo fall down a set of stairs, Kamogawa Genji saw that his muscles were at his limit and ordered him to not do anything for a whole week. Kamogawa suggested soaking in a pool. He went to the Swimming Club to soak. There, he met Mashiba Kumi, who was told by Aoki to watch him. Itagaki Manabu and Itagaki Nanako also arrived to encourage Ippo. Nanako and Kumi have a conversation that Ippo believed to be female friendship, oblivious to the fact they don't like each other. Itagaki then mentioned a newspaper section that has Shimabukuro Iwao claiming he can move freely in the sea and that he will destroy the Dempsey Roll. The two do not get what the riddle meant, however Ippo believed Kamogawa knows and that he was training his body to answer the riddle.
The next day, Ippo returned to the Swimming Club again while Nanako was watching over him. Nanko became worried after noticing Ippo being underwater for five minutes. However, Ippo came back to the surface, not knowing he was underwater that long. After a week, Ippo's muscles have recovered and he went back to the Kamogawa Boxing Gym.
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