Learning to Box

[DMC]

Tonight was hard

After doing some warming up, some speed ball and skipping and stuff. I thought I better get my **** on and join in the sparring with the other guy's. I was running a little late so time was ticking away.

Anyway. I am standing there watching two other guy's have a go. Now I have been doing fairly light to average sparring nothing hard or to serious. And every time its ether to the head or to the body. Not really both at the moment. Anyway they stop, the trainer looks at me and says time to play then he points at this other guy. Not I was instantly worried because the guy he picked was a little scary. I watched him spar this guy in our gym who is dam good, and he really went hard, he doesn't smile or talk to much. I just think he is there to train and go at his pace if we are ready or not. So we get in and my trainer reminds me to keep my guard up and move. Then I am waiting for him to tell this guy I am a little new. But nothing hmmmmmmm.
Anyway we start we move around I throw some jabs that miss he through one or two that I blocked , so far so good. Next thing I know he moves and before I know it I have been nailed with a right hook straight to the jaw then a jab. I was stunned because they were quicker than I expected and allot harder than I expected.

My trainer yells come on keep the block up. I swing more he blocks, I block his all is good. Then again he comes in and nails me with 2 or 3 hard punches. By this stage I panic a little I have never had it this rough before, in the back of my mind I wait to here the trainer yell stop...but it doest come. Stunned my guard is not good so again he comes and get me with 2 more punches. My trainer yells to me keep at him come on, get in there. I quickly notice other guy's in the gym stop and watching. This is a new experience because I have never been in a fight before and never hit anyone before I started this. This guy keeps at me I get a few light punches in but most miss. By this stage I am starting to get pissed off and angry. The other guys in the gym yell out to me to get in there. I start moving forward and he lands a hard hook to the side of my head without thinking I throw I right he blocks then I throw a hard jab and nail him square in the face, then I throw a right hook and get him in the head I must of hit him hard because his head guard was twisted and his left eye and face were red. Then the trainer yells stop.

He didn't really touch gloves after he just jumped out, don't know why, and he packed up so he was done sparring.
I climb out and look at my trainer he smiles at me and tells me what I was doing wrong. Then he says that was a bit of a test to see what I would do when it gets hard. I knew this day would come, I couldn't have it easy forever. I just didn't expect it so soon.
I sparred a couple of times after that but nothing as rough or heavy. I felt bad all night just felt I didn't do well. The other guy's are telling me I am improving and doing great, so I suppose I better believe them.
As I was driving home after I was still a little wound up, even angry. I think more angry at myself for letting him hit me so many times. It's an odd feeling because I have never been in a fight before.
But this hasn't scared me off, in fact It has made me want more, because I will be dammed if I am going to get punched like that again, and I am not going to let this beat me.
Besides I have a score to settle with this guy and I won't be so easy to beat next time.



DMC

[Z-Rex]

that experience will make you a better fighter in the long run.

Good Luck.

[DMC]

Thanks Z-Rex,

I am a old guy at this 31. I started it as a way to get fit and learn how to defend myself. I have no intention to box as an Armature. But I have found I am getting very addicted to this. HAHAHAHA

DMC

[Z-Rex]

Im 30 myself, I feel your pain, literally. I started a year ago, but broke my foot so I was sidetracked for a few months. Im back to training now.

Good luck.

[DMC]

Hey guy's
Back again, Nothing much to report. All is going well, and I am loving this sport. Between Boxing and going to a regular gym I have lost weight and gained some good muscle. My upper body strength is allot better I feel stronger and my confidence has gone way up. I have been sparring against harder opponents lately. some of the more experience guys at the gym and there going a little harder at me. It was a shock at first but now I am enjoying the challenge. One of them said he has to go harder because my defense and punches are getting harder.
I still feel a little uncoordinated in there but that is going slowly.

What I need is some tips and advice.

I have a tendency to plant my feet and throw punches they move back or out of the way and I am throwing at thin air. I am trying to move in when I am throwing and put my body weight behind it, but I suppose I need to keep working on it. Anyone got any tips?

Also When I have thrown some punches and they come at me when it gets tough I tend to pull my head back and drop my guard to get out of the way, It makes matters worse and they have an open target. then I get whacked all over the place. Anyone got any tips I can use to stay in there with my guard up and defend myself?

Anyway enough for now
Peace out


DMC

[ChrisGas]

wow,im 16 and i thought it was too late for me train,i guess not and i am looking foward to being an ammature.Good Luck mr.DMC

[K.O]

good for you

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Also When I have thrown some punches and they come at me when it gets tough I tend to pull my head back and drop my guard to get out of the way, It makes matters worse and they have an open target. then I get whacked all over the place. Anyone got any tips I can use to stay in there with my guard up and defend myself?
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Get a pal to watch you - and then you can watch them in return. Get them to count how many times you made that mistake - then however many times it is, do something horribly painful - like 5 burpees for every time you drop guard.

[yusufd]

hey, you said that you tend to drop your guard, and move your head back, my only advice would be for you to improve your footwork, so that your stepping back rather than leaning back. Also if you do more time shadow boxing inside the ring, and skipping around the edges of the ring for reps of 3 minutes that might help.

[Rockin']

Im 35 and looking for a last couple of bouts, been training for a couple of months doing what I can with no gym.

If you want to learn about boxing and its base theories then a low key gym with other low key people is perfect for you. But if you want to learn to fight you will need to step in with some dogs and just plain throw, you'll see what youve got.

It seems that today there are few gyms structured for the fight. Most of the gyms today seem to be structured for little combat. They are about bringing in peoples money, showing them a thing or two and then building the bank account of the gym. Find a real gym and you find guys showing you a thing or three aswell as a room full of hungry fighters. They are trying to build fighters in these gyms, not just a bank account.

Aswell, it seems to me that every gym that I have been to that was structured for the common man had trainers that didnt know ****. If these cats tried to train people in a real fighting gym they would be laughed out of that gym and would look sorely out of place.

Decide what you want. Do you want just an aerobic workout or do you want to learn to fight like a dog. Its not all made up to be fun. The training is the hardest part of it all. The fighting in competition is the fun part. Its your choice............Rockin'