Sparring sessions,how intense do they get in your gym?

[LamontG]

I haven't sparred full on yet. But I've seen people get rocked, kai cho will call it and see if he's down, or can go on. If he can go on, then he tells them to do something else.

[blockhar]

wassup lamont G. Im also in Japan. In Hyogo Prefecture, and i have just have become a pro boxer. super welterweight. and my coach is the same esp. since i am heaviest. if someone startes to get pounded its get stopped then he will make us do drills. like only jabbing or something like that.

so how old? weight? and would love to hear some of your experiences being in a japanese boxing gym.

[LamontG]

You're way down there. I'm in Iwate.

As for the gym experience, it's been a little above normal. When I first walked through the door last year his reaction was like "holy ****ing ****, fight in my gym". Once I joined he's been treating me the same as far as routine and what to do. Lately he's been punishing me with blows to the head and gut when I drop my hands. As for other members, it should help them with any aprehension of fighting a forigner. But even more important, someone with reach. Kai cho will demonstrate that my size/reach means nothing if you can counter it, and the importance of stance against a very heavy blow.

I find myself getting more tired fighting shorter people but it helps. Back strengthening work helps a lot, I can now move really fast crouched or regular, south or regular. Then with more experienced people, getting punished for coming in too quick.

186cm/85kg/32years I am going to get down to 79kg. When I got here I was 112~115kg.

If you ever come around you're always welcome to stop by, go for a couple rounds and go get lunch.

[LamontG]

Oh and cong**** on hitting pro.

[blockhar]

wow. im 30. never too old. and thanks for the invite. by how are you handling the disaster in your prefecture. its looks so terrible from what i see on the news and TV. hope you and all the people you know are alright.

and thanks for the support. I am short about 168, but i have been an athlete all my life. football, basketball, wrestling, and track. so im good under pressure and a fast learner. i have only been boxing for a total of 1 year and 7 months though i just recently came back after a 4 year lay off after getting married. so i decided to start back last year october. and since then i been in the gym, and i would also extend to you if you are every in Hyogo, near Osaka. we would love to have you at our gym.

so you only spar with the kai cho? and did you have any experience before now?

[LamontG]

I spar with everyone. But has not been full on. Experience with boxing before now? None. But I'm same as you, any sport: track, basketball, baseball, cross country, surfing, bmx, skating, motorsports. So I know training is required to get good and to have patience.

An hour away from here it's a mess. My town is fine, we have water, food (limited) and heat (limited) but can not complain compared to everyone else. We're preping a trip to bring supplies to some. The aide is not getting everywhere since they have their houses still, but they have no running water, limited food, and no heat and lots of kids.

[Equilibrium]

It can get somewhat intense but i wish the guys i sparred with were down with going all out once in a while. I can honestly say that i hold back all the time in sparring, sadly.

[T.Horton]

My coach noticed that our team was having trouble with bumrusher-type pressure fighters and just the general intensity of a bout.

So he forbade us to touch gloves in sparring and changed the focus. You tried to hurt each other in sparring, set each other up, work like you would in a fight. The coach is there and sometimes someone else in the ring to stop things or slow them down. Once a guy got rocked the coach would tell you to cut him off, circle, use your jab, hit the body, etc.

But yeah, generally the harder the sparring the better.

this is pretty much how i run things when i am at the gym. there is really no point in sparring and pulling punches especially if you're preparing to compete. but then again, you'd have to be training regularly for three to six months before you're even allowed to take your head gear out of your locker. lol

[T.Horton]

gentlemen, may i ask what the 'kai cho' is?

[Danny Gunz]

Its hard to keep cool as soon as someone lands a good shot, cause then the other guy wants to land one right back.

Sometimes the sessions can get a little scrappy with trash talk and a little dirty boxing but nothing to serious.

I saw this video the other day of Mayweather sparring, alot lot like James Toney haha.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Azvme3RIUsA

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