Although, Junmar is still away, I went in earlier on Monday for Rick's class.
Some of the competitive guys were in, so we arranged some sparring.
While waiting for the others to get ready, Rick took me into the ring for some pad work.
It has been a long time since Rick has done any one-on-one work with me in the ring.
We worked on the 1-2-3 combo.
For those who don't know, that is a Left Jab, Right Cross, and Left Hook.
It is a common training combination.
Of course, you don't use that a lot in competition. It is too predictable.
I will have to go over those with you some time. There are actually eight offensive moves used for training, 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8. It can be quite interesting.
I will cover this in a future entry.
I am working on a column about technical training for boxing, which will appear in this blog by the end of this month.
Back to sparring:
Monday sparring went quite well, I thought.
Richard was in charge, which meant I only got to do two rounds.
I sparred Paul (One of the many other Pauls), and someone else, whose name escapes me right now.
Paul has already had one competitive match, and it seemed that our sparring session was quite even.
That means that I should be getting close to having a real bout.
I realize that opponents are hard to find in the Master's division, but as I said, I am willing to do exhibitions. Stockyards has a lot of Master's boxers.
Exhibitions, though they don't reflect a win or loss on an athlete's record, they do count towards ring experience.
Richard will be hosting another club show in March, and I really hope I can get into it, even with an exhibition.
Junmar was still not present for Wednesday's sparring, and neither was Richard.
Will from the Bramalea club was there. He helped with our sparring.
Justin was there with his hooks, although I did not get a chance to spar him.
I did eight rounds of sparring, which is the most I have ever done.
Will wanted me to focus on my jab. For some reason he does not like my jab. He feels that it is too "flicky".
I have always thought a jab was supposed to be "flicky".
Anyway, I jabbed like crazy, and my left arm was so sore after.
I also threw a few rights.
You may remember, I had this habit of leaning in when I throw a right. Will helped me correct that. I find that I am no longer leaning. I now have a wicked right cross, and I am not afraid to use it.
Look out for that, guys.
Also this week, I "fixed" Richard's treadmill. It was dead.
I figured out that someone had initiated the emergency stop.
Well, it is a stupid dumb thing. No where does it say that the emergency stop has been activated. It just shuts off, and you can't restart it until you reset the emergency stop.
Rick was going to call 'the guy'. Yeah, and pay for a service visit just to reset the thing.
I should have asked Richard for a free month of training. It would have been less expensive than a service call.
However, I would never do that to him. I will always pay for my use of the gym. Anything extra I do is a favor for a friend.
That is all for this entry.
For my colleagues on the Stockyards Boxing Team, I will try to be in every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday evenings. The other days I will train at the other gym.
It is always a pleasure working with the great athletes from Stockyards, and we are very lucky to have such great coaches.
Cheers.
"The Brick"
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