Baggin' It

    ENTRY 458


CABBAGETOWN BOXING FUNDRAISER

This past weekend was the fundraiser to send one of our boxers to Victoria for the national championships.
It went very well and we had a good turnout despite the lack of advertising.

I did an exhibition match (demonstration) with Martin.

I'm a bit disturbed by this photo as I am not too sure what I was doing here.
I appear to be looking for something.
Perhaps I was checking to see if my balls were big enough to get into the ring with Mertin.

Actually, I was trying to make an adjustment to my trunks which was difficult with boxing gloves on.

Is that a camera?

Come on, Martin. Come get some.





























I brought a camera operator from Metropolis TV  to capture the event.

I will be putting together a memorabilia video for the club that all boxers and coaches will have access to.

I am currently editing it using my new edit suite. The first thing to be produced on my virgin post-production system. 
I guess it is not a virgin anymore.


BAGGIN' IT: A NEW OLD BAG

This is not your ordinary heavy bag. 
It is a state of the art heavy bag.

See that white thing attached to it near the top?
That is what makes it state of the art.

This bag records how hard you hit and calculates 'damage'.

Yes. The first thing I thought of when I saw this was Ivan Drago.


I have not tried it yet. Nobody has. It is something new and nobody wants to be the first to try it.




















The bag connects to your smartphone via Bluetooth with this software. Although, I am not too sure how it works.

I will try it out sometime before the next blog entry and let you know all about it.


Technology is amazing, isn't it?















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--Paul 'The Brick' Brec

LINKS:
MASTERS BOXING ON REDDIT
ANOTHER 'BRICK' IN THE SPRAWL 

Cabbagetown Boxing Fundraiser

    ENTRY 457


CABBAGETOWN BOXING FUNDRAISER

The Cabbagetown Boxing Club will be hosting a fundraiser on March 23.


The idea of this is to send a boxer to BC for the National Championships. Unfortunately, when you are sent to such a competition you are on your own when it comes to getting there. You have to come up with your own funding. 
Cabbagetown Boxing is currently in the process of raising finances so our Ontario champion can represent our province and become the Canadian champion.







On Saturday, March 23, Cabbagetown Boxing will be open to the public with live boxing demonstrations by our boxers. There will also be a 50/50 draw. Admission is $10. 
Please come out on Saturday at 7PM and help support one of our athletes.
It will be a fun night. 
I will be there as well so you can meet you favorite blogger.




Cabbagetown Boxing Club at 2 Lancaster Avenue. (Parliament St./Winchester St.)

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--Paul 'The Brick' Brec

LINKS:
MASTERS BOXING ON REDDIT
ANOTHER 'BRICK' IN THE SPRAWL 

Going To Siberia (Again)

    ENTRY 456


GOING TO SIBERIA (AGAIN)

This coming Saturday morning, the Siberia Boxing Club will be hosting an open sparring session for any boxers.
It will also an opportunity for officials to practice.

This is a really good idea. I don't remember this ever being done before.

I found out that the Siberia Boxing Club is only a few blocks from where I work and I am working Saturday morning until 8. Therefore, I can go right after work.
I am seriously thinking of doing that but I am going to run it by my coach first.

Last week I sparred a total of 15 rounds. That just about the amount I like. 
I have also been slowly ramping up conditioning as well. 
That is the most important part of boxing and once my conditioning is better I will be ready for my next performance in the ring. Hopefully within the next couple of month.

I am not sure when the next club event will be happening. 
Someone told me that there was going to be one in Hamilton on March 24, but apparently, our team is not going.

Other than that there is really nothing new happening. 

Outside of boxing, I am still working on getting my video editing business and RAdiO C:\ 65 going again. I am just waiting for financing to come through. It looks like it will be happening very soon.


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--Paul 'The Brick' Brec

LINKS:
MASTERS BOXING ON REDDIT
ANOTHER 'BRICK' IN THE SPRAWL 

Odd Sparring Week

    ENTRY 455


SPARRING LAST WEEK

Last week was an odd week for sparring. 
Except for Friday, nobody wanted to do any sparing.
However, on Friday I did do 12 rounds so that does meet my quota of 10 - 15 rounds per week.

I sparred everyone on the team so I got a good mix of styles to work with.

My coach was happy with my performance during sparring, but there are things to work on. There are always things to work on. There is no such thing as the perfect athlete and there is always room for improvement and to raise the bar.

I am hoping to represent Cabbagetown in a club show within the next couple of months. However, I do need to drop some weight. Coach wants me below 178 and I am currently at 182.

That is an easy fix that I am working on every day. 

That is all for this entry. 
It was a slow week in the world of boxing, for me anyway.

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--Paul 'The Brick' Brec

LINKS:
MASTERS BOXING ON REDDIT
ANOTHER 'BRICK' IN THE SPRAWL