Gone But Not Forgotten

    ENTRY 462


GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

I just wanted to shoot out a quick update since it has been a while.
The truth is that two things have happened that have kept me from boxing and blogging over the last few weeks.
I had just started with a new company and I was concentrating on that, plus I was very sick.

I just came back to sparring on Friday and I did 9 rounds.

I stole this photo from a Facebook post.
I don't get too many photos of my sparring and it is nice when someone thinks to get one.
Thank you for posting this.

Although I am still getting over being sick. I am now finally setting into my new workplace,
The reason for leaving the other company is a very long story, but it was for the best.

I will be getting back into my full boxing schedule this week. 
I have dropped to 177 lbs. and I hope to keep it that way.
Although, I plan on cutting down on competing, I still want to do a couple of local events per year.
I have not done one yet this year as I (my coach) was waiting for my weight to drop below 178, and now it has. 
Now I will be concentrating on keeping my weight down and training for the next Cabbagetown card.



BOXING GYM GUIDE OUT SOON

Just a reminder that the next edition of "The Brick's Guide To Boxing In Toronto" is due out by mid-June.
If you have any additions or edit suggestions, PM me.




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--Paul 'The Brick' Brec

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

"Your Other Right"

    ENTRY 462


THURSDAY AND FRIDAY SPARRING

I did a total of 16 rounds of sparring last week. Six on Thursday and 10 on Friday.
Martin hit me in the kidney with a nice right hook. Not unlike three weeks ago when Dave hit me with an awesome liver shot.
Yes. I need to work on body defence.

I have been concentrating recently on offence. The main problem I have had in the past was that I was not aggressive enough, so for the past few months, I have been working on offensive techniques. "Strike First, Strike Hard, No Mercy".

Since I have been working so hard on aggressiveness my defence has been lacking.
Although I have never had the best body defence. 
I tend to use "lazy" defensive techniques for head defence. I like to block or parry. I would rather not have to slip or roll. Although, I need to start using more different techniques to defend.
Now that I have offence done, next I am going to start working on a good defence platform. I will focus on the body but also use more slips and rolls.

There is a club card coming soon and I want to be on it, so I need to be prepared. I have to impress the coaches.
I won't be registering for the Bronze Gloves this year. As I have mentioned in previous posts, I am going to be cutting 'way back on tournaments and concentrating on the local club events.



"YOUR OTHER RIGHT"

I did a few rounds of target pad work with Coach Johnny last week.
In one session he asked me to do something odd. He said, 'Slip the left and come back with a left hook'. I was confused because that is not something that you would ever do.
You can't throw a left hook off of a left slip unless you reset first.
I questioned, "Left hook? Are you sure?"
He then said, "Slip the RIGHT and then a left hook! You will get knocked out doing it the other way!"
Oh, yeah that makes sense. I have no idea why I was thinking to slip the left.
Likely because on the rare occasion that I actually slip, it is a left slip, so I was thinking that and actually tried it.
Here I am with over six years experience in boxing and I went and made an idiot mistake like that right in front of the coach.
I'm an idiot.


BOXING GYM GUIDE OUT SOON

Just a reminder that the next edition of "The Brick's Guide To Boxing In Toronto" is due out by the end of May.
If you have any additions or edit suggestions, PM me.




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--Paul 'The Brick' Brec

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

Stockyards Is In the (Cabbagetown) House!

    ENTRY 461


SPARRING UPDATE

You can tell it is a slow week when I am doing a sparring update.

During our Friday morning sparring session I got to spar all the girls.
That's right. None of the guys wanted to spar which was unusual.

The thing about sparring the girls is that although they don't hit as hard, they are really fast.

She is there, and then she is not. 
Zoom!
What the hell just happened?

It is good to practice with people who are fast. Speed is very important in boxing.

Regardless of who I work with in the ring, I appreciate it. 
Everyone at Cabbagetown is good to work with.
I am about to get to the one-year mark at Cabbagetown. At the end of May I will have been training at Cabbagetown for a year.
Thank you to my teammates for all their help over the past year.
Oh, yeah, and of course the coaches too.


THE STOCKYARDS CREW IS IN THE (CABBAGETOWN) HOUSE

I would like to welcome Cyrus to the Cabbagetown Boxing Club.
He is also a Masters division boxer. He used to train with me back at Stockyards. He moved on to the Sully's Boxing Gym shortly after I moved on.
He recently left Sully's due to their limited hours of operation. He likes the morning sessions that Cabbagetown offers.

Welcome, and I now have another sparring partner.


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--Paul 'The Brick' Brec

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