Yes, I have completed week two of Junmar’s Hell Class.
Let me give you a rundown on what he does in his hour-long "classes":
::Alternating skipping and running-on-the-spot for 10 minutes
::Alternating sit-ups and push-ups for 5 minutes
::Running around the gym floor for 5 minutes
::Circuit training including medicine ball, dumbbells, dips, and jumping on/off the ring, this takes about 20 minutes.
::Technical boxing , practicing all defence and offensive moves, 10 minutes
::Punch bags for 10 minutes
Keep in mind, there are no breaks, this is one after another. 60 minutes of constant training.
I was able to keep up with him for about 85% of the time. That is not bad considering Junmar is half my age, and it has been years since doing any serious training. I am quite proud of that. It will take some time. I think Junmar realizes that. He pushes me enough to motivate me, not so much as to cause injury. I figure that if I attend his Tuesday class every week, plus my training with Tim on Saturdays, plus my own training in-between, eventually this will be a piece of cake, which is the whole idea.
After class, I was waiting for Hurley to show up for our sparring. Junmar was talking about his experiences with teaching boxing. He feels the exact opposite as I. He finds that teaching girls how to box is easier. He feels that when guys come in to learn to box, they have a lot of aggression, when women are more interested in technique and grace. Oh, Junmar, how boring. Do you think people watch boxing for the gracefulness? Boxing was not meant to be graceful. I mean, there are graceful sports, not-so graceful sports, and some that fall somewhere in-between. Sure, all sports have proper technique and rules, but for combative sports, throw the gracefulness out the window. The idea of combative sports is combat. How about that? Yeah, push me over with a feather, too. When I watch fighting sports such as on The Fight Network, I want to see some blood, or a knock out or a tap. Yeah, that’s what its about. If I wanted to see technique and grace, I’d watch some sissy sport like figure skating.
Hurley showed up after about a half-hour. Good, because I needed the rest after Junmar tried to kill me. I wanted to get one more session in with him, because he said that he would be taking a couple of months off from the gym starting this month. We did five rounds of sparring. Yes, I did this right after Junmar’s Hell Class.
Let me give you a rundown on what he does in his hour-long "classes":
::Alternating skipping and running-on-the-spot for 10 minutes
::Alternating sit-ups and push-ups for 5 minutes
::Running around the gym floor for 5 minutes
::Circuit training including medicine ball, dumbbells, dips, and jumping on/off the ring, this takes about 20 minutes.
::Technical boxing , practicing all defence and offensive moves, 10 minutes
::Punch bags for 10 minutes
Keep in mind, there are no breaks, this is one after another. 60 minutes of constant training.
I was able to keep up with him for about 85% of the time. That is not bad considering Junmar is half my age, and it has been years since doing any serious training. I am quite proud of that. It will take some time. I think Junmar realizes that. He pushes me enough to motivate me, not so much as to cause injury. I figure that if I attend his Tuesday class every week, plus my training with Tim on Saturdays, plus my own training in-between, eventually this will be a piece of cake, which is the whole idea.
After class, I was waiting for Hurley to show up for our sparring. Junmar was talking about his experiences with teaching boxing. He feels the exact opposite as I. He finds that teaching girls how to box is easier. He feels that when guys come in to learn to box, they have a lot of aggression, when women are more interested in technique and grace. Oh, Junmar, how boring. Do you think people watch boxing for the gracefulness? Boxing was not meant to be graceful. I mean, there are graceful sports, not-so graceful sports, and some that fall somewhere in-between. Sure, all sports have proper technique and rules, but for combative sports, throw the gracefulness out the window. The idea of combative sports is combat. How about that? Yeah, push me over with a feather, too. When I watch fighting sports such as on The Fight Network, I want to see some blood, or a knock out or a tap. Yeah, that’s what its about. If I wanted to see technique and grace, I’d watch some sissy sport like figure skating.
Hurley showed up after about a half-hour. Good, because I needed the rest after Junmar tried to kill me. I wanted to get one more session in with him, because he said that he would be taking a couple of months off from the gym starting this month. We did five rounds of sparring. Yes, I did this right after Junmar’s Hell Class.
Everything went fine, until he nailed me in the nose. I mean this time it was really hard, and it hurt! He had the nerve to say, "Oh, did I hit you in the nose?" Yeah, like he didn’t know. Now, I will admit that he pissed me off, and well, I got a little over-aggressive. Yes, I’m afraid that Junmar’s grace and technique took a hike at that point. I wanted to get him right back, and in the process, I missed, and bent back my left thumb. It is very badly bruised right now, and you know, it is 100% my fault. I did something one should never do in the ring, get angry. Therefore, I take full responsibility for my sore thumb.
Also sore are my legs, arms, and back. Mostly due to Junmar’s training. People ask, why do I punish myself like this? I look at it this way: The pain is my body telling me that I need more exercise. Once I have pushed myself beyond that threshold, there will be no more pain. As they say, ‘No pain, no gain’.
Bruised nose, bruised thumb, bruised ego. Poor baby. Maybe, I’ll take up figure skating.
Paul "The Comeback Kid"
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