Now It Is Getting Serious...

Well, followers of "The Brick", I have a very big announcement. 
It seems that all of the big detours leading to Competition Road have been cleaned up.
It has finally happened.
When I went in to video record Stockyards' boxing on Friday, Richard came up to me and said, "Brick, guess what happened?" Of course, I thought it was something bad.
 He said, "Your book came in."
Wow! Really? How many years have I been working towards this? Is it finally beginning to pay off?
With that happening, it means quite a few things. First of all, I can now participate in full-contact sparring. Secondly, it means...I can compete. Wait! Did I just say that? 

I would like to thank Boxing Ontario--Wait. Did I just say that?--Yes. When I went to visit the Boxing Ontario office last week, the lady was very nice. She said that she would have my book in by the following week...and that is exactly what happened.

In the meantime, I have not heard any more about Junmar's Master's Show, and there is no more boxing at Stockyards until September. So, it may be a while before I compete. However, things are sure going in the right direction.

At Friday's card, Justin had his first Master's match. He won. He is my age. Also my weight class. If he can do it, so can I. You can see his match here: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJKXQC2zso0

Justin and I used to spar all the time. I think I am going to try to go back to the earlier sparring classes. Now that I am registered, it won't be a problem.
I'm going to talk to Justin and Richard about maybe doing an exhibition match this summer. Me  "verses" Justin. I think that would be interesting. Exhibitions don't count towards a boxer's record. Therefore, Just will not have to worry about losing.
Oh yeah, the man is registered, now. Let the trash-talking begin!

Another change, is that I will have to take things much more serious. That means doing more training at Stockyards and less at Bloor.
That should not be too difficult. I am starting to "outgrow" Kobe's classes.

I hate talking about Kobe's class, because every time I do, he gets pissed off with me. 

I am trying to help. If people stop showing up for his classes, he will be out of a job.

Those classes are really beginning to annoy me. He has those classes designed for beginners, yet he still wants the advanced guys to show up. That does not work. He puts beginners and advanced boxers to work together, and they both end up getting frustrated.

Kobe keeps taking about forming a team, and getting "serious". 
First off all, I have always been serious. Secondly, he has not done diddly-squat to start forming a team. I am the only one at Bloor who is registered with Boxing Ontario. How the hell is he going to form a team with only one registered boxer? Most of the guys there don't even know how to register, or worse, that they are supposed to register.

Once again I had a beginner, a small woman, complain about getting hit. Listen, you are in a boxing class. What the hell did you think was going to happen? 
See, and when I refuse to work with women on boxing, I get called sexist...

Anyway, if Kobe wants to keep his advanced boxers, he has to have a separate class for us. He can not mix us with the beginners. Already, I am noticing a lot of the advanced guys not returning to his class. Some have permanently moved to Stockyards, or some other boxing-specific gym.

I normally don't mind working with the beginners, but now is a bad time. Kobe's wimpy "Don't Hit Me" classes are not going to help me. When I step into the ring to compete, my opponent is not going to be love-tapping me. He is going to want to take my head off. I need to start serious hard-core sparring now. Waiting until competition is not the time to learn how to take it hit.

For my summer training schedule, there is going to be a lot more time dedicated to hard sparring and serious technical training at Stockyards, and fewer "wimpy" classes at Bloor.

Cheers.