Boxing club wasn't great. Harrison wasn't there, and the practice wasn't structured. Shadowboxed on and off for ten or fifteen minutes and then hit mitts for the rest of the time. Much as I hate biting the hand that feeds me, I'm not convinced that this more intermediate guy was being that helpful with his combinations and feeds. He kept trying to fix my cross form, and I'm not sure exactly what he was getting at.
As for some of the weirder combos, 1-2-1-2-1-2, cross-right uppercut, and double- hooks or uppercuts were a bit weird. I did learn that I would probably get KTFO by a good hook to the head, since I found that I really don't know how to block them at all in boxing. I'll try asking the coach on Tuesday or something. That said, bob-and-weave should theoretically be the preferred method for dealing with hooks. I hope.
Relatedly, my left hook has never felt all that strong to me, since I can't hit it very well on the pads, but when I blocked the feed-blows that my partner sent me, they still felt very heavy. Now he's a lot thicker than I am with shorter arms, but I feel like I should at least be able to generate at least a respectable amount of power with the hook, even if I don't feel it. Maybe it's just wishful thinking, but I'd really like to have what seems to be the most versatile power punch in boxing at my disposal, and I'd like to have it hurt.
Same story with Tabata as before. Four minutes, eight rounds of twenty seconds on and ten seconds off. Always tough, and uh, not particularly rewarding. But still, I'm not running, so it's what I've got. Thinking maybe of getting a skipping rope, since I know I suck ass at that. That said, there's no way I could do a Tabata on that. Maybe four minutes of fifteen seconds on and forty-five off. Maybe.
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