All day Sunday I was BEYOND excited to start training again. Why? Because Saturday night was the first boxing matches in the Cape Fights series. It was awesome! At first I was so intimidated by the ring, the lights, the crowd... but as the fights wore on in the night, I became more and more excited to get in the ring and compete. Although the fights have been postponed until August, which gives me more time to train, I was still pumped to get back into my training!
Monday morning I did a few miles on the treadmill and a lifting circuit. I didn't have much time, but I squeezed in what I could before work. Later on in the evening, we got a training session with Barbara with the heavy bags. Before we did that though, she told me to put headgear on, which means I was going to get hit... for the first time! At first I was excited because I'd never really been hit before and I wanted to know how I would react and what it would be like... and then I got hit, and I decided I wasn't as excited anymore. I traded head kicks with two Poekoelan black belts, Alex and Bryan, honestly... not my idea of a good time. The first couple kicks weren't bad, and I was surprised I could ACTUALLY kick someone else in the head (ie, get my leg up high enough). And then she started yelling, "Faster! Kick harder!" and they did. And a few times, I saw some stars. The moral of the story is.... I'd better kick my opponent before she kicks me because it doesn't tickle! But the good news is I was able to get some information out of it. I wasn't sure how I would react to being kicked or punched in the face, and now I know. It makes me really, really angry. I kept my composure though and managed just to kick them back harder... a little more focused. So that's great news! It means I won't just lose my cool, forget my training and go ape on my opponent, which would be ill-advised.
All in all it was another sweat-filled training session and my head is just fine... a few bruises on my shoulders from "missed" kicks, but no damage. Awesome. Go me!
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