January 13, 2008 * 1st Lesson
Step 1: Wrap your hands.
The elderly woman to my right is half way done with her 2nd hand. I’m already dreading the lesson.
Step 2: Punch the @!*$! out of the air.
Yeah, yeah I get the placebo effect. But I tell ya, for a minute or two, I felt warrior-like.
January 25, 2008 at 4:34 am
Da… da.da.da…da.da.da…da.da. daaaaaaa. da
Rocky we love you.
I’m thinking a picture with you in your boxing gear, sitting cross legged with a zen like expression, would look perfect at the top of the page, under the title.
Commitment. Discipline, Success.
January 25, 2008 at 4:39 am
i like, I like. I’ll take that into consideration, uh, coach. Heh, heh.
January 27, 2008 at 8:29 pm
I am pleased to see that the JCC incorporates Jewish instruction in religious ritual before each boxing lesson.
Does putting on the Tefillin under your gloves give you a sense that God is empowering and protecting you? I imagine it would.
January 27, 2008 at 8:32 pm
Actually, running away from my instructor while silently asking for God’s protection works much better. Thanks for commenting.
January 28, 2008 at 6:42 am
We all know what they say about baby steps…Slow and steady wins da race :0)
January 28, 2008 at 5:07 pm
Avrum, you never cease to amaze me. If you were living in 19th century Europe in a shtetl, you’d blog about being raped by a Cossak.