Comments on: Blood and Uppercuts http://www.theglowingedge.com/blood-and-uppercuts/ Boxing, rock, and laundry in the burb nest. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:46:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lisa Creech Bledsoe http://www.theglowingedge.com/blood-and-uppercuts/comment-page-1/#comment-2495 Lisa Creech Bledsoe Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:40:48 +0000 http://www.theglowingedge.com/?p=2249#comment-2495 I <i>still</i> can't land many uppercuts. Part of my issue is that I'm very tall and I have a long reach -- so I tend to stay outside. To land a good uppercut, you gotta get inside. With your smaller stature, <b>Hillari</b>, you might have an easier time of getting inside and landing an uppercut in on a taller opponent. Oh, and I wouldn't worry about punching your coach. If he's been boxing a long time, he's used to it, even without headgear. If he has a good weight differential on you, your shots won't be as heavy as he's accustomed to taking. And anyway, when you're sparring you're not shooting to kill -- we save that for an actual fight. I say give him your regular work and let him deal with it! He will let you know if you need to pull your heat. I still can’t land many uppercuts. Part of my issue is that I’m very tall and I have a long reach — so I tend to stay outside. To land a good uppercut, you gotta get inside. With your smaller stature, Hillari, you might have an easier time of getting inside and landing an uppercut in on a taller opponent.

Oh, and I wouldn’t worry about punching your coach. If he’s been boxing a long time, he’s used to it, even without headgear. If he has a good weight differential on you, your shots won’t be as heavy as he’s accustomed to taking. And anyway, when you’re sparring you’re not shooting to kill — we save that for an actual fight. I say give him your regular work and let him deal with it! He will let you know if you need to pull your heat.

]]> By: Hillari http://www.theglowingedge.com/blood-and-uppercuts/comment-page-1/#comment-2491 Hillari Thu, 07 Jul 2011 06:38:28 +0000 http://www.theglowingedge.com/?p=2249#comment-2491 I practice uppercuts in the mirror and on the bags constantly, but I have yet to land one during sparring or in a regular bout. It's frustrating. . .everybody's taller than I, and it seems impossible to land any. Sometimes, when I spar with my coach, he doesn't wear any headgear. I understand the "inner nice girl" thing. I turn into a mother hen while pointing that out to him, and he always says, "It's fine". I worry about hitting and hurting an old man (the coach is 60 years old). I practice uppercuts in the mirror and on the bags constantly, but I have yet to land one during sparring or in a regular bout. It’s frustrating. . .everybody’s taller than I, and it seems impossible to land any.

Sometimes, when I spar with my coach, he doesn’t wear any headgear. I understand the “inner nice girl” thing. I turn into a mother hen while pointing that out to him, and he always says, “It’s fine”. I worry about hitting and hurting an old man (the coach is 60 years old).

]]> By: Jo http://www.theglowingedge.com/blood-and-uppercuts/comment-page-1/#comment-1247 Jo Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:15:34 +0000 http://www.theglowingedge.com/?p=2249#comment-1247 Awesome! Great story - I can feel the joy! .-= Jo´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.jopreacher.com/2009/12/training-takedown-saturday.html" rel="nofollow">Training: Takedown Saturday</a> =-. Awesome! Great story – I can feel the joy!
.-= Jo´s last blog ..Training: Takedown Saturday =-.

]]> By: Lisa Creech Bledsoe http://www.theglowingedge.com/blood-and-uppercuts/comment-page-1/#comment-1228 Lisa Creech Bledsoe Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:11:01 +0000 http://www.theglowingedge.com/?p=2249#comment-1228 <b>Bonnie</b>, it means the world to me that you read this little bloggy blog. You rock, Queen B. AND, our sparring session yesterday brought a whole new set of lessons. I was never so stunned in my life as when you dropped guard and made me tear it up in there. That lesson needs its own post, for certes. I feel like everybody on our team has really been working so hard to push each other forward on the learning curve. I'm incredibly fortunate to have such a kick ass home gym. <b>People: LA Boxing, Cary NC is tha JOINT.</b> Bonnie, it means the world to me that you read this little bloggy blog. You rock, Queen B.

AND, our sparring session yesterday brought a whole new set of lessons. I was never so stunned in my life as when you dropped guard and made me tear it up in there. That lesson needs its own post, for certes.

I feel like everybody on our team has really been working so hard to push each other forward on the learning curve. I’m incredibly fortunate to have such a kick ass home gym.

People: LA Boxing, Cary NC is tha JOINT.

]]> By: Bonnie http://www.theglowingedge.com/blood-and-uppercuts/comment-page-1/#comment-1227 Bonnie Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:58:44 +0000 http://www.theglowingedge.com/?p=2249#comment-1227 Lisa, Great "True Story"! See if you just keep at it it will happen. Repetition and consistency will prevail if you let it. You sparring was great yesterday. I am headed to the gym in a few. Have to keep my eye on the prize!!!! See you at the gym. Your trainer/friend....Bonnie Lisa,

Great “True Story”! See if you just keep at it it will happen. Repetition and consistency will prevail if you let it. You sparring was great yesterday. I am headed to the gym in a few. Have to keep my eye on the prize!!!!

See you at the gym.

Your trainer/friend….Bonnie

]]> By: Lisa Creech Bledsoe http://www.theglowingedge.com/blood-and-uppercuts/comment-page-1/#comment-1226 Lisa Creech Bledsoe Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:25:24 +0000 http://www.theglowingedge.com/?p=2249#comment-1226 It's certainly going to give me plenty of opportunities for smack talking in the meantime. "Hey, Nas, I see you're all geared up. Not feeling hungry for more of my uppercuts, huh?" Thanks for the encouragment, <b>Keith</b>! It’s certainly going to give me plenty of opportunities for smack talking in the meantime. “Hey, Nas, I see you’re all geared up. Not feeling hungry for more of my uppercuts, huh?”

Thanks for the encouragment, Keith!

]]> By: Keith http://www.theglowingedge.com/blood-and-uppercuts/comment-page-1/#comment-1225 Keith Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:06:05 +0000 http://www.theglowingedge.com/?p=2249#comment-1225 Atta'girl. Very cool story, keep them coming. Maybe he'll gear up next time just in case. haha. Atta’girl. Very cool story, keep them coming. Maybe he’ll gear up next time just in case. haha.

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