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Fear Factor

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I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will [...]

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Blood Happens (but I’m really sorry)

Image by paperrocks a.k.a. evalinda It’s a major balancing act, bringing a new boxer into the ring. Especially if it’s a woman. Women who actually want to get in the ring are just such rare occurrences that when one comes around I keep my fingers crossed and do my absolute best to encourage rather than [...]

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Back in the Ring

Back in the Ring from Lisa Creech Bledsoe on Vimeo. Exactly six weeks to the day post rib-fracture I had the chance to get back in the ring. I showed up Sunday about 10:40 am to warm up, and worked out hard until noon. By then several of my team members had arrived and there [...]

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Saturday Night’s All Right For Fighting

Fight Night from Lisa Creech Bledsoe on Vimeo. Elton says it and I believe it. So a few of the boxers on our team loaded up and headed out to Fayetteville to check out our competition. None of us were fighting so we were free to watch and feel terrified, motivated, or confident, depending on [...]

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Running out of bad words

Image by melissajonas on Flickr Warning: Boxing is a contact sport. Any contact sport can be dangerous and result in serious injury. Anyone using this equipment must assume the risk of any serious injury. Every piece of boxing gear I own says this, and you can trust the author: it’s perfectly true. I have had [...]

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I Got My First Boxing Trophy

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I now have my first boxing trophy and it’s purple. Yesterday it was reddish purple, but it’s trending darker today and headed to black, I suppose, then the normal green and yellow. I’m feeling all Fight Club. I’ve been tilting my chin up and doing show and tell with my “I’ve been eating uppercuts” bruise [...]

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