Well, we are over the halfway point in our training, everyone seems to have really bonded and we now have a new training facility on Mo Sultan… Only 5 minutes walk from my apartment – win. A few injuries have started to creep up on us all as some post-Christmas fatigue sets in. My back [...]
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No, that isn’t a deliberately clever & attention-grabbing title. I actually don’t know what to call this one! So, tonight’s training session will be our first in the brand new Vanda Boxing gym on Mohamed Sultan Road. A massive congrats must be extended to all at Vanda (and especially Michelle) for getting this epic project in [...]
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Have to give up the fags and booze as only 45 days to go until the big fight. Training has started in earnest and it is a punishing regime with three sessions which are an hour long each week and a sparring session each Saturday. In between work, my accountancy course and the training I [...]
Read the rest of this entry >>This week I climbed a mountain, metaphorically speaking and quite literally too. Allow me to explain…… I knew when I put myself forward for the WCB that there was a strong possibility I may end up fighting somebody that (ideally) I would prefer not to fight - either because they’re intimidatingly hard, outrageously fit, extra [...]
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At least I think that’s the saying? Either way, I can confirm the same can be said for Fiat 500’s… To quote my last blog, “At the moment, I am just making sure I don’t eat crap, lay off the drink and always make sure my body is fueled prior to training” – the first [...]
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We’re already at the end of January. Seriously, how has that happened?! Anyone else got their time machines working? It’s getting really close and I’m not anywhere near ready for it yet. We have had two sparring sessions. My only 2 ever I should point out. The first, because we were an odd number of [...]
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“The war situation has developed not necessarily to Japan’s advantage..” – Japanese Emperor Hirohito after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, announcing Japan’s surrender to the Allies. “Training sessions might be a little tough, especially at first” - Some random idiot, possibly me, before the inaugural WC session at Impakt HK on December 12 You [...]
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