Fighting on friday

[Andre]

Eric; You got a few nerves mate,good you know your alive,its natural ,

Relax of an evening in knowing you have prepared as well as you could of, dont get stuck in thinking in what ifs, or maybes at this stage. Take it out further now, tick some other boxes.

The fight will go as it will now, so relax in your mind. Smile to your self like you know you are going to win, your mind will begin to follow the que of the muscles in your face and relax you even more.

Air flowing and your easy thoughts are your best allies towards freedom of movement, breathe low and long like filling up up a tank from your hips or lower right up into your shoulders slow in, slow out, easy.

If you do have to think about the fight of an evening before sleep,do this in your mind; Prior to sleeping. Or any time.

Kick back relax, close eyes ,get into that rhythm of breathing, go in slow take your time relaxing sections of your body out and think; top of head relax come down through the temples relax,mind, eyes, cheeks, jaw, tongue, neck, shoulders ,arms to fingers, chest to the floor etc etc all the way down to your toes; keep breathing well, deep and slow but not forced imagine your breath is bringing in a golden peaceful relaxing feeling to each body section as you.

Now visualize the day of the event, get ready, leaving home for the venue,catch every detail ,even idle chat in the car see whos in there with you, all the turns everything you will see on the way, walk in the door, nod at few friends smile your way through,fell the smile in your eyes too ,cause this is what you want and its here. Go to the rooms even on the way in, lightly stretch out some joints, your neck and head slowly side to side, revolve joints etc, pull your arms around,fingers wiggle, deep breathing all the time, get in there; warm up your joints with some fast movements, stretch,legs,do some low slow squats nothing big just what you are used to, loosen up, dont miss anything out, get hands wrapped,each finger feel it happening feel the gloves getting shoved on, do some fast actions with your joints to warm them up and feel your arms become loose and snappy, Skippy, moving,throwing easy shots,no stiffness here, just free flowing, you do your ring walk in with your corner men, see all the people there, dont let some famous faces interrupt your thought now the time ,catch a few glances, smile your way in mate, head to your corner go under the ropes, hear the introductions size him up if you wish or dont even look at him until the ref pulls you together, Now you got him in your sights, so now visualize the fight as it will go. If you know this guys style and he is a come forward type you slip out on angles, skipping moving freely, tagging him and moving, making him pay for his every move,not being where he expects you to be, never going straight back, smiling inside your head behind your eyes all time, you feel loose and free cause you've got this one .You have won it. You can hear your cornner men around you, Visualize the reef holding your hand up and you take this first win, feel the elation and look around at all the smiles.

So once, you've done it all in your mind a few times you can know for a fact you are miles ahead of the opposition mate, everything will fall into place, you can relax and be free to be your best on the night.

Best of luck.