Meditating before boxing match or workout?

[Douglas]

We call it "centering",and if Ive got a fighter properly centered you could drop a cinder block on them and they wont blink.
Generally how I test out if they are getting the centering process is drilling them bare knuckles to the gut
So if you tell me your centered,you had better be,otherwise your in for a serious lick of pain
I never said this was a nice gym

Good lord that's hard core. I try to get my mind in the proper state before training (and it helps a great deal), but nothing like you've just described.

[Trainer Monkey]

Good lord that's hard core. I try to get my mind in the proper state before training (and it helps a great deal), but nothing like you've just described.

Its nothing I havent been willing to have done to me,Ive been hit hard enough to move me back 2 feet even from a balanced horse stance.
If your heads right,your body believes what the head is telling it.
And if what its telling your body is,it didnt hurt,and youve got your head straight to the point where your body believes,it doesnt hurt.
I try to even avoid sparring if I dont have my head together,Im a very prideful creature,and getting caught with a flash knockdown highly annoys me.
The other thing to keep in mind about centering,is if your not really feeling the shots,you can think about what you need to be doing,in any martial situation.
You have the rest of your life to feel pain,but only one RIGHT HERE,and RIGHT NOW
There will be a bill to pay,but at least you can say for one moment,you were alive