1st sparring session

[AdamGB]

oh and another thing... the more you spar the more automatic everything will become... in a snese it becomes sub consious.

I don't think 'here comes a pucnh... I better slip it... right um keep my hands here, bent this... twist this etc etc"

I just think slip, counter, move off this way or that way or follow up.

The same way when I need to walk to the shops I don't think "right leg, left leg, right leg left leg"

I think "I want to go to the shops" and then I just walk to the shops!

Any skill that relys on the reflex is the same... your physical brain is faster than you concious brain. Eventually the blink, the flinching, the swatting at punches etc reactions that you instinctivly make turn into parrys etc

Not only does this improve your boxing... but when you learn when you can relax and when you are in or out of range... your body doesn't burn up so much energy keeping all of your muscles tense and ready to react... you subconciously know when and what to relax so you burn less energy.

A lot of people will tell you how boxing is more mental than physical etc... and on a simple level I agree... but I would argue that your mind and body are not two different things!

YOur concious mind is only there to filter things through to the rest of it... but it's not always a great talker... so stick at it and the messages will sink in and your body will do the thinking!