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So i learned a couple lessons the hard way today.
Today at the gym. I get put with this one guy to spar. His trainer tells me hes real new, so dont try and kill him. I agree of course being the nice guy that i am. When i work with new guys, im relatively laid back being pretty fresh myself. Maybe a year in.
So im in the ring, i hear BOX, and i walk out there with a half assed guard, and the guy full on bullrushes me with a ONE-TWO! Lol and hell if i didnt see it comin. The next thing i know im rocked with this feeling of deja vu, and im like "man..again..a new guy is maliciously beating the shit out of me and im covering up" Needless to say it wasnt much of a boxing match. It got my blood boiling and it degenerated into a bar brawl until the guy got tired.
So now im outta ring and thats when it hits me. This guy has been training like a couple weeks and i've been in there a couple months. Everyone watching was expecting me to school the guy. But instead hes wildly swinging and connecting. People are telling me "man what were you doing in there?!" Comments of that sort. So now im guessing my ego should be absolutely shattered. But its not. I DO admit though, it WAS kind of shaken up. And im someone who really believes that there is no room for ego in this sport (although it really persistently likes to work its way in).
But now as much as i'd like to, Im not going to try and make excuses for myself. When i first went in, Yeah i can say he was a first timer, so i let my guard down, which is why i got rocked by the first couple punches. But the rest of the fight was fair game and i got caught with punches that i shouldnt have. If you were an onlooker watching this take place,What would you have thought? Would i have seemed like a shitty boxer to you?
I find its real hard to come out of situations/bad performances like this and try to take away a lesson from it, but its what i try to do everytime. Regardless if i just got schooled by a veteran or a complete fish out of water (as embarassing as it is) I try not to lose face and just tell myself, "hey shit happens" and i brush it off, i'll live to train and spar another day. In the back of my mind though, even now im thinking, "Next time, his fuckin ass is grass"..As much as i fight it..heh..the ego never leaves..I'd say sadly, its something that comes with the territory. When you've got an ego, you've got something to prove, and when you got something to prove, you work harder to prove it. But it can really take someone over and turn them into total douchebags.
So yeah theres my tale for the week. What are your guys thoughts or experiences when it comes to your ego and the sport you love.
BTW This is why Fedor is my role model in the fighting world. To me he is somewhat of a great hope. Proof that you can become the best and still remain humble with a nonexistant ego, no matter how much people egg you on. *ahem* certain retarded sherdoggers *ahem*
Today at the gym. I get put with this one guy to spar. His trainer tells me hes real new, so dont try and kill him. I agree of course being the nice guy that i am. When i work with new guys, im relatively laid back being pretty fresh myself. Maybe a year in.
So im in the ring, i hear BOX, and i walk out there with a half assed guard, and the guy full on bullrushes me with a ONE-TWO! Lol and hell if i didnt see it comin. The next thing i know im rocked with this feeling of deja vu, and im like "man..again..a new guy is maliciously beating the shit out of me and im covering up" Needless to say it wasnt much of a boxing match. It got my blood boiling and it degenerated into a bar brawl until the guy got tired.
So now im outta ring and thats when it hits me. This guy has been training like a couple weeks and i've been in there a couple months. Everyone watching was expecting me to school the guy. But instead hes wildly swinging and connecting. People are telling me "man what were you doing in there?!" Comments of that sort. So now im guessing my ego should be absolutely shattered. But its not. I DO admit though, it WAS kind of shaken up. And im someone who really believes that there is no room for ego in this sport (although it really persistently likes to work its way in).
But now as much as i'd like to, Im not going to try and make excuses for myself. When i first went in, Yeah i can say he was a first timer, so i let my guard down, which is why i got rocked by the first couple punches. But the rest of the fight was fair game and i got caught with punches that i shouldnt have. If you were an onlooker watching this take place,What would you have thought? Would i have seemed like a shitty boxer to you?
I find its real hard to come out of situations/bad performances like this and try to take away a lesson from it, but its what i try to do everytime. Regardless if i just got schooled by a veteran or a complete fish out of water (as embarassing as it is) I try not to lose face and just tell myself, "hey shit happens" and i brush it off, i'll live to train and spar another day. In the back of my mind though, even now im thinking, "Next time, his fuckin ass is grass"..As much as i fight it..heh..the ego never leaves..I'd say sadly, its something that comes with the territory. When you've got an ego, you've got something to prove, and when you got something to prove, you work harder to prove it. But it can really take someone over and turn them into total douchebags.
So yeah theres my tale for the week. What are your guys thoughts or experiences when it comes to your ego and the sport you love.
BTW This is why Fedor is my role model in the fighting world. To me he is somewhat of a great hope. Proof that you can become the best and still remain humble with a nonexistant ego, no matter how much people egg you on. *ahem* certain retarded sherdoggers *ahem*