Life regimen of Street Boxing Fighter

Life regimen of Street Boxing Fighter


The life of a street boxing champion has a routine. Daily, he completes his training schedule. This is
his priority. Other things take the back seat in his daily life. Once the routine is done, then other
things may be considered.

Although hectic, the rigid routine has breaks. He provides himself periods of rests. He
takes leisure walks or trips with loved ones. He meditates to relax his mind and body. Often, he
uses his breaks to watch movies or documentaries that enrich his sports knowledge, or read
books on the same topic. But after the limited and calculated breaks, he diligently resumes his
boxing for the street training.

Top boxers train and keep up their schedules rain or shine. Only an injury or ailment will
stop them for a while. Yet, even in confinement, their sport is still ingrained in their mind and
heart.

A black belt champion who is recognized by the hall of fame in California, Di Shao Lung
was once confined to bed due to a serious spine injury in the middle 1960s. His physicians told
him he ought to quit his sport for life if he wanted his spine to heal. For six months, confined in
his bed with spine correction apparatus, he wrote his book, drew sketches of his techniques and
moves, and even conceptualized films about his sport. As soon as he felt comfortable, he started
training again (against his doctors’ advice), and soon was back to the arena answering challenges
from contenders. Nothing could stop this fighter from fulfilling his fighting call.

Here is an example of a daily regimen of a known ace boxer in the U.S. when he’s NOT
due for a competition. He wakes up at 4 in the morning and runs for 2 hours - sideways,
backward, and in swift zigzags. He throws jabs and hooks in different directions while running.

Then, back in the gym, he lifts weights and does abdominal exercises. He shadow boxes, plays
with the speed ball, and works out on the punching bag, and then spars with 4 partners for a
couple of rounds each. The whole workout takes almost half the day. This rigid daily training is
necessary, he once said, so that in actual combat your body can flow fluidly and obey every
command of your will. Your will judges and concludes situations. At the split second, when it
sees, decides, and gives the command, the body must be able to respond.

The fighter must take on different challengers regularly, and even study the
moves of popular players in previous bouts. While mastering superb moves, he must also learn to
control or hide his temper, excitement, irritation, impatience, and nervousness; revealing these to
the opponent during the contest may be to his disadvantage. If the foe learns what things irritate
you, for example, he may capitalize on that to worsen your irritation and ruin your focus.

Mastery of moves and self-control (and learning to assume a poker face) takes long, long
periods of daily practice and the right workouts to keep yourself healthy and free from the
weakening effects of ailments.