Learning Boxing in Korea (One month)

Finally I have done boxing for a full month.


Still 6 rounds of jumping-rope are not easy for me but it got used to.. anyway, not like my thought at first about boxing, boxing is quite lonely sport, before sparring or fight you must have a time to practice posture, punch, movement and strategy. So I think boxing can be very peaceful sport depending on how you approach.

Recently I focused on hitting a sandbag. It was very fun and it is very helpful to give strength on the fist.

Personally I do not like things like sparring, but the sparring is one of the main parts of the boxing because during sparring, you can learn many practical things.

On 4th week I learned how to turn.
You can easily watch the videos of turning from YouTube such as pivot turn. But this time I learned step-turn(I don't know its English word) which is like move one foot and one foot.
For example, to turn left, first move the left foot to where you want and then move the right foot.

At first, turn 90 degree(left/right) and when it is used turn variety degrees/directions.

Learning Boxing in Korea (First Day)

I believe that the human beings have to do workout so I do. And so I have done weight training for one years at the gym however, nowadays I was bored and not motivated.

Therefore I decided changing something. Yes, I quit the gym and looked for boxing gym.

Boxing is one of my admired and loved sports but I haven't had a chance to do it. And now the chance has come. I found the boxing gym near my house and I got the permission from my wife.

 

The boxing gym receives entrance fees and dues.

They said the entrance fee is the cost of gloves and handwraps. And dues is usually around 120 ~ 150 thousand won(about $ 110 ~ 140) and it depends on the career of the gym director or manager and the size of the gym mainly. 
Anyway, my point of the gym-choice is the distance between my house and a gym and I have fewer choices because boxing is not common in Korea yet. So I just went the nearest boxing gym from my house.

Before I went to the boxing gym, I searched many stories on the internet and they helped me a lot.

When I thought of boxing, it reminded me punch, so I thought that on the first day of the boxing I would learn how to punch. But no, I was taught jumping rope, stance and step only.

And here is basical knowledge of boxing.
1 round = 3 minutes of exercise + 30 seconds of rest

Anyway, firtst day I learnt general stretching and did 6 rounds of jumping rope. 6 rounds of jumpling rope is just everyday-warming-up.

After done jumping rope, I learnt how to stand(foot position) and fist position.
While keeping the positions(foot and fist), I leant how to move(it is called 'step').

There are many kinds of steps but this time I learnt two.
First one is 'step in place',
second one is 'step forward and backward'.

I did steps for 2 rounds. So actually my first day, I did 6 rounds of jumping rope and 2 rounds of steps. But I was very hard maybe because it was first day.