Channeling My Aggression

I have always thought boxing was stupid. Why would to adults want to strip down to their gym shorts and start punching each other in the face? I mean the whole point is to beat your opponent until they can’t get up. How ridiculous is that? Particularly if you know you might be the one sprawled out on the floor?

And then one day, when I was in a really bad mood I went to my gym and told one of the trainers that I wanted to hit something. He handed me a couple of training gloves and said, “Let’s do it.” He showed me some basic boxing moves and then he stood in front of me, pointed to the left and right side of his stomach. “Okay,” he said, “punch me here and here.”

“Like, really punch you?” He nodded so I started punching him, lightly. Apparently that wasn’t what he wanted. “You can start light,” he said begrudgingly, “but then with each punch increase the impact. I’ll tell you when it gets too hard.”

Now this guy is seriously buffed and I know he has a crazy tolerance for pain but still! Then again I was in a bad mood so I started hitting with gusto. Then we faced off and I wasn’t just hitting I was dodging his swings. I punched him in the head several times. The first time I did it I felt bad and was about to walk away when he smacked me on the back of my head. So I figured fuck him and I punched him in the head again. He got me on the ear. That hurt and the ringing didn’t stop for well over an hour but he didn’t let me stop because if you can’t fight while you’re hurt you can’t fight period. I danced, I jabbed and got to use my right hook…it was, you know, BOXING.

And here’s the weird part…I LOVED IT! It was the most empowering feeling I’ve ever had in my life! Just knowing that I could hold my own in a fight…that I could keep going even when hurt…it was awesome. I’m not going to get in a ring and invite some testosterone-filled-killing-machine to try to knock me out but I do get why other people might choose to do that. In a very weird way, it’s fun.


Kyra Davis
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