smithers joe

I had 6 amateur bouts in the 1990's I won 4 and lost 2. The last fight I gave away far too much weight and the other fighter had previously fought about 20 matches. I knocked him down in the first round and then he subsequently went to town on me, I hit the canvas 3 times ( once in each round) I finished the fight and decided I was probably better off finding another sport.

0-0. I get pretty emotional, but I've never thrown a punch at somebody before. Did a bit of wrestling in high school for gym class that was surprisingly fun though.

When I started studying Wing Chun (Which lasted 4 weeks). The Sifu said to me. Did you box when you were younger? I said no. He says your stance and shoulder position is like a boxer. I said "It feels natural".  He tried to get me to learn his form, I didn't find it very comfortable. So I stopped.

I enjoyed Karate more, but I never got far in that too.