What are you doing at this very moment?

Thanks, nebs. Feeling a bit better atm, but then, it's been about 90 minutes since I took the painkillers, so they'll start wearing off soon. On the plus side, I'm alternating between codine and Ibruprofen, so every two hours I get a boost of one of them. I also have a little alcohol on standby, should it get really bad again.

Just finished doing some sparring. My friend has been wanting to learn basic boxing techniques so I was just showing him some mitt drills and your basic 1-2 and 1-2-3's for the past few weeks.

Today was the first day I sparred with him. He wanted to spar yet he didn't want me to punch him in the nose..so i'm like 'cool'. Then he said we should forget the mouth guards because he didn't want to spar with us hitting each other in the face...i'm like...'o..k, so you just wanna spar using body blows and such?' 'yeh, but not too hard init', the wimp said. I told him it'll be as bad if not worse than being hit in the face. He doesn't listen. Soo, arkward as it was, we spar with us just going to the body at about 60-70%.

We are the exact same height and weight, his technique is understandably unremarkable, but he gets a couple of good shots to my body, but after we finish a round he does the unthinkable and starts complaining about me BLOCKING his bodyshots with my elbows. He claims I wasn't just blocking but using my elbows to deflect his punches, telling ME 'that's not how boxers are supposed to block, we're not out to hurt each other' well **** me sideways if I hurt your arm a little. I couldn't believe me ears, proper having a go because I used my forearms and elbow to protect myself! Oh and I accidently gave him an uppercut to the groin area and he got all whiny about that too, as if I did it on purpose.

I told him he couldn't have this attitude if he was at a gym because they'd laugh and then just kick him out and that what i'm doing to him is NOTHING compared to what would happen if he trained properly. He doesnt' listen because it's 'just me' though. Disrespectful or what? No seriously if anyone thinks i'm in the wrong then please do not hesitate to tell me so. He gave me hard shots to areas and I never complained once. He wont' do certain warm up drills or exercises because he finds them '****' he usually just wants to do the mitts immediately. Am I missing something here??? If i'm gonna teach somebody something I want to do it properly even if it is just basic self defence, but to complain about scratches and ****ing bruises from me blocking is making me just want to give up on him. Talk about an uber wimp, never heard such weak talk in my life.

Sorry for the rant guys, I just hate people who complain about trivial ****. Well, at trivial to me at least.

If he's serious about training, I wouldn't go too easy on him. Getting clocked once in a while might motivate him to improve his technique!

Just finished doing some sparring. My friend has been wanting to learn basic boxing techniques so I was just showing him some mitt drills and your basic 1-2 and 1-2-3's for the past few weeks.

Today was the first day I sparred with him. He wanted to spar yet he didn't want me to punch him in the nose..so i'm like 'cool'. Then he said we should forget the mouth guards because he didn't want to spar with us hitting each other in the face...i'm like...'o..k, so you just wanna spar using body blows and such?' 'yeh, but not too hard init', the wimp said. I told him it'll be as bad if not worse than being hit in the face. He doesn't listen. Soo, arkward as it was, we spar with us just going to the body at about 60-70%.

We are the exact same height and weight, his technique is understandably unremarkable, but he gets a couple of good shots to my body, but after we finish a round he does the unthinkable and starts complaining about me BLOCKING his bodyshots with my elbows. He claims I wasn't just blocking but using my elbows to deflect his punches, telling ME 'that's not how boxers are supposed to block, we're not out to hurt each other' well **** me sideways if I hurt your arm a little. I couldn't believe me ears, proper having a go because I used my forearms and elbow to protect myself! Oh and I accidently gave him an uppercut to the groin area and he got all whiny about that too, as if I did it on purpose.

I told him he couldn't have this attitude if he was at a gym because they'd laugh and then just kick him out and that what i'm doing to him is NOTHING compared to what would happen if he trained properly. He doesnt' listen because it's 'just me' though. Disrespectful or what? No seriously if anyone thinks i'm in the wrong then please do not hesitate to tell me so. He gave me hard shots to areas and I never complained once. He wont' do certain warm up drills or exercises because he finds them '****' he usually just wants to do the mitts immediately. Am I missing something here??? If i'm gonna teach somebody something I want to do it properly even if it is just basic self defence, but to complain about scratches and ****ing bruises from me blocking is making me just want to give up on him. Talk about an uber wimp, never heard such weak talk in my life.

Sorry for the rant guys, I just hate people who complain about trivial ****. Well, at trivial to me at least.

Haha, your friend shouldn't go to a boxing gym, ever. I remember my first weeks. I wasn't allowed to do any work on the heavybag or speedbag. All I did all the time was warm up, work on my stance and get my footwork down. When I had finally understood how to be in the proper stance, also whilst moving laterally, I was allowed to work the heavy bag.

Hmm, you think maybe I should have dedicated a couple of weeks to the warm ups and stance and footwork??

He hasn't got a proper stance down and still doesn't know how to transfer the weight to his hips properly. He's one of those that just wants to hit the mitts all the time and spar without getting hurt

I do try to old technique of just hitting my friend (somewhat) gently in the face everytime his hands lower when he throws a combination on the mitts. It never works.