In lessons…
Beauty
Small tight parry
Clean riposte
Point dead on
Distance always right
Try to port it to the strip and
All these moves are
Bigger, slower
Sloppy or awry
Too far too close too little or too much
Dragging one new thing across this chasm takes
Grim determination
A willingness to tank and flail and miss
Look foolish and inept
Time and time again until…
Once, it lands just right
Followed by another dozen failures
Then twice, and twice again until
Consistency
In practice bouts, at least…
A whole new fissure yawns between
the club and competition
A GPS to navigate this rift:
Bundle up your courage
Breathe deep and
Make a leap of faith
