Thread: Thibox master vs a nobody

I was working as a bartender in a bar in australia. We had a secutity guy named Mikel who also is fighting in the Thibox world championship (or whatever term they use). He is a wonderful person with a good heart. I have never been in a fight in my entire life. A school brawl or 2 as a kid but nothing more.

One day I asked him if we could have a spar sometime and he was realy keen on having me come over for a leson. I thought it would be cool to be able to say that I had been in the ring with a thibox champion! We set up a day for me to come over...

He took out a video camera, set it up and told me I could have it all on tape. He showed me all the basic moves and blocks and after about 45min we had a slow practis spar. He came on me with an elbow straight to my face and I missed the block. It hit me straight on the nose and I went straight down, and then right back up! I was a little dazed over geting a elbow in my face but amazed that I was not hurt more then I was and was laughing at it. He told me I had taken the hit just right and gone with it instead of tensing. We played around some more and I was realy geting the hang of it. I was feeling like: "I know kungfu". But not in a ego speaking way. More in a boys playing a game way.

Then there was something holding me back. I got all the basic moves but I just could not spar properly. Then I relised! I dont know the rules of this game! Teach me the rules!

He told me all the simple rules and how the point system worked and I felt like a little kid who had just been intruduced to a new cool game by a friend.

-I want to score points on you man! I said laughing and over joyed.

Thats when it got "difrent". It was if it had gradualy built up to this point and I did not feel at all as someone who had never been in a fight vs a master of the art. I was playing thibox champion and so was my friend! It fealt like I was dreaming. We played around some more and I fealt like his equal, countering his moves and coming on with attacks in a very playfull way. No ego. Just all game. And I got it all on tape!

I had taken a flight back to sydney and was staying with some friends to the family. I decided to show them my tape and have a look at it my self. Amazed at the experiance. All the training was there up till where I got the elbow in my face... The scene where I got the elbow, went down and then straight back up, was repeated sevral times and then just static. The part where I was "playing" around with him was gone!