Stick N Move teaches their boxers\u00a0<\/a>that the real fight is not just with the opponent in front of you but the mental battle that goes into strapping out the gloves.\u00a0<\/p>\n“You have to see things in slow motion that’s coming at you fast. You can’t overreact, can’t get angry. You know, a lot of people associate boxing with fighting, but it’s not. It’s very mental. It’s more mental than anything.\u201d says Antwoine Dorm, the owner of the non-profit Stick N Move.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Gloves up, Guns Down showcases those mental battles along with promoting a safer and stronger community. With 15 different bouts between 30 fighters, the day was about more than just showcasing combinations and footwork. It was a way for the fighters to demonstrate the hard work and discipline that makes them effective in the ring and share it with their community.<\/p>\n
“The discipline, coming here every day, having a community with each other. Like you come here, I don’t feel judged. I feel welcome. It’s a welcoming environment.\u201d says Everett Scanlon, a boxer whose been with Stick N Move for over 4 years.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And while winning in the ring leads to hoisting a belt, the lessons learned on the canvas and how they can be used out the ring are the true trophy. By learning to fight in the ring boxers with Stick N Move learn to fight their opponents, their struggles and their self-doubt.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s a lot to be a boxer. You got the condition, you got the mental, you got the doubt, you’re being judged. It’s A lot. It’s a lot to go through. So it transfers over even to school and even in real life.\u201d said Dorm.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stick N Move Boxing in York held their second annual Gloves Up, Guns Down event to combat gun…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":617205,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-617204","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-boxing","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=617204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/617205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}