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...Gurkoff begins sparring with David S. Love ’06 as their coach, Doug Yaffi, stands watching at the edge of the mat. “Don’t anticipate,” he tells them. The two fighters move jerkily on their feet, darting in every so often to hit, their movements reminiscent of Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots...
...Yaffi leans against the wall, talking about the obstacles that first-time boxers need to overcome. “Some people have a hard time punching someone else in the face. It goes against everything you were ever taught. But when someone gets hit, they get over it right away...
...Sometimes they pause to offer one another some advice. “You’re throwing your jab a little slow,” Gurkoff advises Love after one bout. Yaffi then steps in to demonstrate a proper...
...Across the room, Yaffi instructs Julia K. Clarke ’06, a beginner in orange shorts, on her jab. “Hands up by your face, start nice and slow.” As she and Megha M. Doshi ’03-’04 begin sparring, making tentative jabs at each other, Yaffi shouts encouragement. “No matter how big and strong the guy is,” he tells them, “you are strong enough to push all that aside...
...nose got bloodied up a little bit.” This is an understatement; the mouthguard and “brain bucket”—slang for helmet—can only protect a boxer so much. As blood streams from his partner’s nose, Yaffi tells him, “If you’re real worried about it, you can?...