“If you fight this guy like a bar room brawler, you’re going pay the price with your consciousness,” coach reminded between combinations.
Jake, a young, brash, undefeated, know-it-all, responded with a smirk, “It’s worked every other time.”
Coach had been working with Jake since he was a kid, and he was well-aware of how stubborn he could be, which was amplified even more by his success since becoming a professional mixed martial artist.
Coach pushed a little harder, “Your opponent doesn’t punch like an ordinary MMA guy; he was a former Golden Gloves Boxer.”
“Gold gloves will break on this iron chin,” was Jake’s clever retort as he tapped his gloves to the point of his face.
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The first round began just like Jake wanted and ended as coach had predicted, with the refined boxer finding Jake’s off button using a right hook.
Prompted from the Six Sentence Story Prompt at: https://girlieontheedge1.wordpress.com/2020/06/14/sundays-six-sentence-story-word-prompt-112/.
Prompted from Fandango’s One Word Challenge at: https://fivedotoh.com/2020/06/14/fowc-with-fandango-ordinary/.
discipline and technique trumps simple force (and resistance) ‘most ever time, no?
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I’d say more often than not.
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Taking a hard chin! Nice use of the prompt!
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I like the gold gloves iron chin picture.
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I’ll bet Jake had no idea he had an “off button,” but now that he does perhaps he will listen more closely to his coach. Good use of the prompt.
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Jake was bound to “meet his match”. Hopefully, his ego will allow him to consider that maybe Coach knows of what he speaks 😀
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Aw, Jake. Maybe next time you’ll listen.
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