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Hi boxing fans...

up football etc. In gym class, They don’t do much of any wants to get in the ring to spar!
we had to participate. Exercises, cursive handwriting. They can The concept of learning and
running laps etc. If you didn’t, leave class if they don’t feel building up has been lost. “But
you failed or were sent to the like being there. Parents don’t coach, can’t you just show me a
By Jorge Luis
principal’s office. You had to get notified if their child is few moves and I’ll be ready?”.
be legitimately sick! Truthfully, absent. Our youth don’t have No... I can’t. A coach can’t

most of us enjoyed the activity. In to exercise, play outside, or do download a program, send it to
class, you listened and learned, physical labor. I notice very few you, swipe a card across your
often ponder this question of or you failed. The basics were youths even outside shoveling forehead and poof! You’re a
I late, concerning our youth. emphasized. Reading, writing, driveways. Mostly parents and boxer!
I am going to be frank. I find math, science. You worked, older folks. There is even a bylaw I have a client who takes in
a vast difference in our young studied, and practiced. Or you against street hockey! I would exchange students. Whether
people of today that join our failed. That seems to be lost in rather see our youth outside they come from Germany,
program at Champs Eastside, our youth today and it’s not their playing. I’ll gladly wait for them Switzerland, Japan, or Spain.

as compared to 20-25 years fault. It starts at home and many to move aside when I drive by. They are fluent in their
ago, or even 10-15 years ago. In homes are a single-parent family Our youth seem to be experts on native tongue, write cursive
my youth and formative years, home. phones, googling stuff, and Tik in their native tongue and in
we played outside. We played Tok. We are creating at home
The youth of today learn very English. They type, know their
at parks, we swam, rode our differently. They use computers, and in school laziness, lack of timetables, and know how to
bikes, swimming holes (like laptops, tablets, and phones. ambition, and entitlement! tell time on a clock. Why are the
Lock 15!), street hockey, pick-
What does this have to do youth from other countries so far
with boxing? Contrary to ahead and our average student
popular belief, you need brains is falling behind? In China
TIME TO TAKE for boxing, not brawn. I’ve and India, they go to school 6

noticed our youth have trouble days a week, 8 hours a day. No
communicating verbally and homework. They have athletics
CHARGE OF THE SNOW being articulate. Many of activities on a daily basis. Math,
our youth, 12-17 years old, reading, science, typing, cursive
can’t look at a clock and (in English as well). Check out
tell me the time. They have the boxing program in India, as
trouble understanding verbal compared to Canada. Check how
commands. Even demonstrating many medals a poor country like
physically doesn’t always work. India wins and a “rich” country
Most kids lack strength to like Canada doesn’t. No one
complete body weight exercises. from Canada wants to immigrate
Why? They don’t play outside to India. Many from India want
enough and can’t be forced to to immigrate to Canada. Figure
in school. So, we are getting it out. We are making our youth
kids in sport programs like dependent on machines and
Champs and others, who have technology. They don’t have a
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