Sahia noted during the teen class that it was a good group. They all work when they are in the gym, and Noel and Makaela have been great at helping the others out with techniques and exercises. Kalib is talking about signing up for the Chicago Golden Gloves. Caesar, his brother Richard, and Melissa have been doing well.
If only the kids' class was running that smoothly. The class is now full, but a few of the kids who signed up have yet to set foot in the gym. Jayda, who was in the class over two years ago, re-registered for it, but she has already missed days of class. She told me that her friend Rosemary planned to sign up again, and I inwardly groaned. Neither girl did much in the gym the last time they were in the class. Iz and Abrahant were not in class again day with no explanation.
However, a nice addition to the kids class is Angelo, a cute half Black, half Puerto Rican kid. He's been hitting the ground running since he joined the class. Angelo has very good form, too. He told me that an uncle of his has a home gym. I'm thinking that Angelo may have received some boxing training from the uncle, based on the way he moves.
The fundraiser is shaping up nicely. I was able to print out fliers and hand them out to the kids to pass around. I sent a note to Marty at Simons Park to ask him if he could bring some boxers from his gym to spar with mine on the day of the fundraiser. It would be nice if Marlon at Portage Park can bring some boxers over to spar, too. It'll be in late February.
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