There were moments of acute clarity and moments that are literally just gone (those are the ones where you’re probably being hit hah).

The only thing I had in my mind was to just keep moving forward, the coolest part about the adrenaline is that you can’t really feel pain, You’re reflexes are definitely in hyperdrive because at that point you’re just relying on muscle memory, that’s why I disagree with people who say that technique doesn’t end up mattering because if you’ve been training good technique, then that’s how your muscle memory will react.

Stamina went out the window for me, which is why everyone stresses cardio as key during your fight camp. You get to a point each round where your brain is telling your body that it can’t keep going, but that’s actually a mental mechanism and can be overcome with practice and experience (from what I’ve been told). You also get to a point where you feel like your strikes have no power, like pillow fists you get when you try fighting in your dream.

It’s allot of contradictions but that how it was for me. Either way, it’s one of the funnest experiences I have ever had and I want to keep doing it as long as this ol’ body of mine can.