Aito Ran for a whole week everywhere he went was in a sprint many other boxers gave him weird looks and even scoffed at him for doing such a thing, instead of taking it to the road but Aito ignored them and kept being serious.
Hergo: "im telling you Yoten this Aito guy is serious! If he beats you can you really carry your father's legacy? I mean this Aito guy has no shame by sprinting everywhere he goes!"
Hergo said to yoten.
Yoten: "shut up. I've been practicing a whole lot more then he has. Plus stamina isn't even important for a two round match. All you need is average stamina and that's it."
Yoten said piercing the heavy bag with multiple counter blows.
Every night aito practically passed out from exaughtion until the last 3 days where he felt accustomed to the constant energy output. Then finally a week passed and aito slammed open the gym door panting.
Aito: "I did it."
Aito said looking in to see only Naoki hitting the heavy bag and coach Fumio cleaning some supplies.
Coach fumio: "you didn't actually expect a marching band did you?"
Coach fumio asked laughing.
Aito: "well no. But I was atlease expecting a well done."
Aito said Coach fumio laughed again.
Coach fumio: "you did well. Now that your stamina atlease grew by a couple inches your probably ready for this style now. Originally I was gonna teach you the wolf style. But being that your four inches below the average Jr. Lightweight I decided a better style. The turtle. And when your strong enough the peek-a-boo. And when your even stronger the Infigter. But for now let's focus on teaching you the turtle."
Coach fumio said holding up striking mitts.
Aito: "ok?"
Aito said as he walked over and raised his hands.
Coach fumio: "first put on some gloves. We're gonna avoid putting wraps on your hands for the first week of mitts so your knuckles get used to the constant pressure."
Coach fumio said as aito put on gloves.
Coach: "good now raise your arms and keep your elbows tucked right into your sides or ribs. Then raise your glove so your protecting your head fully but leave enough room to see your opponent- NEVER LOSE SIGHT OF YOUR OPPONENT. Got that?"
Coach fumio asked raising the mitts.
Aito: "yes sir."
Aito said getting into the tucked almost shell like position.
Coach fumio: "now your gonna throw a jab into a straight."
Coach fumio said to aito.
Aito: "jab into a straight?"
Aito asked.
Coach fumio: "sigh. Punch with your left and then again with your right quickly."
Coach fumio said as aito did a quick One-Two, but left his guard open.
Coach fumio: "but now your open. KEEP YOUR GUARD UP!"
Coach fumio said startlingly aito making him put his guard back up.
Coach fumio: "never drop your guard."
Coach fumio said as aito kept practicing One-Two combinations.
Then another gym mate walked in.
Coach fumio: "Hey. How are you doing?"
Coach fumio asked the gymmate.
Lucas: "good just came in to practice some heavy bag work."
Lucas said throwing powerful southpaw combinations into the heavy bag with his bate knuckles.
Coach fumio: "that's Lucas he's a B-3 boxer."
Coach fumio said before putting the mitts down.
Aito: "is that it?"
Aito asked sweating.
Coach fumio: "I want the same thing just this time duck side to side as you throw."
Coach fumio said raising the mitts.
Aito: "example?"
Aito asked.
Coach fumio: "example? Duck side to side like this."
Coach fumio mimicked aito stance and shuffled side to side, One-two duck to the left, One-Two duck to the right.
Coach fumio: "like that."
Coach fumio said to Aito.
Aito: "alright."
Aito raised his gloves into his turtle style and started doing the movements hitting the one-two and slowly speeding up.
Coach fumio: "there you go. Add more rhythm to it and try to not telegraph your moves."
Coach fumio caught all the punches and watched as aito slowly sped up...
Then aito started getting into the rhythm...
Everyone stopped and watch as aito sped up to extreme speeds such that a professional boxer would have.
Aito's punches started becoming tighter and more solid then before as he threw power punches with all his weight now, the weight shifting from foot to foot fluent as he threw powerful punches until he stopped to catch his breath.
Aito: "ha. ha. ha. How did I do coach fumio?"
Aito asked.
Coach fumio: "good kid. Tomorrow I want the same thing. Go get some food then rest."
Coach fumio said to Aito as Aito walked away.
Naomi: "heh. What do you think of him now Fumio? Still think Shiko's son will win?"
Naomi asked.
Coach fumio: "Yoten himself is a powerful counter puncher, or so I've heard... aito I don't think can win he doesn't have nearly as much knowledge as Yoten has. But he can survive the two rounds."
Coach fumio said taking off the mitts.
Naomi: "I don't know who to cheer for... both have a good chance at winning."
Naomi said to coach fumio.
Coach fumio raised his hands and showed Naomi his tomato red palms.
Coach fumio: "he did that for three minutes. A whole round, which means if Yoten gets cocky and let's aito get his own rhythm he'll definitely knock him out or win by points."