Chapter 4: Candle Boxing
It was another nice and clear day shining over Sugar Rush. Candlehead was walking down the street below with a bag full of boxing equipment, and en route towards a boxing gym near the center of town. When arriving at the location, she walks up the stairs, where there a keen but determined coach ready to train her.
"Hello there!" said the coach. "Candlehead, right?"
"Yes, that is me." replied Candlehead.
"Alright. We have alot to learn today. So let's get get started!"
Candlehead then went to the locker room to change her clothes for a few minutes. When finished, this was the result.
A white sleeveless shirt, striped shorts (black being the primary color, and white being the two stripes), black boxing shoes, and white boxing wraps on her hands. She walked out of the locker room, and she was ready to become a boxer.
"You look nice there." said the coach.
"Well, why thank you." replied Candlehead with a little smile.
"All right. Let's just get started." said the coach.
Candlehead walked to a blue mat, and waited for further instruction.
"First thing you're going to do push-ups. You know that right?" said the coach.
Candlehead nods her head with a yes.
Then, she shows the coach how the push-ups are the done.
"Wow..." says the coach. You are that good at push-ups.
"Yes I am." replied Candlehead.
"Okay." said the coach. For the next 15 minutes, Candlehead did the push-ups just as the coach wanted. After that, he told here to stop.
"Very good there!" The coach said. This was just when he perfectly was a about to show the racer his next lesson.
"That was good right there! Now, the next thing I'm gonna show you is shadowboxing." The coach said. "It's where you practice your punches. Speaking of which, I'ma show how you do em'."
He then showed Candelhead the first and most important part: the boxing stance
"The stance is the most important part of being a boxer." said the coach. "You put your right hand up near you chest, and your left hand near you body."
Candlehead follows the instructions, and gets it right.
"Good!" says the coach. "Now, let's go punch a bag!"
The two walk over to a white punching bag. When they get there, he brings a bunch of blacks of boxing gloves, and put them on Candlehead.
"Alright. Now, punch the bag!"
Following that order, Candlehead goes into fighting stance, and then throws the first punch.
*thwack!*
"Ohh, good!" said the coach. "Keep on punching!"
Candlehead continuously kept on punching the bag again, and again, and again until she was tired.
After finishing punching the bag, she was done, and quite confident.
"How do you feel?" said the coach.
"Feels good." "I think I'm ready for a fight!" replied Candlehead.
"That's great!" said the coach.
"I can train you more later on, and sign you up for a fight. How that?" said the coach.
"Oh, my God!" replied Candlehead. "That would be great!"
After that little talk, the coach had taken the gloves off Candlehead. She then went to the locker room to change back into her regular clothes. As she walked out of gym, she said goodbye to the coach.
"Goodbye! I'll see you later!" said Candlehead.
"No problem!" replied the coach.