re: After watching numerous fight videos lately, I’m convinced that 99% of men can’t fight.

After my parents divorced, my dad went to prison and I moved to the hood (Tall Timbers apartments on the corner of Ardenwood and Florida). Black kids from the surrounding hood would walk through looking for sparring partners. They’d bring gloves and one older kid was always with them to ref and coach a little bit. I was 9-10 y/o at this time. I sparred whenever they came around. We moved away after a few years. The 80s was a different time, it seemed like we fought once or twice a week after school or on the weekends.

Now that the need to prove something to myself or others is gone, the idea of swapping blood and sweat with a stranger is repulsive. I can’t think of a situation where I would square up with someone. I would walk away or put some holes in whoever was trying to stop me from leaving peacefully.