Boxing, Performance, Mentality and Mental Health

ROOTS and CULTURE

“A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.” - Marcus Garvey. It is well known that being part of something and feeling like you belong s...

FOTI Podcast

“Fighting On The Inside” FOTI Podcast   The first time I met Johnny Nelson (now MBE!), was in Cardiff for Anthony Joshua’s fight against Joseph Parker in March 2018. Johnny and I ended up crossing...

INSPIRATION, APPLICATION, PERSPIRATION

As the daily temperature creeps up, green leaves emerge and the days are longer, lighter and even brighter, our outlook changes. We are moving forwards and moving away from restrictions, towards po...

QUIET IS POWER

“You are the sky. Everything else – it’s just the weather.”   However much we might desire certainty in our lives and however much technological innovation continues in its attempt to control the v...

BEN DAVISON - SHADOW BOXING

On Saturday Feb 4, REAL had the utmost pleasure of attending a masterclass of pure substance given by Ben Davison and hosted by Bermondsey Boxing Club.    Ben Davison has a global reputation as one...

BOXING PSYCHOLOGY

  Photo: an audience with Dr. Pete Olusoga Boxing is tough. The existential notion is that you’re trying to hit your opponent as many times as it takes until they’re unable to continue, or you win ...

BURNOUT

As we approach the holiday weekend and what's often our busiest month of the year comes to a close, are you feeling that 2022 has all been a bit overwhelming? December and the run in to Christmas i...

BOXING IS BOOMING

 You're booming if you're boxing From the North to the bottom of South America, across the Eurasian continent to Japan, down South to Australia and back around via Africa, boxing is a global pheno...

DIRECTED BY JOHNNY NELSON

Learning ‘Lines’ from the Ingle script,  Directed 🎥 by Johnny Nelson   On Saturday 24 September, REAL invited Johnny Nelson to Bermondsey Boxing Club - www.bermondseyboxingclub.com, to lift the ...

PASS IT ON

To nourish - is to flourish While on a journey East (from West London), to The Troxy last week, a colourful billboard caught my attention. It said: To nourish - is to flourish. As this advert was a...