This Spring Festival, Jia Ling 's second directorial work " Hot and Spicy " was released, and her appearance after losing 100 pounds was also exposed for the first time. As the movie was released during the Spring Festival, not only did Jia Ling's slimmed down figure arouse heated discussions among the audience, it also brought the sport of boxing to the forefront.
In the past, boxing was often considered a male sport due to its confrontational nature. It wasn't until 2012 that women's boxing entered the Olympic program. As "Hot" leads the Spring Festival movie schedule, we found that many petite girls have developed a desire to learn boxing after watching the movie.
"I really cried watching it, and suddenly I want to practice boxing." On the third day of the Lunar New Year, Xiao Yao, a girl from Hangzhou who had watched the movie, couldn't contain her excitement after watching the movie. She posted a message on WeChat Moments just after the movie ended. There are also many action people who immediately contacted the gym coach on WeChat after watching the movie, waiting only to go to the ring to throw a punch after the Spring Festival holiday.
In fact, before Jia Ling's movie was released, with the emergence of Asia's first UFC world champion Zhang Weili, the public had already put aside some stereotypes and tried to associate boxing with women. This Spring Festival, "Hot and Furious" continues to add fire to women's boxing. The scenes of female boxers exerting their strength in the boxing ring in the movie have also inspired many girls to take the initiative to learn this sport.
"I haven't had time to watch "Hot and Spicy" yet, but from watching the trailer and the descriptions of friends who have seen it, I roughly know that the plot of this movie mainly revolves around women learning boxing."
During the Spring Festival holiday, I worked at Z+ Fitness Club in Hangzhou. Da Xia, the female coach of Da Xia, got together with her family to watch the Spring Festival Gala on New Year's Eve. With the release of "Hot and Spicy" on the first day of the Lunar New Year, Da Xia's mobile phone has not stopped until today. "Everyone on WeChat is calling." I consulted the girls in the boxing class, and I have talked to no less than twenty of them in the past few days."
Daxia is from Guangxi. Due to family reasons, he embarked on the road of professional Sanda athletes as early as the age of fourteen. During the eight years of practicing Sanda, there were more than 20 members in the Sanda team, but the number of girls never exceeded 5. In this male-dominated sport, Da Ha maintained his career as an athlete by winning prize money from competitions. In 2019, Da Xia, who retired due to injuries, came to Hangzhou to work as a fitness coach. With the popularity of combat sports that year, Da Xia returned to his old profession and taught students Sanda, boxing and other sports in gyms.
"At that time, there were still more male students." Until 2022, Daxia keenly discovered that there were more boxing gyms in Hangzhou that only taught boxing, Muay Thai and other fighting sports. This type of boxing gym is different from various sports. More than 90% of the comprehensive gyms with equipment are opened in Yuhang District and Binjiang District, where major Internet companies are concentrated. Since this year, the number of female students taught by Daxia has increased rapidly. “Taking our gym as an example, there are more than 1,000 Among the students, more than 600 girls will take boxing classes, with a male-to-female ratio of almost 3:7."
Last year, because of her pregnancy, Daxia gradually stopped teaching intense boxing classes and instead taught Pilates, "Learning Many people in this sport are beauty-loving girls who have strict requirements on their body shape.” However, what Daxia didn’t expect was that more than 80% of the people who sent her WeChat inquiries about boxing classes during the Spring Festival holiday were those she was leading to practice Pilates. female students.
Why are these little girls who are looking for help from Da Xia interested in boxing? Da Xia also curiously asked on WeChat, “On the one hand, everyone watched Jia Ling’s movie and was so shocked by the changes in her figure before and after. On the other hand, they feel that boxing is a high-consumption, competitive sport. , compared with Pilates, it can make you sweat quickly." In addition, these female students want to make their backs thinner, their upper limbs stronger, and even their waistcoat lines.
Although Da Xia is currently unable to teach boxing classes for a short period of time due to pregnancy, she, a former professional Sanda athlete, spoke highly of this intense sport, “This is not only a cool-looking sport. Exercise, in addition to strengthening the body, can also make a person's spiritual world stronger."
Daxia has taught many female students from major Internet companies, as well as some female students who have a tendency to suffer from depression due to disharmony in their family relationships. During the boxing process, although every punching movement may not be standard and beautiful, Daxia I will encourage them that just punching means they have taken a step forward.
“A female student who practices boxing with me lost more than 40 pounds in eight months through boxing. It turns out that her initial weight was more than 160 kilograms and her height was less than 165 centimeters. "There are also female students working in major Internet companies who have relieved work stress and cured insomnia through boxing. A 55-year-old aunt regained her passion for life and got rid of "retirement syndrome" during boxing. .
Factors such as releasing stress, increasing confidence, and improving concentration also drive more women to take the first step into the ring. Just like Du Leying in "Hot and Spicy", her practice of boxing is not just about losing weight. It's so simple, but she found the answer to "who am I" on the field.
In a few days, Daxia will end her short Spring Festival holiday. She is looking forward to seeing more female students boxing in the gym. Figure, "A female student who learned Pilates from me told me, coach, when I come back from vacation, I want to take my boyfriend to learn boxing with me. "
Source: Chengshi Interactive Reporter Wan Yu
