Gabriel's 1st fight at school
I forgot to tell you guys about this, but when I was getting Gabriel acclimated to preschool, some nice friendly little kid named Timmy comes up into Gabriel's personal space and starts saying "I'm bigger than you" and measuring himself by waving his hand up near Gabriel's head.
Gabriel hates people crowding him and as soon as Timmy's hand touches his head he lets loose with a straight stiff jab that catches the friendly little guy right in the gut. Timmy's eyes get real big. The air in Timmy's little belly whooshes out with a surprised "ooooooohhhh!!" and he staggers back three or four feet and falls over.
As immediately begin to admonish Gabriel, the kid gets back up gets real close again and asks, "Hey, why did you do that for!!?" in a hurt tone. Gabriel promptly smacks him with the identical punch which delivers identical results.
I have to say objectively that Gabriel packs a pretty mean whallop and doesn't pull his punches. His jab is reminiscent of Larry Holmes' in his prime. After he knocks you down he yells "Knock out!!" and throws his hands in the air. Then he jumps up and down with his hands raised in victory while making that "Ding, ding, ding!" bell sound, just like that green boxer guy from the "Punchout!!" Video game.
But Gabriel will usually warn you before engaging in fisticuffs. he puts up his dukes in a classic fighting stance and calls out in Spanish "En guardia! Pelea!" (En guard, Fight!) before throwing any punches. But as little Timmy can attest, if he whacks you right out of the blue, you've had it, because he aims right for the belly he has really quick hands and he shows no mercy.
My mother-in-law was appalled by this custom which she discovered after Gabriel caught her with a one-two punch in her living room. She blames me of course, but I have no idea where he learned this and I don't know where that punching bag in the living room or the tiny pair of boxing gloves come from either.
Gabriel hates people crowding him and as soon as Timmy's hand touches his head he lets loose with a straight stiff jab that catches the friendly little guy right in the gut. Timmy's eyes get real big. The air in Timmy's little belly whooshes out with a surprised "ooooooohhhh!!" and he staggers back three or four feet and falls over.
As immediately begin to admonish Gabriel, the kid gets back up gets real close again and asks, "Hey, why did you do that for!!?" in a hurt tone. Gabriel promptly smacks him with the identical punch which delivers identical results.
I have to say objectively that Gabriel packs a pretty mean whallop and doesn't pull his punches. His jab is reminiscent of Larry Holmes' in his prime. After he knocks you down he yells "Knock out!!" and throws his hands in the air. Then he jumps up and down with his hands raised in victory while making that "Ding, ding, ding!" bell sound, just like that green boxer guy from the "Punchout!!" Video game.
But Gabriel will usually warn you before engaging in fisticuffs. he puts up his dukes in a classic fighting stance and calls out in Spanish "En guardia! Pelea!" (En guard, Fight!) before throwing any punches. But as little Timmy can attest, if he whacks you right out of the blue, you've had it, because he aims right for the belly he has really quick hands and he shows no mercy.
My mother-in-law was appalled by this custom which she discovered after Gabriel caught her with a one-two punch in her living room. She blames me of course, but I have no idea where he learned this and I don't know where that punching bag in the living room or the tiny pair of boxing gloves come from either.
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