Punchline

This week’s Illustration Friday word is “punchline.” The first thing that came to mind for me was actual punching, as opposed to the more idiomatic definition of the expression.

I get bored easily with exercising, so at different times in my life, I have taken kickboxing and boxing classes. I’ve never actually “boxed,” other than sparring lightly in class, but it is quite an adrenaline rush just to do the moves, and a great workout!

My favorite boxing memory is from the boxing class I took while studying abroad in Perugia, Italy. We would warm up by running the perimeter of the small room doing different movements. My favorite was kind of a “grass blowing in the wind” type movement where we put our hands above our heads and swayed side to side while running. So there I was, one of the few girls in the class, with a bunch of smelly Italian men, swaying around the room. It still makes me laugh every time I think about it.

I pulled out some of my old boxing gear for my interpretation of “punchline” below.