The Young Bakers’ first ever boxing lesson with Aboro Foundation!
青年烘焙师们和Aboro基金会的第一次拳击课
On Sunday, May 8th, the Young Bakers gathered at the Anken Life complex for a very unusual class: an initiation to boxing!
Aboro Academywas founded by Yilan Yuen and World Champion Michele Aboro.It is the first Boxing Academy with a World Champion coach and a team of professional coaches in Shanghai. The Aboro Foundation has been supporting underprivileged youth in China by providing career-oriented fitness and wellness training. The Foundation provides a better and healthier future by equipping students with marketable skills and capabilities to enter into the fitness industry, in some cases with job placement, thus creating a virtuous cycle of healthy renewal in the local communities in and around Shanghai.
5月8日星期日，青焙坊的青年烘焙师们在安垦活力集合，一堂与众不同的课正在等着他们：学生们就要第一次尝试拳击训练了！
Aboro训练馆由Yilan Yuen 和世界冠军Michele Aboro所创立是上海仅有的有世界冠军作为教练，并有着专业教练团队的拳击训练馆。Aboro基金会为那些在中国较为贫困的但是对拳击事业十分执着与喜爱的年轻人提供就业导向型的健身以及优秀的训练。Aboro基金会将会提供给这些具备拳击潜力和能力的学生们进入健身业的机会，同时，在某些情况下提供给他们就业机会，给他们一个更好更健康的未来，形成一个良性循环，让他们能够回报社会，回报上海。
With a strong sense of social mission and the many similarities with the Aboro Foundation, Michele Aboro herself has also been very supportive of the Shanghai Young Bakers program, and the first time we met her she asked “ The Young Bakers, they bake delicious products, I suppose they eat them too, but do they move?!”. Indeed after almost a year of bakery and pastry training, a fitness-boxing session was very much welcomed!
It is with a mix of curiosity, anxiety and excitement, that the Young Bakers arrived at the Aboro Academy.
正是因为强烈的社会责任感，Michele Aboro 也十分支持海上青焙坊烘焙的慈善项目，我们第一次见面时她曾问我：“青焙坊的烘焙师们烘焙出好吃的产品，我猜他们也一定吃了不少，但是他们运动吗？”的确！在将近一年的面包和西点课程之后，一堂健身拳击课真的是锦上添花！带着好奇，兴奋，又有点小焦虑的心情，学生们来到了Aboro训练馆。
Trainer Yifeng conducted the session, assisted by trainer Meng, both previous beneficiaries of the Aboro Foundation and very dedicated and patient teachers! The training started with some warm-up and stretching, and then came to time to pair up by two and start learning the basics moves of boxing!
The class ended with a sharing session with Michele.The students could share their feelings about the class, and heard her very story which has really marked their minds. Born in a family with a difficult background, Michele had the chance to meet a tutor who taught her everything about boxing, she seized the chance to make it her both her passion and professional skill, and with her courage and persistence managed to make it to the top by competing and becoming World Champion 7 times.“And, she said, as a Young Baker you can do it too! By improving your baking skills every day and making it your passion, you will be able to have a brilliant career and be an independent adults with new goals and dreams!”““Who did you want to be? asked a student. I wanted to be myself! And you too, you should want to be yourself.”
教练Yifeng 和孟教练一起为学生们进行培训，他们二位都曾是Aboro 基金会的受益者，现在则是这里认真负责又耐心的老师。在热身运动和拉伸之后，学生们分成二人一组就开始学习拳击的基本动作了。
课程结束之际，Michele和同学们进行了分享交流学生们谈起了他们拳击课程中的感受和体会，Michele分享的自己感人又发人深省的故事，也在学生们心中留下了深刻的印象。出生于一个并不富裕的家庭，Michele 有幸遇到了一位愿意将自己所有拳击知识分享给她的启蒙老师，当年的Michele紧紧的把握住了这个机会，并让拳击成为了她一生的爱好和一项专业的职业技能，通过大量不断的训练与惊人的勇气，她7次获得世界冠军。“此外，”她接着说，“作为烘焙师的你们也是同样的道理，你每天精进你的技术一点点，让烘焙成为你真正热爱的事情，你就会有一个无限光明的未来，成为一个有着目标和梦想的独立的青年人。”““你想成为谁？”她这么问向一个学生，“我想成为我自己，你也一样，你应该想成为你自己”。
On behalf of the Young Bakers, we would like to warmly thank the Aboro Foundation for its support, and wish them great success in their mission of supporting more disadvantaged Chinese youth!
代表青焙坊的所有青年烘焙师，我们真心的感谢Aboro 基金会的支持，并祝福他们帮助更多中国贫困青年人的公益愿景得以实现。
艾米丽，项目主管
Emilie Rigaud, Program Director