RYAN PICKARD

LEARNING THE ROPES I’m very excited to be posting this. A project I’ve worked on for a long time , from the heart. Tickets now available through link in bio. ‘The Cinematic Life of Boxing Season at BFI Southbank’ ‘Season Introduction Talk + World Premiere: Learning the Ropes Q&A with director Ryan Pickard, actor Ray Winstone and former World Middleweight Champion Darren Barker An intimate and deeply moving documentary about Bethnal Green’s legendary Repton Boxing Club.’ - BFI

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DIRECTOR & NARRATOR Repton boys @ryan__pickard & @thisisraywinstone share some thoughts outside the club. Learning The Ropes is a poetic love letter to the club In honour of its father figure Tony Burns. Written & Directed by Pickard & Narrated by Winstone, these two shared club, coach, and collaborated on this project. Respect to the crew that helped bring the film to life. Dir. Wr. Prod. - Ryan Pickard @ryan__pickard • Narr. - Ray Winstone @thisisraywinstone • Ed. - Miguel Lloro • Cine. - Morgan White @morganwhitephoto • Cam Op. - Matt D’Urban Jackson @mattgdj • Steadi Op. - Nathan Claridge @nathanclaridge • Music. - Thomas Pink & Dorry Macauley @tompinkmusic @dorrymac @reptonboxingclub

JOHN H STRACEY - Olympian, Former world champion & Repton boxer. Stracey, another name on the roster of great fights to come out of the Repton under Tony Burns tutelage. Beating Napoles to win the world title Stracey is one of nine fighters out of the great club to become world champion. Watch the film ‘Learning The Ropes’ to feel a bit more of what makes this place so special.

NURSERY - REPTON From boy to champion , ‘Learning The Ropes’ gives a view into the journey and the ingredients that are in the mix concocted by @reptonboxingclub under the legendary coach Tony Burns MBE ‘A boy comes to me with a spark of interest, I feed the spark and it becomes a flame. I feed the flame and it becomes a fire. I feed the fire and it becomes a roaring blaze.’ - Cus D’Amato

Tony’s life, his character, his charisma, his talent, cannot be encapsulated in a few words. He was larger than life, a real asset to the world around him. He had a passion for people, and willed them on to fulfill their potential. I was a young kid who fancied myself as a proper fighter, moved up to the seniors and was mixing with the top fighters at my weight, boy against men, I was game and would walk away from sparring thinking ‘I done well there’ maybe thought I won that spar….. in my naivety…… I didn’t realise I was being looked after, I was 16, these were men! Tony was one of those men, and I never knew I’d been looked after until I was a man myself. He was a Lion, bringing on a cub. That’s family. We were a team, he was my captain, he taught me how to be a captain myself , by example. I hope we can all remember Cesay’s big character, his laugh, his spark. A proper part of The Repton! Like I said, it can’t be put into words, but as I sit and think of Cesays passing I’m grateful for him, he was a one off, and wil be missed by many. Respect 💚💛

Q&A at BFI Southbank With host and season curator Professor @cjnwonka , Director of Learning The Ropes @ryan__pickard , & Former World Champion @mrdfbarker For full interview visit the link in bio.

BBC - ‘In all good boxing stories the underdog becomes the unlikely champion – and the tale of Learning The Ropes being the opening documentary at the BFI Southbank’s boxing season is no different. The self-shot film is set in Repton boxing club in Bethnal Green, which has produced dozens of champion boxers and where notorious East End gangsters, the Kray twins, once boxed. But the film isn’t about them. It follows the final years of legendary coach Tony Burns MBE………’ Read more through link in bio to the full article by @bbcnews

A FILM IN HONOUR OF TONY BURNS MBE A name known across boxing but only his boxers understood his love as a coach. Burnsy coached more champions than any other and marked his boxers, Repton boxing club, and the sport itself immeasurably. ‘Learning The Ropes’ gives an insight into what this man created. ‘An intimate and deeply moving documentary about Bethnal Green’s legendary Repton Boxing Club.’ - BFI Dir. Wr. Prod. - Ryan Pickard @ryan__pickard • Narr. - Ray Winstone @thisisraywinstone • Ed. - Miguel Lloro • Cine. - Morgan White @morganwhitephoto • Cam Op. - Matt D’Urban Jackson @mattgdj • Steadi Op. - Nathan Claridge @nathanclaridge • Music. - Thomas Pink & Dorry Macauley @tompinkmusic @dorrymac @reptonboxingclub