打拳的英文：
to do shadowboxing

Box with an imaginary opponent
与假想对手打拳

dominic had been born in Boston, and had been introduced in his fighting days as Joe Agos, the Boston Beauty
多米尼克出生在波士顿，在他登台打拳的年代，以乔?艾戈斯-“波士顿美人”闻名。

Such was the fascinating shadowboxing that went on at Nanking.
在南京持续打的就是这样令人眼花缭乱的太极拳。

I learned some karate for self-defense and I learned some shadow-boxing.
我学过一点空手道，用来防身的;另外还学过一点太极拳。