I've always been into sport and keeping fit so Kickboxing sounded like a good idea. Exercising whilst learning a martial art at the same time. I started about eight years ago but never really got into the competitions. I have a busy job and work shifts so regular classes weren't easy. About two years ago, I had some time on my hands, so I considered doing a few competitions. I started training a lot more, almost daily and then started competing and doing well picking up medals along the way, including a bronze at the WKA World Kickboxing Championships in Spain. It seemed like competitive fighting came naturally to me and the bonus was I really loved.
I'm not really sure why but in 2010 I thought I'd give MMA a go. I enjoy watching it and it felt like it would be taking my sport to another level. It was awesome and physically hard work, but fulfilled that something extra I was looking for and hadn't found in Kickboxing. Standing I was good, probably one of the best at the club together with the coach, but on the ground I was tapping out left, right and centre. This was where I needed to improve my game and was starting from the very beginning. When I watched other students at the club it seemed like a chess game, for every move on the floor there was a counter move. But I relished the challenge and all of the end game options that it opened up to me.
This is a diary of the walk towards my first professional fight and I'm thinking it will be about seven months from now if all goes well. I'd like to invite you to follow my progress through the training, the injuries, as well as all of the good and bad beats along the way.
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