Outside the Comfort Zone
15 Feb 2009 01:32
Last Friday I took the day off work and headed to Sweden. The Nacka Dojo in Stockholm held their Girls Only Fight Camp. For me it was a great opportunity to train with other women since I normally train almost exclusively with men, to scout for other women training mma and a great way to officially kick off my fight training for the April bout in Denmark. Having had two weeks off with a flu that is making the rounds through the UK and sporting a cold sore which always makes me look like a Victorian prostitute I was dreading being the slowest and least fit with hooker lips to boot. Training in new gyms is always an experience since you're exposed to a different routine, drills and the unknown variable of training partners. Add to that mix foreign language instructors and it is outside of my routine and comfort zone completely. It was especially important for me to do this since being in a fight or competition also takes you out of your comfort zone unless you're Jeremy Horn or Paul Jen...
nice read, it's good to get to other places and see how your game compares (probably even more so as a woman with limited training partners) i'm in rio at BTT right now, so i think gi training is a bit otter than sweden ;)
Wow, how can you stand the heat in Rio!! You are a far braver sould than I! Respect
sorry, only just returned to the site and seen this. it took between a week and two weeks to get used to the heat and the sheer amount of fluids you have to replace during a session. there's been 2 or 3 women fighters out here in the last few months :)
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