if at first you don't succeed...

okay so here we go....

it's been about a month since the last entry and i think i left off with our very own elissa rubino getting ready for her very first fight in the muaythai ring.

this took place aug 9th and was the first of three fights for members of my phoenix fightclub to participate in. elissa fought in mississauga at the kombat arts training academy on a rainy saturday night. believe me this bundle of dynamite did not disappoint! after a slow first round start(getting a feeling for the crowd and enviroment) elissa exploded on her opponent closing the 3rd and final round out in fightclub fasion! in the 3rd round of a fight a fighter is usually just happy to make it to the final bell. elissa was ready for more rounds, a testament to her hard and rigorus training regime. elissa was to lose the fight to her opponent on this night but after looking at both fighters u'd have thought elissa was the winner. never had i seen a fighter so happy in the enviroment she had chosen to be in! it was sheer happines, not from the test she had just completed but the simple fact that she trained, she fought and she more than survived.

elissa is now started training for her next fight that will be in october either in oakville in a tournament formated match up or in kitchener at elements nightclub! either way you can believe she will be more than ready as she has already been improving on mistakes she felt she made in her first trip to the ring. as gher trainer i am very proad to have and continue to train elissa for her ventures into the combat ring.

lots say they want to be fighters, some train to try to be fighters, but unless you've said it , trained it , and done it your not a fighter!

coming up....

my posts of both my fight in winnipeg and my assisant instructor's fight in south africa!!!

until next time
hands up, chin down, and keep on training!