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Monday, October 31, 2011
Where Are The Ladies?!... Monday, October 31
I went cruising for chics on Saturday… and then again today. Strange but true.
I went looking for females – foreign females -- as an attempt to promote Flipside Fitness, spread word about it and get more females aware and interested in my boxercise classes.
My boxercise classes aren’t solely for the females but it’s been only females who have been signing up for my classes, and that’s cool with me because it’s very inspiring to me to train with such a fierce group of females. For the most part, I think they’d prefer me to keep it a girls-only class too, for the sake of feeling more comfortable and not having to deal with any drama or whatnot that too often gets connected with both-sex groups. Korean women are more than welcome to join the group but I find that most Korean women I have approached about it are nervous about joining. They think they have to understand perfect English and the name boxercise gives them the misconception that they’ll be sparring.
For now, my main cliental pool is the foreign female crowd.
Saturday I headed out downtown Cheonan with one of the gals whom I train. We seriously roamed the streets, jetting in and out of bars and coffee shops in search of women. But on a Saturday night when you’d expect women to be dressed to impressed and out socializing around town, we found no female downtown. What ended up happening was we took a cab across town to a bar I had heard was having a Halloween party.
“What’s your costume… the hot lady?!” Someone yelled out to us when we walked in.
I’m not a very good customer for a bar, I must admit. I don’t eat bar food, I don’t drink… I don’t even drink juice… so unless they have bottled water I probably won’t spend anything. Ended up not spending anything either tonight, thanks to a guy who bought both of us bottled water. Chatted it up with what few ladies were at the bar and then Snickers dropped by to pick us up.
As for today's hunt for females in downtown Cheonan, I walked around the hub of downtown, sticking my business cards into the windows of parked cars and handing them out to random people, but I didn't see one foreign female downtown.
Where are all the foreign ladies in Cheonan?!
I went looking for females – foreign females -- as an attempt to promote Flipside Fitness, spread word about it and get more females aware and interested in my boxercise classes.
My boxercise classes aren’t solely for the females but it’s been only females who have been signing up for my classes, and that’s cool with me because it’s very inspiring to me to train with such a fierce group of females. For the most part, I think they’d prefer me to keep it a girls-only class too, for the sake of feeling more comfortable and not having to deal with any drama or whatnot that too often gets connected with both-sex groups. Korean women are more than welcome to join the group but I find that most Korean women I have approached about it are nervous about joining. They think they have to understand perfect English and the name boxercise gives them the misconception that they’ll be sparring.
For now, my main cliental pool is the foreign female crowd.
Saturday I headed out downtown Cheonan with one of the gals whom I train. We seriously roamed the streets, jetting in and out of bars and coffee shops in search of women. But on a Saturday night when you’d expect women to be dressed to impressed and out socializing around town, we found no female downtown. What ended up happening was we took a cab across town to a bar I had heard was having a Halloween party.
“What’s your costume… the hot lady?!” Someone yelled out to us when we walked in.
I’m not a very good customer for a bar, I must admit. I don’t eat bar food, I don’t drink… I don’t even drink juice… so unless they have bottled water I probably won’t spend anything. Ended up not spending anything either tonight, thanks to a guy who bought both of us bottled water. Chatted it up with what few ladies were at the bar and then Snickers dropped by to pick us up.
As for today's hunt for females in downtown Cheonan, I walked around the hub of downtown, sticking my business cards into the windows of parked cars and handing them out to random people, but I didn't see one foreign female downtown.
Where are all the foreign ladies in Cheonan?!
Sunday, October 30, 2011
If the pictures here are hard to see, trust me, it definitely was harder to see mountain hiking in the late evening.
Pyen Chi, the Pee Master Beast of Fur, came along for the adventure. We had anticipated a long hike so Mi Nam wasn't able to come; we saved some snackies and kisses for him though.
What you're looking at here is the view from halfway up the mountain, overlooking Cheonan.Extra Butt-Kicks... Sunday, October 30
Today's turn of events:
10am -- boxercise class #1
12pm -- grocery shopping
1:30pm -- boxing (my own training)
2:30pm -- boxercise class #2
6pm -- timed run with a personal training client
7pm -- meeting with sponsor
9pm -- two hour mountain hike
After a long day loaded up with excessive amounts of physical training and lots of running around, you'd think I'd come home and be allowed to veg-out... no such luck.
Snickers wanted to go up on the mountain.
He reassured me he would just simply be hiking it -- no running, no random sprints and no speed walking. I figured when he told me Pyen Chi would be going along with him that it'd be a walk that'd probably last from 30 minutes to an hour -- an hour being the max.
The hike lasted two hours.
At one point in the hike we got to this cable bridge that hung over a winding road where people driving the mountain side road would speed below on it. Snickers is all about scaring me though so no sooner had I step foot on it but then he started to jump up and down on it, causing it to sway and jiggle. I wasn't impressed but I tried to act like it didn't bother me. Then he told me about how Mouse Doctor likes to stand on the outside of the bridge, holding himself up with only the one thick cable and his grip on it.
What spooked me though was the fact that at first Pyen Chi refused to cross the bridge. I guess she too didn't like how much it rocked and how you could see through the bottom of the metal grid bottom. She kept on getting her claws caught in the metal grid so she stopped and just stood there looking at me. I ended up having to somewhat carry her across a good chunk of the bridge. At the halfway mark I let her down and she bolted to the other side. Same thing happened when we returned and had to cross the bridge again.
Many mountains in Korea have random street lights posted on them which is kind of weird but considering how popular mountain hiking is here it is a rather good idea. Don't get me wrong though, in between the lights it's very sketchy walking and is rather dark.
I ended up mistaking a candle in the distance as a street light marking the path and ended up taking a slide down part of the mountain where I thought was a path. Turns out it was a lady, a Shamanist, doing some kind of ritual. And though I could hardly make out her shape or hear if she was even saying anything, her motionlessness and presence really gave me a creepy feeling.
10am -- boxercise class #1
12pm -- grocery shopping
1:30pm -- boxing (my own training)
2:30pm -- boxercise class #2
6pm -- timed run with a personal training client
7pm -- meeting with sponsor
9pm -- two hour mountain hike
After a long day loaded up with excessive amounts of physical training and lots of running around, you'd think I'd come home and be allowed to veg-out... no such luck.
Snickers wanted to go up on the mountain.
He reassured me he would just simply be hiking it -- no running, no random sprints and no speed walking. I figured when he told me Pyen Chi would be going along with him that it'd be a walk that'd probably last from 30 minutes to an hour -- an hour being the max.
The hike lasted two hours.
At one point in the hike we got to this cable bridge that hung over a winding road where people driving the mountain side road would speed below on it. Snickers is all about scaring me though so no sooner had I step foot on it but then he started to jump up and down on it, causing it to sway and jiggle. I wasn't impressed but I tried to act like it didn't bother me. Then he told me about how Mouse Doctor likes to stand on the outside of the bridge, holding himself up with only the one thick cable and his grip on it.
What spooked me though was the fact that at first Pyen Chi refused to cross the bridge. I guess she too didn't like how much it rocked and how you could see through the bottom of the metal grid bottom. She kept on getting her claws caught in the metal grid so she stopped and just stood there looking at me. I ended up having to somewhat carry her across a good chunk of the bridge. At the halfway mark I let her down and she bolted to the other side. Same thing happened when we returned and had to cross the bridge again.
Many mountains in Korea have random street lights posted on them which is kind of weird but considering how popular mountain hiking is here it is a rather good idea. Don't get me wrong though, in between the lights it's very sketchy walking and is rather dark.
I ended up mistaking a candle in the distance as a street light marking the path and ended up taking a slide down part of the mountain where I thought was a path. Turns out it was a lady, a Shamanist, doing some kind of ritual. And though I could hardly make out her shape or hear if she was even saying anything, her motionlessness and presence really gave me a creepy feeling.
Saturday, October 29, 2011
This is only about 3/4 of those from UP Boxing Club who showed up today in Seoul to watch Team Korea take on Team Japan.
On Team Korea we had our own Heavy Hitter fighting today, so there was much anticipation surrounding his fight.
Even Gangster Oppa made an appearance!!!
One of the hook-throwing, butt-kicking gals from my boxercise class showed up and it was pretty cool to introduce her to and have her come watch her first live boxing tournament.
One Hard Lesson... Saturday, October 29
The Heavy Hitter lost his fight today in a fight that should have, could have and would have been his had he remember and applied the very motto that our boxing club continually screams to its' boxers.
"Every time like the first time"
Every time like the first time, and by that we mean every time you come to training bring the same energy, same effort and same mind frame that you had like when you first started. When you first started boxing you were so excited to train, so eager to learn the skills, and you knew you had a lot to learn. After training for a period of time it is very easy to get comfortable and slack off somewhat with training. Maybe you don't push yourself as much, do less rounds on the heavy bag, skip stretching, do less rounds, or simply go there to clock in the time and get out without putting in much effort.
This past year the Heavy Hitter has been labelled the knock-out champion. He's faught five bouts of which he has won four and out of the four wins all have been knock-outs. He's extremely talented and very skilled but talent and skill comes as a result of practice and effort. It's to be gained, maintained and pushed to new and higher limits. The Heavy Hitter didn't push himself in training for this fight like he had for previous ones and the other day I questioned him about whether or not he's even maintaining his skills.
In the first round he lost by TKO, giving Team Japan the win for this bout.
Junior Mint took him back into the changing room with Snickers and I left because I didn't want to overhear the colourful array of words nor see him being scolded.
I felt terrible for the Heavy Hitter, I did and I still do, but he learned a hard, hard lesson today. He'll still remain the boxer to watch in Korean boxing because he does have a great record and with youth on his side he'll have many more years of boxing and fighting. Moreover, I know he is very talented, we all know it, but he really needs to stay focus and continue to push himself.
"Every time like the first time"
Every time like the first time, and by that we mean every time you come to training bring the same energy, same effort and same mind frame that you had like when you first started. When you first started boxing you were so excited to train, so eager to learn the skills, and you knew you had a lot to learn. After training for a period of time it is very easy to get comfortable and slack off somewhat with training. Maybe you don't push yourself as much, do less rounds on the heavy bag, skip stretching, do less rounds, or simply go there to clock in the time and get out without putting in much effort.
This past year the Heavy Hitter has been labelled the knock-out champion. He's faught five bouts of which he has won four and out of the four wins all have been knock-outs. He's extremely talented and very skilled but talent and skill comes as a result of practice and effort. It's to be gained, maintained and pushed to new and higher limits. The Heavy Hitter didn't push himself in training for this fight like he had for previous ones and the other day I questioned him about whether or not he's even maintaining his skills.
In the first round he lost by TKO, giving Team Japan the win for this bout.
Junior Mint took him back into the changing room with Snickers and I left because I didn't want to overhear the colourful array of words nor see him being scolded.
I felt terrible for the Heavy Hitter, I did and I still do, but he learned a hard, hard lesson today. He'll still remain the boxer to watch in Korean boxing because he does have a great record and with youth on his side he'll have many more years of boxing and fighting. Moreover, I know he is very talented, we all know it, but he really needs to stay focus and continue to push himself.
Friday, October 28, 2011
Todays it's Trainer Amy to you! 
Ya... I'm definitely not a very authoritative coach -- yelling at the boxers, insisting they train harder and smile less. It's just not my style to be so demanding on those trainig, as you can tell by my favorite high school kiddie behind me.
Today's challenge was a simple but very painful challenge of which so many volunteered to take on.
Training With the Boys... Friday, October 28
With Junior Mint out of the club and out in Seoul with the Heavy Hitter for game weigh-in, Snickers and I were asked to manage the boxing club for the whole day.
Us managing the club means me pumping up the tunes with lots of base-pounding beats, posing random challenges for those at the club, and giving lots of feedback and pointers to those training. It also means holding spontanious sparring tournaments among the middle school and high school kiddies. You just got to love the students that come out and train at UP, the boys that is. While the Korean girls are all about acting cute and socializing -- both of which drive me bonkers -- the boys, on the other hand, are all about trying out new things and putting forth a lot of energy and effort.
We held some sparring sessions but the best for a silly but simple contest we held among the boys. The deal was they had to hang off a metal bar for two minutes. Sounds simple, sure, but trust me when I say it is not easy. It's not easy at all. Not only do you have to really test out your muscular strength of holding up your body weight with only two hands but you've got the blood rushing down from your arms and blisters on your hand forming as the seconds go by. Then there's the fact that regardless of whether you fail or not when you let go it takes a couple of good solid minutes before you can fully spread wide your fingers and open your hand. It's quite painful, very painful actually, but the boys had a lot of fun really testing their potential, and with every new attempt each participant was convinced they'd be the one to be able to do it. Only Snickers was able to do it.
I think I'll wait till tomorrow, when I'm at the club training alone, to test it out... hahaha.
Us managing the club means me pumping up the tunes with lots of base-pounding beats, posing random challenges for those at the club, and giving lots of feedback and pointers to those training. It also means holding spontanious sparring tournaments among the middle school and high school kiddies. You just got to love the students that come out and train at UP, the boys that is. While the Korean girls are all about acting cute and socializing -- both of which drive me bonkers -- the boys, on the other hand, are all about trying out new things and putting forth a lot of energy and effort.
We held some sparring sessions but the best for a silly but simple contest we held among the boys. The deal was they had to hang off a metal bar for two minutes. Sounds simple, sure, but trust me when I say it is not easy. It's not easy at all. Not only do you have to really test out your muscular strength of holding up your body weight with only two hands but you've got the blood rushing down from your arms and blisters on your hand forming as the seconds go by. Then there's the fact that regardless of whether you fail or not when you let go it takes a couple of good solid minutes before you can fully spread wide your fingers and open your hand. It's quite painful, very painful actually, but the boys had a lot of fun really testing their potential, and with every new attempt each participant was convinced they'd be the one to be able to do it. Only Snickers was able to do it.
I think I'll wait till tomorrow, when I'm at the club training alone, to test it out... hahaha.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
This was the scene today at Ggum Guum -- my three babies watching Japanese baseball cartoons while I kept busy with training, meetings and cooking up a storm to stay fed. Snickers is now in game-prep mode, which means he trains twice a day and spends the rest of the day either eating, sleeping or relaxing.Feed Me... Thursday, October 27
Today’s plan:
7am – boxercise class
11am – weight training with personal training client
6:30pm – meeting with potential new personal training client
9:30pm – boxing
These days I’ve been so all about fitness and training… and I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!!! I only wish I had access to hard copies of Oxygen Fitness Magazine as opposed to shilling out $25 for an imported copy or reading random parts of it on the Internet.
With the increase in my physical activity comes an increase in eating demands. My metabolism is already very active but now that I’m training two, sometimes three times a day because of boxercise, personal training and helping to run the boxing club, I’m eating up a crazy amount of food. I’m doing so much more so I’m burning up so much more, makes sense. Then throw in the fact I’ve got two four-legged friends, one of which is still a puppy but is quite large and requires like 3 walks a day, and ya, I am a very active person.
My Usual Grocery List
eggs
chicken breast
tuna
Irish cream coffee
nonfat milk
2% milk (for Snickers only)
juice (for Snickers only)
popcorn
granola bars
almonds
peanuts
kimchi jigga
Chinese noodles (for Snickers only)
chips/cookies (for Snickers only)
beef curry
chicken curry
sweet and sour sauce
nonfat yogurt
bananas
mushrooms
spinach
broccoli
cucumbers
asparagus
Our usual grocery bill of $70 a week has jumped up to $100-$110.
7am – boxercise class
11am – weight training with personal training client
6:30pm – meeting with potential new personal training client
9:30pm – boxing
These days I’ve been so all about fitness and training… and I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!!! I only wish I had access to hard copies of Oxygen Fitness Magazine as opposed to shilling out $25 for an imported copy or reading random parts of it on the Internet.
With the increase in my physical activity comes an increase in eating demands. My metabolism is already very active but now that I’m training two, sometimes three times a day because of boxercise, personal training and helping to run the boxing club, I’m eating up a crazy amount of food. I’m doing so much more so I’m burning up so much more, makes sense. Then throw in the fact I’ve got two four-legged friends, one of which is still a puppy but is quite large and requires like 3 walks a day, and ya, I am a very active person.
My Usual Grocery List
eggs
chicken breast
tuna
Irish cream coffee
nonfat milk
2% milk (for Snickers only)
juice (for Snickers only)
popcorn
granola bars
almonds
peanuts
kimchi jigga
Chinese noodles (for Snickers only)
chips/cookies (for Snickers only)
beef curry
chicken curry
sweet and sour sauce
nonfat yogurt
bananas
mushrooms
spinach
broccoli
cucumbers
asparagus
Our usual grocery bill of $70 a week has jumped up to $100-$110.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Strawberry Sweetness... Wednesday, October 26
My Canada-product Christmas Wish list:
Crest toothpaste
Lip Smackers lip gloss
Trident gum
Reese Pieces Peanut Butter Cups
Oxygen Fitness magazines
Jiffy Pop
Skippy natural peanut butter
small sized whole wheat tortilla shells
Splenda (individual packs)
flavored Splenda (individual packs)
apple cider
Out of all the random things Snickers could have asked me, today he asked me “What do you want for Christmas?” We were walking home from boxing when he posed the question to me. “I don’t need anything” was my initial answer. “Ok… but what do you want?” Hmmm, what do I want, I thought to myself, and then it hit me.
Every year I ask for random Western products that I can’t find here in Korea and every year a package full of little wrapped up gifts containing my wish list arrives in the mail. For six years now, since I’ve moved here to Korea, my package full of little wrapped up Christmas gifts has always arrived, sent by my mom. This will be the first year no package will arrive and though I do miss a short list of Western goodies I often crave, the thought of my mom collecting such things throughout the year for me meant a lot to me. Christmas will never be the same.
When it took me too long to respond to Snickers’ question, he stopped and bent down to look at my face. He could tell something was up. He’s convinced it’s telepathy; the guy can read me like a book.
Next thing I knew it he was swinging me around and jetting into Lotte Super. Down the isle of food we went, over to where they stocked the milk. He ended up settling for strawberry milk after he failed to find what he says he really needed, banana milk.
“You crazy love banana milk. It makes you smile… maybe strawberry milk will too”.
So, sipping on strawberry milk and holding hands, we walked among the downtown crowd. We ignored the fact that we were obviously so sweaty and smelly from boxing, walked on like it was a sweet Sunday afternoon and yes, I smiled.
Crest toothpaste
Lip Smackers lip gloss
Trident gum
Reese Pieces Peanut Butter Cups
Oxygen Fitness magazines
Jiffy Pop
Skippy natural peanut butter
small sized whole wheat tortilla shells
Splenda (individual packs)
flavored Splenda (individual packs)
apple cider
Out of all the random things Snickers could have asked me, today he asked me “What do you want for Christmas?” We were walking home from boxing when he posed the question to me. “I don’t need anything” was my initial answer. “Ok… but what do you want?” Hmmm, what do I want, I thought to myself, and then it hit me.
Every year I ask for random Western products that I can’t find here in Korea and every year a package full of little wrapped up gifts containing my wish list arrives in the mail. For six years now, since I’ve moved here to Korea, my package full of little wrapped up Christmas gifts has always arrived, sent by my mom. This will be the first year no package will arrive and though I do miss a short list of Western goodies I often crave, the thought of my mom collecting such things throughout the year for me meant a lot to me. Christmas will never be the same.
When it took me too long to respond to Snickers’ question, he stopped and bent down to look at my face. He could tell something was up. He’s convinced it’s telepathy; the guy can read me like a book.
Next thing I knew it he was swinging me around and jetting into Lotte Super. Down the isle of food we went, over to where they stocked the milk. He ended up settling for strawberry milk after he failed to find what he says he really needed, banana milk.
“You crazy love banana milk. It makes you smile… maybe strawberry milk will too”.
So, sipping on strawberry milk and holding hands, we walked among the downtown crowd. We ignored the fact that we were obviously so sweaty and smelly from boxing, walked on like it was a sweet Sunday afternoon and yes, I smiled.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
The Emotions of My Day...
... my reaction to no chicken in the fridge.. the fridge at the grocery store that is. What's that all about?! I need my protein!
... my reaction to walking in on my teammate changing. “Underwear isn't suppose to look like that!“
... my reaction to the people at the print shop, for complicating a simple thing.
... my reaction to my meeting at my boxing club... I got the big go-ahead from Junior Mint and the building manager regarding formalities regarding my boxercise classes!!!
Focusing In... Tuesday, October 25
Things I did today...
- Meeting with my landlord regarding my rent and housing contract.
- Worked on paper work for Flipside Fitness.
- Tweeked the Flipside Fitness webpage.
- Had a couple of meetings at the boxing club.
- Had to go by and talk to the print shop regarding my revised business card getting made.
- Created an advertising flyer for Flipside Fitness and then went to get it printed.
- Did a timed run with one of my personal training clients.
- Light grocery shopping turned into trying to hunt down chicken breasts.
- Caught up on some emailing.
- Coffee break with Cat at 3pm.
- Headed into boxing for training in the evening, making it the 3rd time I went to there today.
Decided I am going to resign from running the Sisters Of Seoul (S.O.S.), for various reasons, of which Flipside Fitness is one of the major reasons. For every event I organize for them I have to attend which means a lot of time traveling to and from Seoul. I have to travel anywhere from one to two hours out of my way just to get there, dish out traveling expenses plus the expense of the actual activity, and it’s just really starting to interfere with my new company. I’m very appreciative of those who have attended my events and have signed up for future meetups, I’ve meet some really great gals whom I hope will continue to contact me, but it’s a lot of time, money and effort running an all-girl group of over 100 members out in Seoul and at this point I really rather and really need to direct my attention towards feeding the success of my new company.
I took on Sisters Of Seoul because it’s a group that I wish I had really had available to me when I first arrived in Korea. I’ve been in Korea long enough to know just how hard it is to make it here on your own. Even with a husband by my side I too often crave the companionship of close friends left back in Canada. My friends will never fully be able to understand just how much I miss them but I know what it’s like to be here without them. Sometimes it really down right sucks. This girls-only group isn’t a means of replacing those significant friends in our lives, it’s a means of adding to the collection of them and helping to make Korea feel all that more of a real home for however long we’re here.
If I really want to run an all-girls group, I think I’ll make a Cheonan chapter of Sisters Of Seoul. It’d be called Sisters Of Cheonan, S.O.C.
- Meeting with my landlord regarding my rent and housing contract.
- Worked on paper work for Flipside Fitness.
- Tweeked the Flipside Fitness webpage.
- Had a couple of meetings at the boxing club.
- Had to go by and talk to the print shop regarding my revised business card getting made.
- Created an advertising flyer for Flipside Fitness and then went to get it printed.
- Did a timed run with one of my personal training clients.
- Light grocery shopping turned into trying to hunt down chicken breasts.
- Caught up on some emailing.
- Coffee break with Cat at 3pm.
- Headed into boxing for training in the evening, making it the 3rd time I went to there today.
Decided I am going to resign from running the Sisters Of Seoul (S.O.S.), for various reasons, of which Flipside Fitness is one of the major reasons. For every event I organize for them I have to attend which means a lot of time traveling to and from Seoul. I have to travel anywhere from one to two hours out of my way just to get there, dish out traveling expenses plus the expense of the actual activity, and it’s just really starting to interfere with my new company. I’m very appreciative of those who have attended my events and have signed up for future meetups, I’ve meet some really great gals whom I hope will continue to contact me, but it’s a lot of time, money and effort running an all-girl group of over 100 members out in Seoul and at this point I really rather and really need to direct my attention towards feeding the success of my new company.
I took on Sisters Of Seoul because it’s a group that I wish I had really had available to me when I first arrived in Korea. I’ve been in Korea long enough to know just how hard it is to make it here on your own. Even with a husband by my side I too often crave the companionship of close friends left back in Canada. My friends will never fully be able to understand just how much I miss them but I know what it’s like to be here without them. Sometimes it really down right sucks. This girls-only group isn’t a means of replacing those significant friends in our lives, it’s a means of adding to the collection of them and helping to make Korea feel all that more of a real home for however long we’re here.
If I really want to run an all-girls group, I think I’ll make a Cheonan chapter of Sisters Of Seoul. It’d be called Sisters Of Cheonan, S.O.C.
Monday, October 24, 2011
I don't have a regular job like many, I don't even have a steady income like most, and I have no idea how much or where my next paycheck is going to come from. I'm so very new to this whole operating your own business thing and sometimes I feel myself consumed and questioning it all. But then I am reminded that I'm doing something that possibly so many others wish they could but they can't; I'm doing something that I am really, really passionate about. I've got a husband that's incredibly supportive, an awesome family, friends that are very encouraging to me, a coach and boxing club of what feels like extended family members who have my back, and two four-legged friends that love me unconditionally... and that makes it all worth it.
Give It To Me... Monday, October 24
I've got Madonna's "Give It To Me" song repeating over and over... and over... in my head today though I must say I'm partly to blame. I accidently erased all my tracks on my iPod, all but this one particular song that is. So when I headed out for a nice 9km run today I must have listened to this song about a hundred and one times. What was funny about it all was that I found myself commenting at the end of each line and now I think I like that song much more than when I first stepped out today.
"Give It To Me" -- by Madonna, with line comments by me.
What are you waiting for? ...I guess no one now!
Nobody's gonna show you how …exactly, but it’s a lot of work figuring out how to do it
Why work for someone else …my point exactly!!!
To do what you can do right now? ...to do what I love that is, fitness and teaching.
Got no boundaries and no limits …and am loving it.
If there's excitement, put me in it …oh, I’m in it!
If it's against the law, arrest me …no worries there, hello F2 visa baby;)
If you can handle it, undress me …(only for weigh-ins thanks)
Don't stop me now, don't need to catch my breath …I’ve got plenty of endurance thanks.
I can go on and on and on …so stacking up the classes is ok with me!
When the lights go down and there's no one left
I can go on and on and on …and I DO go on and on. I'm a machine... hahaha.
Give it to me, yeah …yeah, yeah!
No one's gonna show me how …but thanks to those who’ve been very supportive!!!
Give it to me, yeah
No one's gonna stop me now …goodbye employers, goodbye books, goodbye mini Korean students with their’ “me-no-English” looks.
They say that a good thing never lasts …you got to have the sweet with the sour, right?
And then it has to fall …whatever doesn’t break me makes me stronger.
Those are the people that did not
Amount to much at all …yup. and I definitely don’t want to join their club, Club Regret.
Give me the bass line and I'll shake it …and add in a 1-2 hook, hahaha.
Give me a record and I'll break it …with my fist!
There's no beginning and no ending …only a very cool non-ending journey, that’s life.
Give me a chance to go and I'll take it …and I AM taking it!!!
"Give It To Me" -- by Madonna, with line comments by me.
What are you waiting for? ...I guess no one now!
Nobody's gonna show you how …exactly, but it’s a lot of work figuring out how to do it
Why work for someone else …my point exactly!!!
To do what you can do right now? ...to do what I love that is, fitness and teaching.
Got no boundaries and no limits …and am loving it.
If there's excitement, put me in it …oh, I’m in it!
If it's against the law, arrest me …no worries there, hello F2 visa baby;)
If you can handle it, undress me …(only for weigh-ins thanks)
Don't stop me now, don't need to catch my breath …I’ve got plenty of endurance thanks.
I can go on and on and on …so stacking up the classes is ok with me!
When the lights go down and there's no one left
I can go on and on and on …and I DO go on and on. I'm a machine... hahaha.
Give it to me, yeah …yeah, yeah!
No one's gonna show me how …but thanks to those who’ve been very supportive!!!
Give it to me, yeah
No one's gonna stop me now …goodbye employers, goodbye books, goodbye mini Korean students with their’ “me-no-English” looks.
They say that a good thing never lasts …you got to have the sweet with the sour, right?
And then it has to fall …whatever doesn’t break me makes me stronger.
Those are the people that did not
Amount to much at all …yup. and I definitely don’t want to join their club, Club Regret.
Give me the bass line and I'll shake it …and add in a 1-2 hook, hahaha.
Give me a record and I'll break it …with my fist!
There's no beginning and no ending …only a very cool non-ending journey, that’s life.
Give me a chance to go and I'll take it …and I AM taking it!!!
Sunday, October 23, 2011
For the Love of Boxing... Sunday, October 23
Boxercise took over UP Boxing Club today, with five feisty females joining my class, three of which were new. Hosting today’s class was awesome. The girls brought such positive energy to the class and we really just fed off of each other’s energy and effort.
As a professional female boxer here in Korea I personally find the class to be so motivational to me because it is certainly not easy to be in a profession that doesn’t get the due respect or dues it should be. I’ll never be able to shake the comment “Real women don’t box” that’s been repeatedly said to my face but it’s great to be able to generate new ideas surrounding the sport of boxing and women doing it. So even if the girls in my class stumble with the footwork, don’t quite master the punches, or struggle with the ab training I add in at the end, I really love the effort they bring and their desire to learn what I am teaching them. And to tell you the truth, I’ve been really impressed with just how well they’ve been picking up the skills in my class and how dedicated they’ve been with continuing on despite what difficulties in class they may be faced with. For a few, finding the rhythm with their footwork and finding coordination has been somewhat of a challenge but I would surely give them all an A++ for effort! I’ve been blessed two weeks in a row with two classes of all girls, all of which haven’t even remotely given one negative vibe.
Like my dad always says, “Where there is a will there is a way”.
Honestly, I feel so much farther right now than I thought I would be and a big part of this has to do with all the positive feedback I've been getting from so many people -- thank you! A special thank you definitely to Adidas. Adidas working alongside with me on this has drastically added to my passion of boxing and I am incredibly grateful for Adidas.
As a professional female boxer here in Korea I personally find the class to be so motivational to me because it is certainly not easy to be in a profession that doesn’t get the due respect or dues it should be. I’ll never be able to shake the comment “Real women don’t box” that’s been repeatedly said to my face but it’s great to be able to generate new ideas surrounding the sport of boxing and women doing it. So even if the girls in my class stumble with the footwork, don’t quite master the punches, or struggle with the ab training I add in at the end, I really love the effort they bring and their desire to learn what I am teaching them. And to tell you the truth, I’ve been really impressed with just how well they’ve been picking up the skills in my class and how dedicated they’ve been with continuing on despite what difficulties in class they may be faced with. For a few, finding the rhythm with their footwork and finding coordination has been somewhat of a challenge but I would surely give them all an A++ for effort! I’ve been blessed two weeks in a row with two classes of all girls, all of which haven’t even remotely given one negative vibe.
Am still working out the background details of the class…At this stage of the company, there is definitely more effort and money being put forth than money coming in but that is ok with me. Setting up the company website with a personalized name, online store and PayPal put me back a bit but I am definitely not complaining because I got into this not expecting to really come out with pocket-loads but to be able to do what I love. I love boxing, I love fitness and I also love teaching so being able to combine them is why I feel successful. Money doesn’t define success to me. Sure it pays the bills but you know what, things always work out and I always seem to do more than just ok. I am always great.
- getting new business cards made
- contacting Paypal
- printing up consent and release forms
- figuring how to create an online class sign-up
- okaying a weekday schedule with the building manager and my coach
- Facebook advertising
- printing up flyers and then handing them out downtown
- approaching select businesses about displaying my ad at their location
- picking out equipment and supplies from Adidas catalogue
Like my dad always says, “Where there is a will there is a way”.
Honestly, I feel so much farther right now than I thought I would be and a big part of this has to do with all the positive feedback I've been getting from so many people -- thank you! A special thank you definitely to Adidas. Adidas working alongside with me on this has drastically added to my passion of boxing and I am incredibly grateful for Adidas.
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Met two new beautiful friends from my all-girls club, one of which is a fellow Pole. I found it all too funny because Snickers told me today that he is convinced Polish women are bea-u-ti-ful and yes, she was very and so was her friend. 
I also met another member of my club -- a very sweet girl fresh off the plane, like a week fresh off the plane -- and saw my sweet buddy who is so adorable. 
And what would be a night out with the girls-only club without other members and, of course, my girl Sammy-Kat (my favorite Pole here in Korea). 
There were supposedly 23 of us from Sisters Of Seoul (note the name change I did), but it was so hard to literally move. The place was packed and then some mesmerizing belly dancers ate up whatever space was left.
For The Sake of Charity... Saturday, October 22
When I arrived in Itaewon and walked up to the third floor of Dillinger’s Bar, I don’t know what I was really expecting. Tonight had been the much anticipated for Bras For A Cause and I knew a lot of advertising had been done for it. The other week I had come to Itaewon to help hand out flyers and tell random people about the event. This past week I sold hot pink breast cancer bracelets and I showed my support by making an official meetup activity for the girls-only club I run.
What ended up becoming of the event was an over-packed bar with a lot of energetic people. Event workers were selling chocolate suckers in the shape of nipples and breasts, others were selling buttons, collecting the cover charge at the door, random guys stood around sporting some of the auction bras, while others that were involved in the entertainment part of the evening practiced and got ready in the back stairwell. It definitely was one buzzing bar!
The energy of the crowd was hilariously high and contagious. Then when the belly dancers came out we all become somewhat like deer caught in the headlights, mesmerized by their vibrant coloured fans and swiveling hips. They were really interesting to watch.
It was really nice to get a chance to meet some of my club’s new faces. No sooner had I arrived but then the place became so incredibly packed that you literally could not move. My girl Sammy-Kat ended up having to sit on the bar counter so that she could catch any glimpse of the event.
One of tonight's events was a bra auction, auctioning off all these elaborately decorated bras. It was a great idea and I had volunteered to model but when they told me to go into the stairwell to get ready it was like I had been hit by a truck.
What I thought was modeling and what the other models were doing were polar opposites!!!
I stepped into the back stairwell and there before me where numerous females looking very scandalous. I was shocked. There they stood, wearing tall high heels, dolled up makeup, and nothing but the bra they were modeling for the auction and a pair of panties. Ok, so that’s not totally true, some wore fishnet stockings, but skin was definitely the main thing they were wearing, so I turned, buried my face into some random guy also modeling and blurted out “I cannot do this!” I can’t remember the last time I was so completely and utterly uncomfortable. I was under the impression that I could wear the bra over a black tank top. The organizers reassured me that it was ok but I was the only one obviously doing this. Even a couple of the guys modeling dropped their pants and strutted out in boxers. I didn't want to let the organizers down, they had worked so hard, but I also knew I just couldn't do like the others.
I knew I could definitely give these girls a run for their money with regards to our bodies but I have too much weighing on my shoulders with regards to sponsors and my business starting out to risk anything and put it on the line. Plus my father just didn’t raise me to be that kind of girl. Props to those girls who did though tonight, I respect their confidence and participation but it just wasn’t right for me to participate like that. I’ll drop my clothes for a weigh-in but that’s because it’s boxing, it’s not an over-sexualized situation like this.
The guy in front of me in the model line was very encouraging to me; he definitely was the hero for me tonight. He too was nervous about it all so he wore a plastic mask. He ended up telling me that he’d walk out with me. I couldn’t compete with the others on my own, nor did I care to compete with them, but I wanted to help raise money for breast cancer, that’s why I had agreed to this in the first place. So we went out together. I jumped on his back and we headed out into the middle of the loud, cheering crowd.
My “partner-in-crime” for the night killed the competition with a winning auction bid of $86 for the bra he was sporting. I, on the other hand, couldn’t help but giggle at the fact that I rocked the bra, kept all my clothes on, and killed the competition among the girls (in my round), selling my bra at $50. Very cool.
RESULTS FROM TONIGHT'S CHARITY EVENT:
Bras for a Cause raised 2,478,000 won for the Korea Breast Cancer Foundation!!! That's sooooooooooooooo awesome. Here's the official break down:
100,000 won from Dillinger's Bar
915,000 won on the entrance fee for the event, at about 165 paying people
533,000 won raised selling chocolate boobies and pink bracelets
930,000 won from the bra auction
What ended up becoming of the event was an over-packed bar with a lot of energetic people. Event workers were selling chocolate suckers in the shape of nipples and breasts, others were selling buttons, collecting the cover charge at the door, random guys stood around sporting some of the auction bras, while others that were involved in the entertainment part of the evening practiced and got ready in the back stairwell. It definitely was one buzzing bar!
The energy of the crowd was hilariously high and contagious. Then when the belly dancers came out we all become somewhat like deer caught in the headlights, mesmerized by their vibrant coloured fans and swiveling hips. They were really interesting to watch.
It was really nice to get a chance to meet some of my club’s new faces. No sooner had I arrived but then the place became so incredibly packed that you literally could not move. My girl Sammy-Kat ended up having to sit on the bar counter so that she could catch any glimpse of the event.
One of tonight's events was a bra auction, auctioning off all these elaborately decorated bras. It was a great idea and I had volunteered to model but when they told me to go into the stairwell to get ready it was like I had been hit by a truck.
What I thought was modeling and what the other models were doing were polar opposites!!!
I stepped into the back stairwell and there before me where numerous females looking very scandalous. I was shocked. There they stood, wearing tall high heels, dolled up makeup, and nothing but the bra they were modeling for the auction and a pair of panties. Ok, so that’s not totally true, some wore fishnet stockings, but skin was definitely the main thing they were wearing, so I turned, buried my face into some random guy also modeling and blurted out “I cannot do this!” I can’t remember the last time I was so completely and utterly uncomfortable. I was under the impression that I could wear the bra over a black tank top. The organizers reassured me that it was ok but I was the only one obviously doing this. Even a couple of the guys modeling dropped their pants and strutted out in boxers. I didn't want to let the organizers down, they had worked so hard, but I also knew I just couldn't do like the others.
I knew I could definitely give these girls a run for their money with regards to our bodies but I have too much weighing on my shoulders with regards to sponsors and my business starting out to risk anything and put it on the line. Plus my father just didn’t raise me to be that kind of girl. Props to those girls who did though tonight, I respect their confidence and participation but it just wasn’t right for me to participate like that. I’ll drop my clothes for a weigh-in but that’s because it’s boxing, it’s not an over-sexualized situation like this.
The guy in front of me in the model line was very encouraging to me; he definitely was the hero for me tonight. He too was nervous about it all so he wore a plastic mask. He ended up telling me that he’d walk out with me. I couldn’t compete with the others on my own, nor did I care to compete with them, but I wanted to help raise money for breast cancer, that’s why I had agreed to this in the first place. So we went out together. I jumped on his back and we headed out into the middle of the loud, cheering crowd.
My “partner-in-crime” for the night killed the competition with a winning auction bid of $86 for the bra he was sporting. I, on the other hand, couldn’t help but giggle at the fact that I rocked the bra, kept all my clothes on, and killed the competition among the girls (in my round), selling my bra at $50. Very cool.
RESULTS FROM TONIGHT'S CHARITY EVENT:
Bras for a Cause raised 2,478,000 won for the Korea Breast Cancer Foundation!!! That's sooooooooooooooo awesome. Here's the official break down:
100,000 won from Dillinger's Bar
915,000 won on the entrance fee for the event, at about 165 paying people
533,000 won raised selling chocolate boobies and pink bracelets
930,000 won from the bra auction
Friday, October 21, 2011
This was the scene I walked into today -- the Adidas Korea office with my name on their board.
And what a scene it was -- Korea's very own champion boxer (my husband), Korea's only foreign female boxer (me), and Korea's newly appointed Adidas rep (Mr. Arciga). Representing Korean boxing and Adidas... what a wicked, wicked team to be on and supported by!!! I AM blessed.Adidas is ALL in... Friday, October 21
Had my much anticipated, overly excited about meeting with Adidas today in Seoul.
We took the elevator up to the 6th floor, buzzed in, and were escorted through a room with shelves and racks upon racks of Adidas clothing, equipment and so forth, to a private office where my name was written on the board.
We took the elevator up to the 6th floor, buzzed in, and were escorted through a room with shelves and racks upon racks of Adidas clothing, equipment and so forth, to a private office where my name was written on the board.
Friday, 21st
Amy comes to visit
Then the General Manager Mr. Arciga greeted us with a big smile.
We sat down in this office -- Mr. Arciga, Snickers, myself, and one of Mr. Arciga's workers -- and had a chat. We talked for almost 2 hours, and what started off as him simply asking us to introduce ourselves lead to us telling more personal stories related to our boxing and Korea's boxing community. We also talked about how I can aid Adidas and I really honestly hope I can support them and give back to them the level of support they have continually shown me.
It was a good talk. It was a great talk, and I left feeling so incredibly blessed and honored to have Adidas supporting me, supporting me not only as a individual boxer but also supporting Snickers' boxing and supporting my fitness company's boxercise class.
In our meeting, I was handed an Adidas catologue and was basically asked "What do you need?". It feels so, so, so amazing to be so supported by not only such a big multinational company but also by the people who run it, many of whom have never ever met me or don't know me beyond the walls of their office.
Adidas IS all in... just like they say in their motto. Adidas is ALL in and I'm still very much on a natural high from it.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Two pictures that really hit home for me this week.
Generating support and help.
Ya, through in some gorgous skin and then we've got your attention. Sex sells, that's true, but we really shouldn't have to sex things up to get attention.
And it shouldn't take you to see a picture of a vulnerable child to step back and think about your own words -- how they're incredibly powerful and changing.
The Power Of Support... Thursday, October 20
Tomorrow's my meeting with Adidas. I'm pretty optimistic about it and am excited. Adidas has always been very supportive of me and my boxing. The ladies who joined me for my first official private group boxercise class last week have continued to be very supportive of me.
Since last Sunday, I've done what feels like a month's worth of work in only a few days. I've made the official launch of my company's homepage, set up a Facebook page, and held several meetings with my coach, building manager and so on.
Today I meet with Kitty Cat. We sipped on coffee in the warm window of Coffee Bean and chatted about this and that. She ended up throwing me some pretty awesome ideas to digest, consider and pursue -- am stoked about that.
Am thinking about approaching the major shopping mall downtown Cheonan here about hosting a boxercise class in their facilities. They've got a designated floor that offers group classes for a variety things -- cooking, fitness, etc. If I were to land a spot there it'd mean things for me could really take off. Before I do so though, I'd really like to see where I could take it at my boxing club. It's a win-win situation for both myself and my coach if I host it there and considering all that he's already done for me and the various roles he's played in my life, I really want to center this at UP.
I've been really thankful and appreciative for all the support -- all the various forms of support -- that I've recieved but in trying to juggle my new company, my all-girls club, and being the main breadwinner at my house, it's a lot for me to handle. I'm ok with not raking in cash, cash has never been my motivation for anything. I'm more about being able to do what I love. And I love doing what I am doing right now.
Since last Sunday, I've done what feels like a month's worth of work in only a few days. I've made the official launch of my company's homepage, set up a Facebook page, and held several meetings with my coach, building manager and so on.
Today I meet with Kitty Cat. We sipped on coffee in the warm window of Coffee Bean and chatted about this and that. She ended up throwing me some pretty awesome ideas to digest, consider and pursue -- am stoked about that.
Am thinking about approaching the major shopping mall downtown Cheonan here about hosting a boxercise class in their facilities. They've got a designated floor that offers group classes for a variety things -- cooking, fitness, etc. If I were to land a spot there it'd mean things for me could really take off. Before I do so though, I'd really like to see where I could take it at my boxing club. It's a win-win situation for both myself and my coach if I host it there and considering all that he's already done for me and the various roles he's played in my life, I really want to center this at UP.
I've been really thankful and appreciative for all the support -- all the various forms of support -- that I've recieved but in trying to juggle my new company, my all-girls club, and being the main breadwinner at my house, it's a lot for me to handle. I'm ok with not raking in cash, cash has never been my motivation for anything. I'm more about being able to do what I love. And I love doing what I am doing right now.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Mama Gonna Knock You Out... Wednesday, October 19
Mi Nam's job is keeping me company when I'm slaving away at my computer and being my little attached-at-the-ankle cuddle buddy but Pyen Chi is my running buddy, or so I informed her today of that being her job.
With Pyen Chi being from Tibet and apparently a dog that would tend to herding the sheep and living on a mountain, I thought it only fitting that I'd make her my new running buddy. She's only 8 months old now but I thought I'd teach young how to run beside me.
Today Pyen Chi ran 7km with me, well... almost 7km.
At about the 6.999991km mark she stopped. She stopped, sat down and refused to get up. When she finally did, she just stood there... than sat down again. It was her first real long run but it was a good one... a great one. I think she even scored a favorite among the boys team at Dankook that had joined us along the lake path. He watched as we ran by and then he ran up to us, joining us for a little bit. At first glance he looked like a spinning image of Snickers, maybe that's why Pyen Chi insisted on running up to him a nipping him.
Nice, Pyen Chi nipped him on the butt and what did he do but look back at me, like I had done it... hahaha. I think Korean men are gorgeous but I've got my own gorgeous Korean man at home who was sitting practically buck naked waiting for me to return home.
Anyways, so Pyen Chi introduced herself to the boys running the path and then she continued on with me. She almost made the 7km run and I was definitely proud of her effort cause she only walked a few parts of the route and I really wasn't expecting her to run as good as she had.
Pyen Chi slept the rest of the day, needless to say, but then she joined Snickers for a two hour mountain hike in the late evening with Old Rock, Mouse Doctor and little Dong Gae. Snickers and I had a good laugh, thinking about how Pyen Chi's now taken on a kind of training routine. Every other day she'll be running with me and then she'll be joining Snickers for training on the mountain.
Snickers has his training routine -- mountain trekking, natural weight training and boxing
I have my training routine -- weight training, running and boxing
and now Pyen Chi has a training routine -- mountain trekking and running
This leaves Mi Nam with no routine except for being the four-legged ultra cut cheerleader that he is. I'd love for him to join me outside for a light jog but with his hip displacia he's under doctor's orders to refrain from excessive physical play. His condition is under control but I don't want something to trigger a relapse so for now he's our adorable cheerleader.
With Pyen Chi being from Tibet and apparently a dog that would tend to herding the sheep and living on a mountain, I thought it only fitting that I'd make her my new running buddy. She's only 8 months old now but I thought I'd teach young how to run beside me.
Today Pyen Chi ran 7km with me, well... almost 7km.
At about the 6.999991km mark she stopped. She stopped, sat down and refused to get up. When she finally did, she just stood there... than sat down again. It was her first real long run but it was a good one... a great one. I think she even scored a favorite among the boys team at Dankook that had joined us along the lake path. He watched as we ran by and then he ran up to us, joining us for a little bit. At first glance he looked like a spinning image of Snickers, maybe that's why Pyen Chi insisted on running up to him a nipping him.
Nice, Pyen Chi nipped him on the butt and what did he do but look back at me, like I had done it... hahaha. I think Korean men are gorgeous but I've got my own gorgeous Korean man at home who was sitting practically buck naked waiting for me to return home.
Anyways, so Pyen Chi introduced herself to the boys running the path and then she continued on with me. She almost made the 7km run and I was definitely proud of her effort cause she only walked a few parts of the route and I really wasn't expecting her to run as good as she had.
Pyen Chi slept the rest of the day, needless to say, but then she joined Snickers for a two hour mountain hike in the late evening with Old Rock, Mouse Doctor and little Dong Gae. Snickers and I had a good laugh, thinking about how Pyen Chi's now taken on a kind of training routine. Every other day she'll be running with me and then she'll be joining Snickers for training on the mountain.
Snickers has his training routine -- mountain trekking, natural weight training and boxing
I have my training routine -- weight training, running and boxing
and now Pyen Chi has a training routine -- mountain trekking and running
This leaves Mi Nam with no routine except for being the four-legged ultra cut cheerleader that he is. I'd love for him to join me outside for a light jog but with his hip displacia he's under doctor's orders to refrain from excessive physical play. His condition is under control but I don't want something to trigger a relapse so for now he's our adorable cheerleader.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Proudly representing UP Boxing Club on Team Korea is my teammate the Heavy Hitter and with his anticipated knock-out win, I'm stoked about his upcoming fight.
And another upcoming fight, yet to be finalized, is the welterweight champion title bout with this wickedly talented fighter -- my man Snickers. He packs a brutal knock out punch, I guess that's why nobody has yet to dare tease him about wearing a hot pink bracelet. It‘s to support breast cancer research. I'm selling them for the Bras For A Cause. Boxing My Brains Out... Tuesday, October 18
The vibe at boxing has been kicked up a couple of million notches. With just weeks till the Heavy Hitter’s much anticipated take-on and take-down against Team Japan, Snicker’s waiting to hear the finalized date for a title match, and with word spreading of my boxercise class, we’re all eager to pick up those extra pointers, put in the extra effort, and stay a little bit longer.
I’ve been 120% all about boxing lately.
In addition to trying to help do promotional stuff for Snicker’s boxing career – managing a website I made for him, trying to get sponsors, dealing with helping him train, and trying to promote him beyond Korea, I’ve got my own boxing to think about.
Trying to factor in my own boxing career and juggle it has taken a rather strange turn. An unexpected turn, but a great turn. In addition to running my own boxercise class and continuing my one-to-one personal training, I’ve also been recently asked to be a model for a fashion designer out in Seoul who wants to do a photo shoot of me in November when he completes assembling his new line. When I told him that I’m by no means a fashion model – I’m only 5ft 2” – he informed me that he requested me because he wants an edgier, tougher looking lady for the shoot. I wasn’t told much about the shoot but was told I should come wearing “lots of womanly muscle”.
Womenly muscle?!... I didn’t think Korea knew of such a thing but if that’s what he wants than I’ll definitely sport it!!!
I’ve been 120% all about boxing lately.
In addition to trying to help do promotional stuff for Snicker’s boxing career – managing a website I made for him, trying to get sponsors, dealing with helping him train, and trying to promote him beyond Korea, I’ve got my own boxing to think about.
Trying to factor in my own boxing career and juggle it has taken a rather strange turn. An unexpected turn, but a great turn. In addition to running my own boxercise class and continuing my one-to-one personal training, I’ve also been recently asked to be a model for a fashion designer out in Seoul who wants to do a photo shoot of me in November when he completes assembling his new line. When I told him that I’m by no means a fashion model – I’m only 5ft 2” – he informed me that he requested me because he wants an edgier, tougher looking lady for the shoot. I wasn’t told much about the shoot but was told I should come wearing “lots of womanly muscle”.
Womenly muscle?!... I didn’t think Korea knew of such a thing but if that’s what he wants than I’ll definitely sport it!!!
Monday, October 17, 2011
Introducing my new homepage for Flipside Fitness!
"Amy's Boxercise class is such a great experience! It is the perfect mix between an intense workout and fun. Amy is an enthusiastic teacher who knows how and when to push her students, yet meets them where they're at, so as to work with various ability levels. She's extremely knowledgable and loves sharing her passion. She makes working out a great experience!" -- CrystalMy Official Launch... Monday, October 17
Officially launched the website for my fitness company, Flipside Fitness, and added a group page on Facebook (come join my page if you’re in Korea).
I’ve been getting such a positive response and such helpful feedback from various people regarding my boxercise class that I’ve just started to teach, thank you.
The plan is to teach two boxercise classes on Sundays – 10am and 2pm – and then teach classes at 7am during the week. I’ll probably start with a Wednesday morning class and then add more once attendance builds up.
Thank you, thank you… THANK YOU!!!
Adidas is on it, as is my coach, the ladies who attended this past weekend’s boxercise class have been helping to spread the word, and business cards are being printed up as I type.
Like any business, I take it that it’ll take a bit of time for my business to pick up and take off so I’m looking into taking on a part time job – interview this Friday, 5pm. I’m hoping to meet up with another potential sponsor this week, a financial sponsor, so I’m busy typing up a proposal for him.
So between trying to spread the word of my company and meeting with potential sponsors, I’m also trying to continually plan things for my girls-only club. Next month I’ve planned a live music night, am in the process of planning a spa day, a Christmas shopping and café-hopping day, and am hoping to take a group of them out to a hockey game. I’m most stoked about the hockey game – what can I say, I may be Polish but I’m from Canada. Found out that Anyang’s Halla hockey team has Canada’s very own former Leaf’s Ric Jackman... how cool is that?! Of course I gotta get out and support my home team boy!!!
Needless to say, thank God I don’t have a real full time job… or an official job for that matter. I’m way too busy making my own work but you know what, I’m loving every single second of it!!!
I’ve been getting such a positive response and such helpful feedback from various people regarding my boxercise class that I’ve just started to teach, thank you.
The plan is to teach two boxercise classes on Sundays – 10am and 2pm – and then teach classes at 7am during the week. I’ll probably start with a Wednesday morning class and then add more once attendance builds up.
Thank you, thank you… THANK YOU!!!
Adidas is on it, as is my coach, the ladies who attended this past weekend’s boxercise class have been helping to spread the word, and business cards are being printed up as I type.
Like any business, I take it that it’ll take a bit of time for my business to pick up and take off so I’m looking into taking on a part time job – interview this Friday, 5pm. I’m hoping to meet up with another potential sponsor this week, a financial sponsor, so I’m busy typing up a proposal for him.
So between trying to spread the word of my company and meeting with potential sponsors, I’m also trying to continually plan things for my girls-only club. Next month I’ve planned a live music night, am in the process of planning a spa day, a Christmas shopping and café-hopping day, and am hoping to take a group of them out to a hockey game. I’m most stoked about the hockey game – what can I say, I may be Polish but I’m from Canada. Found out that Anyang’s Halla hockey team has Canada’s very own former Leaf’s Ric Jackman... how cool is that?! Of course I gotta get out and support my home team boy!!!
Needless to say, thank God I don’t have a real full time job… or an official job for that matter. I’m way too busy making my own work but you know what, I’m loving every single second of it!!!
Sunday, October 16, 2011
After class, I had them put on a pair of boxing gloves on to get a real feel for the sport, to get comfortable standing in the ring, and to see where this class has the potential of going to. My boxercise class today was an introduction to the sport of boxing but I could see the hunger in their eyes for more!
Boxercise rocked today... THESE women rocked today and I'm telling you, with the fierceness and determination these gals showed in class today, I'm glad I'm in their good books. Because they've definitely got mad potential to be quite the lean-mean fighting machines!!!
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