As the story has it, one day I headed to the opposite side of the globe – the Flipside. I arrived in Korea February 16th, 2005 and thought I’d do a year, then leave. I was wrong. I stayed, launched my first company, Flipside Fitness, and then opened Korea's largest boxing club, Hulk's Boxing (now called Hulk's Club).

After 11.5yrs in Korea, I then picked up one day and returned to Toronto, Canada. But then I left again.

Now I live in the Philippines where I am the CEO and head coach of Empowered Clubhouse, the Philippines' first and only boxing clubhouse exclusively just for women. I also am the founder of the Lil' Sistas Project, CEO and designer of Slay Gear and Baa Baa Black Sheep .Ph.

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

For the Love of Boxing... Wednesday, July 11

My schedule for the month...
Note that all the things related to Flipside Fitness are in black.


Today I had an important meeting out in Seoul regarding my boxing -- was told to come prepared to prove myself.  I'd love to get into it and dish it all out for you here to read but for certain reasons I cannot.  Just know this, I totally put so much on the line for my boxing and for Flipside Fitness, people will never fully understand the extent of it nor entirely understand my reasoning behind it.  

No regrets.  I have no regrets for the choices I've made -- both bad and good -- nor would I go back and change my so-called bad choices if given the chance.  My boxing has opened numerous doors, both good ones and bad ones and both of which I've taken it upon myself to step into.  I got into boxing originally for self defense, after a security office (aka bouncer) at the club I bar tended at attacked me and left me with a broken hand.  It wasn't long before I fell in love with it though.  Simply training wasn't enough for me however, I wanted more -- I needed more -- and so I sought out this "more".  And today, as I stood in front of a committee of men and had them judge me as a boxer and as a foreign female here in Korea, I told them that I have no regrets with my boxing.  I refused to apologize for my choices.  Why say sorry if I'm not sorry?!  

I couldn't help but give a giggle at the end of our meeting because it reminded me of the meeting I had at Dankook University when I gave notice saying I would not be extending my contract.  Dankook threatened me, telling me that I'd be fired if I didn't quit boxing and, for foreigners here dependent on an E2 visa like I was then, it also meant I may have to leave the country.  So the deal was if I had another boxing bout in Korea I'd be fired, but I definitely wasn't going to give up my boxing nor was I going to let some job change what I'm about, so I had another bout.  I had a bout in Japan and there was nothing they could do because it was out of country.  They watched as I wasted away to game weigh-in size, heard my training stories and plans for Japan and they couldn't touch me.  

I may not be untouchable and I'm not ignorant to the law, but I'm not going to stop fighting to do what I love.
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