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.

Sunday, January 06, 2019

Lil' Sista Update... Sunday, January 6

1. BACK-TO-BACK LIL' POW BOXING CLASSES!!!

This month we're super pumped to tell you we'll be coaching ALL 84 Lil' Sistas.
Saturday, January 18th -- Lil' Sistas in Antipolo.
Sunday, January 19th -- Lil' Sistas in BGC/Makati. 

2. LIL' SLAY GEAR WILL BE ARRIVING!!! 

Thank you to all who purchased a Lil' Sista Hoodie or an Empowered Cap. The money from these two items bought 46 pairs of gloves and 46 pairs of handwraps. The Lil' Slay gear (boxing gloves and handwraps) will be arriving from our manufacturer in Pakistan this month. 

I got word that it has actually landed here in the Philippines, now it's making it's way through customs and soon to be in my hands.  Am so pumped about this.

3. WE'RE PAIRING UP WITH A BOXING CLUB IN CANADA!!! 

To encourage and connect our Lil' Sistas with more empowered females, we're setting up a pen pal program with a boxing club Toronto, Canada, that has females of a similar age. We're super excited about this.

The boxing club I'm pairing with is actually ran by a friend of mine, a fighter who used to train with my first boxing coach in Canada, Egerton.  I've been following what she's doing with her boxing club and the amazing opportunities and experiences she's provided for not only her young fighters but also the community.  For the past years, she's been running a nonprofit boxing club that's open for kids under 18.  The dynamics of her members is quite interesting in that she has a solid crew of young girls who come from middle eastern backgrounds so these girls are breaking stereotypes and becoming quite the ambassadors of change.  To have her girls pair up with my Lil' Sistas, it'd just be so awesome because the interaction that the Lil' Sistas have outside of their current situation is quite limited.  But to connect them with a strong crew of young girls on the other side of the globe, wow.  Just wow.  It'd be an amazing opportunity like non other!
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