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, February 17, 2019

That's Going to Leave a Mark... Sunday, February 17

I'm pretty sure I left half my "cheek" on the field today at rugby training and by cheek I mean my butt cheek.  Seriously, I'm not joking.  During the last 20 minutes of training, we had a rugby game to end today's training session.  I went to tackle one girl on the opposition and then got up and instantly tackled another player.  I heard a rip of material and then felt the brush of the turf.  

Holy turf burn.

I had gone to practice with the goal to be more assertive, more aggressive, and to use my head less.  I had found that in earlier practices and, more obviously, in the games, I always second guessed myself.  I wasn't sure if I should be doing this or that so I more or less played follow the leader.  And in second guessing myself, a fellow teammate of mine, no one in particular, always stepped up, stepped in and took the initiative.  

I've commented on this in an earlier post, I know.

So today, with the pressure of our next game building and word circling that our opposing team being very technically strong, I decided to put pressure on myself to step up more.  Stepping up to be more aggressive however, I'm pretty sure I flashed whomever was watching because my short shorts rode up and damn did I ever slide on that turf.

Turf burn, it's not a pretty thing and it hurts like hell when the shower water hits it... woozers.

Regardless, mission accomplished.

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