{"id":4464,"date":"2014-03-31T08:19:20","date_gmt":"2014-03-31T14:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/?p=4464"},"modified":"2014-03-31T08:37:30","modified_gmt":"2014-03-31T14:37:30","slug":"cagequest-and-seminar-in-washington-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/2014\/03\/31\/cagequest-and-seminar-in-washington-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Cagequest and seminar in Washington State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had a fantastic time this weekend in Washington. I was in Tacoma and Lakewood to be a guest at &#8220;<a href=\"( https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Cagequest)\" target=\"_blank\">Cagequest<\/a>&#8221; and do a seminar.  I&#8217;m very grateful to Eddie Blackburn, the promoter, for bringing me in.  (If you are reading this and would like me to come do a seminar at your school or before your event, contact me at basilisk875(at)yahoo.com and we&#8217;ll talk!)<\/p>\n<p>I had my seminar at Evolution MMA &#8211; a super nice facility! Thanks for having me.  I was nervous, but everybody seemed to really like what I taught. I taught a striking technique combo, a take down (two ways to finish), what to do if sprawled upon (two ways), how to take the back, my style of holding back, two ways to choke. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Then, we did a bunch of two minute rounds and just rolled. I didn&#8217;t get to roll with everybody. :\/<\/p>\n<p>Thank you SO much for coming, everybody!<br \/>\n(click to enlarge)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/group-seminar-pic-from-patricia.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/group-seminar-pic-from-patricia-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"group seminar pic from patricia\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4465\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I had an amaaaaaazing time! \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/seminar-funny-pose.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/seminar-funny-pose.jpg\" alt=\"seminar funny pose\" width=\"676\" height=\"446\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4466\" srcset=\"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/seminar-funny-pose.jpg 676w, http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/seminar-funny-pose-632x417.jpg 632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI like Washington people.  <\/p>\n<p>We did a funny video. XD<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZGVH7F8OlDA?list=UUm3h-wPbBSC9484HbzGbe6g\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Allen Rygg (striking coach at Northwest Elite gym) was such a good host. Took me out for lunch, drove me everywhere, was my demonstration dummy, kept his eye on me during the events. \ud83d\ude42<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/roxy-and-allen-sushi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/roxy-and-allen-sushi.jpg\" alt=\"roxy and allen sushi\" width=\"587\" height=\"440\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4467\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cherry blossoms on campus were so pretty!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/cherry-blossons-and-roxy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/cherry-blossons-and-roxy.jpg\" alt=\"cherry blossons and roxy\" width=\"659\" height=\"494\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4470\" srcset=\"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/cherry-blossons-and-roxy.jpg 659w, http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/cherry-blossons-and-roxy-632x474.jpg 632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 659px) 100vw, 659px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI felt like I was in Japan again, for a moment.<\/p>\n<p>The Cagequest event was great!  I&#8217;m planning to write another article on it soon.<\/p>\n<p>I enjoyed going to weigh-ins.<br \/>\n(Allen, me, and Eddie)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/allen-and-eddy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/allen-and-eddy.jpg\" alt=\"allen and eddy\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4473\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I chatted with some fighters, and made friends with the ones I was sitting next to, like Sam, Robert and Kendra. \ud83d\ude09   Everybody was tough, though.  The match-ups were really good. <\/p>\n<p>I was ringside at the fights for a while, but it was actually making me nervous, because although I knew I was just a spectator, my body was getting all tense with the fights came close, because I was RIGHT THERE, with my nose almost in the cage. I felt like I should be defending something, when the guys crashed into the cage in front of me.<\/p>\n<p>(Kendra Bukovac vs Christine Weiner.)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/kendra-vs-christine.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/kendra-vs-christine.jpg\" alt=\"kendra vs christine\" width=\"461\" height=\"346\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4471\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So half-way into the event, I just hung out at my T-shirt signing table with the Revolver Clothing guys. \ud83d\ude42<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/cagequest-and-revolver-table.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/cagequest-and-revolver-table.jpg\" alt=\"cagequest and revolver table\" width=\"392\" height=\"471\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4469\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;C&#8221; is for &#8220;Cagequest!&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.revolvermma.com\/\" title=\"http:\/\/www.revolvermma.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.revolvermma.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Everyone was so nice. PRIMAL clothing and RARE BREED clothing guys all gave me freebie T-shirts. \ud83d\ude00 <\/p>\n<p>The fights were exciting.  There were a lot of finishes. A lot of tough up-and-coming fighters. Lots  of friends, teammates and fans came to support their guys.  It was awesome.  <\/p>\n<p>I came back on Sunday with new friends, some cash from the seminar and book sales, and great memories. I want to go back sometime!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had a fantastic time this weekend in Washington. I was in Tacoma and Lakewood to be a guest at &#8220;Cagequest&#8221; and do a seminar. I&#8217;m very grateful to Eddie Blackburn, the promoter, for bringing me in. (If you are reading this and would like me to come do a seminar at your school or&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fight","category-fun","category-training","category-7","category-8","category-4","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4464\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}