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<\/a>She’s 1-0 as a pro. I can’t wait to see her fight somebody and smash them. ^_^ tee hee *evil cackle* Her husband is a fighter, too. (pictured further down) I can’t wait to see him smash somebody, too.\nAlso, my Facebook friend Valeria \u201cChika Galactika\u201d Mejia from Peru visited Syndicate to train with me. Valeria has been here for two weeks now. We\u2019re working on stuff for her fight vs Lindsay Garbatt in Canada October 23th in Hard Knocks 46. She\u2019s scrappy!
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<\/a><\/p>\nI really want to fight before the end of the year. I went to fight in Invicta! I know I fought in the last one. :\/ I hate to seem selfish, but I’ve only fought twice this year. My goal is 4… which won’t happen, but one more fight would be great! I think I’ve improved myself even more since my last one, fixing my past mistakes. I feel good and ready to go!<\/p>\n
This past Monday and Tuesday, there was a convention for the \u201cNational Association for Convenience Stores.\u201d Booths and free samples were set up by snack foods like Hostess, Jiff, Cliffbars, energy drinks, chips, cookies, candies, etc. Also, they hired John to bring a team of 4 from Syndicate to show our stuff in the cage. I wasn’t sure how I was going to feel afterwards, but I was tired and have bruises everywhere, so I think I got good training. lol<\/p>\n I got my teaching job back instructing little kid\u2019s jiu-jitsu at Syndicate with Damien Nitkin. He\u2019s a great teacher and I\u2019m learning a lot about good ways to discipline a class. \uf04a I missed half of yesterday\u2019s class because I couldn\u2019t make it back in time for 4:00 and all of yesterday. :\/ Sorry, Damien!<\/p>\n I ended up signing the \u201cFree Nick Diaz\u201d Whitehouse Petition. If 100,000 people sign it, the Whitehouse looks at the issue. It\u2019s about Nick getting a 5 year suspension from fighting for smoking pot. Now Pot is illegal in regards to fighting. I am not going to get into an argument with people about that. Everyone has their own opinion about whether it \u201cshould\u201d be illegal, whether it\u2019s a performance enhancing drug or not, whether it dulls the pain or whatever. I don\u2019t care. There is a rule and in sports, we have to follow rules. However, when someone did steroids (which is worse, nobody can argue that) and gets a year or less suspension, and then Nick does weed and gets 5 years\u2026that\u2019s just ridiculous. That needs to be reversed or lessened somehow. If he broke the rules, punish him, but more fairly.<\/p>\n AND IT REACHED 100,000 signatures! I\u2019m glad I decided to do it last night so I can say I helped. On Saturday, I hung out with my new (new-ish) training partner family, Jessica, Clayton and their three kids, all of which train at Syndicate. We watched the movie Pan. \ud83d\ude00 It was great! On Friday, I went to watch RFA with Heather Clark! <3 Thanks for getting me tickets! \n I looked down and saw\u2026\u2026two little ants moving in a coffee-mug sized cage. \u201cWhich one\u2019s Corey?!\u201d I exclaimed, pulling out my phone and trying to use the zoom feature. The ants came together and one stopped moving. <\/p>\n \u201cOh!\u201d Marc cried out. \u201cHe knocked him out!\u201d I\u2019ve been trying to do more Gi in jiu-jitsu lately. I\u2019ve been back to teaching in a gi. So I had gotten my purple belt in 2005 and the moved to Japan for 8 years. I think I only put my gi on like five times in that entire 8 years, so I forgot my grips, how different balance was, and different techniques that require the gi. It\u2019s really embarrassing. :\/ I mean, I’ve gotten so much better at grappling for MMA so that’s what’s most important anyway. See, there’s only so much time in the day. I\u2019m too tired if I do double classes every day (meaning an hour and a half of gi class and then an hour and a half of hard MMA training.) So I started doing gi technique, not sparring gi, and then doing MMA. That way at least I can slowly refresh my memory. On Saturday I spar gi because there\u2019s no MMA afterwards. I\u2019ve been watching Once Upon A Time season 4. I love the actresses they got for the Frozen characters. They\u2019re perfect, in both looks and mannerisms! \ud83d\ude00 \ud83d\ude00 Oaken is so perfect! I had forgotten about him. I’m also watching Ushio and Tora. Love it!<\/p>\n On Last Sunday we had a belt test for the kids. Small test…I think it was post poned like 3 times and then settled on a Sunday, but it’s good to see kids get promoted! Since we are affiliated with Zenith, Mr. Robert Drysdale and Marcello came to help administer the test.
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\nMonster Energy is into MMA so set up a cage and hired Coybow Cerrone and Rampage Jackson to sign autographs and pose for pictures for two sessions out of the afternoon.
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\n(John and Adam. John is tired from training us all all day and Adam is pumped and ready to go 10,000 more rounds LOL)
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\n On the first day it was myself, Jamie, Adam Acquaviva, and Cory Hendricks. The second day Donny came instead of Cory. John held mitts, we grapple-sparred, Jamie and I did take-downs with her slamming me and me Judo-throwing her. (the big bangs attracted a crowd) and Jamie and I did some light kickboxing\/MMA sparring.
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\nWe did two sessions, 12:30-1:30. And 2:30-3:30. It was tiring but fun, and I\u2019m honored to represent Team Syndicate.
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\nI am totally going to see the Goosebumps movie (poster in the back) once it comes out.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\n Damien let me leave the kids class early, but I got caught in traffic and it took me an HOUR to get from Syndicate to Fremont street. Omggggg *stabs something* I ended up pulling into The D Casino\u2019s parking garage tower just as they were announcing Corey Turner. I saw a guy running over to the side of the garage to look over the edge, and I realized that the fights were outside. On the 11th floor, which was the final floor, I was praying hard and I FOUND ONE LAST SPOT. I squeezed my Toyota in there a little crooked, sprinted over to that guy figuring he had found the best vantage point, and found that it was actually my teammate Marc! lol
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\n\u201cWhat?\u201d I almost shouted. \u201cWho knocked who out?\u201d
\n\u201cCorey knocked the other guy out!\u201d Marc said.
\nMy zoom did not work. I wanted a replay! \u201cHow do you know!\u201d
\n\u201cYeah!\u201d Marc said, fist-pumping the air.
\nI wasn\u2019t convinced but he seemed certain of what he had seen. I high-fived him and then we walked together down to the ticket window. There I met Heather and our beautiful friendship date began. Haha I didn\u2019t really care about anybody\u2019s fight but Cory\u2019s and also David Archangel. (What a cool last name). He used to train at Syndicate but then moved out of State. He won! \ud83d\ude00 He looked great doing it! So proud of him!
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\n(Corey is the tall one in the red shirt. SMILE MORE! You got a 18 second KO, dude!)<\/p>\n
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\nSo far I\u2019ve been doing this for two weeks and it\u2019s working! I\u2019m starting to feel more comfortable. \ud83d\ude00 And my belt is totally broken in. lol yes, it was still stiff from being unworn. ^^; And thanks for being so patient with me the other day, Casey. I got frustrated a bit. You’re such a good teacher in many different ways. *_*<\/p>\n
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\nSo guys, when the photographer says “one two three!” at that moment, you’re supposed to all open your eyes wide, smile, and hold it for a few seconds. LOL How many people in this pic have their eyes closed?!?<\/p>\n