Last week was another term completed for CSPP. Still waiting for final grades from one class, but my ARP masters proposal was accepted and one class was finished with a solid 97%. Pretty confident that I should be able to maintain my almost perfect GPA with that one damn A- on there to mess it up. This is the rest week between classes and then its on to Interview skills and Behavior Disorders and round two of ARP seminar, which I think is the Lit Review.
This is also the rest week for my fight this Saturday. Going to be my first mma fight in almost 6 years. Going to try and improve on my 1-1 record, so that it can be something more like my 4-1 kickboxing record. This will be my second fight on the year and hopefully I can take advantage of being in US and in school while I still have the time to spend training that I need to feel confident to fight. Next step is going to be a grappling tournament so I can hopefully get ready to test for my BJJ blue belt, only been about a decade of inconsistent training to get there. I guess consistency helps a lot with things like that.
The fight should be good. I am feeling pretty confident in my hands and striking and from the people who know my opponent I dont expect him to try and take it to the ground. So if it stays standing I feel confident. Should it go to the ground I have been working a lot on that recently and as long as I can either get back to my feet or get on top then it should be good for me as well. Just dont want a repeat of my last fight in CO where I got stuck on my back and slowly got ground out and lost the decision. Right now the hardest thing is resting and keeping my diet together to cut down to 145... I workout so I dont have to diet and exercise self control. A week without ice cream could result in some serious binging next week, have to see how much I jump when I dont have to keep the food away. Right now the fish, fruit and fudge diet seems to be working, but may have to cut of the third f soon.
Also in getting ready for the fight, I brought the mohawk back and to try something new I dyed it green. So thats been fun, definitely notice that people look at you a little different when you have green hair covering about a quarter of your head. Have to say though from the speed that the dye is fading, I am not sure it is going to be worth keeping it up for too long. The dyeing process is a pain, have to be super careful not to turn everything from clothes to the forehead green and then a couple days in the sun and swimming in the ocean and it starts to fade right away. Maybe Hawaii is just not that conducive for dyed hair, need a colder climate. But think Ill keep the mohawk for a little while, I am interested in going out looking for jobs and seeing the reactions that I get. Kind of a little psych experiment. In Hawaii tattoos are much more a part of the culture than in other places so they really dont matter. Its the only place I have lived so far that the face tattoo is fairly common or at least I have seen on more than one person and they hold real jobs. But I am not sure that carries to green mohawks. I will be interested in seeing what comes from the job interviews next week.
This is also the rest week for my fight this Saturday. Going to be my first mma fight in almost 6 years. Going to try and improve on my 1-1 record, so that it can be something more like my 4-1 kickboxing record. This will be my second fight on the year and hopefully I can take advantage of being in US and in school while I still have the time to spend training that I need to feel confident to fight. Next step is going to be a grappling tournament so I can hopefully get ready to test for my BJJ blue belt, only been about a decade of inconsistent training to get there. I guess consistency helps a lot with things like that.
The fight should be good. I am feeling pretty confident in my hands and striking and from the people who know my opponent I dont expect him to try and take it to the ground. So if it stays standing I feel confident. Should it go to the ground I have been working a lot on that recently and as long as I can either get back to my feet or get on top then it should be good for me as well. Just dont want a repeat of my last fight in CO where I got stuck on my back and slowly got ground out and lost the decision. Right now the hardest thing is resting and keeping my diet together to cut down to 145... I workout so I dont have to diet and exercise self control. A week without ice cream could result in some serious binging next week, have to see how much I jump when I dont have to keep the food away. Right now the fish, fruit and fudge diet seems to be working, but may have to cut of the third f soon.
Also in getting ready for the fight, I brought the mohawk back and to try something new I dyed it green. So thats been fun, definitely notice that people look at you a little different when you have green hair covering about a quarter of your head. Have to say though from the speed that the dye is fading, I am not sure it is going to be worth keeping it up for too long. The dyeing process is a pain, have to be super careful not to turn everything from clothes to the forehead green and then a couple days in the sun and swimming in the ocean and it starts to fade right away. Maybe Hawaii is just not that conducive for dyed hair, need a colder climate. But think Ill keep the mohawk for a little while, I am interested in going out looking for jobs and seeing the reactions that I get. Kind of a little psych experiment. In Hawaii tattoos are much more a part of the culture than in other places so they really dont matter. Its the only place I have lived so far that the face tattoo is fairly common or at least I have seen on more than one person and they hold real jobs. But I am not sure that carries to green mohawks. I will be interested in seeing what comes from the job interviews next week.
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