Tagged by @wiredtokill for the six selfies of 2015 thing.
Well this year has been memorable. I have made a lot of new friends, set a lot of new goals, achieved a lot (which I wasn’t even sure I would achieve) and had a total blast.
For all of you who have been following me before 2015 you would have known that I completed my Bachelor’s at the start of the year and did my Honours year this year. I have accomplished so much doing that degree and it has made me open up as to what I want to venture into in my life. I have managed to maintain good grades and make new friends at my university and have had a joyous year in that department.
Next comes to martial arts. A lot of you will know I stopped doing TKD for a bit to focus solely on study. A high number of lab work and hours spent into writing my thesis made it difficult for me to keep going to class, also I was getting bored with my dojang. I wasn’t getting motivated and I was putting on weight again. Then I managed to find my current gym! A mixed martial arts gym that offered a lot to me. Of course I started my path into BJJ and I instantly fell in love with it. It was so much more technical and made me helpless, something I didn’t find in my TKD training. By the time I started training at the new gym it was already July. I was unfit due to a lack of training and unsure of how well I would improve but little by little I started to get back into it.
Fast forward 5 months and it’s december. From training only a couple of times a week and just doing BJJ, I am now doing 5 days a week and doing a kickboxing or boxing class as a warmup before doing BJJ. Imagine how much has changed, I am more confident with my bjj. I don’t feel so helpless anymore and also my fitness has greatly improved. Although I may not look like a chiseled greek god and am not looking like Arnold, I am comfortable in my body and happy with how I am going. Overall I am still at the start of my journey and am looking forward to what 2016 will bring me.
On other notes here on tumblr I have made some good friends over this past year and some I feel will last a lifetime! To all of you thank you and I hope you all have a good 2016 ahead of you!
I’m going to tag these beautiful people because I want to see your gorgeous faces and also hear about your journey throughout 2015!
@assassinwannabefitness @evanncmd @dan-does-newaza @sparkseeker97 @girlinkarate @jitsbeginner33 @indomitablespiritfingers @fightsinlipstick @throwtime @notallthingsjiujitsu @journeyto45kg @strengthinstone @valanseong @roundhousechick
(I purposely didn’t tag people who I know would like to remain anonymous on tumblr, but if you know who you are upload 6 photos and write about how 2015 has changed you!)