Do your best everyday / every round

Three, Five, ten or twelve...
It doesn't really matter how many rounds is your next fight if you are not going to put all your work right from the beginning  it is going to be extremely hard to change the verdict even if you pick your work rate up in the later stages. Basically you are counting on luck.
By taking your time and holding back you are giving room to your opponent which I presume is hungry of winning  and will take every opportunity to convince the judges that he deserves that win more than you.
He will take every opportunity to weaken you up and finish the fight before time.

Some of the fighters staying in the safe distance at the beginning of the fight to save their energy for later rounds. But as I believe we have cleared this in one or two of my previous posts, there might not be later rounds, if you give your opponent room and he will use it correctly.
He might basically stop you before you even start executing your plan.

He might stop you before you put in work something that you have been preparing for by spending your precious time and energy.
All hard work in the gym as on the road ( running etc. ), all your dedications and sacrifices might simply be vanished ( or better said: remain in progressive  ) by you holding back.
I have always believed: that it is much better to loose while doing all your best than while not doing anything.
It is more honorable for a warrior to die in a clean battle than being killed while a sleep.
If you are going to loose in a process of doing your best, you learn the lesson and come back better, stronger, wiser.
Other ways you just delay your success and slow down your own progress.
I would say you are sabotaging yourself.

I've been watching some boxing fights today at amateur boxing championships of London . And I have seen many good and skilled fighters.
A lot of boys with great heart and strong mentality.
And above all skills, those factors have been mainly deciding about the outcome.
As the level of competition was very equal, skills were very similar.
What was really taking over was the drive of the boxer, was the hunger of the success.

Just like in the life.
We are all making our own decisions.
Waking up another morning it is us making decisions how we are going to spend the day.
It is our decision if we are going to use all the experience and opportunities we've got, to lift our hands up in the victory at the end of the day.
Or we are going to postpone our progress, our success.

Value yourself, value your work, value your life and life of your close ones.
Give your best everyday, every round.

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Krystian Ozog Fighter/Instructor, GMMA Academy 07928093841 | KrystianGuruMuayThai@gmail.com | http://www.gmma.co.uk/ | London/Great Britain

Prepare yourself, believe in yourself and do your best

Day after my last fight I was talking to one of my best training partner, team mate and corner man Michael.
We spent a lot of time together training, not only in our gym but also in different camps inside and outside of the UK.
We know each other very well.
Strength and weaknesses. We can quite easy understand each others emotions, and we can help to motivate each other.
But anyway....
Michael has shared with me his observations and his opinion over my performance during last fight.
He has quite clearly and correctly red some of the feelings I had before and while fighting.
Michael also said that he was very surprised at the pace we have both set up right from the beginning of the bout.
As it was 10 rounds, championship fight he has though that we would start of much slower,  just to feel each other, then pick up the pace as it progresses.  Very much like in the traditional MuayThai Thai fight.
My answer was; that there was no time to waste.
Me and my opponent both knew each other.  We both did our homework and prepared best we could for that particular event.
We both knew that we wouldn't wanna let the judges make the decision.
We both aimed for clear win by the stoppage.
If I waited for further rounds to pick up the fight I would take a massive risk.
Anything could happen.
I was facing strong opponent with great experience and amazing power of his punches.
One clear shot could change everything.
So I have choose to risk while executing our plan. Plan that we have trained with my coaches, my training partner Roman and all the GMMA Academy team for weeks.
Simply; if something goes wrong, I prefer if it happens when I am doing my best than when I don't do nothing.
If I was going to die, I wanna die as a warrior not a coward.
This same philosophy I do bring out in to my life. Only those who don't do anything don't make mistakes.
I choose to be a doer.
I believe that this is the only way forward.
Prepare yourself, believe in yourself and do your best.
If not working.
Make changes and repeat the procedure.

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Krystian Ozog Fighter/Instructor, GMMA Academy 07928093841 | KrystianGuruMuayThai@gmail.com | http://www.gmma.co.uk/ | London/Great Britain

"The spiritual journey continues"

Parkash 2015

17th - 19th of July at

Guru Nanak Sikh academy,Springfield road, Hayes, UB4 0LT

"The spiritual journey continues"

Meaningful title of this year Sikh cultural and religious event in Hayes describes well surrounding atmosphere over that amazing happening.

It has been second year in a row when we had an honor and pleasure to participate in such a wonderful event with our martial arts school / GMMA Academy.

All area has been overflown with joy and kindness during time of the celebration.

Thousands of people in colorful, traditional clothing and smiles on they faces coming from every possible direction.

Inside the venue, right in the middle has been situated great size tent where took place: seminars, lectures and religious events, all projected on the screen outside for those who couldn't fit inside that enormous size tent. 

Or for those who were discovering stalls around the main venue.

Stalls promoting traditional Indian / food, clothing, music, films, organizations, shows, support centers, charity institutions...

Stalls promoting community development like; British Army, Metropolitan Police, Firefighters, Traditional Sikh martial artists performing fantastic ritual of Gatka. 

It was once again, great great experience for us to be part of all that.

We have felt very welcome and I am pleased to say that we had a lot of interest and positive feedback in what we had to offer. 

Our principals of Martial arts training to cultivate a disciplined mind, body and spirit, has blended perfectly with ideology of the happening and its title "The spiritual journey continues".

It was fantastic weekend for all our Gukwoone and GuruMuayThai students and parents. 

I am looking forward for Parkash 2016.

Expecting it bigger and better as every year.

Kind Regards 

GMMA Academy

Krystian Ozog Fighter/Instructor, GMMA Academy 07928093841 | KrystianGuruMuayThai@gmail.com | http://www.gmma.co.uk/ | London/Great Britain

Stressing food

I have experienced how stress can affect our nerve system and our health at numbers of situations.
I have had serious problem with my lower back ( when I have thought that my fighting career was finished ).
At very unexpected moment, when I was actually feeling pretty strong.
I have seen my wife beeing incorrectly diagnosed with asthma few months after our wedding. When she finally settled down after all the preparation and stressing about the ceremony and party.
So many times I've got ill straight after the fight as my nerve system would be overloaded in the preparation and during the competition. When it was all done my body and brain would completely relax and being tired after all the tension I would catch any virus hanging around.
Having the back problem I have mentioned before I was regularly visiting chiropractic for months.
At that time I would always have pack or two of peppermint chewing gums in my pocket.
Emptying pockets before each session my Chiropractic has noticed that and proposed me a test.
Test was simple: I had to lie down  on my back and lift my legs and arms,keeping them straight and try to resist while he was pulling pushing or to the side and pushing down.
It wouldn't look too bad.
Then he would ask me to put one of the chewing gum in my mouth, without even chewing just let the taste come out.
It was no longer than two minutes before we repeated the test.
I couldn'tbelieve of the outcome and I have accused the doctor of pushing and pulling harder than before.
He would smile and explain to me what was he trying to prove.
Doctor has explained to me that what I have experienced was result of my nerve system being weaken up while protecting my body against poisoning chemical of the chewing gum called aspartame.
While he was explaining I was waiting for the taste to go away and we had the test for the third time.
Everything was more or less back to normal after about five minutes chat.
Aspartame is one of many chemical ingredients of today's processed food.
Along with many other sweeteners, regulators, preservatives and countless enhancements used by food producers.
All of those have similar effect on our health to mental stress.
It all affects our nerve system then amune.
You can run and train everyday, but if you are not having good rest, peaceful life, plenty of love and healthy diet.
You might still suffer health wise.
So make right choices at your next meal.
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What would you do if you weren't afraid?

What will they say ? How will they react ?
What if they disagree ? Can I really do it ?
Maybe I am not fit for it ?!
Am I not to old ?
What if this and what if that ?!?
So many questions and doubts  comes to our heads every day.
Conversation with our innerself is never ending.
In sports, career, everydays life. If we allow our innerself, nerves, emotions take control of our reactions and decisions we might miss great opportunities and and go through our lives to cautious.
Not achieving our best, not allowing ourselves to live our lives.
Of course, we can't jump of the boat in the middle of the ocean without the life vest and not being able to swim.
But at this same time not doing things because they might go wrong is a bit like; not getting of the bed because at night we are going to go to sleep again anyway.
Physical  exercise has always been great motor to my life, even before I gave started with fighting and martial arts.
It has always been great tool to work on my mental strength and confidence.
Of course I do still ask myself  ( obvious ) questions like; "can I really?" and "what if?".
I ask those questions in my sport career, professional career as well as in my private life.
And trust me I do fear and I do do doubt.
When emotions begin to take over I simply try to turn of and try to think "what would I do if I weren't afraid? ".
I try to think what has brought me this path, what am I hoping to achieve and where am I going to.
I do train hard and devote my life to become better  fighter, martial artist and instructor. I do work hard to become successful in every aspect of my life and being able to share with others.
Even I do feel tired I've got great believe in myself and my abilities and my plans.
But like in the fighting career.
In a sparring and preparation I feel sharp,strong and able to move mountain.
I do look for the way and plan how to get titles and be a winner, how to develop for myself and for our team.
Then when it comes to the fight day;
I I still question myself if I have done enough and "what if this?"or "what if that?". I suppose it is natural.
It is related to our survival instinct which should help us make the decision at the moment of danger.
But do we not become to cautious at some point?
We do wanna get better job, but we are afraid of changes.
We do wanna travel, have lots of adventure and achieve big things but we are not willing to risk.
If I weren't afraid would become a world champion in kick boxing, I would educate myself in psychology I would become successful in all aspects of my life to be able to take care of my family as well as  help others. Still getting more out of my life, achieving my goals and passions.
What would you do if you weren't afraid?

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I've missed my training!

It happens.
Busy life,busy city,busy roads.
Even though I've  carried with me all day long, my gym bag with equipment and food ready for the training and after.
I was mentally ready for it and would honestly do all my best to get to the gym on time. My coach has promised us some nice sparring session for tonight,one of the last one before next Friday show.
I was really looking forward to it.
On some point I have realised that there is no chance that I am going to make it on time. But  I  still haven't gave up, still tried to get to the gym even if I was going to be late. Nothing worked right.
I was still around half an hour away and training was already 40 minutes in a progress. I would have missed more than half of it. I have no time to waste especially week before the fight. So I have done some quick shopping and went straight home planning my own training while still driving.
What is it I need the most now and what have I been lacking of in my training recently?
I've decided that working on the speed will be what I need right now.
So I have planned some long sprints, skipping,  shadow boxing with dumbells and fast circuit workout.
I am pretty sure that apart of the sparring, boys have been doing very similar routine.
So ambitious plan was in place and I have made myself ready.
Then here we go; other priorities,cold outside,late evening, tiredness, laziness and many other symptoms of human nature, tries to take over initiative.
I've been in this kind of situation many times and I am pretty good at dealing with that.
But then again,doing it and doing it right are two different options which depends on your determination,will power and honesty to yourself.
It is easy to go light on yourself when no one is watching and pushing.
For some strange reason in my case I feel like this is when I really put some good work.
Over the years of training Martial arts, fighting craft but even doing the weights or running I have learnt one thing.
If you don't have enough discipline to train on your own, you are not going to get far.

"I wish"

"I wish I was little bit taller
I wish I was a baller
I wish I had a girl who looked good
I would call her
I wish I had a rabbit in a hat with a bat
And a six four Impala..."
This is a chorus of a song, sang by artist called Skee-Lo.
We all got many wishes and would love to achieve and complete many various tasks. Some of our wishes, like the height in Skee-Lo's song cannot be really changed. But most of our wanna be and wanna do wishes can be done.
All it takes is a bit of strong will power,dedication and perseverance.
I get many new ideas every day.
I also get many old ideas coming back to me. So many of them make me think that if I have continued since I have first thought off them I would be so much better of.
Of course we can only do so much in a day and we are just humans which also need to re charge our batteries.
I personally think that it all comes to ability of setting up the priorities and planning ahead.
My aim is to become a top fighter,martial artist,coach and instructor.
All that, I do strongly believe is going to build up my private,family life too.
Sliding in some new training routine into my schedule; like more and different types of stretching,techniques, speed , stamina and resistance work. Is one thing. Also it need a bit of understanding of my own body and respecting it.
Apart of physical side of my future plans there is also mental annd spiritual aspect, which I strongly believe is the most important. As my coach often says "That invisible work is what really matters and  is going to make you better".
That's why I do practice meditation and work on my listening,observing and understannding skills.