PMABM Newsletter #11

In my effort to look for something from my work at TV-13 on Youtube, I found this video from TV-13 in Michigan:



Mariah Moore, the Eskrimadora. Also known as the American Valkyrie. One thing's sure, this ain't a fat lady singing. More like a young lady swinging - sticks and blades. She's now my new little hero. I don't know about you, but at that age, if my ribs broke in a sparring contest, I would've questioned why I was practicing martial arts. But she kept on going and even won a championship with broken ribs! If a 15 year old girl from the Midwest can take it, there's no reason why you can't.

After watching her videos, I've been motivated to get off my gluts and work on my skills. I'm also looking forward to teaching and coaching again. Did you get that part of the video, that she trains six days out of the week? I recently told Joe one of my motivational/perspective phrases: I'm not obsessed with martial arts, which is why I only train six days out of the week instead of seven. What I mean by perspective phrase is that I won't make martial arts such an obsession that people are left by the wayside and yet I should make the time to practice daily to seek mastery. Balance is the key to anything you do in life, even if you're only known as a martial arts expert, or whatever expert.

I wish I could train six days out of the week. I train as much as I can, though. To be good at anything, it takes a whole lot of conscious effort, discipline, and many, many trips outside of your comfort zone (and maybe even a depletion of funds). By doing so, you develop a good work ethic, which allows you to be good at what you do, which helps motivate your work habits and the cycle continues. You may get to the point that you even like the struggle, but even if you don't, it's best to make the conscious effort to get out and do something. That's my other motivational phrase I've been using recently: Do something, anything! Developing a good work ethic is what makes champions like Mariah.

This promotional video is a little cheesy, but it gets the point across. Mariah seems to be into the modern demo aspect of FMA as well. Watch some of the moves she makes. She does a different style of FMA, but do you recognize a few things?



Also, watch her training and competition videos when you get the chance.