Jill, Donna, Melissa in Auckland
Jill, Donna, and I had a weekend away.
Dion took the woman’s class. I came back and caught the end of it. He was showing Kat some secret squirrel moves that we better all watch out for.
About our weekend
Jill, Donna, and I went up to Auckland got a chance to meet Mandy Stewart from Australia.
The 3 of us (GSW girls) flew up to Auckland sporting our GSW t-shirts. Geoff, you would have been proud.
We stopped off to visit Cain at the Douglas' comp and met some of our friends from the forum. Melody and Michael who contribute to the forum made the trip well worth it. Thanks for your hospitality guys.
The plan was to go to the seminar by Mandy Stewart then watch the Mania show that evening.
Mandy Stewart has been on the fighting scene for about 2 and a half years.
- Australian Womens MMA Champion- 2004 HookNShoot U60 kg MMA Champion- 2004 Queensland BJJ Open Division Winner- 2004 Queensland BJJ U63kg Division Winner- 2002 Queensland All Arts Martial Arts Champion (Open Weight Division)
It was great meeting her at the seminar. She passed on some valuable knowledge and listening to her talk about her training was very beneficial. She trains with a great team, including Adrian Pang who came to help her with the seminar. They are very focused and serious about her training. I got a chance to spare with both of them and came away with a few new tricks that they were happy to pass on. I’m hoping to travel to Brisbane at some point and get a chance to train with Mandy again.
Later, we all experienced a very “interesting” Mania show. Jill, Donna, and I all cheered as Melody smashed her opponent with a take down and armbar. Go Melody! I won’t say too much more about the Mania show. But let’s just say that we saw a wide variety of experience and the main thing the girls had going for them was the willingness to get up there and give it a go. The young girl with the rugby tackles will be an impressive fighter when she learns more ground skills.
I enjoyed a very relaxing day on Sunday, hanging out with Jill and Donna and rehashing what we had witnessed on Saturday night. Thanks for the weekend guys!
Melissa
Dion took the woman’s class. I came back and caught the end of it. He was showing Kat some secret squirrel moves that we better all watch out for.
About our weekend
Jill, Donna, and I went up to Auckland got a chance to meet Mandy Stewart from Australia.
The 3 of us (GSW girls) flew up to Auckland sporting our GSW t-shirts. Geoff, you would have been proud.
We stopped off to visit Cain at the Douglas' comp and met some of our friends from the forum. Melody and Michael who contribute to the forum made the trip well worth it. Thanks for your hospitality guys.
The plan was to go to the seminar by Mandy Stewart then watch the Mania show that evening.
Mandy Stewart has been on the fighting scene for about 2 and a half years.
- Australian Womens MMA Champion- 2004 HookNShoot U60 kg MMA Champion- 2004 Queensland BJJ Open Division Winner- 2004 Queensland BJJ U63kg Division Winner- 2002 Queensland All Arts Martial Arts Champion (Open Weight Division)
It was great meeting her at the seminar. She passed on some valuable knowledge and listening to her talk about her training was very beneficial. She trains with a great team, including Adrian Pang who came to help her with the seminar. They are very focused and serious about her training. I got a chance to spare with both of them and came away with a few new tricks that they were happy to pass on. I’m hoping to travel to Brisbane at some point and get a chance to train with Mandy again.
Later, we all experienced a very “interesting” Mania show. Jill, Donna, and I all cheered as Melody smashed her opponent with a take down and armbar. Go Melody! I won’t say too much more about the Mania show. But let’s just say that we saw a wide variety of experience and the main thing the girls had going for them was the willingness to get up there and give it a go. The young girl with the rugby tackles will be an impressive fighter when she learns more ground skills.
I enjoyed a very relaxing day on Sunday, hanging out with Jill and Donna and rehashing what we had witnessed on Saturday night. Thanks for the weekend guys!
Melissa
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10/17/2005 11:14:00 am
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