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Today's Quote...
"Never,
never be afraid to do what's right, especially if the well-being of a person or
animal is at stake. Society's punishments are small compared to the wounds we
inflict on our soul when we look the other way."
Martin Luther King Jr.
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FRIDAY
May 29th, 2020, AT 8:00 PM /
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What Are We As A Country
Doing!?
So, we have a new issue this week in the
news... (Click) I'm not sure how to react to it or what to
say, if anything... I keep thinking that we're a country killing itself from
within..
We need to find a way to unite us...
A way not bound by race, religion, political
party, sexual preference or anything else that continues to divide us. As a
country we need to GROW UP as adults and start being more disciplined, more
responsible and take control of what's happening around us, to us and because of
us... I don't know how...
But we can't give up in our quest to find
a way...
“The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a
descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of
diminishing evil, it multiplies it. Through violence you may murder the liar,
but you cannot murder the lie, nor establish the truth. Through violence you may
murder the hater, but you do not murder hate. In fact, violence merely increases
hate. So it goes. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper
darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness;
only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that. Hate
multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies
toughness in a descending spiral of destruction... The chain reaction of evil -
hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars - must be broken, or we shall be
plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation.”
Martin Luther King
Jr.
DAILY
DOSE OF MOTIVATION...
"It's not about being better
than someone else...
It's about being better than you were the day before."
THURSDAY
May 28th, 2020, AT 3:35 PM /
PST
DAILY
DOSE OF MOTIVATION...
“What we do upon some great
occasion will probably depend on what we already are;
and what we are will
be the result of previous years of self-discipline.”
H.P.
Liddon...
WEDNESDAY
May 27th, 2020, AT 6:20 PM /
PST
DAILY
DOSE OF MOTIVATION...
"The most difficult thing is
the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.
The fears are paper
tigers. You can do anything you decide to do.
You can act to change and
control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward."
Amelia
Earhart...
A DOSE
OF REALITY...
SIX WORDS...
Sadly... It's pretty clear by now that
when we do find a way to get out of this whole Covid scare and come out the
other side, some of you are so far gone, deep into hate, conspiracy theories,
inner fears, pointing fingers etc. that you will never find your way back to
your life as you once knew it. Instead of staying strong mentally, keeping your
course, helping out and being kind to others who need you, you instead
Panicked... You burnt too many bridges, made up too much crap, pointed too many
fingers, took your anger out on too many who didn't deserve it that you will
find yourself so far off your own life's path down some unknown road that isn't
even on a map that even you won't be able to help yourself... Hopefully, some
of you are not too far gone and you can stop the path your on, get back on the
right one and start doing the Right things for yourself and others.....
Otherwise, I guess these 6 words will be what sums up your future:
"You brought that shit on Yourself!"
Just
sayin...
TUESDAY
May 26th, 2020, AT 9:20 AM /
PST
DAILY
DOSE OF MOTIVATION...
"When we make progress quickly,
it feeds our emotions.
Then, when there's a period of waiting or we hit a
plateau, we find out how committed we really are and whether we're going to see
things through to the finish or quit."
Joyce Meyer...
SATURDAY
May 23rd, 2020, AT 12:10 PM /
PST
It's not a holiday.
It's not a vacation. It's a day to remember...
It's a day to remember those who gave the ultimate sacrifice in active
military service...
Memorial Day is coming up this Monday, May 25th...
Your not forced to, no one says you have to, but if your proud of who you
are and where you live,
you may want to take this day to remember and honor
the ones who made that ultimate sacrifice for us all...
In Memory America’s
Fallen...
Please Click
Here...
FRIDAY
May 22nd, 2020, AT 5:00 PM /
PST
DAILY
DOSE OF MOTIVATION...
I hear and I see your worry as I too
have them...
The decision to quit, give up and just walk away may be easier now than
it ever has been since you may think you have a justified reason or excuse. Or
at least you think the reason or excuse is justified... So because of these
times, it's best now to remind you all of the struggles, the setbacks, the
hardships the roadblocks the sleepless nights, the pain, the suffering the
blood, sweat and tears you faced when you started your goals... So many around
you wanted you to fail then, and even more now! They want you to fail because
your doing something great.
And because you are, you just need to be reminded...
WHY you started
on your journey in the first place.
Keep your focus, stay on your road, in your lane and keep moving forward...
Like a storm along the way...This too shall pass...
DAILY
DOSE OF WISDOM...
"There is no need to boast of
your accomplishments and what you can do.
A great man is known, he needs no
introduction."
CherLisa Biles...
MORE
DAILY WISDOM...
"Your complaints, your drama,
your victim mentality, your whining, your blaming, and all of your excuses
have
NEVER gotten you even a single step closer to your goals or dreams.
Let go
of your nonsense.
Let go of the delusion that you DESERVE better and go
EARN it!
Today is a new day!"
Steve Maraboli...
MORE
DAILY WISDOM...
FOCUS on your Goals!
"You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw
stones at every dog that barks."
Winston Churchill...
THURSDAY
May 21st, 2020, AT 10:00 PM /
PST
DAILY
DOSE OF MOTIVATION...
HEY EVERYONE!
These times are tough, and may get even
tougher, but no matter what happens, no matter where your roads lead, Don't let
these tough times get you down! Don't take out the anger someone else brought
to you on someone undeserving or more so, close to you. It may be venting to
you, but come on, they don't deserve it. Don't become negative and angry to
those close to you because some other undeserving individual choose to be a back
stabbing, jealous, angry person to you. We often tend to take out our anger on
those completely unrelated to a previous hateful circumstance in our lives.
Again, they don't deserve it.
Don't let those talking behind your back
because their jealous of your accomplishments get you down! Don't let those
talking behind your back because their jealous of what you do get you down!
Don't bring previous anger, hatred and resentment home with you and take it out
on your family. Again, they don't deserve it. Those of you lucky enough to be
Martial Artists as well as fighters know that we must "Control our emotions
before they control us." You need to protect YOU! These are some tough
times we're all going through, and I know you all want to help others, but
please DO NOT forget to take care of YOU!
During these times I've been
spending a lot of time talking to my friends and associates about these very
things. It's easy to forget to take care of ourselves, mentally, physically,
spiritually, but you NEED TO!
So please my friends and associates, IGNORE
THE NEGATIVE - ATTACKING NOISE around you that can bring you down and bring you
to take it out on those undeserving of it.
Focus on YOU and what YOU need
to do for YOU!
Cause you can't help others if you don't help yourself
first.
IGNORE THE NOISE!
MORE
DAILY MOTIVATION...
“Your journey has molded you
for your greater good, and it was exactly what it needed to be.
Don't think
you've lost time.
There is no short-cutting to life.
It took each and
every situation you have encountered to bring you to the now.
And now is
right on time.”
Asha Tyson...
MORE
DAILY MOTIVATION...
“He who is different from me
does not impoverish me - he enriches me.
Our unity is constituted in
something higher than ourselves - in Man...
For no man seeks to hear his
own echo, or to find his reflection in the glass.”
Antoine
de Saint-Exupéry...
WEDNESDAY
May 20th, 2020, AT 9:00 PM/
PST
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DAILY
DOSE OF MOTIVATION...
"Nothing ever goes away until it
has taught us what we need to know....
Nothing ever really attacks us except our own confusion.
Perhaps there
is no solid obstacle except our own need to protect ourselves from being
touched.
If we run a hundred miles an hour to the other end of the
continent in order to get away from the obstacle, we find the very same problem
waiting for us when we arrive.
It just keeps returning with new names,
forms, manifestations until we learn whatever it has to teach us about where we
are separating ourselves from reality,
how we are pulling back instead of
opening up, closing down instead of allowing ourselves to experience fully
whatever we encounter, without hesitating or retreating into ourselves."
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WEDNESDAY
May 20th, 2020, AT 9:00 PM/
PST
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Just To Set The Record
Straight...
I've been reading loads of articles and
listening to several podcasts by so called "Experts on the fight world"
talking about how our California Governor has now said
"Sports can
come back in California."
Well, let me make this perfectly clear, NONE
OF THESE discussions were referring to FIGHT SPORTS,
and of
those that actually did, NONE of them were referring to AMATEUR
Fight Sports.
This is no attack on our Governor or the state commission or
even those airing podcasts. I just wanted to make it clear that the "Path
Back" or the steps to coming back are a lot longer for Amateur Fight
Sports than ANY and ALL Sports. There are quite a few big name PRO Boxing
Promoters, too many to list actually, but in the fight worlds of Kickboxing,
Muay Thai and MMA, only 4 promotions actually stand out, UFC and Bellator
for MMA, Lion Fight for Muay Thai and Glory for Kickboxing.
Glory doesn't even do Amateur bouts, so maybe I should not include them
in this discussion.
Under the current progression of opening ANY State here in the
USA, several Pro Boxing Promotional companies along with these 4 are the only
fight sport "Promotions" who will be able to start doing
events any time soon. This is because for EVERYONE ELSE, the added financial
requirements of the extensive testing along with other requirements and
guidelines that will be required for these early re-openings per say will never
be cost effective WITHOUT SPECTATORS.
Of course, some of the top PRO Fight Promoters, like ANY Fight
Promotion, will have additional financial burdens with all these added testing
expenses, but they are the only ones who will be able to at least "TRY"
and balance their event budget from any sort of income from PayPerview. I'm sure
there are a few spectators who will pay to see an amateur fight of someone they
know, but those numbers are under 100 per fighter. Numbers far from the needed
income to cover the costs it will take for a fight sport promoter to pay his or
her promotional bills.
Even that being said, it will be no easy task for a PRO Fight
Sport Promoter either. Compared to the Amateur Fight Sport Promoter, they have
the added expenses of pro fighter purses, expenses, Pro Team travel expenses,
higher state fees, fighter testings and licensing and more. So don't read this
thinking someone like the UFC stand to make tons of profits during these
shutdowns. Truth be known, none of us know what their financial
requirement is to host an event.
Venue costs alone are outrageous these days for ANY event
needing an inside venue. Venue cost alone is THE LEADING reason why so many
promoters no longer promote, especially at the Amateur level. UFC's idea
to purchase a private island is actually an outstanding financial decision. Some
may think they would do so to skip past all the commission requirements and
expenses.
However, if anything, the UFC is one promotional
company who has fought FOR State Regulations at EVERY level, both Amateurs and
Pros. Having their own island with their own event arena / venue will right out
of the gate save them 6 figures on venue fees alone (Rental, security, food
and beverages, insurances, etc. etc.)
Still, even if they do buy a private island, to hold ANY events
on, they will still be required to do "Extensive" testing for
Covid-19 which last week, the UFC announced they did around 1,100 tests
at around $130 to $135 a test which comes out to over $38,000, JUST for Covid 19
tests. An expenses NO Amateur promotion will be able to bare under ANY
circumstances.
Sure, their are individuals out there who have never promoted a
day in their life who will say ridiculous comments like, "Just get a
sponsor to pay for it." Well Brainless... DON'T be an Idiot! No REALLY!
If you've EVER promoted before, you would be aware as to how Truly ridiculous
such a comment, let alone an idea is.
Some help to educate you...
Sponsors have ALWAYS been hard to get, Hard enough prior to the whole
Covid-19 scare. Taking away live crowds and creating less sponsor reach and
well, that idea falls flat on it's face! Even WITH a live crowd, if an AMATEUR
Fight Sport Promoter finds ANY Sponsor willing to dilly up $10,000 or more, you
just won the lottery!! You better do anything, everything and MORE than you can
for such a sponsor of AMATEUR Fight Sports.
Bottom line here is, Amateur Fight Sports is a LONG way from
getting event approval. How long? No one knows, cause none of us have ever been
here before. I can see certain states (Who we as an organization view as
irresponsible towards fighter safety and hungry for $$$ Income) start
allowing Amateur fight sports before other more responsible state commissions do
like California's California State Athletic Commission.
Fighter Safety is always FIRST in
CA! You can love it, hate it, whatever, it's your call.
In saying this, I'd like to assure you that I'm in the same
financial position all you fight gym owners are right now. Sure, most fighters,
trainers, promoters and officials have other jobs, thus an alternate line of
income, ALL of ours is fight sport related... In regards to our income here we
have been shut down 100% since the March 12th, 2020 shutdown.
Since that day, we have not collected any fees for ANY of our
Fight Sport companies! That means, no sanctioning fees, licensing fees, training
fees, merchandise fees, etc. etc. ZERO!
I disclosed this for a very important reason. I, like some of
you Gym Owners out there, am at zero income, yet, I GET IT!
I get the reason for the shutdowns.
I get the reasons so
many are scared.
I get the reasons you all want to be open.
I get the
reasons why some of you are, despite being told not to.
I'm not upset with
ANY of you, as, I get it.
YOU have to do as YOU feel you have to do. Every one of us is different, so
we all need to handle these times in our own way, for our own needs, so
DO SO.
As for our companies, we will wait. We will wait until it is
SAFE for all of you to join us in the fight ring or cage again. If I was
thinking from my wallet, I would not be saying this. However, you can't put a
dollar amount on someone's health, someone's life, and I won't. I'm thinking
from my heart... Our ethics, integrity and more so, Fighter Safety are far more
important to us here than any dollar amount.
This is where "I" am. YOU don't have to be here with
me, all you have to do is "Get" where I am, just like I GET
where YOU are during all of this.
If it takes a LONG time to get back, so be it. At
least we will not be saying, "I wish we should of..."
When the sports are ready, we will be here waiting for everyone
to get back on this fight train. Waiting to see all of you in, as well as out of
the ring/cage again. And when that time comes, we shall embrace it once again
and assure all of you that we will never take for granted the privileges, honor
and respect that comes with being associated with all of you around the world in
the fight sports we love...
INTERNATIONAL FIGHT
SPORTS MISSION...
"Our mission is to regulate safe and
fair fight sport rules and regulations and help provide exposure and
opportunities for local, regional, national and international competition among
Pro and Amateur athletes, trainers, promoters and officials. We will, through
adherence to and enforcement of these rules and regulations, strive to make
competitive fight sports a safe and fair environment as we continue to help
bring exposure to and enhance the present as well as the future of the fight
sports we serve around the world."
Sincerely
Steve Fossum
President/CEO International Fight Sports
Commissioner/President
IKF - ISCF - IAB
www.IFightSports.com
IKF Muay Thai: www.IKFMuayThai.com
IKF Kickboxing: www.IKFKickboxing.com
ISCF MMA: www.ISCFMMA.com
IAB Boxing: www.IABBoxing.com |
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TUESDAY
May 12th, 2020, AT 6:00 PM/
PST
DAILY
DOSE OF MOTIVATION...
When all is said and done, regardless of
the issues I face day to day, week to week, I'm blessed to know some Really
Great People, and most likely, if your reading this, your one of them!
Stay
STRONG my Friends. It's not going to be quick, but this thing we're all going
through,
"This too shall pass..."
SF...
MONDAY
May 11th, 2020, AT 8:00 PM/
PST
DAILY
DOSE OF MOTIVATION...
"People who say
that life is not worthwhile are really saying that they themselves have no
personal goals which are worthwhile.
Get yourself a goal worth working for. Better still, get yourself a
project.
Always have something ahead of you to ''look forward to'' / to
work for and hope for."
Maxwell Maltz...
MORE
MOTIVATION...
"The ultimate
measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience,
but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
Martin
Luther King, Jr....
MORE
MOTIVATION...
We're ALL facing an unknown and
frightful future... Many of us may be faced with the need to seek a new way of
living.
A new way of survival, and in times like these, we seek guidance or
advice...
"Always look at what you have left.
Never look at what you have lost."
For some, change will be hard. Yet for others, we shall be
reminded that maybe, just maybe our greatness unlimited opportunities for
success is still ahead in that unknown and frightful future, yet to be found...
So what is it? Ask yourself,
"What would you attempt to do if you
knew you could not fail?"
Because this unknown and
frightful future is going to get harder, but we need to remember,
"Tough times don't last. Tough people do"
So
put on your thinking caps and get to work. STOP making $$ excuses my friends,
"There's never a money problem only an idea
problem."
R.S. ...
SATURDAY
May 9th, 2020, AT 2:45 PM/
PST
DAILY
DOSE OF MOTIVATION...
"In the end, we
will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr...
MORE
MOTIVATION...
"One of the
most important precepts about human behavior and change is that at the most
basic level, there are two forces that motivate people to do what they do:
the
desire to avoid pain or the desire to gain pleasure."
Anthony
Robbins...
FRIDAY
May 8th, 2020, AT 10:10 PM/
PST
DAILY
DOSE OF MOTIVATION...
"We judge
ourselves by our intentions. The rest of the world judges us by our actions."
Earl Harvey
"Leadership
is ACTION... Not Position..."
MORE
MOTIVATION...
"It's better to
be prepared for an opportunity and not have one, than to have an opportunity and
not be prepared."
Les Brown...
FRIDAY
May 8th, 2020, AT 4:50 PM/
PST
IT'S OFFICIAL...
THE 2020 IKF WORLD CLASSIC HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED
TO
November 20th, 21st and 22nd, 2020.
Orlando, Florida, USA
Due to the continued fear of the possible
spread of COVID-19, the IKF has made the
decision to cancel the July 24th, 25th & 26th, 2020 dates for this years
2020 IKF World Classic
and reschedule the event to a later date into the Fall of 2020.
This
decision was pretty much made weeks ago but we wanted to assure we had a
confirmed rescheduled date before this announcement.
The new rescheduled
date for the 2020 IKF World Classic is now
the weekend of November 20th, 21st and 22nd, 2020.
We will note that if restrictions have not
been lifted by October 1st, the November dates for the 2020
IKF World Classic will be canceled as well and we will all look
towards the next 2021 IKF World Classic
scheduled for late July, 2021.
Thank you for your understanding.
DAILY
DOSE OF MOTIVATION...
THURSDAY
May 7th, 2020, AT 10:35 AM/
PST
California State Athletic
Commission Announces
FIGHT SPORT SHUTDOWN CONTINUES
Sacramento, California, USA
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE
CALIFORNIA
STATE ATHLETIC COMMISSION (CSAC)
ANNOUNCEMENT
10:35 AM - THURSDAY, May 7th, 2020
Based on guidance
issued by California Governor Gavin Newsom and the California Department of
Public Health (CDPH), to protect Californians against the possible
spread of COVID-19, the California State Athletic Commission is canceling all events until further notice.
The
Commission didn't take this decision lightly and understands the potential
economic loss to promoters and the industry of combative sports.
We had to
weigh the best interest of our fighters and the community around us.
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has issued guidance that certain types of
gatherings be postponed or canceled to protect public health and slow the rate
of COVID-19 transmission. The recommendation applies to all nonessential
professional, social, and community gatherings. Additional information about
COVID-19 is available
online from
CDPH and from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
To further
clarify the email sent earlier: On April 28, the Governor announced
four "Resilience Roadmap Stages" that California would use to
guide its gradual reopening process. Phase III of this plan will allow
sporting events to begin without live audiences. The
California
State Athletic Commission is currently in the process of putting
together a procedure for Promoters to use if they wish to hold "no
audience" events in California, once the Governor moves the state
into Phase III of his Resiliency Roadmap.
We will keep everyone updated as
things move forward.
Thank you for your understanding.
Sophia Cornejo
Assistant
Executive Officer, California State Athletic Commission
For updates, visit CSAC's Facebook Page
Or the CSAC's website at
www.dca.ca.gov/csac.
WEDNESDAY
May 6th, 2020, AT 11:55 PM/
PST
DAILY
DOSE OF MOTIVATION...
Speaking from the heart here...
Trust me on this one, you DO NOT have to be religious to "GET"
this message. I remember when a good friend of mine and karate student, Frank
Curtis gave me a poster with this on it for my first karate school. I started
the school when I was only 20 years old, and a few months later, at 21, I met
Frank. We often talked about struggles in class and having perseverance to stay
strong through the tough times to get to the good. I still have the actual
poster he gave me hanging in my office along with another smaller one at my
desk. As I always say, listen to the MESSAGE - Especially during these times -
Don't worry about who wrote it or that it sounds too religious for some of you.
I assure you, you will refer to it throughout your life as I often have
because
the MESSAGE speaks for itself...
"One night I
dreamed a dream.
As I was walking along the beach with my Lord.
Across the dark sky flashed scenes from my life.
For each scene, I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand,
One belonging to me and one to my Lord.
After the last scene of my life flashed before me, I looked back at the
footprints in the sand.
I noticed that at many times along the path of my life, especially at the
very lowest and saddest times, there was only one set of footprints.
This
really troubled me, so I asked the Lord about it. "Lord, you said once I
decided to follow you, You'd walk with me all the way.
But I noticed that during the saddest and most troublesome times of my
life, there was only one set of footprints.
I don't understand why, when I needed You the most, You would leave me."
He whispered, "My precious child, I love you and will never leave you.
During your trials and testings, when you saw only one set of footprints,
It was then that I carried you."
MORE
MOTIVATION...
"Success on any
major scale requires you to accept responsibility . . . .
In the final
analysis, the one quality that all successful people have is the ability to take
on responsibility."
Michael Korda...
TUESDAY
May 5th, 2020, AT 1:55 PM/
PST
DAILY
DOSE OF MOTIVATION...
"Trust
is rebuilt by focusing not on what the other person did or did not do but on
critiquing one's own behavior, improving one's trustworthiness, and focusing
attention not on words and promises but on actions, attitudes, and ways of
being."
Kenneth Cloke and Joan Goldsmith...
MONDAY
May 4th, 2020, AT 10:10 PM/
PST
DAILY
DOSE OF MOTIVATION...
"Do not spoil
what you have by desiring what you have not;
remember that what you now
have was once among the things you only hoped for."
Epicurus...
MORE
MOTIVATION...
"Talent without
discipline is like an octopus on roller skates.
There's plenty of movement,
but you never know if it's going to be forward, backwards, or sideways."
H.
Jackson Brown, Jr...
COMMON
SENSE...
A Reminder... During
these trying times, some of us may want to do things that are although
entertaining to our close Friends, they may not be entertaining to those
watching from afar.
In fact, when you look back on them, you may even say to
yourself that they were professionally embarrassing.
Now, that being said,
MANY of you will say
"I don't care what anyone thinks of me!"
Well, you should. And to remind you why, remember these 6 phrases;
1: You can't unring a
bell...
2: THINK before you Act...
3: You can't cross a bridge you burned.
4: What people perceive is usually what they believe.
5: What you put on the internet stays forever somewhere.
6: The MOST IMPORTANT; "IMAGE IS EVERYTHING!"
SATURDAY
May 2nd, 2020, AT 8:15 PM/
PST
DAILY
DOSE OF MOTIVATION...
"Again and
again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a
tough decision waiting to be made."
Robert H. Schuller...
FRIDAY
May 1st, 2020, AT 10:25 PM/
PST
DAILY
DOSE OF MOTIVATION...
Yes, This Post Will Get To FIGHT SPORTS...
But, walk through it all to understand the end...
My IDEA of this post started in a discussion about "Minimum Wage"
A Beginning / LEARNING wage that is SUPPOSE to start off low so those getting
paid this wage can LEARN how to do what they were hired to do...You DON'T Start
someone out with a HIGH Minimum Wage because if you do, there is no incentive to
work harder in hopes to "EARN" a raise.
You see, when
politicians look at their supporters, those who can vote for them, it's summed
up pretty simply as, "The business or company owner counts as ONE vote.
His/her employees count as 10's hundreds, thousands of votes, so WHO do these
politicians have more incentive to please? The employees since there are MANY
more of them who can vote for the politician making the decision...
HOWEVER,
Everyone in this thought here fail to realize, if the OWNER of the company, the
one who has taken all the risks, sacrifices, etc. can't afford to run his/her
business because labor costs are too high, he/she has no choice but to close
down, thus, putting EVERYONE out of work...
Now, once that happens,
still, everyone wants to blame the business owner, saying things like "He/she
can't run a business and that's why he/she had to close."
This
won't get a lot of "Likes" because most likely, the only ones who
would understand this are those who own their own business, and thus, as I just
explained, are far less than those who work for that business owner...
HOW
does this relate to fight sports? EASY...
In this discussion, an event
PROMOTER is the same as a business owner. He/she takes all the risks, makes all
the sacrifices, the challenges, the worry in hopes to provide a stage for
everyone to perform on, fighters, trainers, ring crew, officials, venue staff,
sanctioning bodies, award companies, etc. etc...
In the end, the
promoter hopes to make a few dollars. Yet, even then, if he or she does make a
few dollars, ( HOPEFULLY A LOT so the incentive is there to do it again -
Cause why keep doing something if you keep losing money... ) everyone else
chimes in and says THEY should make the lions share cause of the part they
played...
So, I ask, "If the promoter lost a ton of money, would
you be willing to be paid less, help the promoter with his/her expenses?"
Of course if your not the business owner, or in this case, the promoter, you
would say no.
So, why this post? Those hurting the most, but overlooked
by so many ARE the business owners *(Gyms, martial arts schools, venues)
as well as the Promoters of the great fight sports we all love.
So when
things get back to order after we all make it through this whole virus shutdown,
make sure your there to help those event promoters too, so we can all have a
great stage, a great opportunity to perform on...
HECK, Help
everyone... Hate and anger are easy... If there was ever a time to "Pay
it forward" NOW is the time my friends... Help others, anyone whenever
and however you can... As everyone knows, We are ALL in this together...
This too shall
pass...
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MOTIVATION...
"What we
accomplished in our past has created who we are. But in no way should our past
accomplishments solely define who we have become today.
We are not what we
were... We are not our accomplishments...
However, we are who we have
become from them and hopefully we have become something greater than our past
accomplishments ever were..."
Steve Fossum
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MOTIVATION...
"F-E-A-R has
two meanings:
Forget Everything and Run or Face Everything and Rise."
Zig
Ziglar...
MORE
MOTIVATION...
"The first time
I took a Punch... I remember WELL!"
HEY! Don't hate the message
because you don't like him/her... LISTEN to the message, it's the same for
whatever you do!
MORE
MOTIVATION...
"To secure
ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating
the enemy is provided by the enemy himself."
Sun Tzu...
FRIDAY
April 24th, 2020, AT 9:45 PM/
PST
Corrected Results From
"IKF
Unified Rules - European Championships"
January 26th, 2020 - Hastings East Sussex,
England
WHEN: Sunday,
January 26th, 2020- WHO: IKF Europe Team
- WHERE: East Sussex College, Hastings East Sussex, England
- WHAT: IKF Amateur Unified Rules Kickboxing
- IKF PROMOTER: Andrew Chambers At
07739390911 or e-mail: info@ikfunified.com
- IKF Event Representative: Carl Sams
- IKF Medical Team: Box Med
- ON THE WEB: www.IKFUnified.com
- IKF Unified Rules - European K1 Championships
- IKF OFFICIALS
- Colin Payne, Ade Phillips, Pete Richardson, Sean Toomey, Charlotte
Laurence, Colin Lewis, Clara Norman, Pascal Brinckman, Martin Eglington, Jemima
Beal, Gaynor Hyde, Charlie O'Connor, Ben Jones, Matt Braybrook, Paul Herbert,
Ryan Dunn, Amy Hills, Mark Tozer, Todd Williams, Matt Geere, Warren Fryer &
Kelly Chubb.
2020
IKF Unified Rules
European Open Tournament
Results Can Be Found By Clicking
HERE!
WEDNESDAY
April 22nd, 2020, AT 1:40 PM/
PST
2020
IKF WORLD CLASSIC UPDATE
We will be making our decision whether or
not we will be rescheduling, postponing or canceling this years
2020 IKF World Classic
sometime between May 1st and May 15th.
This years event is currently
scheduled for
JULY 24th,
25th & 26th, 2020 at the Hyatt Regency Orlando resort in Orlando, Florida,
USA.
It is very unlikely the event will take place on
this date as currently planned.
REGISTRATIONS
As some may have noticed, we stopped posting all registrations on
March 20th of this year. All registrations that have been received after that
time are still sealed in the envelopes they were sent in. This is so we will not
have to refund thousands of dollars if the currently scheduled Tournament date
in July is rescheduled, postponed or cancelled for this year.
Thank you all for your understanding...
FRIDAY
April 17th, 2020, AT 7:00 PM/
PST
How Do You Decide WHAT
To Watch?
Observation...
This past couple of weeks I've been seeing a lot of on-line
training clips on Facebook. Some good, some not so good, but here's the real
issue...
What I saw was some of the BEST teaching / training tips came
from coaches, trainers, instructors that hardly anyone knows. However, these
guys and gals had maybe 15-20 views, maybe 5-10 likes and even less comments.
Then I would see tips from WELL KNOWN martial artists,
fighters, trainers, coaches and I need to say, many of their tips or classes
were the WORST and most ridiculous things I've seen in regards to training,
which totally shocked me, and more so, they had "Hundreds" of
views, Hundreds of LIKES and loads of comments... More like A$$ Kissing comments
if you ask me."
The moral to this observation or the factual finding of this
observation is this...
Like I have noted in the past with some motivational quotes I've posted
from individuals some of you may not like, where I have often said IGNORE "WHO"
says it, just listen and or read the words and learn from it. A prime example
is Patriots coach Bill Belichick's quote "DO YOUR JOB!"
Some of you hate him, or the Patriots, OK, I get it... Lots of it's jealousy
which is how many react to winners... Regardless, the 3 word line is one of the
most practical, logical, justified lines in Accomplishing ones goals! SO
ABSORB IT and DO IT!!!
Back to the observation... In regards to all these posted
instructional clips, the issue here is that so many of you only want to or feel
you can learn something good from a famous person (fighter, trainer) which is
laughable and ridiculous and shows a massive gap in your inner desire to truly
empty your cup and LEARN! If you want to be Good, keep on doing that. However,
if you want to be GREAT, Listen, watch, read from as many as you can
because;
"Everyone has something to
teach and something to learn!"
You don't have to be a famous coach, champion fighter to be
able to share great skills and knowledge...
Some of the BEST tips and
advice are coming from coaches and trainers who are not just looking for "Likes"
to enhance their egos...
There coming from coaches and trainers who have
something GREAT to offer us all with a Sincere desire to help us all, not just
boast their own ego's with your click of the LIKE button here...
STOP Kissing Ass in hopes someone likes you for your
LIKE vote and start watching some of these trainers who can REALLY teach you
some Great things!
THURSDAY
April 16th, 2020, AT 1:00 PM/
PST
IKF
President Steve Fossum
Interviewed By George Francis
Of FightersRep
George Francis Of FightersRep
sits down with IKF President
Steve Fossum
and discusses the halt of the fight game due to the pandemic, and when it
will reopen, kickboxing history, IKF
history, and more.
Get your popcorn ready!
Steve
Fossum's Bio Page
Steve Fossum's Facebook Page
WEDNESDAY
April 15th, 2020, AT 4:00 PM/
PST
IKF
Champion Charles "Rockstar" Rodriguez
Interviewed By George Francis Of
FightersRep
George Francis Of FightersRep
sits down with former IKF Amateur Muay
Thai Champion
Charles "Rockstar" Rodriguez
and discusses his fight career which includes being a two
time IKF Muay Thai Champion and
WBC Muay Thai Champion along with his
trainer, former three time IKF Champion
George Tsutsui.
Charles
is also one of the best strikers on earth currently competing with the Glory
Promotion.
CHARLES' GLORY KICKBOXING PAGE
Charles Rodriguez' Facebook Page
TUESDAY
April 14th, 2020, AT 6:00 PM/
PST
Former IKF
World Champion Cung Le
Interviewed By
George Francis Of FightersRep
George Francis Of FightersRep
sits down with former IKF Pro San Shou
World Champion
Cung Le
a combat sports legend and
cross-over star as they discuss what he's up to and how he was able to cross
over so fluidly and continue to make a fantastic life for himself
post-retirement.
CUNG LE'S IKF BIO PAGE
Cung Le's Facebook Page
Cung Le's Wikipedia Page
THURSDAY
April 9th, 2020, AT 5:55 PM/
PST
Former IKF
Promoter & Trainer Jacob "Stitch"
Duran
Interviewed By George Francis Of
FightersRep
In A
TWO PART Interview...
PART ONE
PART TWO
George Francis Of FightersRep
sits down with Former IKF Promoter &
Trainer
Jacob "Stitch"
Duran
A Legend of the Fight Game and one of the Best Cutman in
Fight Sports!
Jacob Duran's Facebook Page
Jacob Duran's Wikipedia Page
TUESDAY
April 7th, 2020, AT 2:00 PM/
PST
DUE TO THE THE POSSIBLE
SPREAD OF COVID-19 WORLDWIDE
ALL
WORLDWIDE APRIL &
MAY 2020
IKF
KICKBOXING & MUAY THAI (FULL & SEMI CONTACT PKB) EVENTS HAVE
BEEN
CANCELLED.
MORE
IKF AND FIGHT NEWS...
IKF
Champion Asa Ten Pow
Interviewed By
George Francis Of FightersRep
George Francis Of FightersRep
sits down with former IKF Amateur Muay
Thai World Classic Tournament Champion
Asa Ten Pow
who is also the number
6 Glory ranked Kickboxer in the Glory Featherweight division,
the
number 7 IKF Ranked Welterweight in the World and
was the
Glory Newcomer of the Year in 2018. Asa Ten Pow is one of
the best strikers on the planet!
Asa Ten Pow's GLORY KICKBOXING PAGE
Asa Ten Pow's Facebook Page
THURSDAY
April 2nd, 2020, AT 11:00 AM/
PST
California State Athletic
Commission Announces
FIGHT SPORT SHUTDOWN
"CONTINUES"
THROUGH MAY
Sacramento, California, USA
PRESS RELEASE POST BY
CALIFORNIA
STATE ATHLETIC COMMISSION (CSAC)
ANNOUNCEMENT
11:50 AM - THURSDAY, APRIL 2nd, 2020
Based on guidance issued by California
Governor Gavin Newsom and the California Department of Public Health (CDPH)
to protect Californians against the possible spread of COVID-19, the California
State Athletic Commission (CSAC)
is
canceling events through the end of May 2020.
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The Commission didn't take this decision
lightly and understands the potential economic loss to promoters and the
industry of combative sports. We had to weigh the best interest of our fighters
and the community around us.
The California Department of Public Health
(CDPH) has issued guidance that certain types of gatherings be postponed
or canceled to protect public health and slow the rate of COVID-19 transmission.
The recommendation applies to all nonessential professional, social, and
community gatherings.
Additional information about COVID-19 is
available online from CDPH and from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
For updates, visit CSAC's Facebook Page
Or the CSAC's website at
www.dca.ca.gov/csac.
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