Determination and Discipline

Determination and Discipline

Coach Erin & Coach Jason at in Minsk, Belarus 2017 for the IFMA World Championship

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Two of the most important ingredients to being successful in any regard. At least in my opinion. They are NOT natural gifts, they are things you have to decide you have and have to tend to every day. I think one thing this pandemic has really taught me is not to settle. I always “want” more but I’m taking an honest inventory of myself and seeing how much more I could be “working” to get it. Who knows if something like this will ever happen again? What I do know is I want to be ready for it. I wish I was in a position financially to tell our members that we don’t need them to survive, but we are just like any other small business relying on its patrons. So I am Determined to continue to bring them value through this time with our Virtual Classes, and have the Discipline to come and get them done. We appreciate you all so much, I can’t even describe it in words. Some friends of ours had to close their gym, and all I could think was how much I wished I was in a position to help them. I know first hand how much goes into this. It becomes your life. And I can’t shake that thought out of my head “I wish I could help”. But the reality is I can’t, and I’ve always thought wishing for things was lazy, and a waste of your time. Because unfortunately wishes don’t bring you what you need, work does. So today, I’m Determined, and Disciplined to work harder, to be in that position.

Determination on the face of our fighter Nick Mendez as he is instructed between rounds by Coach Jason at the WKA National Tournament in DE 2019

Discipline from Chas and Gary to stay the course and fight their way to the end of a very long WKA National Tournament in NY 2016, posing with the their Coach, Jason Farrell and the tokens of Hard Work wrapped around their waists.