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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Moving on..

Last week was the German GP and training camp in Dusseldorf. I had a tough draw - one of the top players first fight. However, you gotta beat em all! I lost on a couple of penalties which was frustrating but there were a good number of positives to take out of it, mainly I felt physically fit and ready, showing the preparation had been right this time. A better tactical fight on my behalf would have made the difference this time as there was little chance of either of us scoring - we both were pretty cagey - and her tactics were better than mine. Afterwards we stayed out for a camp and I had some great training sessions but it's really being able to make that hard work count that matters - the final result. So after a week of rest a select team is off to Japan for 3 weeks followed by a week in Korea ahead of the European Championships in Russia in late April. Time to knuckle down and focus on the weeks ahead.... got my monkey Mr. Ling to help with the knuckling... ;)

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Some chillax time

Been spending the weekend doing some rebalancing and exploring some of the local Kent countryside. Been good just to slow things down for a couple of days. Focusing on next weekend and the German Grand Prix now but got to get the prep right this time.

Friday, February 10, 2012

Fresh morning jog

.... followed by brown rice, eggs and veggies for morning stimulation, mmmm. Off to London to get a new passport today. Gonna hop on the train and watch the world go by with maybe some Jamie Woon for company.

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Paris training

Tough few days sparring but took time out last night to visit a bit of Paris I've not seen before. Some downtime then back to training on Monday to prepare for German grand prix in dusseldorf next saturday.

Sunday, February 5, 2012

Paris Grand Slam

Sunday 5th Feb

Morning 10am. Sat in the hotel the day after my fight at the Paris Grand Slam. It's snowing outside and the Bercy stadium where the tournament is still going on (heavy weights fighting today) is literally a stones throw away. For me it was all over by 9.15 yesterday after 1 fight, one of the most disappointing performances I have ever had. What a drastic comparison to 2 weeks ago where I came out of the British Championships with 5 solid wins and a gold medal. In terms of level of competition there's no comparison - here the best in the world were out in full force. However, I have fought and beat some of the best in the world and would always back myself to win a medal even in a competition of this standard.

Although I am the last person to make excuses about a bad result, whether we like it or not we have to do some analysis on why this was the case, just as we should with any result. Then again, it's sometimes very easy to over analyse these things. I know in myself the surrounding circumstances, the consequences of different actions to do with my preparation and build up to this event, and my own overall feelings, but to try and put that down in words or explain it, well I think it would be impossible, and also a little fruitless as there's only really me who can do something about it. So instead of ruminating here let's mentally throw off the gloom cloud, shrug off the disappointment hold and get back on it with some positivity to infinity. Nest up.. dusseldorf Grand Prix 2012.....