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International Women's day!

Today Combat Ready are out teaching personal protection to staff at DIAGEO for International Women's Day.

Just a wee reminder guys, submission grappling no longer runs on Fridays and is now on after the MMA class on Thursday (tonight), so there will be NO class tomorrow.

Also due to the Olympic Weightlifting seminar being held at Combat Ready Gym on Sunday, the wrestling classes and open mat are off this weekend. Normal service shall be resumed the following weekend!!

Commitment

You won't get anywhere in life without some level of commitment. Even training in martial arts one day a week will yield results as long as you stick at it. However, you aren't going to get good training one day per week for four weeks. That's only 4 hours training and how good can you really get in 4 hours? Don't settle for being average at anything you want to do. If you put in the hours you will get the results. Decide what you want from the training and go for it. If you need some help and guidance along the way or you are not sure where to start out then speak to a coach and get their advice. Don't be scared to take the first step and don't be scared to keep at it.

It's easier to stop training than it is to continue and as they say a blackbelt is just a whitebelt that didn't give up. I've seen some great examples of commitment recently in terms of people I am personal training. In such a short time these people have accelerated past what I thought they would be like and probably what they actually believed they could do. Now, not everyone has the time to train privately or the money, however, if it is something you want then do it - It is an investment in yourself. 

You can still come to classes and get those results but be there more often than not. There are a lot of classes on at the gym so you have no excuse not to make it one week. Move things around in your calendar and just get there. If you can't make Krav Maga then crash a kickboxing class. There are always ways to fit your training in. The bottom line is how much do you want what you are after. Don't be the guy or girl that settles for second best, get what you deserve in life. 

The Combat Ready Community

We have new members joining the gym all the time. We are only as strong as our weakest link and I'd like everyone to make a real effort to train with some of the newer people in class if you haven't already. Combat Ready is growing and it will only continue to be great if the people in it are willing to step outside their comfort zone and work with the newbies. Remember what it was like when you first started. A lot of things are new, you aren't sure where things are or what certain exercises are and need a bit of reminding. Have patience, work with these people as you might just be training with you future favourite training partner.