#GMAU90DayChallenge
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Hi, I'm Jill and I'm writing to share my martial arts training with you. I hold a yellow belt in krav maga through Global Martial Arts University and a third degree black belt in taekwondo with American Taekwondo Association. As part of a contest for enrolled students, I have been challenged by Global Martial Arts to earn my next belt in krav maga within the next 90 days. If my testing video is voted best, I will receive $400 toward a cruise. The runner up wins training equipment, and everyone who completes the challenge gets a super cool t-shirt. I love competition, but only when good sportsmanship prevails, and I offer my competitors encouragement and support. My real reward is intrinsic, but winning at least a t-shirt would be fun, so game on!
For me, this 90 day challenge will be tough, and I will succeed only through focused training and perseverance. To be eligible to test for orange belt, I must first complete 72 hours of training as a yellow belt. I still have 47 hours of training left, so it will take me the entire 90 days to complete the challenge and I will need to pass testing on my first attempt. It took me two tries to earn yellow belt.
I am proud of the years of training behind me and what martial arts has done for my confidence and self control. I love the element of surprise when I tell people I am a black belt in taekwondo and cannot wait until I can say I am a black belt in krav maga too. If impatience could help me earn orange belt within 90 days, it would certainly be mine. Instead I will fully experience yellow belt, complete with its good days and bad, self doubt and confidence, awkwardness and mastery. Within 90 days I will humbly submit a testing video and receive detailed feedback from my instructor.
One of my favorite quotes of all time is by Henry Ford, "Whether you think you can or think you can't you're right." I can and I will. I invite you to read my weekly blog as I document my experience.
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