Red Honey Magazine 2013 Archive Edition | Page 8

Features (mixed-martial arts) fight. This kind of fighting usually takes place in a cage or ring, an MMA fighter must be trained in all areas of fighting-boxing grappling and kickboxing. I am currently training in kickboxing “up-fighting” is a lot different than “ground fighting” and to put them together in the ring has been challenging...but I love a challenge. I will be Team Jackson’s 1st female MMA fighter, I’m so excited, might be fighting in Vegas on an amateur card in a couple of months. I am also training for Grapplers Quest on December 9th in Las Vegas, Nevada. My long-term goals are to travel to Japan and win a belt, but I have a ways to go! I have ideas like, going back to the schools on the Dine reservation where I grew up and holding seminars on the sport and basic self defense. I want to plant seeds in children and teenagers and maybe even adults, that just because your growing up on the “rez” does not mean you cannot achieve your goals. Alth