Manchester 1st Olympic Trials

The WAIS supported me in my trip to Manchester to watch the first Olympic trials! I was adopted by the turkish team overthere, and stayed with their team throughout the competition.

Well here is a picture of me and Bahri in Manchester. It is not a city I would chose to visit unless there was a comp. The competition was great to watch and I learnt alot my from division..I have the whole thing on video :) 3 countries that have qualifed for next years Olympics in -67 kgs include, France, Korea and Croatia.

I'm now pumped up and itching to fight again:) There have been so many things I have learnt about the game having been watching on the sidelines. You seem to see it all so clearly when you are not on the matt!

SET FOR 2008 OLYMPICS

HERALD SUN SEP 24TH 2007

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22468699-24331,00.html

4 months 2 weeks

Training more normanlly now:) I am kicking targets and today was the first day I used the banana bag! It feels so good to progress to new things and test my knee out.

My next goal is obviously to progress into sparring:) Looking forward to starting that in a few weeks. I moved around a bit with Ruth today but I didnt push things to the limits.

I'm off to Manchester on Wednesday to watch the first Olympic trials. I'm sure its going to annoy me something cronic because I cant fight in it, but it'll make me hungrier for the December trials and more in tune with the current worlds best fighters. ...oh and of course I'll be cheering..."GO BAHRI GO!"

THE LAST FEW MONTHS...Have been great!

I have been so lazy with updating this site the last few nights, but only because I haven't had internet access at home on hand....but I do now!

...Let me fill you in on the last few months and give you updates on my knee rehabilitation and training! YES IM BACK AT TRAINING:)

And... Full squatting now working my way up in weight: currently it's 60 kilos, Leg Pressing 160 kilos and single 60kilos. hmmm One day at a time...I'm itching to get back on the matt and kick some heads!

Turkey: Filiz and Ali's Wedding

15 weeks and 1 day

This is a pic of me practising bending my knee a month before my full bend was obtained.

I can bend my knee all the way! I couldnt believe it when it happened because it just went up to touch my bum without me thinking. After a few secs I realised what I had done!:) YIPEEEEEEEEEE another milestone conquered!:)

August 3rd

This was my 2nd day of kicking hand targets:) Woooooooooooo! Stand by for video footage! I feel like a white belt having to relearn the basics. Whilst it has come back quickly it is so strange to sometimes stop and think of how to execute something, or wonder how the hell my leg will do it. Thankfully everything is holding up and each day is getting better and better.

Operation Bend SUCCESSFUL!!!

Feeling great, walking great, inside is great!!!!