Julie Kedzie
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PRESS RELEASE - MartialTalk Proudly Sponsors Womans MMA Fighter Julie Kedzie from a while back. Bit more info.
PRESS RELEASE - MartialTalk Proudly Sponsors Womans MMA Fighter Julie Kedzie from a while back. Bit more info.
lol! @ "She looks like a man!"
...oh well. Can't have everything..as long as i can fight like one, I guess I'll be okay
Sorry, I haven't been on here in a while, guys...life is busy (and I'm embarrassed to say it took me a while to remember my password to login). If you have any questions for me regarding fights or anything, you can always contact Chad Wagoner: [email protected]
I'll try to get on here more often too. What did you want to know?
jules
...oh well. Can't have everything..as long as i can fight like one, I guess I'll be okay
Sorry, I haven't been on here in a while, guys...life is busy (and I'm embarrassed to say it took me a while to remember my password to login). If you have any questions for me regarding fights or anything, you can always contact Chad Wagoner: [email protected]
I'll try to get on here more often too. What did you want to know?
jules
JulesK said:
I think sapper needs a new presciption for his glasses!
Those are quite attractive pictures. :asian:
Shaolinwind
2nd Black Belt
I don't know if it is possible to be more sexy. Have any woman throw a punch and I am just mush.
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JulesK said:Oh, yeah, and thanks for saying such nice stuff, those of you that did
I said only the truth
However, I'd like to know a thing or two: when did you started to train with MMA??? How long did it took you for reaching such levels?
I would be interested in switching and begin to train in that way, even if in Italy things are quite different and there aren't many schools for that. Here we have a more closed mentality :idunno:
Rock on, you're great! :supcool:
JulesK said:lol! @ "She looks like a man!"
...oh well. Can't have everything..as long as i can fight like one, I guess I'll be okay
Sorry, I haven't been on here in a while, guys...life is busy (and I'm embarrassed to say it took me a while to remember my password to login). If you have any questions for me regarding fights or anything, you can always contact Chad Wagoner: [email protected]
I'll try to get on here more often too. What did you want to know?
jules
Jules,
You can fight like one! And I will escort you any time you need a "Safe" date from someone who is older, but not dead.
Glad to see you are busy, and still monitoring this site.
Talk to you later.
Shaolinwind
2nd Black Belt
upnorthkyosa said:
You left it at my place.
Rich Parsons said:
Do you have room for a little brother?
Goodfella-
I was mainly TMA for years, but I had flirted with MMA since I was eighteen (I think it was at that age that we began to brink Erik Paulson to MCMA). I'll be honest with you; one of my first conversations with Erik went something like this: "Fighting on the ground is stupid. I don't like it." He replied with "Okay" and was careful not to laugh at me to my face. (He has always been soo nice)
I did, however, enjoy the intensity of the workouts. And Erik's seminars were a blast.
I was pretty burned out on TKD by the age of 21 or so, and was practicing JKD/Kali with more diligence....but still searching for my niche. Another female at our school, who was a Thai boxer, began to work out with me and I was blown away! She was about 5'2 and a buck fifteen (I outweighed her by...a lot ) and she beat the crap out of me. She got me hooked on Muay Thai, which sort of "woke me back up" to martial arts.
Around that time I was watching the UFC at a friend's house and he slipped in a copy of Hook N' Shoot Revolution. When I saw Debi Purcell in action, I realized that there was something about MMA that was calling to me. I have no idea how many times I've seen that DVD (eleventy billion?) and am still impressed with the strength and grace that some of those ladies fight with. I still aspire to be on that level.
Erin, the Thai boxer, wanted to pursue MMA and when the opportunity came up for her to travel to Cali and meet Debi she said she wanted me to go along. We packed up a car and did a cross-country trip and had a summer of pure heaven, IMO. Debi welcomed us with open arms, and although she was unable to train with us b/c of an injury, she sent us to Marco Ruas and helped us daily (mentally and phyically kicking our butts...while still being a great friend). We did Thai boxing with Bryan Popejoy. CSW directly with Erik and went to RVT every other day.
Heaven: Training intensly during the day, laying down at the beach to recover and read, and working at night (well...that part wasn't great).
But all summers have to end (damnit!) and I returned to school, after having my first kickboxing fight, loaded with credit card debt and believing that maybe..just maybe...there was a future for me in MMA.
I had very little confidence in my ground game--my instructors were great, but grappling was just so foreign to me. I took a basic jiu-jitsu class and met one of my best friends/training partners (and now cornerman), Matt. Later on, I moved to the city where his instructor, James Clingerman lives and joined their team...but that was after I had my first MMA fight.
...and then was beaten twice in a row by the same girl. The first time, she jacked my elbow so badly that a piece of it chipped off and imbedded in my arm. (lesson out there to you folks...NO SHAME IN TAPPING :boing1: ). I wanted to rematch and recieved my wish 5 months later...with about 24 hours notice, lol. Took the fight and lost to her again (funny, though..my elbow was still jacked, so when i was in her guard I defended the arm bar with my life...and was triangled, hahahaha!...(maybe that's only funny to jiu-jitsu people?). That same weekend, disappointed by my loss, i took a spur of the moment challenge match with Cung Li's top female fighter, Elaina Maxwell. She beat me by a point (the first kickboxing match I had ever lost).
So I walked away from that weekend, with two pretty big losses and a sense that I had to get my butt into gear. Devoted pretty much my entire time to training on the ground, (with an MMA agenda in mind), and although I was away from my team for an entire summer, I was blessed with the opportunity to train with Lloyd Irvin and his team.
Somewhere, the gods of grappling karma are laughing at me...I am eating my words to Erik all those years ago, because when the Hook N' Shoot Tournament came I had an agenda--to prove to myself I could cut it on the ground after all. I had dropped a significant amount of weight since my losses (although unfortunately, I will always be one of those fighters who has to sweat) and I was suppose to be paired up with Ginele Marquez in my first round (wrestler extraodinare--beat Judy Neff once on the mat). I didn't **** about the rest of the tourney, to be honest with you--I just wanted to be able to hang with Ginele in that first round.
Unfortunately, she was injured and unable to compete. We hung out most of that weekend and I have to say that she is just as exciting and fun as a person as she is a grappler.
My agenda didn't really change for the tourney--I wanted to win on the ground and did failry well with that, except with Molly Helsel in the finals (Molly is one baaaad-**) grappler herself.
So..umm does that answer your question? I talk too much; I know. There are a few more details in my interview on lockflow.com.
I'm going to shut up now!
jules
I was mainly TMA for years, but I had flirted with MMA since I was eighteen (I think it was at that age that we began to brink Erik Paulson to MCMA). I'll be honest with you; one of my first conversations with Erik went something like this: "Fighting on the ground is stupid. I don't like it." He replied with "Okay" and was careful not to laugh at me to my face. (He has always been soo nice)
I did, however, enjoy the intensity of the workouts. And Erik's seminars were a blast.
I was pretty burned out on TKD by the age of 21 or so, and was practicing JKD/Kali with more diligence....but still searching for my niche. Another female at our school, who was a Thai boxer, began to work out with me and I was blown away! She was about 5'2 and a buck fifteen (I outweighed her by...a lot
) and she beat the crap out of me. She got me hooked on Muay Thai, which sort of "woke me back up" to martial arts.Around that time I was watching the UFC at a friend's house and he slipped in a copy of Hook N' Shoot Revolution. When I saw Debi Purcell in action, I realized that there was something about MMA that was calling to me. I have no idea how many times I've seen that DVD (eleventy billion?) and am still impressed with the strength and grace that some of those ladies fight with. I still aspire to be on that level.
Erin, the Thai boxer, wanted to pursue MMA and when the opportunity came up for her to travel to Cali and meet Debi she said she wanted me to go along. We packed up a car and did a cross-country trip and had a summer of pure heaven, IMO. Debi welcomed us with open arms, and although she was unable to train with us b/c of an injury, she sent us to Marco Ruas and helped us daily (mentally and phyically kicking our butts...while still being a great friend). We did Thai boxing with Bryan Popejoy. CSW directly with Erik and went to RVT every other day.
Heaven: Training intensly during the day, laying down at the beach to recover and read, and working at night (well...that part wasn't great).
But all summers have to end (damnit!) and I returned to school, after having my first kickboxing fight, loaded with credit card debt and believing that maybe..just maybe...there was a future for me in MMA.
I had very little confidence in my ground game--my instructors were great, but grappling was just so foreign to me. I took a basic jiu-jitsu class and met one of my best friends/training partners (and now cornerman), Matt. Later on, I moved to the city where his instructor, James Clingerman lives and joined their team...but that was after I had my first MMA fight.
...and then was beaten twice in a row by the same girl. The first time, she jacked my elbow so badly that a piece of it chipped off and imbedded in my arm. (lesson out there to you folks...NO SHAME IN TAPPING :boing1: ). I wanted to rematch and recieved my wish 5 months later...with about 24 hours notice, lol. Took the fight and lost to her again (funny, though..my elbow was still jacked, so when i was in her guard I defended the arm bar with my life...and was triangled, hahahaha!...(maybe that's only funny to jiu-jitsu people?). That same weekend, disappointed by my loss, i took a spur of the moment challenge match with Cung Li's top female fighter, Elaina Maxwell. She beat me by a point (the first kickboxing match I had ever lost).
So I walked away from that weekend, with two pretty big losses and a sense that I had to get my butt into gear. Devoted pretty much my entire time to training on the ground, (with an MMA agenda in mind), and although I was away from my team for an entire summer, I was blessed with the opportunity to train with Lloyd Irvin and his team.
Somewhere, the gods of grappling karma are laughing at me...I am eating my words to Erik all those years ago, because when the Hook N' Shoot Tournament came I had an agenda--to prove to myself I could cut it on the ground after all. I had dropped a significant amount of weight since my losses (although unfortunately, I will always be one of those fighters who has to sweat) and I was suppose to be paired up with Ginele Marquez in my first round (wrestler extraodinare--beat Judy Neff once on the mat). I didn't **** about the rest of the tourney, to be honest with you--I just wanted to be able to hang with Ginele in that first round.
Unfortunately, she was injured and unable to compete. We hung out most of that weekend and I have to say that she is just as exciting and fun as a person as she is a grappler
.My agenda didn't really change for the tourney--I wanted to win on the ground and did failry well with that, except with Molly Helsel in the finals (Molly is one baaaad-**) grappler herself.
So..umm does that answer your question? I talk too much; I know. There are a few more details in my interview on lockflow.com.
I'm going to shut up now!
jules
Jules,
Thanks for sharing that story with us. There are so few female grapplers out there, that you are a true inspiration to those of us who do. I am going to show your post to my daughter and her friend who both grapple. They are a little young to be packing up and setting off anywhere, lol (15) but I think they will really enjoy hearing from a successful female in their sport.
Lisa
p.s. and LOL at the boyfriend named "Gym" I will have to make sure both my girls know that for the future
Thanks for sharing that story with us. There are so few female grapplers out there, that you are a true inspiration to those of us who do. I am going to show your post to my daughter and her friend who both grapple. They are a little young to be packing up and setting off anywhere, lol (15) but I think they will really enjoy hearing from a successful female in their sport.
Lisa
p.s. and LOL at the boyfriend named "Gym" I will have to make sure both my girls know that for the future
Eternal Beginner
Brown Belt
Wow! Really nice to hear your story Julie. Like Lisa, I am going to show this to all the young girls in our club, I'm sure it will inspire them. I know my daughter will enjoy it as she was of the "grappling is stupid" crowd as well until we met our current coach.
Thanks again for being a great example to us females in the sport.
Thanks again for being a great example to us females in the sport.
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Thank you for sharing your story with us, Julie, I personally found your post very interesting and, above all, a great lesson for everyone here, and it 's great to hear such things from a skilled fighter like yourself
However, if you change your mind about your boyfriend, you know where to find me :ultracool
However, if you change your mind about your boyfriend, you know where to find me :ultracool
Hey, Jules! I don't compete (don't really wanna), but I think it's AWESOME that there are women like you who are doing it. Keep on keepin' on! thanks for sharing the story!
By all means share with us what you'd like. This is all very fascinating and thanks for sharing your story. Lastly, remember this; this thread has your name on itJulesK said:I'm going to shut up now!
jules
. Please feel free to share more of your stories as I'm sure other members here would like to read them as well.- Thread Starter
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jfarnsworth said:By all means share with us what you'd like. This is all very fascinating and thanks for sharing your story. Lastly, remember this; this thread has your name on it
Sure! We're all your fans here :asian:
