The Silver Kick Diaries: BODYCOMBAT™

That's me, teaching a combat class. {I teach at a gym that's only for ladies, and since Bahrain is a Muslim country, I can't publish any pictures of them in the class. Which is why you're seeing me me me everywhere.} If you ever wondered why my blog is called The Silver Kick Diaries, it's because I enjoy these classes wayyyy too much for a normal person, and a friend of mine told me I should be fighting bad guys, like some sort of superhero. And so Silver Kick, my fictional alter ego and evil superhero was born.

Let me take a second here to profess my undying love for Body Combat. I truly do enjoy it. The kicks, the punches, the gingas, the Muay Thai moves, the katas, and the overall badassness. Becoming an instructor was one of the best {and scariest!} things I ever did. And of course, the best part- it keeps me fit.

If you're from Bahrain and would like to know more, I teach at Fitness First in Oasis Centre, Riffa, every Monday at 7 pm. You can call 17620005 for information on the rates and facilities.

Until the next post, ciao! xoxo

If you've been wondering where I've been the past 2 weeks, well, I was busy training to become a

BODYCOMBAT™ instructor. I've been doing BODYCOMBAT™ classes for the last 4 years and thought it's time I started teaching it. {If you'd read my About Me & Silver Kick page you'd already know about my love for BODYCOMBAT™ instead of looking so surprised. Shame on you!}. To become a BODYCOMBAT™ instructor, I had to do a G.E.L course first. G.E.L stands for Group Exercise Leader. I did the 3 day course in Dubai with 14 others who flew in from all over the world, including Iran!

There were 15 of us. Karen Gunning was our trainer. {on the right, in black.}

Just the ladies.

Just me. ;)

I passed with 90% marks {yes, there's a score} in the G.E.L Exam. Woohoo!

My reward for 3 days of training- the BF Monster from Burger Fuel. I took my time but I finished it. Never underestimate me.

And the next weekend {last weekend} I attended the BODYCOMBAT™ training module. Thank goodness there were just 4 of us or we'd be deader than we ended up after!

On stage.

Our notes.

The 4 of us with our trainer, Steph. {middle}.

This was T-O-U-G-H. Three days and almost 6 hours of boxing, kicking, Karate, Muay Thai, drills, technique lessons, oooofffffff! I think I must've done about 3,000 hooks and uppercuts. But our trainer was amazing and a half, and I thoroughly enjoyed every single moment. And, I passed. WOOHOO! This means that now I'm qualified to team teach the classes, but not teach the classes on my own yet. For that I need to pass another assessment from New Zealand. I'm not going to bore you with the details but I'm just gonna say I'm crazy happy right now and looking forward to unleashing the warrior within!