She has tried dance, soccer, swimming and she has liked some of them but they haven't been the one thing that she just has to do - the one thing that she just has the heart for.
Kaylee has always been our little scrapper and for awhile now she has been drawn to the whole "cage fighting" sport. [yes, I about had a heart attack when she asked if she could try it.] Lee and I went around and around. But, I agreed to at least do my research.
We found out that she can't do the actual 'get in a cage and get your ass kicked' sport until she is 16. However, we were advised by a coach to let her make that decision on her own when she is 18. (He didn't have to tell me twice.)
For now, we found some classes that she can take to learn the sport. So she is doing brazilian jiu jitsu, and muay thai - which in english form, pretty much means wrestling and kick boxing. Not only does she absolutely love it, she is good at it. She was even asked by her coach to join his MMA fighting team and is training to compete in her first competition in September. (Don't worry, we have been reassured that at this age, she won't get hurt.) They compete against each other using certain moves and holds that she learns in class. Whoever taps out first, loses.
We are so proud of how hard she has been working to learn everything in such a short amount of time. She has practice four times a week and just watching the warm-ups make me exhausted. I never knew she had so much fight in her.
When this girl is determined, she gets it done.
I love that about her.
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