Help Danielle Fight back!! WKA Worlds 2015

My name is Danielle and this is my Journey.

A little over 2 years ago, I was really down and out. I was unemployed, severely overweight, and just miserable. The past few years had been really rough, with abuse and mental illness playing a huge role in my unhappiness.

Then a saw an ad on Facebook for a Dynamic Martial Arts. They wanted women, who had no martial arts training, to come along for 3 months, train with them, then fight in the ring for Charity. It was called FIGHT GIRLS

At the tryouts, I was the biggest person in the room. It almost killed me….. but I knew then I wanted more.

Being 35 years old at the time, well over 100kgs and completely out of shape, not many people thought I would keep it up. My trainer admitted to me that in the beginning, they all thought that I would quit!!

But instead a spark was ignited! More than anything else in the world, I wanted to be good at this, to stop feeling so terrible about myself, to stop being the victim..... to be strong. I called it.... FIGHTING BACK!!!!!

Since then, I have given my life over to Martial Arts.

As well as working my way through the ranks in Kickboxing, where I am now a Club BLACK BELT!!!!!

I have gone on to train and become an official WKA judge and referee. I am also the instructor for the kids classes, my beloved Wolverines. AND i managed to drop a few kgs ;)

Just for fun I have added Hapkido and Muay Thai to my training schedule, and love them both.!

Now, I am taking on my biggest challenge yet.

The WKA world tournament in Spain.

In order to get there I have to train very hard. My endurance cardio really needs improvement and I need to be prepared to go up against the best!

Never in my life have I wanted anything so much. But I can’t do this alone.

In order to get to the tournament I need to raise fund both for the trip, the tournament fees and gear.

I need your help. Every dollar that you donate, gets me one step closer to stepping onto the mat in Spain and proving that you can teach an old dog new tricks ;)